Bob Veale
Born: October 28, 1935, Birmingham, ALHeight: 6'6" Weight: 212 Bats: Both Throws: Left
College: Benedictine College
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1962 Pittsburgh NL 26 2 2 3.74 11 6 2 4 1 1 0 45.2 39 195 25 19 2 24 1 0 42 1963 Pittsburgh NL 27 5 2 1.04 34 7 3 17 10 3 2 77.2 59 321 15 9 1 38 2 1 68 1964 Pittsburgh NL 28 18 12 2.74 40 38 14 1 1 0 1 279.2 222 1161 100 85 8 115 9 3 250 1965 Pittsburgh NL 29 17 12 2.84 39 37 14 0 2 0 7 266.0 221 1126 98 84 5 112 7 7 276 1966 Pittsburgh NL 30 16 12 3.02 38 37 12 1 0 0 3 268.1 228 1111 99 90 18 96 6 5 229 1967 Pittsburgh NL 31 16 8 3.64 33 31 6 2 0 0 1 203.0 184 891 90 82 12 109 10 5 179 1968 Pittsburgh NL 32 13 14 2.05 36 33 13 1 2 0 4 245.1 187 997 67 56 13 89 5 2 171 1969 Pittsburgh NL 33 13 14 3.23 34 34 9 0 0 0 1 225.2 232 980 93 81 8 87 4 3 213 1970 Pittsburgh NL 34 10 15 3.92 34 32 5 2 0 0 1 202.0 189 882 99 88 15 83 11 3 178 1971 Pittsburgh NL 35 6 0 6.99 37 0 0 25 12 2 0 46.1 59 218 38 36 5 22 2 0 40 1972 2 Teams 36 2 0 3.18 11 0 0 5 6 2 0 17.0 12 69 7 6 0 8 2 0 16 1973 Boston AL 37 2 3 3.47 32 0 0 8 24 11 0 36.1 37 154 16 14 2 10 2 0 25 1974 Boston AL 38 0 1 5.54 18 0 0 13 5 2 0 13.0 15 58 8 8 2 3 1 0 16 TOTALS 120 95 3.07 397 255 78 79 63 21 20 1926.0 1684 8163 755 658 91 796 62 29 1703
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1962 Pittsburgh NL 11 166 25 39 46 1 0 2 2 2 7 3 24 1 0 42 3 .235 .277 .332 1963 Pittsburgh NL 34 274 15 59 74 12 0 1 3 3 7 4 38 2 1 68 9 .215 .270 .314 1964 Pittsburgh NL 40 1023 100 222 279 29 2 8 7 4 12 9 115 9 3 250 34 .217 .273 .302 1965 Pittsburgh NL 39 983 98 221 276 28 6 5 13 4 7 4 112 7 7 276 22 .225 .281 .312 1966 Pittsburgh NL 38 984 99 228 320 34 2 18 15 5 10 5 96 6 5 229 29 .232 .325 .306 1967 Pittsburgh NL 33 752 90 184 266 30 8 12 10 5 17 10 109 10 5 179 19 .245 .354 .350 1968 Pittsburgh NL 36 886 67 187 268 32 5 13 11 4 12 11 89 5 2 171 18 .211 .302 .287 1969 Pittsburgh NL 34 870 93 232 310 38 8 8 11 5 13 9 87 4 3 213 18 .267 .356 .336 1970 Pittsburgh NL 34 768 99 189 282 32 8 15 13 4 14 7 83 11 3 178 18 .246 .367 .329 1971 Pittsburgh NL 37 188 38 59 84 6 2 5 4 2 1 3 22 2 0 40 4 .314 .447 .388 1972 2 Teams 11 56 7 12 14 2 0 0 2 1 8 2 0 16 2 .214 .250 .328 1973 Boston AL 32 138 16 37 47 4 0 2 4 0 4 1 10 2 0 25 6 .268 .341 .327 1974 Boston AL 18 53 8 15 21 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 16 0 .283 .396 .328
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1962 Pittsburgh NL 26 11 16 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 .250 .313 .250 1963 Pittsburgh NL 27 35 23 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 0 .087 .130 .160 1964 Pittsburgh NL 28 41 96 4 15 15 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 52 0 .156 .156 .173 1965 Pittsburgh NL 29 39 93 3 8 8 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 50 1 .086 .086 .115 1966 Pittsburgh NL 30 38 94 5 13 15 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 1 .138 .160 .147 1967 Pittsburgh NL 31 33 69 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 2 .043 .043 .057 1968 Pittsburgh NL 32 36 82 2 9 10 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 53 2 .110 .122 .131 1969 Pittsburgh NL 33 34 79 3 4 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 44 0 .051 .051 .085 1970 Pittsburgh NL 34 34 67 5 11 15 4 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 34 2 .164 .224 .211 1971 Pittsburgh NL 35 37 9 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .333 .333 .333 1972 2 Teams 36 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 Boston AL 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Boston AL 38 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 399 630 26 72 81 7 1 0 18 28 0 0 0 18 0 0 337 8 .114 .129 .139
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1962 Pittsburgh NL P 45.2 6 11 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.18 7 3 0 1963 Pittsburgh NL P 77.2 7 34 1 14 2 2 .882 1.74 7 4 2 1964 Pittsburgh NL P 279.2 38 40 14 39 2 4 .964 1.71 12 9 0 1965 Pittsburgh NL P 266.0 37 39 3 36 2 1 .951 1.32 7 4 2 1966 Pittsburgh NL P 268.1 37 38 2 34 3 5 .923 1.21 10 5 1 1967 Pittsburgh NL P 203.0 31 33 6 36 1 3 .977 1.86 17 10 2 1968 Pittsburgh NL P 245.1 33 36 4 37 3 0 .932 1.50 12 11 4 1969 Pittsburgh NL P 225.2 34 34 6 33 1 2 .975 1.56 13 9 3 1970 Pittsburgh NL P 202.0 32 34 0 23 3 1 .885 1.02 14 7 4 1971 Pittsburgh NL P 46.1 0 37 1 1 3 0 .400 0.39 1 3 0 1972 Pittsburgh NL P 9.0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 2 0 1972 Boston AL P 8.0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 1 0 1973 Boston AL P 36.1 0 32 0 9 0 1 1.000 2.23 4 1 0 1974 Boston AL P 13.0 0 18 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
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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