In Dec 2022 inspired by Bob Feller and my 8th grade baseball team the inspiration to illustrate the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) sports figures came to light.
#1 GOAT Baseball Bob Feller 1918- 2010 (aged 92)
Age 17- 18 seasons in MLB Cleveland Indians. Image in his start at the World Series Game 1 1948 in New York.
Career 1936 to 1941, 1945 to 1956, interrupted four-year sojourn in the Navy. USS Alabama.
570 games, pitched 3,827 innings, win–loss 266–162,
279 complete games, 44 shutouts, and a 3.25 ERA.
No hitters, 1940, 1946, and 1951,
12 one-hitters (no-hitters and one-hitters were records at the time of his retirement).
He helped the Indians win the World Series in 1948.
Feller’s pitch clocked at 107.6 mph (173.2 km/h).
Ted Williams called Feller “the fastest and best pitcher I ever saw during my career.”
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