Brother Bob Feller

November 3rd 1918 – December 15th 2010

Member of:

Grove Lodge #824, Downers Grove, Illinois

American baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians. Feller pitched from 1936 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1956, interrupted only by a four-year sojourn in the Navy. In a career spanning 570 games, Brother 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).

Baseball Hall of Fame member Ted Williams called Feller “the fastest and best pitcher I ever saw during my career.”