Bob Veale Stats

Bob Veale was born on Monday, October 28, 1935, in Birmingham, Alabama. Veale was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1962, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Veale baseball stats page.

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"April 12, 1994, at Rickwood Field, the nation's oldest surviving professional ballpark, in Birmingham, Ala. On the set of Ron Shelton's great screen bio, 'Cobb,' I encounter two local former ballplayers serving as advisors: Harry 'The Hat' Walker and Bob Veale. I always had heard that Veale was the one who said, 'Good pitching can stop good hitting every time. And vice versa.' I ask him, 'Mr. Veale, are you the one who said Good ...' He cut me off with, 'Yes, I am.'" - Sportswriter Allen Berra in My Most Memorable Baseball Moments (Salon : July 26, 2002)

Bob Veale

Bob Veale Autograph on a 1965 Topps Baseball Card (#195)

Bob Veale Autograph on a 1965 Topps Baseball Card (#195)

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Birth Name:   Robert Andrew Veale
Nickname:   Bob
Born On:   10-28-1935  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Birmingham, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Birmingham High School (Birmingham, AL)
College:   Benedictine College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-06   Player Weight Chart Weight:   212
First Game:   04-16-1962 (Age 26)
Last Game:   09-08-1974
Draft:   Not Applicable

Bob Veale

Bob Veale Pitching Stats

1962 27 Pirates 11 6 1 2 2 .500 3.74 2 0 1 45.2 195 39 19 25 2 25 1 42 2 0 1 -
1963 28 Pirates 34 7 10 5 2 .714 1.04 3 2 3 77.2 321 59 9 15 1 40 2 68 5 1 1 -
1964 29 Pirates 40 38 1 18 12 .600 2.74 14 1 0 279.2 1,161 222 85 100 8 124 9 250 18 3 1 -
1965 30 Pirates 39 37 2 17 12 .586 2.84 14 7 0 266.0 1,126 221 84 98 5 119 7 276 17 7 0 -
1966 31 Pirates 38 37 0 16 12 .571 3.02 12 3 0 268.1 1,111 228 90 99 18 102 6 229 10 5 0 -
1967 32 Pirates 33 31 0 16 8 .667 3.64 6 1 0 203.0 891 184 82 90 12 119 10 179 11 5 3 -
1968 33 Pirates 36 33 2 13 14 .481 2.05 13 4 0 245.1 997 187 56 67 13 94 5 171 9 2 1 -
1969 34 Pirates 34 34 0 13 14 .481 3.23 9 1 0 225.2 980 232 81 93 8 91 4 213 5 3 1 0
1970 35 Pirates 34 32 0 10 15 .400 3.92 5 1 0 202.0 882 189 88 99 15 94 11 178 9 3 1 -
1971 36 Pirates 37 0 12 6 0 1.000 6.99 0 0 2 46.1 218 59 36 38 5 24 2 40 3 0 0 -
1972 37 Pirates 5 0 3 0 0 .000 6.00 0 0 0 9.0 42 10 6 7 0 7 2 6 1 0 0 -
1972 37 Red Sox 6 0 3 2 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 2 8.0 27 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 -
1973 38 Red Sox 32 0 24 2 3 .400 3.47 0 0 11 36.1 154 37 14 16 2 12 2 25 1 0 0 -
1974 39 Red Sox 18 0 5 0 1 .000 5.54 0 0 2 13.0 58 15 8 8 2 4 1 16 1 0 0 -
13 Years 397 255 63 120 95 .558 3.07 78 20 21 1,926.0 8,163 1,684 658 755 91 858 62 1,703 92 29 9 0

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Bob Veale Hitting Stats

1962 27 Pirates 11 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .313
1963 28 Pirates 35 23 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 .087 .160 .130
1964 29 Pirates 41 96 4 15 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 52 6 0 0 0 .156 .173 .156
1965 30 Pirates 39 93 3 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 50 8 0 0 1 .086 .115 .086
1966 31 Pirates 38 94 5 13 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 39 3 0 0 1 .138 .147 .160
1967 32 Pirates 33 69 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 36 3 0 0 2 .043 .057 .043
1968 33 Pirates 36 82 2 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 53 2 0 0 2 .110 .131 .122
1969 34 Pirates 34 79 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 44 4 0 0 0 .051 .085 .051
1970 35 Pirates 34 67 5 11 4 0 0 0 6 4 0 34 1 0 0 2 .164 .211 .224
1971 36 Pirates 37 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1972 37 Pirates 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1972 37 Red Sox 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1973 38 Red Sox 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1974 39 Red Sox 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
13 Years 399 630 26 72 7 1 0 0 18 18 0 337 28 0 0 8 .114 .139 .129

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Bob Veale Fielding Stats

1962 Pirates P 11 6 137 6 0.5 6 0 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.18
1963 Pirates P 34 7 233 17 0.5 15 1 14 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .882 1.74
1964 Pirates P 40 38 839 55 1.4 53 14 39 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 1.71
1965 Pirates P 39 37 798 41 1.1 39 3 36 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .951 1.32
1966 Pirates P 38 37 805 39 1.0 36 2 34 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.21
1967 Pirates P 33 31 609 43 1.3 42 6 36 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.86
1968 Pirates P 36 33 736 44 1.2 41 4 37 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .932 1.50
1969 Pirates P 34 34 677 40 1.2 39 6 33 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .975 1.56
1970 Pirates P 34 32 606 26 0.8 23 0 23 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .885 1.02
1971 Pirates P 37 0 139 5 0.1 2 1 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .400 0.39
1972 Pirates P 5 0 27 1 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1972 Red Sox P 6 0 24 2 0.3 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1973 Red Sox P 32 0 109 9 0.3 9 0 9 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.23
1974 Red Sox P 18 0 39 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
P Totals 397 255 5,778 328 0.8 307 37 270 21 19 n/a n/a n/a .936 1.43
13 Years 397 255 5,778 328 0.8 307 37 270 21 19 n/a n/a n/a .936 1.43

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Bob Veale Miscellaneous Stats

1962 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.68 8.28 4.93
1963 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.70 7.88 4.64
1964 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 1.8 48.0 2.02 8.05 3.99
1965 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.9 31.0 2.32 9.34 4.03
1966 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.4 47.0 2.25 7.68 3.42
1967 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.9 69.0 1.50 7.94 5.28
1968 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 82.0 1.82 6.27 3.45
1969 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 39.5 2.34 8.49 3.63
1970 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 11.2 1.89 7.93 4.19
1971 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 9.0 1.67 7.77 4.66
1972 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.86 6.00 7.00
1972 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.33 11.25 3.38
1973 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.08 6.19 2.97
1974 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.00 11.08 2.77
13 Years 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0.0 1.9 35.0 1.98 7.96 4.01

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Bob Veale Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1962 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1963 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1964 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 $20,000.00 - -
1965 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined Stats -
1966 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined Stats -
1967 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1969 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1970 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - Stats
1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 $35,000.00 - -
1972 Boston Red Sox 55 "     "     - -
1973 Boston Red Sox 55 Undetermined - -
1974 Boston Red Sox 55 Undetermined - -

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