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 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 Awards
1962 PIT NL 26 P 11 6 45.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.18 0.55 .950 2.07 0.82
1963 PIT NL 27 P 34 7 77.2 17 1 14 2 2 .882 1.74 0.44 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 PIT NL 28 P 40 38 279.2 55 14 39 2 4 .964 1.71 1.33 .953 2.14 0.84
1965 PIT NL 29 P 39 37 266.0 41 3 36 2 1 .951 1.32 1.00 .956 2.08 0.81 AS
1966 PIT NL 30 P 38 37 268.1 39 2 34 3 5 .923 1.21 0.95 .949 1.96 0.74 AS
1967 PIT NL 31 P 33 31 203.0 43 6 36 1 3 .977 1.86 1.27 .958 2.00 0.78
1968 PIT NL 32 P 36 33 245.1 44 4 37 3 0 .932 1.50 1.14 .959 2.01 0.85
1969 PIT NL 33 P 34 34 225.2 40 6 33 1 2 .975 1.56 1.15 .957 1.95 0.78
1970 PIT NL 34 P 34 32 202.0 26 0 23 3 1 .885 1.02 0.68 .954 1.85 0.71
1971 PIT NL 35 P 37 0 46.1 5 1 1 3 0 .400 0.39 0.05 .980 1.90 0.78
1972 TOT MLB 36 P 11 0 17.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 1.06 0.18 .967 1.85 0.74
1972 PIT NL 36 P 5 0 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1.000 1.80 0.72
1972 BOS AL 36 P 6 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.33 .950 1.91 0.75
1973 BOS AL 37 P 32 0 36.1 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 2.23 0.28 .944 1.86 0.86
1974 BOS AL 38 P 18 0 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.83
13 Seasons P 397 255 1926.0 328 37 270 21 19 .936 1.43 0.77 .955 2.00 0.80
13 Seasons TOT 397 255 1926.0 328 37 270 21 19 .936 1.43 0.77 .891 2.00 0.80

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
1962 PIT NL 26 11 6 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PIT NL 27 35 7 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 PIT NL 28 41 38 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 PIT NL 29 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 30 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 31 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 32 36 33 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 PIT NL 33 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PIT NL 34 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 PIT NL 35 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BOS AL 36 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 PIT NL 36 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BOS AL 37 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 BOS AL 38 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 399 255 349 399 397 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1962 PIT NL 26 194 69% 22% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1963 PIT NL 27 340 68% 29% 13 92% 0 1 0 0 14 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 100%
1964 PIT NL 28 1138 70% 31% 39 95% 0 14 1 13 36 29 6 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1965 PIT NL 29 1044 65% 24% 37 95% 0 2 1 1 36 31 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1966 PIT NL 30 986 72% 26% 38 84% 0 2 0 1 34 23 7 3 0 1 2 1 5 5 5 0 5 60%
1967 PIT NL 31 872 67% 25% 38 92% 0 4 1 3 38 29 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 7 71%
1968 PIT NL 32 908 73% 27% 32 94% 0 2 0 1 34 28 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1969 PIT NL 33 958 68% 22% 29 100% 0 5 2 1 28 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1970 PIT NL 34 917 70% 26% 23 78% 0 0 0 0 22 15 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 50%
1971 PIT NL 35 226 72% 22% 3 33% 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1972 BOS AL 36 27 52% 19% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 PIT NL 36 43 70% 23% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BOS AL 37 159 77% 25% 10 100% 0 0 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1974 BOS AL 38 60 67% 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 7872 69% 26% 267 91% 0 31 5 20 258 197 25 18 1 11 6 8 16 13 15 1 38 79%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

* 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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