Feller's, remarkable career with the Cleveland Indians began with a flourish. At the tender age of seventeen, without any minor league experience, he faced the Cardinals in an exhibition game on July 6, 1936, and fanned eight members of the Gashouse Gang in three innings. "Rapid Robert" won his first big league start, 4-1, striking out 15 St. Louis Browns. He had his best season ever in 1946, winning 26 games, striking out a record 348 batters in 371 innings, and recording 10 shutouts with an ERA of 2.18. In 1948, he two-hit the Braves in his only World Series game but lost (The Indians eventually won the series in 6 games). In 1951, he still had enough stuff to throw his third no-hitter and lead the league with a record of 22-8. By the time he retired, Feller had pitched twelve one-hitters, won 20 or more games six times and rolled up 2,581 career strikeouts. Satchel Paige summed up his career this way: "If anybody threw that ball any harder than Rapid Robert, then the human eye couldn't follow it." He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1962.