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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 .827 120 290 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 .845 123 289 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 .785 103 221 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 .782 102 222 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

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

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  123 (10th)
Career  127 (201st)

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  20 (9th)
Career  231 (201st)

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  1.9 (9th)
Career  24.4 (183rd)

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 (5th)
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  18.3 (5th)
1920 AL  27.8 (9th)
Career  17.9 (145th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1917 AL  71.4 (2nd)
1921 AL  38.3 (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 (93), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 170 (62), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 88 (185), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Edd Roush (885) *
  7. Sam West (879)
  8. George Burns (879)
  9. Joe Kelley (873) *
  10. Paul Hines (870)
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  6. Steve Evans (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Curt Walker (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Curt Walker (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Vosmik (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Vosmik (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Dixie Walker (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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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