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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 110 

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the historic 1946 season of Major 

League Baseball Hall of Fame member Bob Feller and his return from 

military service to the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 19, 2006 

Mr. DEWINE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the historic 1946 

season of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member 

Bob Feller and his return from military service to the 

United States. 

Whereas Robert William Andrew Feller was born on November 3, 1918, near Van Meter, Iowa, and resides in Gates 

Mills, Ohio; 

Whereas Bob Feller enlisted in the Navy 2 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941; 

Whereas, at the time of his enlistment, Bob Feller was at the 

peak of his baseball career, as he had been signed to the 

Cleveland Indians at the age of 16, had struck out 15 

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gust 1936, and established a Major League record by 

striking out 18 Detroit Tigers in a single, 9-inning game; 

Whereas Bob Feller is the first pitcher in modern Major 

League Baseball history to win 20 or more games before 

the age of 21; 

Whereas Bob Feller pitched the only opening day no-hitter in 

Major League Baseball history; 

Whereas, on April 16, 1940, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, 

Bob Feller threw his first no-hitter and began the season 

for which he was awarded Major League Baseball Player 

of the Year; 

Whereas Bob Feller served with valor in the Navy for nearly 

4 years, missing almost 4 full baseball seasons; 

Whereas Bob Feller was stationed mostly aboard the U.S.S. 

Alabama as a gunnery specialist, where he kept his pitching arm in shape by tossing a ball on the deck of that 

ship; 

Whereas Bob Feller earned 8 battle stars and was discharged 

in late 1945, and was able to pitch 9 games at the end 

of that season, compiling a record of 5 wins and 3 losses; 

Whereas 60 years ago, amid great speculation that, after 

nearly 4 seasons away from baseball, his best pitching 

days were behind him, Bob Feller had 1 of the most 

amazing seasons in baseball history; 

Whereas, in the 1946 season, Bob Feller pitched 36 complete 

games in 42 starts; 

Whereas, on April 30, 1946, in a game against the New York 

Yankees, Bob Feller pitched his second career no-hitter; 

Whereas, in 1946, Bob Feller pitched in relief 6 times, saving 

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Whereas, in 1946, Bob Feller routinely threw between 125 

and 140 pitches a game, a feat not often seen today; 

Whereas, in 1946, Bob Feller pitched 3711⁄3 innings and had 

348 strikeouts; 

Whereas, in 1946, Bob Feller had an earned run average of 

2.18; 

Whereas, in 1946, a fastball thrown by Bob Feller was 

clocked at 109 mph; 

Whereas Bob Feller was the winning pitcher in the 1946 All 

Star Game, throwing 3 scoreless innings in a 12–0 victory by the American League; 

Whereas, in 1946, Bob Feller led the American League in 

wins, shutouts, strikeouts, games pitched, and innings; 

Whereas the baseball career of Bob Feller ended in 1956, but 

not before pitching his third no-hitter against the Detroit 

Tigers on July 1, 1951, pitching 12 1-hit games, amassing 266 victories and 2,581 strikeouts, and leading the 

league in strikeouts 7 times; 

Whereas Bob Feller was inducted into the Baseball Hall of 

Fame in 1962; and 

Whereas Bob Feller, a beloved baseball figure known as 

‘‘Bullet Bob’’ and ‘‘Rapid Robert,’’ placed service to his 

country ahead of playing the game he loved and is a 

decorated war veteran: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That the Congress commemorates the 60th 

3 anniversary of the 1946 season of Bob Feller and his re4 turn from military service to the United States. 

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