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Bob Veale

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Full Name: Robert Andrew Veale Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 6"/212 First Game: April 16, 1962
Birthdate: October 28, 1935 Final Game: September 8, 1974
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 28, 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama, Bob Veale (Robert Andrew Veale) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 13 year career. Veale broke into the bigs on April 16, 1962 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 1.04 ERA in 77.2 innings pitched in 1963, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bob Veale's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1965, when he posted a 2.84 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 276 batters. However, others believe that it was 1964, when he posted a 2.74 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 250 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1962 PIT N 11 6 2 2 3.74 42 25 19 2 0 1 45.2 39 2 25 1 2 0
1963 PIT N 34 7 5 2 1.04 68 15 9 3 2 3 77.2 59 1 40 2 5 1
1964 PIT N 40 38 18 12 2.74 250 100 85 14 1 0 279.2 222 8 124 9 18 3
1965 PIT N 39 37 17 12 2.84 276 98 84 14 7 0 266 221 5 119 7 17 7
1966 PIT N 38 37 16 12 3.02 229 99 90 12 3 0 268.1 228 18 102 6 10 5
1967 PIT N 33 31 16 8 3.64 179 90 82 6 1 0 203 184 12 119 10 11 5
1968 PIT N 36 33 13 14 2.05 171 67 56 13 4 0 245.1 187 13 94 5 9 2
1969 PIT N 34 34 13 14 3.23 213 93 81 9 1 0 225.2 232 8 91 4 5 3
1970 PIT N 34 32 10 15 3.92 178 99 88 5 1 0 202 189 15 94 11 9 3
1971 PIT N 37 0 6 0 6.99 40 38 36 0 0 2 46.1 59 5 24 2 3 0
1972 PIT N 5 0 0 0 6.00 6 7 6 0 0 0 9 10 0 7 2 1 0
1972 BOS A 6 0 2 0 .00 10 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 0 3 0 0 0
1972 Total 11 0 2 0 3.18 16 7 6 0 0 2 17 12 0 10 2 1 0
1973 BOS A 32 0 2 3 3.47 25 16 14 0 0 11 36.1 37 2 12 2 1 0
1974 BOS A 18 0 0 1 5.54 16 8 8 0 0 2 13 15 2 4 1 1 0
Total NL 341 255 116 91 3.06 1652 731 636 78 20 6 1868.2 1630 87 839 59 90 29
Total AL 56 0 4 4 3.45 51 24 22 0 0 15 57.1 54 4 19 3 2 0
Total 397 255 120 95 3.07 1703 755 658 78 20 21 1926 1684 91 858 62 92 29

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1962 PIT N P 11 6 45.2 0 6 0 0 0 4 7 3 0 1.000
1963 PIT N P 34 7 77.2 1 14 2 2 0 1 7 4 2 .882
1964 PIT N P 40 38 279.2 14 39 2 4 0 3 11 8 0 .964
1965 PIT N P 39 37 266 3 36 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 .951
1966 PIT N P 38 37 268.1 2 34 3 5 0 5 8 5 1 .923
1967 PIT N P 33 31 203 6 36 1 3 0 2 17 8 2 .977
1968 PIT N P 36 33 245.1 4 37 3 0 0 2 11 9 4 .932
1969 PIT N P 34 34 225.2 6 33 1 2 0 5 13 9 2 .975
1970 PIT N P 34 32 202 0 23 3 1 0 3 14 7 4 .885
1971 PIT N P 37 0 46.1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 .400
1972 PIT N P 5 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
1972 BOS A P 6 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1972 Total P 11 0 17 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .667
1973 BOS A P 32 0 36.1 0 9 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 1.000
1974 BOS A P 18 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
Total P 397 255 1926 37 270 21 19 0 29 99 64 17 .936

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1962 PIT N 11 16 1 4 0 0 .250 .250 .313 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PIT N 35 23 0 2 0 0 .087 .160 .130 1 0 2 17 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PIT N 41 96 4 15 0 2 .156 .173 .156 0 0 2 52 0 6 0 0 0
1965 PIT N 39 93 3 8 0 3 .086 .115 .086 0 0 3 50 0 8 0 0 1
1966 PIT N 38 94 5 13 0 2 .138 .147 .160 0 1 1 39 0 3 0 0 1
1967 PIT N 33 69 1 3 0 1 .043 .057 .043 0 0 1 36 0 3 0 0 2
1968 PIT N 36 82 2 9 0 1 .110 .131 .122 1 0 2 53 0 2 0 0 2
1969 PIT N 34 79 3 4 0 2 .051 .085 .051 0 0 3 44 0 4 0 0 0
1970 PIT N 34 67 5 11 0 6 .164 .211 .224 4 0 4 34 0 1 0 0 2
1971 PIT N 37 9 2 3 0 1 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
1972 PIT N 5 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BOS A 6 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 Total 11 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BOS A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 BOS A 18 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 343 629 26 72 0 18 .114 .139 .129 7 1 18 336 0 28 0 0 8
Total AL 56 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 399 630 26 72 0 18 .114 .139 .129 7 1 18 337 0 28 0 0 8

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1958).
  • Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Boston Red Sox (September 2, 1972).
  • Released by Boston Red Sox (October 25, 1973).
  • Signed by Boston Red Sox (1974).
  • Released by Boston Red Sox (October 24, 1974).

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