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Coot Veal
Orville Inman Veal

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.
School Auburn University

Debut July 30, 1958
  vs. BOS 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 20, 1963
Born July 9, 1932 in Sandersville, GA

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 25 DET AL  58  207   29   53  10  2   0   16   1  1  14  21  .256  .304  .324   68   67   6   2   0   1   9
 1959 26 DET AL  77   89   12   18   1  0   1   15   0  0   8   7  .202  .273  .247   41   22   4   1   1   1   0
 1960 27 DET AL  27   64    8   19   5  1   0    8   0  0  11   7  .297  .400  .406  117   26   3   0   0   0   3
 1961 28 WSA AL  69  218   21   44  10  0   0    8   1  8  19  29  .202  .273  .248   44   54  10   2   0   3   3
 1962 29 PIT NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 30 DET AL  15   32    5    7   0  0   0    4   0  0   4   4  .219  .297  .219   46    7   0   1   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      247  611   75  141  26  3   1   51   2  9  56  69  .231  .298  .288   60  176  23   6   1   5  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        401   49   92  17  2   1   33   1  6  37  45  .231  .298  .288   60  115  15   4   1   3  12
 Career High     77  218   29   53  10  2   1   16   1  8  19  29  .202  .273  .248   44   67  10   2   1   3   9
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 25 DET AL  230  172   19   3.0   104| .256  .270| .304  .339| .324  .409| .628  .749|  68  .335  -9.2  -1.0  50%
 1959 26 DET AL  103   76    7   2.5   103| .202  .267| .273  .339| .247  .408| .520  .748|  41  .259  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1960 27 DET AL   78   51   11   5.8   104| .297  .267| .400  .341| .406  .408| .806  .749| 117  .616   2.0   0.2   0%
 1961 28 WSA AL  252  197   15   2.0   100| .202  .258| .273  .332| .248  .401| .521  .734|  44  .180 -16.5  -1.6  11%
 1962 29 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .271| .000  .338| .000  .412| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1963 30 DET AL   37   30    2   1.8    97| .219  .259| .297  .325| .219  .399| .516  .725|  46  .175  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       701  527   54   2.7   102| .231  .264| .298  .336| .288  .406| .586  .742|  60  .292 -33.6  -3.4  18%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 25 DET AL SS 58 95 160 5 30 .981 .964 4.40 4.17 4.57 4.96 58 502.7 1959 26 DET AL SS 72 57 96 6 16 .962 .959 2.12 3.97 4.74 4.87 25 290.7 1960 27 DET AL SS 22 26 53 1 10 .988 .960 3.59 4.37 4.66 5.11 18 152.7 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 2.73 2.31 3.15 1 11.7 2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.70 3.00 5.50 1 9.0 1961 28 WSA AL SS 63 130 172 8 43 .974 .956 4.79 4.37 5.33 4.84 57 510.0 1963 30 DET AL SS 12 14 35 1 1 .980 .965 4.08 4.56 5.27 4.78 9 83.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 27 DET AL 2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.70 3.00 5.50 1 9.0 1960 27 DET AL 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 2.73 2.31 3.15 1 11.7 1958 25 DET AL SS 58 95 160 5 30 .981 .964 4.40 4.17 4.57 4.96 58 502.7 1959 26 DET AL SS 72 57 96 6 16 .962 .959 2.12 3.97 4.74 4.87 25 290.7 1960 27 DET AL SS 22 26 53 1 10 .988 .960 3.59 4.37 4.66 5.11 18 152.7 1961 28 WSA AL SS 63 130 172 8 43 .974 .956 4.79 4.37 5.33 4.84 57 510.0 1963 30 DET AL SS 12 14 35 1 1 .980 .965 4.08 4.56 5.27 4.78 9 83.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 227 322 516 21 100 .976 .960 3.69 4.20 4.90 4.91 167 1539.7 3B* 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 2.73 2.31 3.15 1 11.7 2B* 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.70 3.00 5.50 1 9.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 231 326 518 21 100 .976 .960 3.65 4.18 4.87 4.90 169 1560
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Sac. Hits
1961 AL-10-7

Caught Stealing
1961 AL-8-7

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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Transactions 

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers in the 1960 expansion draft.

November 21, 1961: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Washington Senators.

June, 1962: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Detroit Tigers for Al Pehanick (minors).


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