Bob Veale
1962–1974 · bats B / throws L · Boston Red Sox, NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates
399G
.114AVG
.139OBP
.129SLG
More career statistics
72H
0HR
18RBI
0SB
120–95W–L
1,926.0IP
1,703K
3.07ERA
255GS
21SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,163 | 8,165 |
| Pitching · p er | 658 | 656 |
| Pitching · p r | 755 | 754 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 399 | 676 | 630 | 26 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | .114 | .139 | .129 | .268 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,926.0 | 397 | 255 | 78 | 120 | 95 | 21 | 1,684 | 755 | 658 | 91 | 858 | 1,703 | 0 | 0 | 3.07 | 1.320 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1970-05-24 to 1970-06-12
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 16 strikeouts | 1964-09-30 | 1 in 7,982 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1964-09-22 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1965-04-12 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 204 | 314 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 162 | .114 | .134 | .128 |
| Away | 195 | 362 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 175 | .115 | .133 | .129 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | .055 | .064 | .055 |
| May | 70 | 119 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 53 | .108 | .134 | .117 |
| June | 75 | 118 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 53 | .135 | .169 | .162 |
| July | 68 | 110 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 54 | .139 | .145 | .149 |
| August | 64 | 113 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 65 | .095 | .106 | .114 |
| September | 67 | 131 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 68 | .139 | .160 | .156 |
| October | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 42 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43 | .129 | .139 | .143 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 40 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33 | .118 | .149 | .132 |
| chicago-cubs | 39 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | .149 | .149 | .164 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 38 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | .053 | .074 | .053 |
| cincinnati-reds | 37 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | .069 | .079 | .069 |
| new-york-mets | 31 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 32 | .032 | .076 | .032 |
| san-francisco-giants | 31 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | .129 | .169 | .129 |
| houston-astros | 28 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | .155 | .161 | .207 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | .250 | 45 | 42 |
| 1963 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | .087 | 77 | 68 |
| 1964 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 41 | 96 | 15 | – | 2 | – | .156 | 279 | 250 |
| 1965 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 93 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .086 | 266 | 276 |
| 1966 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 94 | 13 | – | 2 | – | .138 | 268 | 229 |
| 1967 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 69 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .043 | 203 | 179 |
| 1968 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 82 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .110 | 245 | 171 |
| 1969 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 79 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .051 | 225 | 213 |
| 1970 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 67 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .164 | 202 | 178 |
| 1971 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 9 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 46 | 40 |
| 1972 | Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 17 | 16 |
| 1973 |  Boston Red Sox | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 25 |
| 1974 | Boston Red Sox | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 16 |