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- 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).
For more information on Bob Feller, please visit The
Bob Feller Museum
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