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Bobby
Veach		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: June 29, 1888 in Usa, KY, ISLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1916   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1912 24 SLA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 8 9 8 3 4 4 9 9 9
1913 25 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 10
1914 26 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 3 4 4 10 10 10
1915 27 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 3 4 4 10 10 10
1916 28 SLA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 10 10
1917 29 SLA AL $ 2,321,429   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 9 8 3 4 4 9 10 10
1918 30 SLA AL $ 2,667,857   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 9 8 3 4 4 10 10 10
1919 31 SLA AL $ 2,667,857   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 3 4 4 10 10 10
1920 32 SLA AL $ 4,760,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 4 9 9 9
1921 33 SLA AL $ 4,760,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 4 9 9 9
1922 34 SLA AL $ 4,760,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
1923 35 SLA AL $ 5,890,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1924 36 SLA AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,890,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1912 24 SLA AL 5 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.7 0.5
    AAA   99 267 49 78 20 3 0 44 10 3 44 25 .292 .392 .390 .782 42.7  
1913 25 SLA AL 14 14 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .357 .607 1.3 0.0
    AAA   87 339 48 104 23 5 2 40 14 11 41 18 .307 .382 .422 .803 52.0  
1914 26 SLA AL 58 98 5 31 8 2 0 16 4 2 11 6 .316 .385 .439 .824 15.0 3.6
1915 27 SLA AL 62 136 18 35 4 3 0 13 7 6 10 9 .257 .311 .331 .642 13.3 2.3
1916 28 SLA AL 139 535 74 147 20 14 8 93 20 11 32 32 .275 .314 .409 .723 62.6 13.7
1917 29 SLA AL 98 309 34 84 13 5 6 55 12 12 29 11 .272 .331 .405 .736 39.4 7.4
1918 30 SLA AL 109 401 46 98 14 13 2 41 12 10 27 23 .244 .291 .359 .650 38.1 5.3
1919 31 SLA AL 98 325 45 95 12 5 7 59 9 12 22 15 .292 .341 .425 .766 40.6 8.0
1920 32 SLA AL 98 289 39 69 19 7 2 52 6 6 26 12 .239 .299 .374 .673 33.5 4.6
1921 33 SLA AL 120 360 70 137 17 14 5 80 14 16 35 17 .381 .435 .547 .982 68.0 14.9
1922 34 SLA AL 133 436 63 132 23 8 4 60 14 14 40 25 .303 .363 .420 .783 62.0 10.5
1923 35 SLA AL 107 234 36 62 12 6 2 34 7 6 19 13 .265 .319 .393 .712 27.1 3.4
1924 36 SLA AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
13 Years Sim 1045 3145 434 895 143 78 36 503 106 95 253 167 .285 .338 .414 .752 402.4 74.1
2 Years AAA 186 606 97 182 43 8 2 84 24 14 85 43 .300 .387 .408 .795 94.7  
162 Game Average 487 67 138 22 12 5 77 16 14 39 25 .285 .338 .414 .752 62.4  
Career Highs 139 535 74 147 23 14 8 93 20 16 40 32 .429 .500 .547 .982 68.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2566 360 761 118 63 32 418 90 82 216 125 .297 .351 .429 .780 360.7
vs LH   579 74 134 25 15 4 85 16 13 37 42 .231 .276 .347 .623 52.9
Home 513 1530 195 442 72 30 22 235 49 57 121 78 .289 .341 .418 .759 201.0
Away 531 1615 239 453 71 48 14 268 57 38 132 89 .280 .334 .410 .744 212.6
RISP   961 0 296 44 24 11 439 0 0 117 47 .308 .376 .438 .815 156.9
Pinch Hitting   216 27 61 8 4 4 35 6 6 23 17 .282 .354 .412 .766 30.3
Close/Late   460 61 132 18 12 6 58 0 0 53 24 .287 .364 .417 .781 68.6
Mar/Apr 91 261 42 80 14 7 4 43 9 8 23 16 .307 .361 .460 .821 40.1
May 183 514 63 131 26 11 6 81 8 12 33 32 .255 .299 .383 .683 54.9
June 184 559 79 160 24 20 4 78 19 17 56 38 .286 .352 .422 .774 78.6
July 197 609 75 169 26 18 6 103 17 19 49 22 .278 .332 .409 .741 77.0
August 194 637 84 180 25 11 9 104 27 20 43 34 .283 .326 .399 .725 79.1
Sep/Oct 196 565 91 175 28 11 7 94 26 19 49 25 .310 .365 .435 .801 84.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1912 24 SLA AL LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1913 25 SLA AL LF 2 1 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
1914 26 SLA AL LF 15 14 126.3 15 3 2 1 .900 1.28   0.2
1915 27 SLA AL RF 21 21 185.3 36 3 3 1 .929 1.89   0.9
    LF 9 9 74.7 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.33    
1916 28 SLA AL LF 139 138 1229.3 241 10 9 3 .965 1.84   3.0
1917 29 SLA AL RF 45 44 384.7 86 1 6 0 .935 2.04   2.0
    CF 23 23 200.0 55 0 2 0 .965 2.48    
    LF 12 11 105.0 23 1 1 0 .960 2.06    
1918 30 SLA AL RF 79 76 686.3 151 3 13 0 .922 2.02   3.2
    LF 24 21 203.0 51 0 1 0 .981 2.26    
    CF 1 1 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1919 31 SLA AL RF 43 39 351.7 70 0 10 0 .875 1.79   1.3
    LF 36 33 295.7 62 2 1 2 .985 1.95    
    CF 9 9 81.3 21 1 2 0 .917 2.43    
1920 32 SLA AL LF 63 51 472.0 111 1 7 1 .941 2.14   1.5
    RF 21 20 178.0 34 1 3 1 .921 1.77    
    CF 3 3 26.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1921 33 SLA AL LF 104 80 756.0 158 3 11 1 .936 1.92   1.7
    RF 6 2 25.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    CF 2 2 17.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24    
1922 34 SLA AL LF 115 96 877.7 206 1 15 1 .932 2.12   3.0
    CF 5 5 45.0 12 1 1 0 .929 2.60    
    RF 5 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1923 35 SLA AL LF 71 25 329.3 78 0 1 0 .987 2.13   1.7
    RF 11 8 77.7 18 1 1 0 .950 2.20    
    CF 6 6 53.0 9 0 2 0 .818 1.53    
1924 36 SLA AL RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 592 480 4485.6 957 22 49 10 .952 1.96   11.1
  RF 232 210 1902.6 404 10 36 2 .920 1.96   7.4
  CF 49 49 437.3 116 2 7 0 .944 2.43    
Career Totals   873 739 6825.6 1477 34 92 12 .943 1.99   18.5
Career Highs   139 138 1229.3 241 10 16 3 1.000 4.50    
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
1915 27 SLA AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1916-10-.409
 Triples
1916-3-14
1918-4-13
1921-10-14
 Homeruns
1916-5-8
1919-2-7
 RBIs
1916-2-93
 Caught Stealing
1921-6-16
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1912
Had first career hit on 9/22/1912, off Walter Moser (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1916, off Dazzy Vance (DET)
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1916
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,667,857 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,667,857 through salary arbitration
7/16/1919: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $4,760,000 per year, for 3 years
6/1/1922: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $5,890,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 8/18/1922
Released by St. Louis (A) on 6/1/1924
 
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