Bob Veale

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-6, 212lb (198cm, 96kg)

Born: October 28, 1935 in Birmingham, AL us

High School: Holy Family HS (Emsley, AL)

School: Benedictine College (Atchison, KS)

Debut: April 16, 1962 (Age 26-170d, 9,572nd in MLB history)
vs. CHC 2.1 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 8, 1974 (Age 38-315d)
vs. MIL 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Robert Andrew Veale

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.0

W

120

L

ERA

3.07

G

397

GS

255

SV

IP

1926.0

SO

1703

WHIP

1.320

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1958	22	PIT-min	C	2	6	.250	5.43	17	8		4	0		63.0	60	52	38	3	55		74	3	2	10				1.825	8.6	0.4	7.9	10.6	1.35	SJO CALL
1959	23	PIT-min	B	12	5	.706	3.49	21	21		10	2		147.0	103	71	57	1	126	1	187	0	0	8				1.558	6.3	0.1	7.7	11.4	1.48	WLS CARL
1960	24	PIT-min	AAA	10	9	.526	3.51	31	29		6	4		172.0	155	77	67	10	119	0	150	1	1	9				1.593	8.1	0.5	6.2	7.8	1.26	CLB IL
1961	25	PIT-min	AAA	14	11	.560	2.55	28	28		11	4		201.0	169	69	57	11	92	3	208	1	0	5				1.299	7.6	0.5	4.1	9.3	2.26	CLB IL
1962	26	PIT-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.09	22	20		8	2		134.0	105	55	46	9	71	0	179	3	1	3				1.313	7.1	0.6	4.8	12.0	2.52	CLB IL
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	106	2.99	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	317	2.48	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	2.55	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	2.11	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	2.92	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	3.38	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	2.85	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	2.33	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	3.28	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	3.68	1.791	11.5	1.0	4.7	7.8	1.67
1972	36	PIT-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.82	17	12		5	0	1	83.0	77	29	26	5	37	4	76	1	1	3				1.373	8.3	0.5	4.0	8.2	2.05	CHL IL
1972	36	TOT	MLB	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	109	2.28	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	59	3.40	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		1.02	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	2.90	1.349	9.2	0.5	3.0	6.2	2.08
1974	38	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.80	11	0		0	0	1	15.0	9	9	8	0	13	0	19	1	0	0				1.467	5.4	0.0	7.8	11.4	1.46	PAW IL
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	72	3.04	1.462	10.4	1.4	2.8	11.1	4.00
13 Yrs				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	2.76	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	2.76	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	2.76	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	114	2.67	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	2.76	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	114	2.67	1.273	8.5	0.6	3.0	8.0	2.68

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

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Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

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