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Bobby Veach
Full name Robert Hayes Veach Born June 29, 1888, St. Charles, Kentucky Died August 7, 1945, Detroit, Michigan Buried at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan (Section 1212 on first floor of mausoleum) First Game: September 6, 1912 ; Final Game: October 13, 1925 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 160 Ejections: 1923 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1912 DET A Daily Splits 23 79 8 27 5 1 0 15 5 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 .342 .388 .430 0.3 1912 DET A
1913 DET A Daily Splits 137 491 54 132 22 10 0 64 53 0i 31 5 15 0 6i 5i 22 9i .269 .346 .354 -0.7 1913 DET A
1914 DET A Daily Splits 149 531 56 146 19 14 1 72 50 1i 29 3 22 0 3i 4i 20 4i .275 .341 .369 -0.1 1914 DET A
1915 DET A Daily Splits 152 569 81 178 40 10 3 112 68 0 43 4 18 0 18 5 16 22 .313 .390 .434 2.0 1915 DET A
1916 DET A Daily Splits 150 566 92 173 33 15 3 89 52 7 41 3 24 0 18 4 24 16 .306 .367 .433 2.0 1916 DET A
1917 DET A Daily Splits 154 571 79 182 31 12 8 110 61 3 44 9 25 0 14 4 21 18 .319 .393 .457 3.9 1917 DET A
1918 DET A Daily Splits 127 499 63 139 21 13 3 84 35 3 23 4 17 0 18 5 21 9 .279 .331 .391 0.8 1918 DET A
1919 DET A Daily Splits 139 538 87 191 45 17 3 97 33 4 33 5 22 0 16 8 19 12 .355 .398 .519 4.5 1919 DET A
1920 DET A Daily Splits 154 612 92 188 39 15 11 113 36 0 22 7 15 0 15 8 11 7 .307 .353 .474 2.0 1920 DET A
1921 DET A Daily Splits 150 612 110 207 43 13 16 128 48 2 31 1 27 0 19 8 14 10 .338 .387 .529 2.6 1921 DET A
1922 DET A Daily Splits 155 618 96 202 34 13 9 126 42 2 27 8 36 0 20 15 9 1 .327 .377 .468 1.6 1922 DET A
1923 DET A Daily Splits 114 293 45 94 13 3 2 39 29 2 21 3 14 0 6 2 10 3 .321 .388 .406 -0.8 1923 DET A
1924 BOS A Daily Splits 142 519 77 153 35 9 5 99 47 2 18 5 16 12 0 12 8 5 5 .295 .352 .426 -1.6 1924 BOS A
1925 BOS A Daily Splits 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 0.0 1925 BOS A
1925 NY A Daily Splits 56 116 13 41 10 2 0 16 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 .353 .397 .474 0.2 1925 NY A
1925 WAS A Daily Splits 18 37 4 9 3 0 0 8 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .243 .286 .324 -0.4 1925 WAS A
1925 TOT A 75 158 17 51 13 2 0 26 12 1 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 4 .323 .368 .430 -0.2 1925 TOT A
Total (14 Years) Splits 1821 6656 957 2063 393 147 64 1174 571 27i 370 59 256 15 0 169i 78i 195 123i .310 .369 .442 16.3 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1925 WAS A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1925 WAS A
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1918 DET A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 - 0.0 1918 DET A
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1912 DET A Daily Splits OF 22 22 22 194 46 5 4 0 0 .927 20 2 0
1912 DET A LF 20 20 20 176 38 5 4 0 0 .915
1912 DET A CF 2 2 2 18 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1913 DET A Daily Splits OF 136 134 130 1192 250 16 24 3 0 .917 136 0 0
1913 DET A LF 136 134 130 1192 247 14 24 3 0 .916
1914 DET A Daily Splits OF 145 144 141 1274.2 282 22 11 6 0 .965 145 0 0
1914 DET A LF 145 144 141 1274.2 i 282 22 11 6 0 .965
1915 DET A Daily Splits OF 152 152 151 1373.2 297 19 8 4 0 .975 152 0 0
1915 DET A LF 152 152 151 1373.2 296 20 8 4 0 .975
1916 DET A Daily Splits OF 150 149 146 1342.1 342 14 12 4 0 .967 150 0 0
1916 DET A LF 150 149 146 1342.1 339 14 12 5 0 .967
1917 DET A Daily Splits OF 154 154 154 1393.1 356 17 17 5 0 .956 154 0 0
1917 DET A LF 154 154 154 1393.1 355 18 18 5 0 .954
1918 DET A Daily Splits OF 127 127 126 1149.1 277 14 7 3 0 .977 125 0 2
1918 DET A LF 125 125 124 1133 283 14 7 3 0 .977
1918 DET A RF 2 2 2 16.1 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1918 DET A P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1919 DET A Daily Splits OF 138 138 138 1240.1 338 14 12 1 0 .967 138 0 0
1919 DET A LF 138 138 138 1240.1 336 14 12 1 0 .967
1920 DET A Daily Splits OF 154 154 154 1373 357 26 13 6 0 .967 154 0 0
1920 DET A LF 154 154 154 1373 356 24 13 6 0 .967
1921 DET A Daily Splits OF 149 148 147 1335.1 384 21 11 4 0 .974 149 0 0
1921 DET A LF 149 148 147 1335.1 371 22 11 4 0 .973
1922 DET A Daily Splits OF 154 154 151 1374.2 375 16 7 3 0 .982 154 0 0
1922 DET A LF 154 154 151 1374.2 368 18 7 3 0 .982
1923 DET A Daily Splits OF 86 68 61 637.1 127 6 8 0 0 .943 51 18 19
1923 DET A LF 51 38 33 349.1 72 3 5 0 0 .938
1923 DET A RF 19 16 16 161 22 2 2 0 0 .923
1923 DET A CF 18 14 12 127 34 1 1 0 0 .972
1924 BOS A Daily Splits OF 130 130 130 1150.2 270 11 13 2 0 .956 130 0 0
1924 BOS A LF 130 130 130 1150.2 270 11 13 2 0 .956
1925 BOS A Daily Splits OF 1 1 1 9.1 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1925 BOS A LF 1 1 1 9.1 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1925 NY A Daily Splits OF 34 22 18 218 38 6 2 1 0 .957 14 0 20
1925 NY A RF 20 14 12 137 27 4 1 1 0 .969
1925 NY A LF 14 8 6 81 16 2 1 0 0 .947
1925 WAS A Daily Splits OF 11 10 1 63 12 0 1 0 0 .923 4 0 7
1925 WAS A RF 7 6 1 41 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1925 WAS A LF 4 4 0 22 7 0 1 0 0 .875
1925 TOT A LF 19 13 7 112.1 26 2 2 0 0 .933
1925 TOT A RF 27 20 13 178 32 4 1 1 0 .973
1925 TOT A OF 46 33 20 290.1 53 6 3 1 0 .952 19 0 27
Total (14 Years) Splits OF 1743 1707 1671 15321 3754 207 150 42 0 .964 1677 20 48
Total (14 Years) LF 1677 1653 1626 14820.2i 3639 201 147 42 0 .963
Total ( 3 Years) RF 48 38 31 355.1 58 6 3 1 0 .955
Total ( 2 Years) CF 20 16 14 145 39 1 1 0 0 .976
Total ( 1 Year ) P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
7- 4-1923(1) BOX DET A Pants Rowland Call at 2B
Transaction Information
Sold by Indianapolis (American Association) to Detroit Tigers (August, 1912).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox (January 12, 1924 ).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Alex Ferguson to New York Yankees in exchange for Ray
Francis and $9000 (May 5, 1925 ).
Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from New York Yankees (August 17, 1925 ).
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