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Bobby Veach
Robert Hayes Veach

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.

Debut August 6, 1912
Final Game October 2, 1925
Born June 29, 1888 in St. Charles, KY
Died August 7, 1945 in Detroit, MI

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 24 DET AL  23   79    8   27   5  1   0   15   2      5      .342  .388  .430  137   34   3           1    
 1913 25 DET AL 137  491   54  132  22 10   0   64  22     53  31  .269  .346  .354  106  174  15           5    
 1914 26 DET AL 149  531   56  146  19 14   1   72  20 20  50  29  .275  .341  .369  111  196  22           3    
 1915 27 DET AL 152  569   81  178  40 10   3  112  16 19  68  43  .313  .390  .434  142  247  18           4    
 1916 28 DET AL 150  566   92  173  33 15   3   91  24 15  52  41  .306  .367  .433  136  245  24           3    
 1917 29 DET AL 154  571   79  182  31 12   8  103  21     61  44  .319  .393  .457  159  261  25           9    
 1918 30 DET AL 127  499   59  139  21 13   3   78  21     35  23  .279  .331  .391  121  195  17           4    
 1919 31 DET AL 139  538   87  191  45 17   3  101  19     33  33  .355  .398  .519  158  279  22           5    
 1920 32 DET AL 154  612   92  188  39 15  11  113  11  7  36  22  .307  .353  .474  119  290  15           7    
 1921 33 DET AL 150  612  110  207  43 13  16  128  14 10  48  31  .338  .387  .529  133  324  27           1    
 1922 34 DET AL 155  618   96  202  34 13   9  126   9  1  42  27  .327  .377  .468  122  289  36           8    
 1923 35 DET AL 114  293   45   94  13  3   2   39  10  3  29  21  .321  .388  .406  111  119  14           3    
 1924 36 BOS AL 142  519   77  153  35  9   5   99   5  5  47  18  .295  .359  .426  102  221  28           5    
 1925 37 TOT AL  75  158   17   51  13  2   0   25   1  4  12   4  .323  .374  .430  105   68   5           1    
         BOS AL   1    5    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   1  .200  .333  .200   38    1   0           0    
         NYY AL  56  116   13   41  10  2   0   15   1  4   8   0  .353  .400  .474  123   55   2           1    
         WSH AL  18   37    4    9   3  0   0    8   0  0   3   3  .243  .300  .324   60   12   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         6656      2063    147     1166     84     367  .310  .370  .442  127      271   0   0  59   0
               1821       953      393     64      195    571                            2942
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   85  184  35 13   6  104  17  7  51  33  .310  .370  .442  127  262  24   0   0   5   0
 Career High    155  618  110  207  45 17  16  128  24 20  68  44  .355  .398  .529  159  324  36   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 24 DET AL   88   55   13   6.3    89| .342  .269| .388  .337| .430  .354| .818  .691| 137  .703   3.8   0.4     
 1913 25 DET AL  564  374   59   4.2    86| .269  .263| .346  .335| .354  .346| .700  .680| 106  .568   4.3   0.5     
 1914 26 DET AL  606  427   63   4.0    85| .275  .260| .341  .334| .369  .340| .710  .674| 111  .586   5.7   0.7  50%
 1915 27 DET AL  659  428   91   5.7    87| .313  .261| .390  .340| .434  .342| .824  .682| 142  .718  30.9   3.5  45%
 1916 28 DET AL  645  432   88   5.5    86| .306  .261| .367  .336| .433  .341| .800  .677| 136  .703  23.8   2.7  61%
 1917 29 DET AL  666  414  100   6.5    80| .319  .255| .393  .326| .457  .330| .850  .656| 159  .769  40.8   4.6     
 1918 30 DET AL  555  377   64   4.6    79| .279  .256| .331  .326| .391  .326| .722  .652| 121  .624  10.0   1.1     
 1919 31 DET AL  598  369  109   8.0    93| .355  .274| .398  .339| .519  .368| .917  .708| 158  .773  39.7   4.1     
 1920 32 DET AL  670  446   99   6.0   105| .307  .289| .353  .353| .474  .397| .827  .750| 119  .617  14.2   1.4  61%
 1921 33 DET AL  688  442  123   7.5   113| .338  .298| .387  .364| .529  .419| .916  .783| 133  .669  28.4   2.6  58%
 1922 34 DET AL  704  453  108   6.4   107| .327  .289| .377  .354| .468  .406| .845  .760| 122  .632  18.9   1.8  90%
 1923 35 DET AL  339  216   46   5.7   106| .321  .288| .388  .357| .406  .397| .794  .755| 111  .589   5.4   0.5  76%
 1924 36 BOS AL  599  399   77   5.1   112| .295  .298| .359  .368| .426  .409| .785  .777| 102  .524   0.6   0.1  50%
 1925 37 TOT AL  176  116   24   5.5   114| .323  .297| .374  .367| .430  .417| .804  .784| 105  .536   1.5   0.2  20%
         BOS AL    6    4    0   0.0   115| .200  .300| .333  .370| .200  .420| .533  .790|  38  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
         NYY AL  127   81   20   6.6   114| .353  .297| .400  .367| .474  .416| .874  .783| 123  .615   4.2   0.4  20%
         WSH AL   43   31    4   3.4   114| .243  .297| .300  .367| .324  .416| .624  .784|  60  .328  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7557 4948 1064   5.8    95| .310  .275| .370  .345| .442  .370| .812  .714| 127  .654 228.1  24.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1918 30 DET AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    2.0    2    1    1   0    2    0   0   0     9       0  4.50  2.66   59 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    2.0    2    1    1   0    2    0   0   0     9       0  4.50  2.66   59 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68 68  136.0  136   68   68   0  136    0   0   0   612   0   0  4.50  2.66   59 2.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 24 DET AL OF 22 46 5 4 0 .927 .951 2.32 1.98 22 0 0 1913 25 DET AL OF 135 250 16 24 3 .917 .953 1.97 1.95 135 0 0 1914 26 DET AL OF 145 282 22 11 6 .965 .956 2.10 1.92 145 0 0 1915 27 DET AL OF 152 297 19 8 4 .975 .958 2.08 1.98 152 0 0 1916 28 DET AL OF 150 342 14 12 4 .967 .963 2.37 2.03 150 0 0 1917 29 DET AL OF 154 356 17 17 5 .956 .967 2.42 2.14 154 0 0 1918 30 DET AL OF 127 277 14 7 3 .977 .962 2.29 2.17 124 1 2 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1919 31 DET AL OF 138 338 14 12 3 .967 .958 2.55 2.16 138 0 0 1920 32 DET AL OF 154 357 26 13 4 .967 .962 2.49 2.16 154 0 0 1921 33 DET AL OF 149 384 21 11 4 .974 .960 2.72 2.21 149 0 0 1922 34 DET AL OF 154 375 16 7 3 .982 .964 2.54 2.22 154 0 0 1923 35 DET AL OF 85 127 6 8 0 .943 .965 1.56 2.26 46 13 26 1924 36 BOS AL OF 130 270 11 13 2 .956 .970 2.16 2.27 130 0 0 1925 37 TOT AL OF 45 53 6 3 1 .952 .966 1.31 2.27 18 0 37 BOS AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 1 0 0 NYY AL OF 33 38 6 2 1 .957 .965 1.33 2.27 13 0 30 WSH AL OF 11 12 0 1 0 .923 .968 1.09 2.27 4 0 7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1912 24 DET AL OF 22 46 5 4 0 .927 .951 2.32 1.98 22 0 0 1913 25 DET AL OF 135 250 16 24 3 .917 .953 1.97 1.95 135 0 0 1914 26 DET AL OF 145 282 22 11 6 .965 .956 2.10 1.92 145 0 0 1915 27 DET AL OF 152 297 19 8 4 .975 .958 2.08 1.98 152 0 0 1916 28 DET AL OF 150 342 14 12 4 .967 .963 2.37 2.03 150 0 0 1917 29 DET AL OF 154 356 17 17 5 .956 .967 2.42 2.14 154 0 0 1918 30 DET AL OF 127 277 14 7 3 .977 .962 2.29 2.17 124 1 2 1919 31 DET AL OF 138 338 14 12 3 .967 .958 2.55 2.16 138 0 0 1920 32 DET AL OF 154 357 26 13 4 .967 .962 2.49 2.16 154 0 0 1921 33 DET AL OF 149 384 21 11 4 .974 .960 2.72 2.21 149 0 0 1922 34 DET AL OF 154 375 16 7 3 .982 .964 2.54 2.22 154 0 0 1923 35 DET AL OF 85 127 6 8 0 .943 .965 1.56 2.26 46 13 26 1924 36 BOS AL OF 130 270 11 13 2 .956 .970 2.16 2.27 130 0 0 1925 37 TOT AL OF 45 53 6 3 1 .952 .966 1.31 2.27 18 0 37 BOS AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 1 0 0 NYY AL OF 33 38 6 2 1 .957 .965 1.33 2.27 13 0 30 WSH AL OF 11 12 0 1 0 .923 .968 1.09 2.27 4 0 7 1918 30 DET AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.70 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1740 3754 207 150 42 .964 .961 2.28 2.12 1671 14 65 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1741 3754 207 150 42 .964 .961 2.28 2.12
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    WSH PIT     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1915 AL-.313-6
1916 AL-.306-7
1917 AL-.319-4
1919 AL-.355-2
1921 AL-.338-9
1922 AL-.327-9

On-base %
1915 AL-.390-6
1916 AL-.367-10
1917 AL-.393-4
1919 AL-.398-8

Slugging %
1915 AL-.434-7
1916 AL-.433-4
1917 AL-.457-3
1919 AL-.519-3
1921 AL-.529-8

OPS
1915 AL-.824-7
1916 AL-.800-6
1917 AL-.850-3
1919 AL-.916-5
1921 AL-.917-7

Games
1917 AL-154-7
1918 AL-127-7
1919 AL-139-9
1920 AL-154-1
1922 AL-155-1

At Bats
1915 AL-569-7
1916 AL-566-10
1917 AL-571-7
1918 AL-499-8
1919 AL-538-5
1920 AL-612-4
1921 AL-612-6
1922 AL-618-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1917 AL-666-7
1918 AL-555-8
1919 AL-598-8
1921 AL-688-8
1922 AL-704-1

Runs
1916 AL-92-5
1919 AL-87-6
1921 AL-110-8
1922 AL-96-9

Hits
1915 AL-178-3
1916 AL-173-6
1917 AL-182-4
1918 AL-139-8
1919 AL-191-1
1920 AL-188-9
1921 AL-207-5
1922 AL-202-4

Total Bases
1915 AL-247-3
1916 AL-245-4
1917 AL-261-2
1918 AL-195-6
1919 AL-279-2
1920 AL-290-8
1921 AL-324-6
1922 AL-289-7

Doubles
1915 AL-40-1
1916 AL-33-5
1917 AL-31-3
1918 AL-21-10
1919 AL-45-1
1920 AL-39-7
1921 AL-43-3
1922 AL-34-8

Triples
1914 AL-14-6
1916 AL-15-3
1917 AL-12-5
1918 AL-13-2
1919 AL-17-1
1920 AL-15-4
1922 AL-13-6
1924 AL-9-10
Car-147-56

Home Runs
1917 AL-8-2
1918 AL-3-7
1920 AL-11-7
1921 AL-16-6

RBI
1914 AL-72-9
1915 AL-112-1
1916 AL-91-3
1917 AL-103-1
1918 AL-78-1
1919 AL-101-2
1920 AL-113-7
1921 AL-128-4
1922 AL-126-2
1924 AL-99-10

Bases on Balls
1915 AL-68-9

Singles
1915 AL-125-9
1917 AL-131-10
1919 AL-126-6
1922 AL-146-5

Adjusted OPS+
1915 AL-142-8
1916 AL-136-7
1917 AL-159-4
1919 AL-158-4
1921 AL-133-7
1922 AL-122-10

Runs Created
1915 AL-91-4
1916 AL-88-4
1917 AL-100-3
1918 AL-64-8
1919 AL-109-3
1920 AL-99-10
1921 AL-123-7
1922 AL-108-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1915 AL-31-6
1916 AL-24-7
1917 AL-41-3
1919 AL-40-4
1921 AL-28-7
1922 AL-19-9

Batting Wins
1915 AL-3.5-5
1916 AL-2.7-7
1917 AL-4.6-3
1919 AL-4.1-4
1921 AL-2.6-7
1922 AL-1.8-9

Extra-Base Hits
1915 AL-53-2
1916 AL-51-4
1917 AL-51-3
1918 AL-37-4
1919 AL-65-2
1920 AL-65-6
1921 AL-72-4

Times on Base
1915 AL-250-5
1916 AL-228-9
1917 AL-252-4
1919 AL-229-6
1921 AL-256-9
1922 AL-252-8

Offensive Win%
1915 AL-.718-6
1916 AL-.703-4
1917 AL-.769-4
1919 AL-.773-5
1921 AL-.669-7

Hit By Pitch
1917 AL-9-1
1920 AL-7-6
1922 AL-8-7

Sac. Hits
1921 AL-27-10
1922 AL-36-3
1924 AL-28-7
Car-271-24

Caught Stealing
1915 AL-19-10

Power/Speed Number
1917 AL-11.6-1
1918 AL-5.3-8
1920 AL-11.0-5
1921 AL-14.9-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1914 AL-18.3-5
1920 AL-27.8-9

At Bats per Home Run
1917 AL-71.4-2
1921 AL-38.3-7

Outs
1918 AL-377-4
1922 AL-453-5

Black Ink: Batting - 22 (92) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 170 (61) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 34.0 (203) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 88.5 (179) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 12, 1924: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

May 5, 1925: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Alex Ferguson to the New York Yankees for Ray Francis and $9,000.

August 17, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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