Bob Veale

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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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.

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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