Bob Feller
[edit] Biography
Born on November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, Iowa, Bob Feller (Robert William Andrew Feller) played for the Cleveland Indians for his entire 18 year career. Feller broke into the bigs on July 19, 1936 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.34 ERA in 62 innings pitched in 1936, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bob Feller's best season was 1946, when he posted a 2.18 ERA, won 26 games and struck out 348 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 8
| 5
| 3
| 3.34
| 76
| 29
| 23
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 62
| 52
| 1
| 47
| 0
| 8
| 4
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 26
| 19
| 9
| 7
| 3.39
| 150
| 68
| 56
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 148.2
| 116
| 4
| 106
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 36
| 17
| 11
| 4.08
| 240
| 136
| 126
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 277.2
| 225
| 13
| 208
| 0
| 5
| 7
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 35
| 24
| 9
| 2.85
| 246
| 105
| 94
| 24
| 4
| 1
| 296.2
| 227
| 13
| 142
| 0
| 14
| 3
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 43
| 37
| 27
| 11
| 2.61
| 261
| 102
| 93
| 31
| 4
| 4
| 320.1
| 245
| 13
| 118
| 0
| 8
| 5
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| 44
| 40
| 25
| 13
| 3.15
| 260
| 129
| 120
| 28
| 6
| 2
| 343
| 284
| 15
| 194
| 0
| 6
| 5
|
| 1945
| CLE
| A
| 9
| 9
| 5
| 3
| 2.50
| 59
| 21
| 20
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 72
| 50
| 1
| 35
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 48
| 42
| 26
| 15
| 2.18
| 348
| 101
| 90
| 36
| 10
| 4
| 371.1
| 277
| 11
| 153
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| 42
| 37
| 20
| 11
| 2.68
| 196
| 97
| 89
| 20
| 5
| 3
| 299
| 230
| 17
| 127
| 0
| 7
| 4
|
| 1948
| CLE
| A
| 44
| 38
| 19
| 15
| 3.56
| 164
| 123
| 111
| 18
| 2
| 3
| 280.1
| 255
| 20
| 116
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1949
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 28
| 15
| 14
| 3.75
| 108
| 104
| 88
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 211
| 198
| 18
| 84
| 0
| 9
| 1
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 34
| 16
| 11
| 3.43
| 119
| 105
| 94
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 247
| 230
| 20
| 103
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| 33
| 32
| 22
| 8
| 3.50
| 111
| 105
| 97
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 249.2
| 239
| 22
| 95
| 0
| 2
| 7
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 30
| 9
| 13
| 4.74
| 81
| 124
| 101
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 191.2
| 219
| 13
| 83
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1953
| CLE
| A
| 25
| 25
| 10
| 7
| 3.59
| 60
| 78
| 70
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 175.2
| 163
| 16
| 60
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1954
| CLE
| A
| 19
| 19
| 13
| 3
| 3.09
| 59
| 53
| 48
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 140
| 127
| 13
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1955
| CLE
| A
| 25
| 11
| 4
| 4
| 3.47
| 25
| 43
| 32
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 83
| 71
| 7
| 31
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1956
| CLE
| A
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 4.97
| 18
| 34
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 58
| 63
| 7
| 23
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 570
| 484
| 266
| 162
| 3.25
| 2581
| 1557
| 1384
| 279
| 44
| 21
| 3827
| 3271
| 224
| 1764
| 6
| 75
| 60
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 37
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 44
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 34
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 50
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1945
| CLE
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 47
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 50
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1948
| CLE
| A
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1949
| CLE
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 32
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 34
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1953
| CLE
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| CLE
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| CLE
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1956
| CLE
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 570
| 0
| 0
| 146
| 510
| 25
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 22
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .136
| .136
| .136
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 26
| 53
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 9
| .170
| .214
| .226
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 94
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 13
| .181
| .267
| .234
| 3
| 1
| 11
| 32
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 99
| 14
| 21
| 0
| 7
| .212
| .316
| .283
| 5
| 1
| 14
| 35
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 43
| 115
| 7
| 18
| 2
| 12
| .157
| .211
| .270
| 5
| 1
| 8
| 45
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| 44
| 120
| 11
| 18
| 1
| 12
| .150
| .209
| .250
| 1
| 4
| 8
| 44
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| CLE
| A
| 9
| 25
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .160
| .250
| .160
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 48
| 124
| 9
| 16
| 0
| 7
| .129
| .188
| .153
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 49
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1947
| CLE
| A
| 42
| 98
| 8
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .184
| .245
| .255
| 3
| 2
| 8
| 38
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1948
| CLE
| A
| 44
| 95
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .095
| .113
| .116
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 39
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 72
| 7
| 17
| 2
| 10
| .236
| .257
| .375
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 23
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 83
| 7
| 10
| 2
| 5
| .120
| .170
| .217
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 33
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| 33
| 81
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .123
| .202
| .136
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 36
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 60
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 8
| .117
| .221
| .200
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| CLE
| A
| 25
| 56
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .107
| .194
| .125
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 23
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| CLE
| A
| 19
| 48
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .188
| .250
| .208
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1955
| CLE
| A
| 25
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .048
| .091
| .048
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| CLE
| A
| 19
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .059
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 570
| 1282
| 99
| 193
| 8
| 99
| .151
| .214
| .211
| 28
| 13
| 100
| 505
| 3
| 100
| 1
| 0
| 15
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1936).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (January 9, 1957).
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