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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
Schools: 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 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
1962 26 PIT NL 2 2 .500 3.74 11 6 1 2 0 1 45.2 39 25 19 2 25 1 42 0 1 2 195 105 1.401 7.7 0.4 4.9 8.3 1.68
1963 27 PIT NL 5 2 .714 1.04 34 7 10 3 2 3 77.2 59 15 9 1 40 2 68 1 1 5 321 315 1.275 6.8 0.1 4.6 7.9 1.70
1964 28 PIT NL 18 12 .600 2.74 40 38 1 14 1 0 279.2 222 100 85 8 124 9 250 3 1 18 1161 128 1.237 7.1 0.3 4.0 8.0 2.02
1965 29 PIT NL 17 12 .586 2.84 39 37 2 14 7 0 266.0 221 98 84 5 119 7 276 7 0 17 1126 123 1.278 7.5 0.2 4.0 9.3 2.32 AS
1966 30 PIT NL 16 12 .571 3.02 38 37 0 12 3 0 268.1 228 99 90 18 102 6 229 5 0 10 1111 118 1.230 7.6 0.6 3.4 7.7 2.25 AS
1967 31 PIT NL 16 8 .667 3.64 33 31 0 6 1 0 203.0 184 90 82 12 119 10 179 5 3 11 891 92 1.493 8.2 0.5 5.3 7.9 1.50
1968 32 PIT NL 13 14 .481 2.05 36 33 2 13 4 0 245.1 187 67 56 13 94 5 171 2 1 9 997 141 1.145 6.9 0.5 3.4 6.3 1.82
1969 33 PIT NL 13 14 .481 3.23 34 34 0 9 1 0 225.2 232 93 81 8 91 4 213 3 1 5 980 108 1.431 9.3 0.3 3.6 8.5 2.34
1970 34 PIT NL 10 15 .400 3.92 34 32 0 5 1 0 202.0 189 99 88 15 94 11 178 3 1 9 882 99 1.401 8.4 0.7 4.2 7.9 1.89
1971 35 PIT NL 6 0 1.000 6.99 37 0 12 0 0 2 46.1 59 38 36 5 24 2 40 0 0 3 218 50 1.791 11.5 1.0 4.7 7.8 1.67
1972 36 TOT 2 0 1.000 3.18 11 0 6 0 0 2 17.0 12 7 6 0 10 2 16 0 0 1 69 104 1.294 6.4 0.0 5.3 8.5 1.60
1972 36 PIT NL 0 0 6.00 5 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 10 7 6 0 7 2 6 0 0 1 42 56 1.889 10.0 0.0 7.0 6.0 0.86
1972 36 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 3 0 0 2 8.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 27 0.625 2.3 0.0 3.4 11.3 3.33
1973 37 BOS AL 2 3 .400 3.47 32 0 24 0 0 11 36.1 37 16 14 2 12 2 25 0 0 1 154 117 1.349 9.2 0.5 3.0 6.2 2.08
1974 38 BOS AL 0 1 .000 5.54 18 0 5 0 0 2 13.0 15 8 8 2 4 1 16 0 0 1 58 70 1.462 10.4 1.4 2.8 11.1 4.00
13 Seasons 120 95 .558 3.07 397 255 63 78 20 21 1926.0 1684 755 658 91 858 62 1703 29 9 92 8163 113 1.320 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.98
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .558 3.07 41 27 7 8 2 2 201 176 79 69 9 89 6 178 3 1 10 851 113 1.320 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.98
PIT (11 yrs) 116 91 .560 3.06 341 255 31 78 20 6 1868.2 1630 731 636 87 839 59 1652 29 9 90 7924 113 1.321 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.97
BOS (3 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.45 56 0 32 0 0 15 57.1 54 24 22 4 19 3 51 0 0 2 239 113 1.273 8.5 0.6 3.0 8.0 2.68
NL (11 yrs) 116 91 .560 3.06 341 255 31 78 20 6 1868.2 1630 731 636 87 839 59 1652 29 9 90 7924 113 1.321 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.97
AL (3 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.45 56 0 32 0 0 15 57.1 54 24 22 4 19 3 51 0 0 2 239 113 1.273 8.5 0.6 3.0 8.0 2.68

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 35 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
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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 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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 PIT NL 26 P 11 6 45.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.18 0.55 .950 2.07 0.82
1963 PIT NL 27 P 34 7 77.2 17 1 14 2 2 .882 0.0 0.0 1.74 0.44 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 PIT NL 28 P 40 38 279.2 55 14 39 2 4 .964 0.0 0.0 1.71 1.33 .953 2.14 0.84
1965 PIT NL 29 P 39 37 266.0 41 3 36 2 1 .951 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.86 1.27 .958 2.00 0.78
1968 PIT NL 32 P 36 33 245.1 44 4 37 3 0 .932 0.0 0.0 1.50 1.14 .959 2.01 0.85
1969 PIT NL 33 P 34 34 225.2 40 6 33 1 2 .975 0.0 0.0 1.56 1.15 .957 1.95 0.78
1970 PIT NL 34 P 34 32 202.0 26 0 23 3 1 .885 0.0 0.0 1.02 0.68 .954 1.85 0.71
1971 PIT NL 35 P 37 0 46.1 5 1 1 3 0 .400 0.0 0.0 0.39 0.05 .980 1.90 0.78
1972 TOT 36 P 11 0 17.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 1.06 0.18 .967 1.85 0.74
1972 PIT NL 36 P 5 0 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.23 0.28 .944 1.86 0.86
1974 BOS AL 38 P 18 0 13.0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 1.43 0.77 .955 2.00 0.80
13 Seasons TOT 397 255 1926.0 328 37 270 21 19 .936 0.0 0.0 1.43 0.77 .891 2.00 0.80

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1965
1966

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1964 NL--2.735--8th
1968 NL--2.054--3rd
Career--3.075--186th

Wins s c a p y
1964 NL--18--8th
1965 NL--17--10th
1966 NL--16--8th
1967 NL--16--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1967 NL--.667--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL--7.144--4th
1965 NL--7.477--6th
1966 NL--7.647--9th
1968 NL--6.860--3rd
Career--7.869--79th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL--8.045--3rd
1965 NL--9.338--2nd
1966 NL--7.681--4th
1967 NL--7.936--2nd
1969 NL--8.495--5th
1970 NL--7.931--3rd
Career--7.958--27th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1964 NL--279.7--5th
1965 NL--266.0--9th
1966 NL--268.3--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1964 NL--250--1st
1965 NL--276--2nd
1966 NL--229--3rd
1967 NL--179--7th
1969 NL--213--8th
Career--1703--104th

Games Started s c a p y
1964 NL--38--3rd
1965 NL--37--9th
1966 NL--37--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 NL--14--8th
1965 NL--14--9th
1966 NL--12--7th
1968 NL--13--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1965 NL--7--3rd
Career--20--244th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL--124--1st
1965 NL--119--1st
1966 NL--102--2nd
1967 NL--119--1st
1968 NL--94--1st
Career--858--176th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--1.985--249th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL--.257--1st
1965 NL--.169--1st
1966 NL--.604--5th
1969 NL--.319--1st

Losses s c a p y
1970 NL--15--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1964 NL--18--2nd
1965 NL--17--3rd
1966 NL--10--7th
1967 NL--11--5th
1968 NL--9--7th
Career--92--106th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 NL--7--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1964 NL--1161--4th
1965 NL--1126--9th
1966 NL--1111--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1964 NL--128--9th
1965 NL--123--9th
1966 NL--118--10th
1968 NL--141--4th
Career--113--249th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (458), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 76 (328), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (404), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

September 2, 1972: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 25, 1973: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

Before 1974 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 24, 1974: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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