Jack Feller Explained

Jack Feller
Position:Catcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:10 December 1936
Birth Place:Adrian, Michigan
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 13
Debutyear:1958
Debutteam:Detroit Tigers
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 13
Finalyear:1958
Finalteam:Detroit Tigers
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Games played
Stat1value:1
Stat2label:Total chances
Stat2value:1
Stat3label:Errors
Stat3value:0
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Jack Leland Feller (born December 10, 1936) is a retired American professional baseball player. A catcher, he played five years professionally (1955–1959) and appeared in one inning of one Major League Baseball game with the 1958 Detroit Tigers. He batted and threw right-handed, stood 5feet tall and weighed .

Feller was 21 years old and in his fourth pro season when he was summoned from the Tigers' Class A Augusta affiliate in the Sally League when the rosters expanded to 40 men in September 1958. He caught the top half of the ninth inning (in relief of Red Wilson) in a 13–2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on September 13, with one putout and no errors. Feller never recorded a Major League plate appearance. However, he did have the distinction of catching a future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher and United States Senator, Jim Bunning, who won his 12th game of the season that day.[1]

Feller batted .272 in 474 minor league games before leaving baseball.[2]

His scouting report in the March 1959 issue of Baseball Digest read: "Good arm and glove. Hitting problematical."[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B09130DET1958.htm 1958-9-13 box score from Retrosheet
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=feller001jac Minor league statistics
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=g7YDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3 Baseball Digest, March 1959, page 75