Bio
- Debut
- 1962
Bio
- Debut
- 1962
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 397
- W
- 120
- L
- 95
- ERA
- 3.07
- IP
- 1926.0
- K
- 1,703
- BB
- 858
- WHIP
- 1.32
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | PIT | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3.74 | 45.2 | 42 | 25 | 1.40 |
| 1963 | PIT | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1.04 | 77.2 | 68 | 40 | 1.27 |
| 1964 | PIT | 40 | 18 | 12 | 2.74 | 279.2 | 250 | 124 | 1.24 |
| 1965 | PIT | 39 | 17 | 12 | 2.84 | 266.0 | 276 | 119 | 1.28 |
| 1966 | PIT | 38 | 16 | 12 | 3.02 | 268.1 | 229 | 102 | 1.23 |
| 1967 | PIT | 33 | 16 | 8 | 3.64 | 203.0 | 179 | 119 | 1.49 |
| 1968 | PIT | 36 | 13 | 14 | 2.05 | 245.1 | 171 | 94 | 1.15 |
| 1969 | PIT | 34 | 13 | 14 | 3.23 | 225.2 | 213 | 91 | 1.43 |
| 1970 | PIT | 34 | 10 | 15 | 3.92 | 202.0 | 178 | 94 | 1.40 |
| 1971 | PIT | 37 | 6 | 0 | 6.99 | 46.1 | 40 | 24 | 1.79 |
| 1972 |  PIT/BOS | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3.18 | 17.0 | 16 | 10 | 1.29 |
| 1973 | BOS | 32 | 2 | 3 | 3.47 | 36.1 | 25 | 12 | 1.35 |
| 1974 | BOS | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5.54 | 13.0 | 16 | 4 | 1.46 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- IP
- 0.0
- K
- 0
- BB
- 2
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 78
- SHO
- 20
- K/9
- 8.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | PIT | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | PIT | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | PIT | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | PIT | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | PIT | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | PIT | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | PIT | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | PIT | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | PIT/BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bob Veale's career stats?
Bob Veale played 13 seasons for the Pirates and the Red Sox. He had 120 wins and 1,703 strikeouts with a 3.07 ERA over 1,926.0 innings. His best season was 1964: 18 wins, a 2.74 ERA and 250 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1 postseason, 1962 to 1974
Bob Veale finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.
Championships
- 1971 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
All-time career rank
- 157th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,703)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Bob Veale
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