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(b. 3 November 1918 near Van Meter, Iowa), the dominant pitcher from 1936 to 1956, considered by many baseball writers to be the best pitcher of all, because of his three no-hit games and twelve one-hit games for the Cleveland Indians, while leading the American League in wins six times and strikeouts seven times.

Feller was one of two children of Lena Forrett, a school teacher, nurse, newspaper correspondent, and school board member, and William Feller, a farmer.

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He was born and raised on his father's farm three miles from Van Meter, Iowa. By the time he was thirteen years old, Feller was the cleanup hitter on Van Meter's American Legion baseball team, playing against much older players.

When he was fourteen, his father, who had been a semi-professional pitcher in his younger days, created a baseball diamond on the farm for him.

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