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BOB FELLER AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL BAT. COA fromReggieJackson.com. This bat was signed by Hall of Famer Bob Feller, one of thegreatest baseball players of all-time, with the inscriptions HOF 1962, 3 nohitters, 266 wins 107.9 MPH.
Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918 – December15, 2010), nicknamed \"The Heater from Van Meter\", \"BulletBob\", and \"Rapid Robert\", was an American baseball pitcher whoplayed 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians. Fellerbecame the first pitcher to win 24 games in a season before the age of 21.During his career, he threw no-hitters in 1940, 1946, and 1951. Feller alsorecorded 12 one-hitters (his no-hitters and one-hitters were records at thetime of his retirement). He helped the Indians win a World Series title in 1948and an American League-record 111 wins and the pennant in 1954. Feller led theAmerican League in wins six times and in strikeouts seven times. In 1946, herecorded 348 strikeouts, a total not exceeded for 19 years. An eight-timeAll-Star, Feller was ranked 36th on Sporting News\'s list of the 100 GreatestBaseball Players and was named the publication\'s \"greatest pitcher of histime\". He was a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in1999.
Baseball Hall of Fame member Ted Williams called Feller\"the fastest and best pitcher I ever saw during my career.\"[1] Hallof Famer Stan Musial believed he was \"probably the greatest pitcher of ourera.\"[1] He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 on hisfirst ballot appearance; at the time only three players ever had a higherpercentage of ballot votes. He was elected the inaugural President of the MajorLeague Baseball Players\' Association and participated in exhibition games whichfeatured players from both the Major and Negro Leagues. Feller died at the ageof 92 in 2010.
•8× All-Star (1938–1941, 1946–1948, 1950)
•World Series champion (1948)
•Triple Crown (1940)
•6× AL wins leader (1939–1941, 1946–1947, 1951)
•AL ERA leader (1940)
•7× MLB strikeout leader (1938–1941, 1946–1948)
•Pitched three no-hitters
•Cleveland Indians #19 retired
•Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame
Baseball Hall of Fame 1962 93.8% on first ballot
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