Coot Veal

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 165lb (185cm, 74kg)

Born: July 9, 1932 in Deepstep, GA us

Died: March 14, 2021 in Gray, GA

Buried: Macon Memorial Park, Macon, GA

High School: Lanier HS (Macon, GA)

Schools: Mercer University (Macon, GA), Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: July 30, 1958 (Age 26-021d, 11,562nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 20, 1963 (Age 30-346d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Orville Inman Veal

Nicknames: Coot

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

611

141

.231

RBI

OBP

.298

SLG

.288

OPS

.586

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 21	DET		CLE	L,1-14	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	24 (15)	May 9	DET		KCA	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
3	25	May 10	DET		KCA	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
4	28 (2)	May 15	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
5	33 (4)	May 20	DET	@	NYY	W,13-6	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
6	37 (3)	May 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
7	38	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
8	39	May 26	DET	@	KCA	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
9	40	May 29	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
10	41	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
11	42	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
12	43	May 31	DET		CLE	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	44	Jun 1	DET		CLE	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
14	48 (3)	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	49	Jun 6	DET		WSH	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
16	54 (4)	Jun 11	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
17	55	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
18	57 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
19	58	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
20	59	Jun 15	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	GF	11	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
21	60	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
22	61	Jun 18	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	GF	15	1.2	0	1	1	2	0	SS
23	62	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
24	65 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
25	66	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,4-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	76 (9)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,9-7	GF	34	7.0	3	4	0	7	0	PR SS
27	77	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
28	78	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
29	79	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,9-12	CG	54	11.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
30	80	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
31	85 (4)	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
32	87 (1)	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	90 (2)	Jul 17	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
34	91	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	GF	13	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
35	92	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
36	93	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
37	94	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,8-1	GS	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
38	97 (2)	Jul 24	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GF	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
39	98	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
40	99	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
41	100	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	3	SS
42	101	Jul 28	DET		BAL	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
43	102	Jul 29	DET		BAL	L,1-5	GS	30	7.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
44	103	Jul 30	DET		BAL	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
45	104	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	105	Aug 1	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
47	106	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
48	107	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
49	108	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
50	109	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
51	110	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
52	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
53	112	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
54	113	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
55	114	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,6-11	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
56	115	Aug 13	DET		CHW	L,0-9	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
57	116	Aug 14	DET		CLE	W,11-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
58	117	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,9-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
59	118	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
60	121 (2)	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,14-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
61	122	Aug 21	DET		BOS	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
62	124 (1)	Aug 23	DET		BAL	W,9-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	128 (3)	Aug 28	DET	@	KCA	W,6-5		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
64	129	Aug 29	DET	@	KCA	W,9-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
65	130	Aug 30	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	131	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
67	138 (6)	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
68	139	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
69	146 (6)	Sep 16	DET	@	BAL	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	147	Sep 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
71	148	Sep 19	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	149	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
							72gm		290.2	57	96	6	159	16