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 120 STAT. 3736

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—SEPT. 11, 2006

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; 1⁄3 innings and had 348 Whereas, in 1946, Bob Feller pitched 371 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 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 House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Congress commemorates the 60th anniversary of

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