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.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
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
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
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
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
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
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1936).
