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Bobby Veach

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Full Name: Robert Hayes Veach Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/160 First Game: September 6, 1912
Birthdate: June 29, 1888 Final Game: October 2, 1925
Birthplace: St. Charles, Kentucky MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: August 7, 1945
Deathplace: Detroit, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Bobby Veach (Robert Hayes Veach) was born on June 29, 1888 in St. Charles, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1912 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1913, his rookie year, he hit .269 with 0 home runs and 64 RBI. Veach played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and New York Yankees over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Bobby Veach's best season was 1921, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .338 average and knocked in 128 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1912 DET A 23 79 8 27 0 15 .342 .388 .430 5 1 5 0 1 3 2 0 0
1913 DET A 137 491 54 132 0 64 .269 .346 .354 22 10 53 31 5 15 22 0 0
1914 DET A 149 531 56 146 1 72 .275 .341 .369 19 14 50 29 3 22 20 0 0
1915 DET A 152 569 81 178 3 112 .313 .390 .434 40 10 68 43 4 18 16 0 0
1916 DET A 150 566 92 173 3 91 .306 .367 .433 33 15 52 41 3 24 24 0 0
1917 DET A 154 571 79 182 8 103 .319 .393 .457 31 12 61 44 9 25 21 0 0
1918 DET A 127 499 59 139 3 78 .279 .331 .391 21 13 35 23 4 17 21 0 0
1919 DET A 139 538 87 191 3 101 .355 .398 .519 45 17 33 33 5 22 19 0 0
1920 DET A 154 612 92 188 11 113 .307 .353 .474 39 15 36 22 7 15 11 0 0
1921 DET A 150 612 110 207 16 128 .338 .387 .529 43 13 48 31 1 27 14 0 0
1922 DET A 155 618 96 202 9 126 .327 .377 .468 34 13 42 27 8 36 9 0 0
1923 DET A 114 293 45 94 2 39 .321 .388 .406 13 3 29 21 3 14 10 0 0
1924 BOS A 142 519 77 153 5 99 .295 .359 .426 35 9 47 18 5 28 5 0 0
1925 WAS A 18 37 4 9 0 8 .243 .300 .324 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
1925 NY A 56 116 13 41 0 15 .353 .400 .474 10 2 8 0 1 2 1 0 0
1925 BOS A 1 5 0 1 0 2 .200 .333 .200 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 TOT A 75 158 17 51 0 25 .323 .374 .430 13 2 12 4 1 5 1 0 0
Total 1821 6656 953 2063 64 1166 .310 .370 .442 393 147 571 367 59 271 195 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1912 DET A OF 22 0 0 46 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .927
1913 DET A OF 135 0 0 250 16 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1914 DET A OF 145 0 0 282 22 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1915 DET A OF 152 0 0 297 19 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1916 DET A OF 150 0 0 342 14 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1917 DET A OF 154 0 0 356 17 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1918 DET A OF 127 0 0 277 14 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1918 DET A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1919 DET A OF 138 0 0 338 14 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1920 DET A OF 154 0 0 357 26 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1921 DET A OF 149 0 0 384 21 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1922 DET A OF 154 0 0 375 16 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1923 DET A OF 85 0 0 127 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1923 DET A C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1924 BOS A OF 130 0 0 270 11 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1925 WAS A OF 11 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1925 NY A OF 33 0 0 38 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1925 BOS A OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1925 TOT A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1925 TOT A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1925 TOT A OF 45 0 0 53 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
Total P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 1740 0 0 3754 207 150 42 0 0 0 0 0 .964

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1918 DET A 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox (January 12, 1924).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Alex Ferguson to New York Yankees in exchange for Ray Francis and $9000 (May 5, 1925).
  • Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from New York Yankees (August 17, 1925).

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