Coot Veal
Orville Inman Veal
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 9, 1932 in Sandersville, GA
School: Auburn University
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1958
Final Game: June 20, 1963
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 DET AL 25 SS 58 58 502.2 260 95 160 5 30 .981 3.9 9.3 4.9 1.4 3.5 -1 4.57 4.40 .963 4.96 4.17
1959 DET AL 26 SS 72 25 290.2 159 57 96 6 16 .962 -0.5 -2.1 1.5 0.7 0.8 -2 4.74 2.13 .959 4.87 3.97
1960 DET AL 27 SS 22 18 152.2 80 26 53 1 10 .988 -0.5 -3.9 -1.5 -1.4 -0.2 1 4.66 3.59 .959 5.11 4.37
1960 DET AL 27 3B 3 1 11.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -72.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 2.31 1.00 .933 3.16 2.73
1960 DET AL 27 2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 5.50 4.70
1961 WSA AL 28 SS 63 57 510.0 310 130 172 8 43 .974 0.4 0.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.7 1 5.33 4.79 .955 4.84 4.37
1963 DET AL 30 SS 12 9 83.2 50 14 35 1 1 .980 -0.2 -2.9 0.8 -1.7 2.4 -1 5.27 4.08 .964 4.79 4.56
5 Seasons SS 227 167 1539.2 859 322 516 21 100 .976 3.1 2.4 5.1 -1.0 5.8 -2 4.90 3.69 .959 4.91 4.20
1 Season 3B 3 1 11.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -72.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 2.31 1.00 .933 3.16 2.73
1 Season 2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 5.50 4.70
6 Seasons TOT 231 169 1560.1 865 326 518 21 100 .976 2.2 1.7 4.2 -1.4 5.3 -2 4.87 3.65 .935 4.90 4.18

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 DET AL 25 58 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 DET AL 26 77 25 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 8
1960 DET AL 27 27 20 27 27 0 0 0 1 3 22 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 WSA AL 28 69 57 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 4 4
1962 PIT NL 29 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 DET AL 30 15 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 247 169 247 247 0 0 0 1 3 227 0 0 0 0 11 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 DET AL 25 2111 58% 78% 25% 208 89% 2 94 44 36 14 162 122 36 0 8 5 0 3 2 4 30 12 1 10 3 2 29 13 16 1 0 1
1959 DET AL 26 1249 59% 79% 25% 137 91% 0 58 35 20 3 95 68 26 0 0 6 0 4 2 5 16 8 1 6 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 1
1960 DET AL 27 699 65% 77% 22% 59 98% 0 26 12 12 2 53 44 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 2 1 6 0 0 9 3 6 1 1 0
1961 WSA AL 28 2284 65% 80% 27% 244 89% 3 131 69 51 13 173 132 35 1 3 8 2 4 2 5 43 15 1 17 2 3 38 16 22 3 2 1
1963 DET AL 30 375 66% 82% 29% 41 93% 0 14 7 4 3 35 31 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 6718 62% 79% 26% 689 90% 5 323 167 123 35 518 397 108 1 12 21 2 13 6 16 100 37 4 40 5 5 92 41 51 6 3 3
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 DET AL 27 54 67% 78% 22% 3 100% 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 54 67% 78% 22% 3 100% 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1960 DET AL 27 36 39% 56% 19% 4 75% 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 36 39% 56% 19% 4 75% 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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