109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 449
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the his-
toric 1946 season of Major League Baseball Hall 
of Fame member Bob Feller and his return from 
military service to the United States.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 449
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas Robert William Andrew Feller was born on Novem-
ber 3, 1918, near Van Meter, Iowa, and resides in Gates 
Mills, Ohio; 
Whereas Bob Feller enlisted in the Navy 2 days after the at-
tack 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
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Cleveland Indians at the age of 16, had struck out 15 
batters in his first Major League Baseball start in Au-
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 pitch-
ing 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;
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Whereas, in 1946, Bob Feller pitched in relief 6 times, saving 
4 games; 
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 vic-
tory 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, amass-
ing 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
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress commemorates the 60th
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anniversary of the 1946 season of Bob Feller and his re-
turn from military service to the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.