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Bob Veselic

Robert Mitchell Veselic

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 27, 1955 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1980
Team: Twins 1980-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
Died: December 26, 1995 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Memorial Park, Riverside, CA
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Standard Pitching

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
1976	20	REN	A	1	1	.500	10.42	7	2					19.0	22	22	22	2	21								2.263	10.4	0.9	9.9			REN · CALL
1977	21	MIN-min	A	8	5	.615	4.22	16	16		5	2	0	98.0	90	58	46	7	56	0	81	4	0	5			1.490	8.3	0.6	5.1	7.4	1.45	WRA · MIDW
1978	22	MIN-min	A	18	8	.692	3.35	29	28		13	1	0	215.0	214	102	80	8	98	2	160	7	0	13			1.451	9.0	0.3	4.1	6.7	1.63	VIS · CALL
1979	23	MIN-min	AA	11	10	.524	3.58	28	28		13	3	0	201.0	220	101	80	10	71	2	151	3	0	1			1.448	9.9	0.4	3.2	6.8	2.13	ORL · SOUL
1980	24	MIN-min	AAA	11	8	.579	3.36	27	26		8	4	0	174.0	162	73	65	9	55	2	105	4	0	2			1.247	8.4	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.91	TOL · IL
1980	24	MIN	AL	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	106	1.000	6.8	2.3	2.3	4.5	2.00
1981	25	MIN-min	AAA	11	11	.500	4.16	29	28	1	6	1	0	171.0	181	93	79	15	81	4	94	6	1	3			1.532	9.5	0.8	4.3	4.9	1.16	TOL · IL
1981	25	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	3.18	5	0	3	0	0	0	22.2	22	8	8	1	12	2	13	0	0	1	102	127	1.500	8.7	0.4	4.8	5.2	1.08
1982	26	MIN-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	4.61	27	24	1	5	1	0	142.2	169	87	73	12	72	3	87	6	0	7			1.689	10.7	0.8	4.5	5.5	1.21	ORL,TOL · SOUL,IL
1983	27	HOU-min	AAA,AA	8	5	.615	5.35	22	22	0	5	2	0	119.1	145	82	71	10	65	6	71	1	0	5			1.760	10.9	0.8	4.9	5.4	1.09	TUC,CBS · PCL,SOUL
2 Yrs				1	1	.500	3.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	25	10	10	2	13	2	15	0	0	1	117	122	1.425	8.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.15
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.500	3.38	68	0	34	0	0	0	303	283	113	113	23	147	23	170	0	0	11	1326	122	1.425	8.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.15

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1980	24	MIN	AL	4.0	1	2	4.50	5.21	0.19	-0.42	92.0	4.24	-0	-0.0	.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.486	.500	$
1981	25	MIN	AL	22.2	5	8	3.18	4.38	-0.18	-0.35	101.1	4.25	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.5	4	.564	.502	$
2 Seasons				26.2	6	10	3.38	4.50	-0.12	-0.36	99.7	4.25	3	0.3	.9	-0.0	0.5	4	.551	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1980	24	MIN	AL	1	15	14	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.429	.695	.182	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	25	MIN	AL	5	102	88	8	22	5	1	1	3	0	12	13	.250	.337	.364	.700	.280	32	1	0	1	1	2	1
2 Yrs				6	117	102	10	25	5	1	2	3	0	13	15	.245	.328	.373	.700	.267	38	1	0	1	1	2	1
162 Game Avg.				68	1326	1156	113	283	57	11	23	34	0	147	170	.245	.328	.373	.700	.267	431	11	0	11	11	23	11
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.380	.704	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	24	MIN	AL	0.2	0.0	15	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.20	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.20	0.4	0	0	1
1981	25	MIN	AL	2.4	0.2	106	-0.3	0.9	-1.3	.69	-0.5	0.7	0.1	0.69	0.6	1	2	2
2 Yrs				2.6	0.3	121	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	.63	-0.7	0.7	0.1	0.63	1.1	1	2	3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1980	24	MIN	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		4	.201	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	12.0
1981	25	MIN	AL	5	5	3	1	1	1	1	0%	1	7	4	57%	2	.686	1	2	2	1	4	4	1	5	5	13.6
2 Yrs				6	6	3	1	1	1	1	0%	1	7	4	57%		.624	1	2	3	1	5	4	2	6	6	13.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	24	MIN	AL	15	47%	6.7%	13.3%	6.7%	6.7%	33%	0.67	73%	3	0	0%
1981	25	MIN	AL	102	66%	1.0%	12.8%	11.8%	6.9%	32%	1.20	74%	14	1	7%
2 Yrs				117	63%	1.7%	12.8%	11.1%	6.8%	32%	1.10	74%	17	1	6%
MLB Averages					44%	1.8%	12.5%	8.3%	6.4%	27%	1.11	76%			12%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1980	24	MIN	AL	15	3			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	25	MIN	AL	102	22			1	0	6	1	0	0	1	7	3	0	43%	1	1	0	42	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				117	25			2	0	6	1	1	0	2	7	3	0	43%	1	1	0	46	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1980	24	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	106	1.000	6.8	2.3	2.3	4.5	2.00	106
1981	25	1	1	.500	3.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	25	10	10	2	13	2	15	0	0	1	117	122	1.425	8.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.15	122

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1980	24	0	0		4.50	4.0	3	2	2	1	1	2	1.000	6.8	2.3	4.5	2.00	2.3	1
1981	25	2	1	.667	3.55	33.0	35	14	13	2	19	19	1.636	9.5	5.2	5.2	1.00	0.5	5
2 Yrs		2	1	.667	3.65	37.0	38	16	15	3	20	21	1.568	9.2		5.1	1.05	0.7	6

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