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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

48.0

6656

2063

.310

957

RBI

1174

195

OBP

.370

SLG

.442

OPS

.812

OPS+

127

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1912	24	DET	AL	23	90	79	8	27	5	1	0	15	2	4	5	3	.342	.388	.430	.819	137	34		1	3			7/8H
1913	25	DET	AL	137	564	491	54	132	22	10	0	64	22		53	31	.269	.346	.354	.700	106	174		5	15			*7/H
1914	26	DET	AL	149	606	531	56	146	19	14	1	72	20	20	50	29	.275	.341	.369	.710	111	196		3	22			*7/H
1915	27	DET	AL	152	661	569	81	178	40	10	3	112	16	19	68	43	.313	.390	.434	.824	142	247		4	18			*7
1916	28	DET	AL	150	646	566	92	173	33	15	3	89	24	15	52	41	.306	.367	.433	.800	136	245		3	24			*7/H
1917	29	DET	AL	154	666	571	79	182	31	12	8	*110*	21		61	44	.319	.393	.457	.850	159	261		9	25			*7
1918	30	DET	AL	127	557	499	63	139	21	13	3	84	21		35	23	.279	.331	.391	.722	122	195		4	17			*7/91
1919	31	DET	AL	139	601	538	87	*191*	45	17	3	97	19		33	33	.355	.398	.519	.916	158	279		5	22			*7/H
1920	32	DET	AL	154	672	612	92	188	39	15	11	113	11	7	36	22	.307	.353	.474	.827	120	290		7	15			*7
1921	33	DET	AL	150	692	612	110	207	43	13	16	128	14	10	48	31	.338	.387	.529	.917	133	324		1	27			*7/H
1922	34	DET	AL	155	705	618	96	202	34	13	9	126	9	1	42	27	.327	.377	.468	.845	122	289		8	36			*7/H
1923	35	DET	AL	114	340	293	45	94	13	3	2	39	10	3	29	21	.321	.388	.406	.794	111	119		3	14			7H98
1924	36	BOS	AL	142	599	519	77	153	35	9	5	99	5	5	47	18	.295	.359	.426	.785	103	221		5	28			*7H
1925	37	TOT	AL	75	179	158	17	51	13	2	0	26	1	4	12	4	.323	.374	.430	.805	105	68		1	5			H97
1925	37	BOS	AL	1	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	38	1		0	0			/7
1925	37	NYY	AL	56	130	116	13	41	10	2	0	16	1	4	8	0	.353	.400	.474	.874	123	55		1	2			H97
1925	37	WSH	AL	18	43	37	4	9	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	3	.243	.300	.324	.624	60	12		0	3			/H97
14 Yrs				1821	7578	6656	957	2063	393	147	64	1174	195	88	571	370	.310	.370	.442	.812	127	2942		59	271
162 Game Avg.				162	674	592	85	184	35	13	6	104	17		51	33	.310	.370	.442	.812	127	262		5	24
				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
DET (12 yrs)				1604	6800	5979	863	1859	345	136	59	1049	189	79	512	348	.311	.370	.444	.814	130	2653		53	238
BOS (2 yrs)				143	605	524	77	154	35	9	5	101	5	5	48	19	.294	.359	.424	.782	102	222		5	28
WSH (1 yr)				18	43	37	4	9	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	3	.243	.300	.324	.624	60	12		0	3
NYY (1 yr)				56	130	116	13	41	10	2	0	16	1	4	8	0	.353	.400	.474	.874	123	55		1	2