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Bob Veale
Robert Andrew Veale

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 6", Weight 212 lb.
School Benedictine College

Debut April 16, 1962
  vs. CHC 2.3 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER
Final Game September 8, 1974
Born October 28, 1935 in Birmingham, AL

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1962 26 PIT NL   2   2  11   6   2   0   1  1   45.7   39   25   19   2   25   42   0   2   195   1   1  3.74  3.94  105 1.401
 1963 27 PIT NL   5   2  34   7   3   2  10  3   77.7   59   15    9   1   40   68   1   5   321   2   1  1.04  3.29  315 1.275
 1964 28 PIT NL  18  12  40  38  14   1   1  0  279.7  222  100   85   8  124  250   3  18  1161   9   1  2.74  3.50  128 1.237
 1965 29 PIT NL  17  12  39  37  14   7   2  0  266.0  221   98   84   5  119  276   7  17  1126   7   0  2.84  3.50  123 1.278 AS
 1966 30 PIT NL  16  12  38  37  12   3   0  0  268.3  228   99   90  18  102  229   5  10  1111   6   0  3.02  3.57  118 1.230 AS
 1967 31 PIT NL  16   8  33  31   6   1   0  0  203.0  184   90   82  12  119  179   5  11   891  10   3  3.64  3.34   92 1.493
 1968 32 PIT NL  13  14  36  33  13   4   2  0  245.3  187   67   56  13   94  171   2   9   997   5   1  2.05  2.90  141 1.145
 1969 33 PIT NL  13  14  34  34   9   1   0  0  225.7  232   93   81   8   91  213   3   5   980   4   1  3.23  3.49  108 1.431
 1970 34 PIT NL  10  15  34  32   5   1   0  0  202.0  189   99   88  15   94  178   3   9   882  11   1  3.92  3.89   99 1.401
 1971 35 PIT NL   6   0  37   0   0   0  12  2   46.3   59   38   36   5   24   40   0   3   218   2   0  6.99  3.47   50 1.791
 1972 36 TOT      2   0  11   0   0   0   6  2   17.0   12    7    6   0   10   16   0   1    69   2   0  3.18  3.31  104 1.294
         PIT NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   3  0    9.0   10    7    6   0    7    6   0   1    42   2   0  6.00  3.35   56 1.889
         BOS AL   2   0   6   0   0   0   3  2    8.0    2    0    0   0    3   10   0   0    27   0   0  0.00  3.25  inf 0.625
 1973 37 BOS AL   2   3  32   0   0   0  24 11   36.3   37   16   14   2   12   25   0   1   154   2   0  3.47  4.05  117 1.349
 1974 38 BOS AL   0   1  18   0   0   0   5  2   13.0   15    8    8   2    4   16   0   1    58   1   0  5.54  3.88   70 1.462
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .558 120  95 397 255  78  20  63 21 1926.0 1684  755  658  91  858 1703  29  92  8163  62   9  3.07  3.47  113 1.320
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   9  41  26   8   2   6  2  200.7  175   78   68   9   89  177   3   9   851   6   0  3.07  3.47  113 1.320
 Career High     18  15  40  38  14   7  24 11  279.7  232  100   90  18  124  276   7  18  1161  11   3  1.04  3.94  315 1.145
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 26 PIT NL  11   16    1    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .250  .250  .313   50    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 27 PIT NL  35   23    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  17  .087  .160  .130  -15    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 28 PIT NL  41   96    4   15   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  52  .156  .173  .156   -6   15   6   0   0   0   0
 1965 29 PIT NL  39   93    3    8   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  50  .086  .115  .086  -43    8   8   0   0   0   1 AS
 1966 30 PIT NL  38   94    5   13   0  1   0    2   0  0   1  39  .138  .147  .160  -14   15   3   0   0   0   1 AS
 1967 31 PIT NL  33   69    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  36  .043  .057  .043  -71    3   3   0   0   0   2
 1968 32 PIT NL  36   82    2    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  53  .110  .131  .122  -23   10   2   0   0   0   2
 1969 33 PIT NL  34   79    3    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  44  .051  .085  .051  -61    4   4   0   0   0   0
 1970 34 PIT NL  34   67    5   11   4  0   0    6   0  0   4  34  .164  .211  .224   19   15   1   0   0   0   2
 1971 35 PIT NL  37    9    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .333  .333  .333   88    3   1   0   0   0   0
 1972 36 TOT     11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     349  630   26   72   7  1   0   18   0  0  18 337  .114  .139  .129  -24   81  28   0   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        292   12   33   3  0   0    8   0  0   8 156  .114  .139  .129  -24   38  13   0   0   0   4
 Career High     41   96    5   15   4  1   0    6   0  0   4  53                          15   8   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 26 PIT NL   16   12    1   2.2   104| .250  .271| .250  .338| .313  .412| .563  .750|  50  .213  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1963 27 PIT NL   25   21    1   1.3    90| .087  .255| .160  .317| .130  .382| .290  .699| -15  .115  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1964 28 PIT NL  104   87    3   0.9    94| .156  .263| .173  .321| .156  .391| .329  .712|  -6  .061 -13.7  -1.5   0%
 1965 29 PIT NL  104   94    1   0.3    94| .086  .259| .115  .323| .086  .392| .201  .715| -43  .008 -17.9  -1.9   0%
 1966 30 PIT NL   98   85    2   0.6    96| .138  .265| .147  .323| .160  .399| .307  .722| -14  .030 -14.8  -1.6   0%
 1967 31 PIT NL   73   71    0   0.0    90| .043  .258| .057  .320| .043  .379| .100  .699| -71  .000 -15.4  -1.7   0%
 1968 32 PIT NL   86   77    1   0.4    80| .110  .250| .131  .308| .122  .352| .253  .660| -23  .014 -12.3  -1.4   0%
 1969 33 PIT NL   86   79    1   0.3    93| .051  .257| .085  .327| .051  .381| .136  .708| -61  .010 -17.0  -1.8   0%
 1970 34 PIT NL   72   59    3   1.4   101| .164  .263| .211  .336| .224  .402| .435  .738|  19  .097  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1971 35 PIT NL   10    7    1   3.8    94| .333  .262| .333  .328| .333  .384| .666  .712|  88  .473  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1972 36 TOT       2    2    0   0.0    89| .000  .254| .000  .323| .000  .371| .000  .694|-100  .000  -0.5   0.0   0%
         PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0    91| .000  .255| .000  .323| .000  .377| .000  .700|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0    88| .000  .253| .000  .323| .000  .365| .000  .688|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      676  594   14   0.6    93| .114  .260| .139  .323| .129  .386| .268  .708| -24  .031 -104.1 -11.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 26 PIT NL P 11 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.55 0.82 1.18 2.07 6 45.7 1963 27 PIT NL P 34 1 14 2 2 .882 .949 0.44 0.84 1.74 2.06 7 77.7 1964 28 PIT NL P 40 14 39 2 4 .964 .953 1.32 0.84 1.71 2.14 38 279.7 1965 29 PIT NL P 39 3 36 2 1 .951 .956 1.00 0.81 1.32 2.08 37 266.0 AS 1966 30 PIT NL P 38 2 34 3 5 .923 .947 0.95 0.74 1.21 1.96 37 268.3 AS 1967 31 PIT NL P 33 6 36 1 3 .977 .959 1.27 0.78 1.86 2.00 31 203.0 1968 32 PIT NL P 36 4 37 3 0 .932 .958 1.14 0.85 1.50 2.01 33 245.3 1969 33 PIT NL P 34 6 33 1 2 .975 .958 1.15 0.78 1.56 1.95 34 225.7 1970 34 PIT NL P 34 0 23 3 1 .885 .950 0.68 0.71 1.02 1.85 32 202.0 1971 35 PIT NL P 37 1 1 3 0 .400 .952 0.05 0.78 0.39 1.90 0 46.3 1972 36 TOT P 11 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.18 0.74 1.06 1.85 0 17.0 PIT NL P 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.72 0.00 1.80 0 9.0 BOS AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.75 2.25 1.91 0 8.0 1973 37 BOS AL P 32 0 9 0 1 1.000 .947 0.28 0.86 2.23 1.86 0 36.3 1974 38 BOS AL P 18 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.83 0.00 1.80 0 13.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 26 PIT NL P 11 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.55 0.82 1.18 2.07 6 45.7 1963 27 PIT NL P 34 1 14 2 2 .882 .949 0.44 0.84 1.74 2.06 7 77.7 1964 28 PIT NL P 40 14 39 2 4 .964 .953 1.32 0.84 1.71 2.14 38 279.7 1965 29 PIT NL P 39 3 36 2 1 .951 .956 1.00 0.81 1.32 2.08 37 266.0 1966 30 PIT NL P 38 2 34 3 5 .923 .947 0.95 0.74 1.21 1.96 37 268.3 1967 31 PIT NL P 33 6 36 1 3 .977 .959 1.27 0.78 1.86 2.00 31 203.0 1968 32 PIT NL P 36 4 37 3 0 .932 .958 1.14 0.85 1.50 2.01 33 245.3 1969 33 PIT NL P 34 6 33 1 2 .975 .958 1.15 0.78 1.56 1.95 34 225.7 1970 34 PIT NL P 34 0 23 3 1 .885 .950 0.68 0.71 1.02 1.85 32 202.0 1971 35 PIT NL P 37 1 1 3 0 .400 .952 0.05 0.78 0.39 1.90 0 46.3 1972 36 TOT P 11 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.18 0.74 1.06 1.85 0 17.0 PIT NL P 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.72 0.00 1.80 0 9.0 BOS AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.75 2.25 1.91 0 8.0 1973 37 BOS AL P 32 0 9 0 1 1.000 .947 0.28 0.86 2.23 1.86 0 36.3 1974 38 BOS AL P 18 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.83 0.00 1.80 0 13.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 397 37 270 21 19 .936 .954 0.77 0.80 1.43 2.00 255 1926.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 397 37 270 21 19 .936 .954 0.77 0.80 1.43 2.00 255 1926
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1971   WS    PIT BAL     W   1   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   0.2   1   1   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1971   WS    PIT BAL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1965   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1966   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1965
1966

ERA
1964 NL-2.74-8
1968 NL-2.05-3

Wins
1964 NL-18-8
1965 NL-17-10
1966 NL-16-8
1967 NL-16-5

Won-Loss %
1967 NL-.667-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1964 NL-7.14-4
1965 NL-7.48-6
1966 NL-7.65-9
1968 NL-6.86-3
Car-7.87-79

Strikeouts/9IP
1964 NL-8.05-3
1965 NL-9.34-2
1966 NL-7.68-4
1967 NL-7.94-2
1969 NL-8.49-5
1970 NL-7.93-3
Car-7.96-27

Innings
1964 NL-279.7-5
1965 NL-266.0-9
1966 NL-268.3-8

Strikeouts
1964 NL-250-1
1965 NL-276-2
1966 NL-229-3
1967 NL-179-7
1969 NL-213-8

Games Started
1964 NL-38-3
1965 NL-37-9
1966 NL-37-7

Comp. Games
1964 NL-14-8
1965 NL-14-9
1966 NL-12-7
1968 NL-13-9

Shutouts
1965 NL-7-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1964 NL-124-1
1965 NL-119-1
1966 NL-102-2
1967 NL-119-1
1968 NL-94-1

Losses
1970 NL-15-7

Wild Pitches
1964 NL-18-2
1965 NL-17-3
1966 NL-10-7
1967 NL-11-5
1968 NL-9-7

Hit Batsmen
1965 NL-7-10

Batters Faced
1964 NL-1161-4
1965 NL-1126-9
1966 NL-1111-9

Adjusted ERA+
1964 NL-128-9
1965 NL-123-9
1966 NL-118-10
1968 NL-141-4

Oldest Player
1972 AL-36-7
1973 AL-37-7
1974 AL-38-6

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 76 (317) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 21.0 (265) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 32.0 (404) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

September 2, 1972: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 25, 1973: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

Before 1974 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 24, 1974: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


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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