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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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.

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 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.

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.

Dec 16, 2010 · Bob Feller, an Iowa farm boy who became one of baseball’s most enduring stars as an overpowering pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, died Wednesday. He was 92. Feller, who was elected to the...

Oct 12, 2015 · Bob Feller held the modern-day record for strikeouts in a game with 18 in a 1938 game. Score was well within equaling or topping that mark. However, the big lefty came up a bit short, registering 16 strikeouts in the 2-1 win.

Dec 2, 2018 · A farmboy from Van Meter, Iowa, Bob Feller was only 17 when he struck out eight members of the St. Louis Cardinals in three innings of an exhibition game. After this awesome display of pitching, Feller was advised to seek voluntary retirement from high school in order to sign a pro-baseball contract.

Robert W. A. “Bob” Feller was born on November 3, 1918, in Van Meter, Iowa. He played four years of American Legion baseball and was signed to a Cleveland Indians’ contract by C. C. Slapnicka in July 1935, when only 16 years old.