Bob Feller Quotes


Life comes down to honesty and doing what's right. That's what's most important.


Citations

Feller, Bob, and Burton Rocks. Bob Feller's Little Black Book of Baseball Wisdom. Contemporary Books, 2001, p. 110.

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Bob Feller
Bob Feller
  • Born: November 3, 1918
  • Died: December 15, 2010
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Robert William Andrew Feller, 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. Feller pitched from 1936 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1956, interrupted by a four-year engagement in the United States Navy. In a career spanning 570 games, Feller pitched 3,827 innings and posted a win–loss record of 266–162, with 279 complete games, 44 shutouts, and a 3.25 earned run average (ERA).