Bob Veale
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[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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