Bob Veale
Robert Andrew Veale
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 212 lb.

Born: October 28, 1935 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
School: Benedictine College
Signed
by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1962
Final Game: September 8, 1974
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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
1962 26 PIT NL 11 16 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .313 .563 50 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 27 PIT NL 35 25 23 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 .087 .160 .130 .290 -15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 28 PIT NL 41 104 96 4 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 52 .156 .173 .156 .330 -6 15 0 0 6 0 0 1
1965 29 PIT NL 39 104 93 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 50 .086 .115 .086 .201 -43 8 1 0 8 0 0 1 AS
1966 30 PIT NL 38 98 94 5 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 39 .138 .147 .160 .307 -14 15 1 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1967 31 PIT NL 33 73 69 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 36 .043 .057 .043 .101 -71 3 2 0 3 0 0 1
1968 32 PIT NL 36 86 82 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 53 .110 .131 .122 .253 -23 10 2 0 2 0 0 1
1969 33 PIT NL 34 86 79 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 44 .051 .085 .051 .136 -61 4 0 0 4 0 0 1
1970 34 PIT NL 34 72 67 5 11 4 0 0 6 0 0 4 34 .164 .211 .224 .435 19 15 2 0 1 0 0 1
1971 35 PIT NL 37 10 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 88 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 36 TOT MLB 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 36 PIT NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 36 BOS AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 349 676 630 26 72 7 1 0 18 0 0 18 337 .114 .139 .129 .267 -24 81 8 0 28 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 314 292 12 33 3 0 0 8 0 0 8 156 .114 .139 .129 .267 -24 38 4 0 13 0 0
PIT (11 yrs) 343 675 629 26 72 7 1 0 18 0 0 18 336 .114 .139 .129 .268 -24 81 8 0 28 0 0
BOS (3 yrs) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 343 675 629 26 72 7 1 0 18 0 0 18 336 .114 .139 .129 .268 -24 81 8 0 28 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1962 26 PIT NL 16 12 1 2.2 104 .444 .250 .271 .250 .338 .313 .412 .563 .750 50 .213 -1.2 -0.1 .417 .063 .063
1963 27 PIT NL 25 21 1 1.3 90 .333 .087 .255 .160 .317 .130 .382 .290 .699 -15 .115 -3.4 -0.4 .238 .130 .043
1964 28 PIT NL 104 87 3 0.9 94 .341 .156 .263 .173 .321 .156 .391 .330 .712 -6 .061 -13.7 -1.5 .210 .021 .000
1965 29 PIT NL 104 94 1 0.3 94 .186 .086 .259 .115 .323 .086 .392 .201 .715 -43 .008 -17.9 -1.9 .128 .032 .000
1966 30 PIT NL 98 85 2 0.6 96 .236 .138 .265 .147 .323 .160 .399 .307 .722 -14 .030 -14.8 -1.6 .195 .032 .021
1967 31 PIT NL 73 71 0 0.0 90 .091 .043 .258 .057 .320 .043 .379 .101 .699 -71 .000 -15.4 -1.7 .059 .014 .000
1968 32 PIT NL 86 77 1 0.4 80 .310 .110 .250 .131 .308 .122 .352 .253 .660 -23 .014 -12.3 -1.4 .160 .037 .012
1969 33 PIT NL 86 79 1 0.3 93 .114 .051 .257 .085 .327 .051 .381 .136 .708 -61 .010 -17.0 -1.8 .093 .038 .000
1970 34 PIT NL 72 59 3 1.4 101 .333 .164 .263 .211 .336 .224 .402 .435 .738 19 .096 -7.7 -0.8 .328 .119 .060
1971 35 PIT NL 10 7 1 3.8 94 .600 .333 .262 .333 .328 .333 .384 .667 .712 88 .474 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1972 36 TOT MLB 2 2 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .254 .000 .323 .000 .371 .000 .694 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1972 36 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .255 .000 .323 .000 .377 .000 .700 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1972 36 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .253 .000 .323 .000 .365 .000 .688 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
13 Seasons 676 594 14 0.6 93 .246 .114 .260 .139 .323 .129 .386 .267 .708 -24 .031 -104.1 -11.2 .175 .043 .014
162 Game Avg. 314 276 6 0.6 93 .246 .114 .260 .139 .323 .129 .386 .267 .708 -24 .031 -104.1 -11.2 .175 .043 .014
PIT (11 yrs) 675 593 14 0.6 93 .246 .114 .260 .139 .323 .129 .386 .268 .708 -24 .032 -103.8 -11.2 .175 .043 .014
BOS (3 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .253 .000 .323 .000 .365 .000 .688 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (11 yrs) 675 593 14 0.6 93 .246 .114 .260 .139 .323 .129 .386 .268 .708 -24 .032 -103.8 -11.2 .175 .043 .014
AL (3 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .253 .000 .323 .000 .365 .000 .688 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

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
1971 35 PIT NL WS BAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 PIT NL 29 DNP
1966 PIT NL 30 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1962 26 PIT NL 16 0.0% 43.8% 0.0% 6.3% 25% 2.3 3.00 56%
1963 27 PIT NL 25 0.0% 68.0% 8.0% 4.0% 50% 8.50 1.4 24%
1964 28 PIT NL 104 0.0% 50.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0% 26.00 1.8 48.0 5.60 42%
1965 29 PIT NL 104 0.0% 48.1% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 16.67 1.9 31.0 3.44 41%
1966 30 PIT NL 98 0.0% 39.8% 1.0% 1.0% 8% 39.00 2.4 47.0 6.00 56%
1967 31 PIT NL 73 0.0% 49.3% 1.4% 0.0% 0% 36.00 1.9 69.0 3.43 45%
1968 32 PIT NL 86 0.0% 61.6% 2.3% 1.2% 11% 26.50 1.5 82.0 4.50 34%
1969 33 PIT NL 86 0.0% 51.2% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 14.67 1.8 39.5 2.63 41%
1970 34 PIT NL 72 0.0% 47.2% 5.6% 5.6% 36% 8.50 2.0 11.2 7.67 46%
1971 35 PIT NL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 9.0 50%
1972 36 TOT MLB 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 50%
1972 36 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1972 36 BOS AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
13 Seasons 676 0.0% 49.9% 2.7% 1.2% 11% 18.72 1.9 35.0 4.32 43%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1962 26 PIT NL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1963 27 PIT NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1964 28 PIT NL 2 0 24% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 6 3 3 0 0 0 4 2 1
1965 29 PIT NL 0 0 27% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1966 30 PIT NL 1 0 36% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 40% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1967 31 PIT NL 0 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1968 32 PIT NL 0 0 18% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 33 PIT NL 2 0 43% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1970 34 PIT NL 0 0 33% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
1971 35 PIT NL 1 0 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 36 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 36 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 36 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 6 0 29% 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 29% 22 16 6 3 2 1 13 7 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1962 26 PIT NL 15 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1
1963 27 PIT NL 25 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 17 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 PIT NL 99 100% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 23 0 0% 20 3 15% 75 3 4% 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 5
1965 29 PIT NL 94 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 19 1 5% 20 5 25% 62 3 5% 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 10
1966 30 PIT NL 86 100% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 12 1 8% 16 2 13% 46 2 4% 2 0 0% 5 2 40% 12
1967 31 PIT NL 68 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 12 2 17% 14 2 14% 37 1 3% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 5
1968 32 PIT NL 73 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 15 2 13% 14 1 7% 51 1 2% 4 0 0% 0 0 13
1969 33 PIT NL 81 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 11 0 0% 19 1 5% 57 2 4% 8 1 13% 6 0 0% 5
1970 34 PIT NL 72 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 2 29% 5 2 40% 47 7 15% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
1971 35 PIT NL 10 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 9 2 22% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1972 36 TOT MLB 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 36 PIT NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 36 BOS AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 625 100% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 38 28 74% 108 8 7% 116 17 15% 411 21 5% 31 3 10% 19 5 26% 51
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 26 11 16 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .313 .563 50 5 0 0 0 0 0
1963 27 46 41 39 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 .154 .195 .205 .400 12 8 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 87 145 135 5 21 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 76 .156 .180 .170 .350 -1 23 0 0 6 0 0
1965 29 126 249 228 8 29 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 126 .127 .153 .136 .289 -18 31 1 0 14 0 0
1966 30 164 347 322 13 42 2 1 0 7 0 0 8 165 .130 .152 .143 .294 -17 46 2 0 17 0 0
1967 31 197 420 391 14 45 2 1 0 8 0 0 9 201 .115 .135 .125 .260 -26 49 4 0 20 0 0
1968 32 233 506 473 16 54 3 1 0 9 0 0 11 254 .114 .134 .125 .259 -26 59 6 0 22 0 0
1969 33 267 592 552 19 58 3 1 0 11 0 0 14 298 .105 .127 .114 .241 -31 63 6 0 26 0 0
1970 34 301 664 619 24 69 7 1 0 17 0 0 18 332 .111 .137 .126 .263 -25 78 8 0 27 0 0
1971 35 338 674 628 26 72 7 1 0 18 0 0 18 336 .115 .139 .129 .268 -23 81 8 0 28 0 0
1972 36 349 676 630 26 72 7 1 0 18 0 0 18 337 .114 .139 .129 .267 -24 81 8 0 28 0 0
1973 37 349 676 630 26 72 7 1 0 18 0 0 18 337 .114 .139 .129 .267 -24 81 8 0 28 0 0
1974 38 349 676 630 26 72 7 1 0 18 0 0 18 337 .114 .139 .129 .267 -24 81 8 0 28 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1962 26 11 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 11
1963 27 35 27 24 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 17 .125 .222 .208 .431 1 35
1964 28 41 99 97 4 16 0 0 0 2 0 2 52 .165 .182 .165 .347 3 41
1965 29 39 95 92 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 3 50 .087 .116 .087 .203 1 39
1966 30 38 94 93 4 12 0 1 0 2 0 1 39 .129 .138 .151 .289 2 38
1967 31 33 70 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36 .000 .014 .000 .014 0 33
1968 32 36 86 84 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 2 53 .131 .151 .143 .294 2 36
1969 33 34 87 82 5 7 0 0 0 4 0 5 44 .085 .138 .085 .223 1 34
1970 34 34 71 67 5 11 4 0 0 6 0 4 34 .164 .211 .224 .435 3 34
1971 35 37 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 37
1972 36 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
11 Seasons 349 656 635 26 68 7 1 0 19 0 21 337 .107 .136 .121 .257 15 349
162 Game Avg. 162 305 295 12 32 3 0 0 9 0 10 156 .107 .136 .121 .257 7 349

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1965
1966

Oldest s c a p y
1972 AL  born 1935-10-28 (7th)
1973 AL  born 1935-10-28 (7th)
1974 AL  born 1935-10-28 (6th)

                           
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