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Bob Feller and World War II

Bob Feller and World War II

Did His Service Hurt or Help His Career?

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Paul White
Mar 14, 2023
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For a long time during his retirement years, Bob Feller would famously carry around typewritten copies of what his career statistics could have been if he hadn’t lost nearly four seasons to service in the Navy during WWII. The revised numbers were, of course, very flattering to Bob Feller.

Why Feller, already a Hall of Fame pitcher and the subject of nat…

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