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Bobby Veach
Robert Hayes Veach
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 29, 1888 in St. Charles, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1912
Final Game: October 2, 1925
Died: August 7, 1945 in Detroit, MI
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1912 24 DET AL 23 88 79 8 27 5 1 0 15 2 5 .342 .388 .430 .819 137 34 1 3 O
1913 25 DET AL 137 564 491 54 132 22 10 0 64 22 53 31 .269 .346 .354 .700 106 174 5 15 *O
1914 26 DET AL 149 606 531 56 146 19 14 1 72 20 20 50 29 .275 .341 .369 .710 111 196 3 22 *O
1915 27 DET AL 152 659 569 81 178 40 10 3 112 16 19 68 43 .313 .390 .434 .824 142 247 4 18 *O
1916 28 DET AL 150 645 566 92 173 33 15 3 91 24 15 52 41 .306 .367 .433 .800 136 245 3 24 *O
1917 29 DET AL 154 666 571 79 182 31 12 8 103 21 61 44 .319 .393 .457 .850 159 261 9 25 *O
1918 30 DET AL 127 555 499 59 139 21 13 3 78 21 35 23 .279 .331 .391 .722 121 195 4 17 *O/1
1919 31 DET AL 139 598 538 87 191 45 17 3 101 19 33 33 .355 .398 .519 .916 158 279 5 22 *O
1920 32 DET AL 154 670 612 92 188 39 15 11 113 11 7 36 22 .307 .353 .474 .827 119 290 7 15 *O
1921 33 DET AL 150 688 612 110 207 43 13 16 128 14 10 48 31 .338 .387 .529 .917 133 324 1 27 *O
1922 34 DET AL 155 704 618 96 202 34 13 9 126 9 1 42 27 .327 .377 .468 .845 122 289 8 36 *O
1923 35 DET AL 114 339 293 45 94 13 3 2 39 10 3 29 21 .321 .388 .406 .794 111 119 3 14 O
1924 36 BOS AL 142 599 519 77 153 35 9 5 99 5 5 47 18 .295 .359 .426 .785 102 221 5 28 *O
1925 37 TOT AL 75 176 158 17 51 13 2 0 25 1 4 12 4 .323 .374 .430 .805 105 68 1 5 O
1925 37 BOS AL 1 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 38 1 0 0 /O
1925 37 NYY AL 56 127 116 13 41 10 2 0 15 1 4 8 0 .353 .400 .474 .874 123 55 1 2 O
1925 37 WSH AL 18 43 37 4 9 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 3 .243 .300 .324 .624 60 12 0 3 O
14 Seasons 1821 7557 6656 953 2063 393 147 64 1166 195 84 571 367 .310 .370 .442 .812 127 2942 59 271
162 Game Avg. 162 672 592 85 184 35 13 6 104 17 51 .310 .370 .442 .812 127 262 5 24
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (12 yrs) 1604 6782 5979 859 1859 345 136 59 1042 189 75 512 345 .311 .370 .444 .814 130 2653 53 238
BOS (2 yrs) 143 605 524 77 154 35 9 5 101 5 5 48 19 .294 .359 .424 .782 101 222 5 28
WSH (1 yr) 18 43 37 4 9 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 3 .243 .300 .324 .624 60 12 0 3
NYY (1 yr) 56 127 116 13 41 10 2 0 15 1 4 8 0 .353 .400 .474 .874 123 55 1 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1925 37 WSH AL WS PIT L 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1918 30 DET AL 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 59 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 Season 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 59 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 4.50 68 0 68 0 0 68 136 136 68 68 0 136 0 0 0 0 612 59 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1912 DET AL 24 OF 22 55 46 5 4 0 .927 2.32 .953 1.98 22-0-0
1913 DET AL 25 OF 135 290 250 16 24 3 .917 1.97 .955 1.95 135-0-0
1914 DET AL 26 OF 145 315 282 22 11 6 .965 2.10 .956 1.92 145-0-0
1915 DET AL 27 OF 152 324 297 19 8 4 .975 2.08 .957 1.98 152-0-0
1916 DET AL 28 OF 150 368 342 14 12 4 .967 2.37 .963 2.03 150-0-0
1917 DET AL 29 OF 154 390 356 17 17 5 .956 2.42 .967 2.14 154-0-0
1918 DET AL 30 OF 127 298 277 14 7 3 .977 2.29 .961 2.17 124-1-2
1918 DET AL 30 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1919 DET AL 31 OF 138 364 338 14 12 3 .967 2.55 .958 2.16 138-0-0
1920 DET AL 32 OF 154 396 357 26 13 4 .967 2.49 .962 2.16 154-0-0
1921 DET AL 33 OF 149 416 384 21 11 4 .974 2.72 .959 2.21 149-0-0
1922 DET AL 34 OF 154 398 375 16 7 3 .982 2.54 .963 2.22 154-0-0
1923 DET AL 35 OF 85 141 127 6 8 0 .943 1.56 .966 2.26 46-13-26
1924 BOS AL 36 OF 130 294 270 11 13 2 .956 2.16 .970 2.27 130-0-0
1925 TOT AL 37 OF 45 62 53 6 3 1 .952 1.31 .966 2.27 18-0-37
1925 BOS AL 37 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.30 1-0-0
1925 NYY AL 37 OF 33 46 38 6 2 1 .957 1.33 .965 2.27 13-0-30
1925 WSH AL 37 OF 11 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1.09 .969 2.27 4-0-7
14 Seasons OF 1740 4111 3754 207 150 42 .964 2.28 .961 2.12 1671-14-65
1 Season P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
14 Seasons TOT 1741 4111 3754 207 150 42 .964 2.28 .925 2.12 1671-14-65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1915 AL--.313--6th
1916 AL--.306--7th
1917 AL--.319--4th
1919 AL--.355--2nd
1921 AL--.338--9th
1922 AL--.327--9th
Career--.310--110th

On-Base% s c a p y
1915 AL--.390--6th
1916 AL--.367--10th
1917 AL--.393--4th
1919 AL--.398--8th

Slugging % s c a p y
1915 AL--.434--7th
1916 AL--.433--4th
1917 AL--.457--3rd
1919 AL--.519--3rd
1921 AL--.529--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1915 AL--.824--7th
1916 AL--.800--6th
1917 AL--.850--3rd
1919 AL--.916--5th
1921 AL--.917--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1917 AL--154--7th
1918 AL--127--7th
1919 AL--139--9th
1920 AL--154--1st
1922 AL--155--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1915 AL--569--7th
1916 AL--566--10th
1917 AL--571--7th
1918 AL--499--8th
1919 AL--538--5th
1920 AL--612--4th
1921 AL--612--6th
1922 AL--618--3rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1917 AL--666--7th
1918 AL--555--8th
1919 AL--598--8th
1921 AL--688--8th
1922 AL--704--1st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1916 AL--92--5th
1919 AL--87--6th
1921 AL--110--8th
1922 AL--96--9th

Hits s c a p y
1915 AL--178--3rd
1916 AL--173--6th
1917 AL--182--4th
1918 AL--139--8th
1919 AL--191--1st
1920 AL--188--9th
1921 AL--207--5th
1922 AL--202--4th
Career--2063--229th

Total Bases s c a p y
1915 AL--247--3rd
1916 AL--245--4th
1917 AL--261--2nd
1918 AL--195--6th
1919 AL--279--2nd
1920 AL--290--8th
1921 AL--324--6th
1922 AL--289--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1915 AL--40--1st
1916 AL--33--5th
1917 AL--31--3rd
1918 AL--21--10th
1919 AL--45--1st
1920 AL--39--7th
1921 AL--43--3rd
1922 AL--34--8th
Career--393--175th

Triples s c a p y
1914 AL--14--6th
1916 AL--15--3rd
1917 AL--12--5th
1918 AL--13--2nd
1919 AL--17--1st
1920 AL--15--4th
1922 AL--13--6th
1924 AL--9--10th
Career--147--56th

Home Runs s c a p y
1917 AL--8--2nd
1918 AL--3--7th
1920 AL--11--7th
1921 AL--16--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1914 AL--72--9th
1915 AL--112--1st
1916 AL--91--3rd
1917 AL--103--1st
1918 AL--78--1st
1919 AL--101--2nd
1920 AL--113--7th
1921 AL--128--4th
1922 AL--126--2nd
1924 AL--99--10th
Career--1166--157th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1915 AL--68--9th

Singles s c a p y
1915 AL--125--9th
1917 AL--131--10th
1919 AL--126--6th
1922 AL--146--5th
Career--1459--219th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1915 AL--142--8th
1916 AL--136--7th
1917 AL--159--4th
1919 AL--158--4th
1921 AL--133--7th
1922 AL--122--10th
Career--127--204th

Runs Created s c a p y
1915 AL--91--4th
1916 AL--88--4th
1917 AL--100--3rd
1918 AL--64--8th
1919 AL--109--3rd
1920 AL--99--10th
1921 AL--123--7th
1922 AL--108--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1915 AL--31--6th
1916 AL--24--7th
1917 AL--41--3rd
1919 AL--40--4th
1921 AL--28--7th
1922 AL--19--9th
Career--228--205th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1915 AL--3.5--5th
1916 AL--2.7--7th
1917 AL--4.6--3rd
1919 AL--4.1--4th
1921 AL--2.6--7th
1922 AL--1.8--9th
Career--24.2--185th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1915 AL--53--2nd
1916 AL--51--4th
1917 AL--51--3rd
1918 AL--37--4th
1919 AL--65--2nd
1920 AL--65--6th
1921 AL--72--4th

Times On Base s c a p y
1915 AL--250--5th
1916 AL--228--9th
1917 AL--252--4th
1919 AL--229--6th
1921 AL--256--9th
1922 AL--252--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1915 AL--.718--6th
1916 AL--.703--4th
1917 AL--.769--4th
1919 AL--.773--5th
1921 AL--.669--7th
Career--.654--186th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1917 AL--9--1st
1920 AL--7--6th
1922 AL--8--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1921 AL--27--10th
1922 AL--36--3rd
1924 AL--28--7th
Career--271--24th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 AL--19--10th
Career--84--177th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1917 AL--11.6--1st
1918 AL--5.3--8th
1920 AL--11.0--5th
1921 AL--14.9--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1914 AL--18.310--5th
1920 AL--27.818--9th
Career--17.920--145th

AB per HR s c a p y
1917 AL--71.375--2nd
1921 AL--38.250--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1918 AL--377--4th
1922 AL--453--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 22 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 170 (62), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 88 (186), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (209), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August, 1912: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from Indianapolis (American Association).

January 12, 1924: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

May 5, 1925: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Alex Ferguson to the New York Yankees for Ray Francis and $9,000.

August 17, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the New York Yankees.

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