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Coot Veal

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Full Name: Orville Inman Veal Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/165 First Game: July 30, 1958
Birthdate: July 9, 1932 Final Game: June 20, 1963
Birthplace: Sandersville, Georgia MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Coot Veal (Orville Inman Veal) was born on July 9, 1932 in Sandersville, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on July 30, 1958 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .256 with 0 home runs and 16 RBI. Veal played for the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators over the course of his 5 year career.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1958 DET A 58 207 29 53 0 16 .256 .304 .324 10 2 14 21 1 6 1 0 9
1959 DET A 77 89 12 18 1 15 .202 .273 .247 1 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 0
1960 DET A 27 64 8 19 0 8 .297 .400 .406 5 1 11 7 0 3 0 0 3
1961 WAS A 69 218 21 44 0 8 .202 .273 .248 10 0 19 29 3 10 1 0 3
1962 PIT N 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1963 DET A 15 32 5 7 0 4 .219 .297 .219 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4
Total NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 246 610 75 141 1 51 .231 .298 .289 26 3 56 68 5 23 2 1 19
Total 247 611 75 141 1 51 .231 .298 .288 26 3 56 69 5 23 2 1 19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 DET A SS 58 58 502.2 95 160 5 30 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1959 DET A SS 72 25 290.2 57 96 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1960 DET A 3B 3 1 11.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 DET A 2B 1 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 DET A SS 22 18 152.2 26 53 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1961 WAS A SS 63 57 510 130 172 8 43 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1963 DET A SS 12 9 83.2 14 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .980
Total SS 227 167 1539.2 322 516 21 100 0 0 0 0 0 .976
Total 2B 1 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 3 1 11.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1952).
  • Selected by Washington Senators from Detroit Tigers in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
  • Sold by Washington Senators to Pittsburgh Pirates (November 21, 1961).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Al Pehanick (June, 1962).

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