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This Day in Baseball: Feller’s First Major League Appearance

By Precious Sanders @pdsanders99

In his first major league appearance on July 6, 1936, seventeen-year-old Indians rookie Bob Feller pitched in an All-Star break exhibition game against the Cardinals’ Gashouse Gang.  After the first batter was thrown out trying to bunt, Feller proceeded to strike out eight consecutive batters in three innings.

This day in baseball: Feller’s first major league appearance

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This day in baseball: Feller’s first major league appearance


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