[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7928-S7929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 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

  Mr. DeWINE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                            S. Con. Res. 110

       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 batters 
     in his first Major League Baseball start in August 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 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 371\1/3\ 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

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     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
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Congress commemorates the 60th 
     anniversary of the 1946 season of Bob Feller and his return 
     from military service to the United States.

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