Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "the Heater from Van Meter", "Bullet Bob", and "Rapid Robert", was an American baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians between 1936 and 1956.

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Jan 4, 2012 · Bob Feller was a 35-year-old veteran of 15 major-league seasons in 1954 when the Cleveland Indians won 111 games and swept to the American League pennant by eight games over the New York Yankees. His fastball had lost a good deal of its luster and manager Al Lopez had reportedly wanted to release him during spring training.

Dec 1, 2014 · Bob Feller was as curious as anybody else about how hard he could throw a fastball. That led him to participate in a memorable Calvin Griffith stunt to drum up the gate in Washington and to throw against a Chicago policeman riding a motorcycle.

Dec 16, 2010 · Bob Feller, the brilliant pitcher who is the only Cleveland pro athlete to be immortalized with a statue, died Wednesday night of complications from leukemia at age 92.

Mar 18, 2021 · On that date in 1940, Bob Feller hurled the first-ever Opening Day no-hitter.1 On a cold, raw day at Comiskey Park, Feller accomplished the rarest of feats against Chicago’s South Side club. Feller struck out eight White Sox batters but also surrendered five walks.

Dec 29, 2024 · Bob Feller, a legendary right-handed pitcher known as “Rapid Robert” and “Heater from Van Meter,” made a significant impact on Major League Baseball during his career. He retired from professional baseball in 1956 after 21 remarkable seasons, leaving behind a legacy as one of the greatest pitchers in the sport’s history.

Apr 1, 2011 · Bob Feller made seven Opening Day starts, going 4-3 with a 1.21 ERA, allowing 23 hits in 52 innings. He pitched three shutouts, including the only Opening Day no-hitter in major-league...

Bob Feller Hall of Fame Athlete and Man. In any discussion of baseball greats, the name of Bob Feller will soon come up. The baseball accomplishments of "Rapid Robert" are legendary. He is arguably the greatest right-handed pitcher ever to play the …

Nicknamed "Rapid Robert", Bob Feller was regarded as one of the hardest throwing pitchers of his era, and his blazing fastball set the standard against which all of his successors have been judged. He led the American League in strikeouts 7 times and won at least twenty games 6 times in his career, spent entirely with the Cleveland Indians .