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   FAST FACTS

  • Full Name: Robert William Andrew Feller
  • Nicknames: "Rapid Robert" and "Bullet Bob"
  • Birth date: November 3, 1918
  • Birth place: Van Meter, Iowa
  • Height: 6'
  • Weight: 185 lbs
  • Threw: Right
  • Position: Pitcher


  • Did you know?
  • He was secretly signed by Cleveland at the age of 16.
  • In his rookie season, he won 17 games and followed that with 24 the next year.
  • He had six seasons where he won 20 or more games. Each of those years, he led the American League in wins.
  • He threw three career no-hitters and had 12 career one-hitters.
  • He was 23 and had 107 wins when he enlisted in the Navy in 1941.
  • In his first two full seasons back from armed service, he won 26 and 20 games respectively.
  • He was baseball's biggest drawing card, with an average of an additional 10,000 fans that showed up when he was scheduled to pitch.
  • He pitched for Cleveland for 18 years, winning 266 games and losing 162.
  • He led the American League in strikeouts seven times. He set a record for his time in 1946, when he struckout 348 batters.
  • He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
  • He is the only pitcher to throw a complete game no-hitter on Opening Day (Cleveland Indians, April 16, 1940).

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