MLB / Players

Bob Feller

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb

BornNovember 3, 1918 · Van Meter, IA, USA

MLB debutJuly 19, 1936

Final gameSeptember 30, 1956

Seasons18 (1936–1956)

Cleveland Indians 1936–1941; Cleveland Indians 1945–1956

Percentile snapshot

1953 season — qualified pitchers

1.7

32.8

29.3

79.3

51.7

SHO

24.1

163

93.1

79.3

62.1

12.1

56.9

175.7

32.8

ERA

3.59

62.1

WHIP

1.269

74.1

K/9

3.07

13.8

FIP

4.14

46.6

FIP-

108.7

12.1

ERA+

106.3

53.4

sWAR

2.0

41.4

of 59 qualified 1953 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

122.1

91.4

sWAR

66.7

99.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1936	14	23	22	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	-41.6	-32.5	.126	1.5
1937	26	56	53	1	9	1	1	0	9	3	17	0	0	.170	.214	.226	.441	4.7	11.3	.208	3.2
1938	39	114	94	6	17	3	1	0	13	11	32	0	1	.181	.267	.234	.501	30.7	28.3	.247	4.5
1939	39	120	99	14	21	5	1	0	7	14	35	0	0	.212	.316	.283	.599	63.8	58.3	.292	8.1
1940	43	129	115	7	18	5	1	2	12	8	45	0	0	.157	.211	.270	.481	22.6	27.1	.221	8.5
1941	44	139	120	11	18	1	4	1	12	8	44	0	0	.150	.209	.250	.459	19.0	24.5	.217	6.4
1945	9	29	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	12	0	0	.160	.250	.160	.410	21.3	22.2	.218	1.3
1946	48	141	124	9	16	1	1	0	7	9	49	0	0	.129	.188	.153	.341	-12.3	-1.2	.172	8.5
1947	42	114	98	8	18	3	2	0	7	8	38	0	1	.184	.245	.255	.500	37.2	43.6	.243	6.1
1948	44	106	95	1	9	2	0	0	3	1	39	0	0	.095	.113	.116	.229	-53.4	-37.5	.111	3.6
1949	36	81	72	7	17	2	1	2	10	2	23	0	0	.236	.257	.375	.632	57.9	69.9	.290	3.1
1950	35	96	83	7	10	0	1	2	5	5	33	1	0	.120	.170	.217	.387	-8.0	1.3	.183	4.6
1951	33	99	81	10	10	1	0	0	3	8	36	0	0	.123	.202	.136	.338	-5.3	-4.1	.177	3.0
1952	30	71	60	5	7	2	0	1	8	8	31	0	0	.117	.221	.200	.421	19.5	22.0	.214	-1.1
1953	25	70	56	3	6	1	0	0	1	6	23	0	0	.107	.194	.125	.319	-14.4	-10.4	.169	2.0
1954	19	55	48	6	9	1	0	0	1	4	17	0	0	.188	.250	.208	.458	21.2	27.8	.227	2.4
1955	25	25	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	.048	.091	.048	.139	-78.4	-61.7	.077	1.1
1956	19	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	.000	.059	.000	.059	-99.4	-83.2	.045	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1936	14	8	5	3	1	5	0	52	23	47	76	1	62.0	3.34	1.597	11.03	3.71	73.8	150.7	1.5
1937	26	19	9	7	1	9	0	116	56	106	150	4	148.7	3.39	1.493	9.08	3.64	78.9	135.9	3.2
1938	39	36	17	11	1	20	2	225	126	208	240	13	277.7	4.08	1.559	7.78	4.32	92.8	113.9	4.5
1939	39	35	24	9	1	24	4	227	94	142	246	13	296.7	2.85	1.244	7.46	3.51	80.2	153.6	8.1
1940	43	37	27	11	4	31	4	245	93	118	261	13	320.3	2.61	1.133	7.33	2.97	71.6	158.9	8.5
1941	44	40	25	13	2	28	6	284	120	194	260	15	343.0	3.15	1.394	6.82	3.55	90.7	124.5	6.4
1945	9	9	5	3	0	7	1	50	20	35	59	1	72.0	2.50	1.181	7.38	2.52	77.9	129.6	1.3
1946	48	42	26	15	4	36	10	277	90	153	348	11	371.3	2.18	1.158	8.43	2.22	67.0	151.8	8.5
1947	42	37	20	11	3	20	5	230	89	127	196	17	299.0	2.68	1.194	5.90	3.17	90.9	130.1	6.1
1948	44	38	19	15	3	18	2	255	111	116	164	20	280.3	3.56	1.323	5.27	3.77	92.1	114.8	3.6
1949	36	28	15	14	0	15	0	198	88	84	108	18	211.0	3.75	1.336	4.61	3.79	94.3	107.0	3.1
1950	35	34	16	11	0	16	3	230	94	103	119	20	247.0	3.43	1.348	4.34	4.11	94.9	126.5	4.6
1951	33	32	22	8	0	16	4	239	97	95	111	22	249.7	3.50	1.338	4.00	4.06	105.4	110.1	3.0
1952	30	30	9	13	0	11	0	219	101	83	81	13	191.7	4.74	1.576	3.80	3.75	109.7	72.0	-1.1
1953	25	25	10	7	0	10	1	163	70	60	60	16	175.7	3.59	1.269	3.07	4.14	108.7	106.3	2.0
1954	19	19	13	3	0	9	1	127	48	39	59	13	140.0	3.09	1.186	3.79	3.64	99.1	119.2	2.4
1955	25	11	4	4	0	2	1	71	32	31	25	7	83.0	3.47	1.229	2.71	4.08	102.8	114.4	1.1
1956	19	4	0	4	1	2	0	63	32	23	18	7	58.0	4.97	1.483	2.79	4.64	110.9	84.3	-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

570

1,485

1,282

193

RBI

100

505

.1505

OBP

.2137

SLG

.2114

OPS

.4251

Pitching

G (P)

570

288th-most career G (P)

484

59th-most career GS

266

37th-most career W

162

116th-most career L

279

52nd-most career CG

SHO

35th-most career SHO

3,827

49th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,581

31st-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,764

5th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.255

290th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.3157

K/9

6.07

354th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1947-06-04	MIN @ CLE Gameday	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	5
1941-05-01	ATH @ CLE Gameday	4	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	5
1951-05-28	CLE @ DET Gameday	5	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	4
1939-06-23	CLE @ ATH Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	4
1941-07-10	ATH @ CLE Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1938-10-02	DET @ CLE Gameday	9.0	7	4	4	7	18
1936-09-13	ATH @ CLE Gameday	9.0	2	2	2	9	17
1937-08-25	BOS @ CLE Gameday	9.0	4	1	0	4	16
1936-08-23	BAL @ CLE Gameday	9.0	6	1	1	4	15
1946-05-17	MIN @ CLE Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	3	14

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1962 (BBWAA)

1× Pitching Triple Crown8× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.