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Bob Feller Dies: 'Rapid Robert' Facts

By J. RichardDec 16th 2010 – 11:00AM

(Dec. 16) -- Nicknamed "Rapid Robert" for his 100 mph fastballs, Cleveland Indians legend and Hall of Famer Bob Feller is being remembered today as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. He passed away Wednesday at age 92 due to complications from leukemia. Feller joined the Indians in 1936 at the ripe old age...

Bob Feller, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dies at 92

Dec 16th 2010 – 6:36AM
Mark Duncan, AP

Mark Duncan, AP

Bob Feller, the longest tenured living Baseball Hall of Famer, died Wednesday night following a battle with leukemia. He was 92.

Bob Feller's Delivery Fierce to the Finish

By Pat McManamonDec 15th 2010 – 11:50PM

A real natural existed before Roy Hobbs was a creation in a filmmaker's mind. A guy who learned to pitch throwing into a makeshift backstop with his father on the family farm in Iowa. A guy who would achieve greatness in baseball and willingly sacrifice some of that greatness for his country. Bob Feller was an original,...

Reactions to the Death of Hall of Fame Pitcher Bob Feller

By FanHouse StaffDec 15th 2010 – 11:40PM

Reactions from around baseball to the death of Hall of Fame pitcher and Cleveland Indians great Bob Feller. Feller, who was the longest-tenured living Baseball Hall of Famer, died at 92 on Wednesday night following a bout with leukemia: Bud Selig, MLB Commissioner "I am saddened by the loss of Hall of Famer Bob Feller,...

Bob Feller, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dies at 92

By Andrew JohnsonDec 15th 2010 – 10:35PM

Bob Feller, the longest tenured living Baseball Hall of Famer, died Wednesday night following a bout with leukemia. He was 92. Feller had struggled in recent years with his health and had been undergoing treatment for his leukemia since August 2010. He was recently moved into hospice care. Feller, known by the nicknames...

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