by Andrew JohnsonFiled under: Indians, MLB Hall of Fame
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 "Rapid Robert" and "Bullet Bob," made his major league debut as a 17-year-old in 1936, after scout Cy Slapnicka signed him for $1 and an autographed baseball off his family's farm in Van Meter, Iowa.
Feller never threw one pitch in the minor leagues and spent his entire career, which spanned 18 seasons, with the Cleveland Indians.
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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/12/15/bob-feller-hall-of-fame-pitcher-dies-at-92/
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