Bobby Veach

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: June 29, 1888 in St. Charles, KY us

Died: August 7, 1945 in Detroit, MI

Buried: White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, MI

Debut: September 6, 1912 (Age 24-069d, 3,793rd in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1925 (Age 37-095d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Robert Hayes Veach

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.1

6656

2063

.310

957

RBI

1174

195

OBP

.370

SLG

.442

OPS

.812

OPS+

127

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 64 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 10 tying, 13 go ahead, 7 lacking some details

2 Tms
DET	59
BOS	5

Platoon
vs RHP	47
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	20

Outs
2	24
0	17
1	16
Unk	7

8 Opps
PHA	16
SLB	14
NYY	12
BOS	6
CLE	6
WSH	5
CHW	4
DET	1

44 Pitchers
Stan Coveleski	3
Elam Vangilder	3
Bob Hasty	3
Carl Weilman	3
Urban Shocker	3
George Mogridge	2
Dave Keefe	2
Eddie Rommel	2
Lefty Williams	2
Herb Thormahlen	2
Jack Warhop	2
Waite Hoyt	2
Allen Russell	2
Slim Harriss	2
Harry Courtney	2
Herb Pennock	1
Lefty Leifield	1
Tom Rogers	1
Socks Seibold	1
Ray Caldwell	1
Bert Gallia	1
Ray Kolp	1
Bullet Joe Bush	1
Dickey Kerr	1
Tim McCabe	1
Jing Johnson	1
George Dumont	1
Fred Heimach	1
Jim Bagby	1
Rip Collins	1
Rube Yarrison	1
Allen Sothoron	1
Bob Shawkey	1
Elmer Myers	1
George Uhle	1
Guy Morton	1
Red Faber	1
Curly Ogden	1
Scott Perry	1
Carl Mays	1
Harvey Freeman	1
Jack Quinn	1
Tom Zachary	1
Harry Harper	1

9 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	20
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	10
Polo Grounds (NYC)	10
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	10
League Pk II (CLE)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
GriffithStad (WAS)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	44
8	4
7	1
89	1
78	1

6 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	60
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
-2-	8
1--	6
--3	4
123	2
12-	2
-23	2
1-3	1

102 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	32
1 on	18
2 on	5
3 on	2
Any on	25

Inning
1	10
2	3
3	3
4	8
5	4
6	13
7	5
8	12
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	16
4-6	25
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	1
+2	4
+1	8
Tied	10
-1	9
-2	4
-3	7
-4..	5
Unk	7

Ahead	22
Tied	10
Behind	25
Unk	7

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	63
RF	1

OrderPos
4th	43
5th	10
Unk	6
3rd	5

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1914-08-29	DET	@	NYY	Jack Warhop	behind 3-6	t 8	0	1--	2	5	7	0.133	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Crawford Scores
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1915-07-13 (1)	DET		NYY	Jack Warhop		b 2			2		7			IPHR
3	3	2	1	1915-09-04 (1)	DET	@	SLB	Carl Weilman		t 9			1		7
4	4	3	1	1915-09-15	DET	@	NYY	Ray Caldwell	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.082	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1916	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1916-05-27	DET		SLB	Carl Weilman		b 8			1		7			IPHR
6	6	2	1	1916-06-04	DET		WSH	Bert Gallia		b 8			1		7			Bounced
7	7	3	1	1916-07-19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	Carl Mays	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.120	62%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
1917	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1917-04-11	DET		CLE	Stan Coveleski	behind 0-4	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.136	28%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Cobb Scores
9	9	2	1	1917-06-05 (2)	DET	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	--3	2	4	7	0.140	88%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; T. Cobb Scores
10	10	3	1	1917-06-16	DET	@	WSH	George Dumont	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.146	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	4	1	1917-06-28	DET	@	CHW	Lefty Williams	behind 4-5	t 9	1	---	1	4	7	0.372	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	5	1	1917-06-29	DET	@	SLB	Tim McCabe	ahead 7-1	t 7	1	---	1	4	7	0.005	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	6	1	1917-07-26 (1)	DET	@	PHA	Socks Seibold	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	1--	2	4	7	0.194	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Cobb Scores
14	14	7	1	1917-07-27	DET	@	PHA	Jing Johnson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-23	3	4	7	0.193	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vitt Scores; T. Cobb Scores
15	15	8	1	1917-09-01	DET	@	CLE	Jim Bagby	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	7	0.104	68%		Home Run
1918	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1918-05-10	DET	@	NYY	George Mogridge	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.133	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	2	1	1918-06-19	DET	@	SLB	Tom Rogers	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.134	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bush Scores
18	18	3	1	1918-08-11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	Lefty Leifield	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.133	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1919	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1919-06-02 (1)	DET		CHW	Red Faber	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.107	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	2	1	1919-08-02	DET	@	NYY	Jack Quinn	behind 6-7	t 8	2	---	1	4	7	0.273	42%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	3	1	1919-09-20	DET	@	NYY	Herb Thormahlen	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	1	4	7	0.136	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1920-04-26	DET	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder	behind 0-4	t 9	2	---	1	5	7	0.003	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1920-05-09	DET		SLB	Carl Weilman	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	1	4	7	0.190	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	1920-05-30	DET	@	SLB	Allen Sothoron	ahead 4-1	t 7	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.079	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Jones Scores/unER; B. Veach Scores/unER
25	25	4	1	1920-06-13	DET		PHA	Scott Perry		b 8			2		7
26	26	5	1	1920-06-29	DET		CHW	Lefty Williams	behind 2-4	b 5	2	1-3	3	4	7	0.381	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bush Scores; I. Flagstead Scores
27	27	6	1	1920-07-10	DET	@	NYY	Herb Thormahlen	behind 2-5	t 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.077	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	7	1	1920-07-22	DET	@	PHA	Slim Harriss	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.084	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	8	1	1920-08-11	DET		PHA	Eddie Rommel	behind 1-3	b 5	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.251	52%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; T. Cobb Scores
30	30	9	1	1920-08-21	DET	@	NYY	George Mogridge	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	1--	2	4	7	0.039	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bush Scores
31	31	10	1	1920-09-01 (1)	DET	@	PHA	Dave Keefe	behind 0-2	t 8	1	---	1	4	7	0.101	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	11	1	1920-09-17	DET		BOS	Harry Harper		b 9			2		7			Cycle
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1921-05-20	DET		BOS	Elmer Myers	behind 0-1	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.171	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Young Scores
34	34	2	1	1921-05-21	DET		BOS	Allen Russell	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.074	93%		Inside-the-park Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	3	1	1921-06-04	DET	@	PHA	Eddie Rommel	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	0.230	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	4	1	1921-06-10	DET	@	WSH	Harry Courtney	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.084	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	5	1	1921-06-11	DET	@	NYY	Waite Hoyt	ahead 4-3	t 7	1	1--	2	4	7	0.190	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Cobb Scores
38	38	6	1	1921-06-26	DET	@	CHW	Dickey Kerr	ahead 7-3	t 4	2	---	1	5	7	0.052	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	7	1	1921-07-03	DET	@	CLE	Stan Coveleski	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	0.115	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	8	2	1921-07-03	DET	@	CLE	Stan Coveleski	behind 4-5	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	0.228	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	9	1	1921-07-04 (1)	DET	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder		t 6			2	4	7
42	42	10	1	1921-07-04 (2)	DET	@	SLB	Ray Kolp	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	7	0.192	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bush Scores; C. Shorten Scores
43	43	11	1	1921-07-11 (1)	DET		BOS	Herb Pennock	behind 0-3	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.084	33%		Home Run (CF-RF)
44	44	12	1	1921-07-13	DET		PHA	Dave Keefe	ahead 9-5	b 8	2	1--	2	5	7	0.013	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Heilmann Scores
45	45	13	1	1921-07-14	DET		PHA	Slim Harriss	behind 1-3	b 6	2	12-	3	4	7	0.427	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bush Scores; C. Shorten Scores
46	46	14	1	1921-07-21	DET		WSH	Tom Zachary	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	4	7	0.092	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	15	1	1921-07-29	DET	@	PHA	Harvey Freeman	ahead 14-4	t 8	1	--3	2	4	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bush Scores
48	48	16	1	1921-08-02	DET	@	WSH	Harry Courtney	behind 1-4	t 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.084	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1922-04-12	DET	@	CLE	Guy Morton	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	1	3	7	0.133	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	2	1	1922-06-06	DET		PHA	Rube Yarrison	ahead 10-0	b 8	0	123	4	4	7	0.000	100%		Home Run; L. Blue Scores; F. Haney Scores; T. Cobb Scores
51	51	3	1	1922-07-13	DET	@	PHA	Bob Hasty	behind 0-8	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.007	2%		Home Run (Deep CF)
52	52	4	1	1922-07-18	DET	@	BOS	Allen Russell	behind 1-5	t 7	2	123	4	4	7	0.345	43%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; F. Haney Scores; L. Blue Scores; T. Cobb Scores
53	53	5	1	1922-07-21	DET	@	NYY	Bullet Joe Bush	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	---	1	4	7	0.053	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Veach Scores/unER
54	54	6	1	1922-08-22 (1)	DET	@	PHA	Bob Hasty	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	2	4	7	0.163	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Blue Scores
55	55	7	1	1922-08-22 (2)	DET	@	PHA	Curly Ogden	ahead 14-3	t 9	2	--3	2	4	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Cobb Scores
56	56	8	1	1922-09-08	DET	@	SLB	Urban Shocker	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.165	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Blue Scores
57	57	9	2	1922-09-08	DET	@	SLB	Urban Shocker	ahead 5-0	t 7	1	1--	2	4	7	0.025	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Haney Scores
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1923-04-28	DET		SLB	Elam Vangilder	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.066	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	2	1	1923-08-15	DET		PHA	Bob Hasty	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-23	3	5	9	0.225	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Blue Scores; H. Manush Scores
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1924-04-26	BOS	@	NYY	Waite Hoyt	tied 1-1	t 10	2	---	1	3	7	0.402	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	2	1	1924-06-13	BOS	@	CLE	George Uhle	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.093	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62	62	3	1	1924-07-07 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	Fred Heimach	behind 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	7
63	63	4	1	1924-07-08	BOS		SLB	Urban Shocker	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.143	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Clark Scores
64	64	5	1	1924-08-08	BOS	@	DET	Rip Collins	behind 0-9	t 4	1	-2-	2	5	7	0.014	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Harris Scores

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