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Bob
Veale		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 227
 
Born: October 28, 1935 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1969   
All-Star Selections 1965    1966    1968   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 8 7 7 4 3 3 9 8 8
1963 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 4 3 4 10 9 9
1964 28 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 8 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 9
1965 29 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1966 30 CLN NL $ 4,907,143 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1967 31 CLN NL $ 6,500,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1968 32 CLN NL $ 6,500,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1969 33 BOS AL $ 6,500,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1970 34 BOS AL $ 6,500,000 6 7 6 7 6 5 5 9 8 8
1971 35 STL NL $ 3,000,000 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 8
1972 36 STL NL $ 3,000,000 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 7
1973 37 KCR AL   5 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000 7 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 CLN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 CLN NL $ 4,907,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 CLN NL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 32 CLN NL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 BOS AL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 34 BOS AL $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 35 STL NL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 36 STL NL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 37 KCR AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1962 26 CLN NL 5 12 .294 21 21 2 0 0 145.3 133 69 15 63 95 4.27 .244 .322 .393 .715 3.4
    AAA   1 1 .500 6 6 0 0 0 40.3 33 11 1 22 58 2.45 .221 .322 .268 .590  
1963 27 CLN NL 8 8 .500 40 21 0 0 4 153.3 120 59 9 71 123 3.46 .218 .307 .310 .618 11.0
1964 28 CLN NL 12 11 .522 36 36 2 0 0 251.7 194 78 13 85 199 2.79 .210 .276 .313 .589 19.3
1965 29 CLN NL 22 15 .595 41 41 3 2 0 286.3 232 99 9 122 222 3.11 .222 .305 .304 .608 21.2
1966 30 CLN NL 22 7 .759 40 40 3 1 0 285.3 223 83 17 98 230 2.62 .210 .278 .318 .596 21.7
1967 31 CLN NL 13 15 .464 45 39 5 2 1 282.0 239 101 9 100 214 3.22 .228 .295 .327 .622 15.1
1968 32 CLN NL 20 11 .645 44 37 5 2 0 270.7 207 81 14 98 224 2.69 .207 .279 .303 .582 21.4
1969 33 BOS AL 14 11 .560 34 34 7 1 0 247.7 200 94 16 100 181 3.42 .218 .297 .325 .623 15.7
1970 34 BOS AL 14 10 .583 33 33 4 1 0 229.7 209 93 9 102 157 3.64 .242 .323 .344 .667 14.9
1971 35 STL NL 12 11 .522 32 32 2 0 0 222.7 193 91 14 102 149 3.68 .229 .311 .338 .649 14.3
1972 36 STL NL 21 9 .700 35 35 0 0 0 242.0 216 91 18 100 135 3.38 .238 .315 .329 .644 19.5
1973 37 KCR AL 2 4 .333 29 0 0 0 6 43.7 53 28 7 30 27 5.77 .299 .399 .486 .885 1.8
    AAA   2 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 1 20.7 13 8 1 13 15 3.48 .178 .302 .260 .563  
12 Years Sim 165 124 .571 430 369 33 9 11 2660.3 2219 967 150 1071 1956 3.27 .224 .301 .328 .629 179.2
2 Years AAA 3 1 .750 27 6 0 0 1 61.0 46 19 2 35 73 2.80 .207 .315 .266 .581  
Season Average 13 10 .565 35 30 2 0 0 221.7 184 80 12 89 163 3.27 .224 .301 .328 .629  
Career Highs 22 15 .759 45 41 7 2 6 286.3 239 101 18 122 230 5.77 .299 .399 .486 .885  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1669 704 121 830 1393   .231 .310 .342 .652
vs LH   550 263 29 241 563   .207 .273 .288 .561
Home 74 52 .587 209 174 15 5 6 1265.6 1040 462 70 496 914 3.29 .222 .296 .325 .621
Away 91 72 .558 221 195 18 4 5 1394.6 1179 505 80 575 1042 3.26 .227 .304 .331 .635
Mar/Apr 22 26 .458 73 64 3 1 2 439.6 436 182 22 194 340 3.73 .257 .333 .357 .689
May 30 24 .556 78 68 8 2 2 484.0 395 186 35 205 324 3.46 .220 .300 .337 .637
June 32 27 .542 80 70 6 2 2 510.0 406 171 23 222 341 3.02 .219 .302 .316 .618
July 27 11 .711 61 61 5 2 0 427.3 334 142 24 147 351 2.99 .210 .277 .308 .585
August 31 16 .660 68 58 9 2 3 439.3 336 140 20 151 338 2.87 .209 .276 .292 .568
Sep/Oct 23 20 .535 70 48 5 1 2 360.0 312 146 26 152 262 3.65 .233 .311 .362 .674
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 26 CLN NL 21 48 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .042 .061 .042 .103 -3.4 0.0
1963 27 CLN NL 40 44 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .114 .133 .136 .270 -0.3 0.0
1964 28 CLN NL 36 84 3 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 36 .119 .118 .143 .261 -0.6 0.0
1965 29 CLN NL 41 104 5 12 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 33 .115 .132 .144 .276 -1.7 0.0
1966 30 CLN NL 40 100 7 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 37 .120 .160 .130 .290 0.4 0.0
1967 31 CLN NL 45 91 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 28 .066 .095 .077 .172 -3.2 0.0
1968 32 CLN NL 44 96 7 13 4 0 1 9 0 0 3 31 .135 .162 .208 .370 2.0 0.0
7 Years Sim 267 567 26 60 12 0 1 36 0 0 14 193 .106 .128 .132 .260 -6.8 0.0
162 Game Average 344 15 36 7 0 0 21 0 0 8 117 .106 .128 .132 .260 -4.1  
Career Highs 45 104 7 13 4 0 1 9 0 0 5 37 .135 .162 .208 .370 2.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   357 15 40 7 0 1 31 0 0 8 129 .112 .133 .140 .273 -5.2
vs LH   210 11 20 5 0 0 5 0 0 6 64 .095 .120 .119 .239 -5.1
Home 130 232 8 16 0 0 0 15 0 0 5 81 .069 .092 .069 .161 -11.0
Away 137 335 18 44 12 0 1 21 0 0 9 112 .131 .154 .176 .330 0.7
RISP   142 0 20 4 0 1 35 0 0 6 49 .141 .172 .190 .362 2.1
Close/Late   39 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .154 .154 .205 .359 0.3
Mar/Apr 41 97 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 28 .093 .129 .103 .232 -2.7
May 46 104 7 16 2 0 0 9 0 0 5 30 .154 .191 .173 .364 1.7
June 47 108 4 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 46 .074 .082 .093 .174 -4.8
July 39 100 4 12 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 33 .120 .136 .150 .286 -1.1
August 47 99 6 9 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 37 .091 .118 .152 .269 -1.5
Sep/Oct 38 59 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .102 .102 .119 .220 -1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1962 26 CLN NL P 21 21 145.3 11 34 0 2 1.000 2.79    
1963 27 CLN NL P 40 21 153.3 12 20 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1964 28 CLN NL P 36 36 251.7 16 37 2 0 .964 1.90    
1965 29 CLN NL P 41 41 286.3 20 53 2 6 .973 2.29    
1966 30 CLN NL P 40 40 285.3 23 42 5 6 .929 2.05    
1967 31 CLN NL P 45 39 282.0 12 45 4 3 .934 1.82    
1968 32 CLN NL P 44 37 270.7 9 68 5 7 .939 2.56    
1969 33 BOS AL P 34 34 247.7 19 42 2 1 .968 2.22    
1970 34 BOS AL P 33 33 229.7 18 27 3 0 .938 1.76    
1971 35 STL NL P 32 32 222.7 12 44 3 3 .949 2.26    
1972 36 STL NL P 35 35 242.0 9 40 3 4 .942 1.82    
1973 37 KCR AL P 29 0 43.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.44    
Career Totals   430 369 2660.3 162 458 29 32 .955 2.10    
Career Highs   45 41 286.3 23 68 5 7 1.000 2.79    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1964 28 CLN NL 3 2 .600 5 5 1 0 0 36.7 25 7 0 18 26 1.72 .197 .297 .291 .588
1965 29 CLN NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 1 0 15.0 10 7 1 5 8 4.20 .192 .263 .308 .571
1966 30 CLN NL 3 2 .600 6 6 0 0 0 41.7 32 16 1 21 31 3.46 .209 .305 .294 .599
1967 31 CLN NL 1 3 .250 4 4 0 0 0 28.3 31 18 4 10 24 5.72 .272 .331 .465 .796
1968 32 CLN NL 5 0 1.000 7 7 0 0 0 52.7 41 9 1 19 41 1.54 .216 .287 .268 .556
1969 33 BOS AL 4 1 .800 6 6 0 0 0 42.3 25 14 3 19 42 2.98 .166 .259 .291 .550
1971 35 STL NL 1 3 .250 4 4 1 0 0 23.7 31 16 3 9 20 6.09 .310 .367 .440 .807
1972 36 STL NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 4 0 0 2 4 0.00 .148 .207 .259 .466
Career Post-Season Pitching 18 11 .621 35 35 3 1 0 248.0 199 87 13 103 196 3.16 .218 .297 .325 .622
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 28 CLN NL 5 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154
1965 29 CLN NL 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750
1966 30 CLN NL 6 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267
1967 31 CLN NL 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200
1968 32 CLN NL 7 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .100 .100 .100 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 24 62 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 27 .113 .113 .129 .242
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1964-7-2.79
1966-6-2.62
1968-3-2.69
CAR-29-3.27
 Wins
1965-4-22
1966-4-22
1968-8-20
1972-3-21
 Winning Pct
1966-2-.759
1972-6-.700
 Games Started
1969-8-34
1972-6-35
 Shutouts
1965-9-2
1967-8-2
1968-8-2
 Strikeouts
1965-9-222
1966-9-230
1968-10-224
Walks Allowed
1965-2-122
1966-6-98
1967-9-100
1968-9-98
1969-8-100
1970-7-102
1971-4-102
1972-10-100
 Hits per 9IP
1964-4-6.9
1965-6-7.3
1966-6-7.0
1967-9-7.6
1968-3-6.9
1969-9-7.3
1971-8-7.8
CAR-28-7.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1965-10-7.0
1966-10-7.3
1968-6-7.4
 WHiP
1968-6-1.13
 OAVG
1964-4-.210
1965-7-.222
1966-3-.210
1967-9-.228
1968-3-.207
1969-8-.218
1971-8-.229
CAR-25-.224
 OOBP
1964-10-.276
1968-5-.279
OSLG
1964-6-.313
1965-6-.304
1966-5-.318
1967-5-.327
1968-2-.303
1969-7-.325
1971-9-.338
1972-6-.329
CAR-18-.328
 OOPS
1964-6-.589
1965-8-.608
1966-7-.596
1967-8-.622
1968-3-.582
1969-8-.623
1971-9-.649
1972-8-.644
CAR-23-.629
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Tex Hughson (995)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1962
Had first career hit on 5/15/1962, off Fred Gladding (SDP)
Earned first career win on 5/15/1962
Injured on 6/28/1962 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 8/3/1964 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1965, winning 2 games with a 1.08 ERA
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,907,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
7/31/1966: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Injured on 7/5/1968 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 8/11/1968, off Don Lee (BSN)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Boston (A) on 2/1/1969 (Going to CLN: P Galen Cisco. Going to BOS: P Joe Hoerner, P Bob Veale, RF Cliff Cook, SS Tom Tresh)
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/5/1971 to a 4-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1971, winning 2 games with a 0.63 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1972, going 6-0, 3.67
Traded from St. Louis to Kansas City on 3/3/1973 (Going to STL: P Pete Richert, P Buster Narum, LF Joe Pepitone. Going to KCR: P Jim O'toole, P Bob Veale)
Released by Kansas City on 10/31/1973
 
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