Bobby Veach stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,821
- AB
- 6,656
- R
- 953
- H
- 2,063
- HR
- 64
- RBI
- 530
- SB
- 195
- AVG
- .310
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | DET | 23 | 79 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .342 |
| 1913 | DET | 137 | 491 | 54 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .269 |
| 1914 | DET | 149 | 531 | 56 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .275 |
| 1915 | DET | 152 | 569 | 81 | 178 | 3 | 0 | 16 | .313 |
| 1916 | DET | 150 | 566 | 92 | 173 | 3 | 0 | 24 | .306 |
| 1917 | DET | 154 | 571 | 79 | 182 | 8 | 0 | 21 | .319 |
| 1918 | DET | 127 | 499 | 59 | 139 | 3 | 0 | 21 | .279 |
| 1919 | DET | 139 | 538 | 87 | 191 | 3 | 0 | 19 | .355 |
| 1920 | DET | 154 | 612 | 92 | 188 | 11 | 113 | 11 | .307 |
| 1921 | DET | 150 | 612 | 110 | 207 | 16 | 128 | 14 | .338 |
| 1922 | DET | 155 | 618 | 96 | 202 | 9 | 126 | 9 | .327 |
| 1923 | DET | 114 | 293 | 45 | 94 | 2 | 39 | 10 | .321 |
| 1924 | BOS | 142 | 519 | 77 | 153 | 5 | 99 | 5 | .295 |
| 1925 |  BOS/MIN/NYY | 75 | 158 | 17 | 51 | 0 | 25 | 1 | .323 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- AB
- 1
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 7,557
- TB
- 2,942
- XBH
- 604
- HBP
- 59
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | DET | 88 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | DET | 564 | 174 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | DET | 606 | 196 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | DET | 659 | 247 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | DET | 645 | 245 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | DET | 666 | 261 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | DET | 555 | 195 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | DET | 598 | 279 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | DET | 670 | 290 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | DET | 688 | 324 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | DET | 704 | 289 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | DET | 339 | 119 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | BOS | 599 | 221 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | BOS/MIN/NYY | 176 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 42.6
- RC
- 1139.8
- RC/27
- 6.20
- ISOP
- .132
- SECA
- .235
- BB/K
- 1.56
- AB/HR
- 104.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | DET | 0.5 | 14 | 6.9 | .089 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | DET | 0.9 | 70.8 | 5.1 | .086 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | DET | 2.0 | 69 | 4.4 | .094 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 531 | 0 |
| 1915 | DET | 4.6 | 98 | 6.2 | .121 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 189.7 | 0 |
| 1916 | DET | 4.8 | 93.3 | 5.8 | .127 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 188.7 | 0 |
| 1917 | DET | 6.3 | 111.4 | 7.3 | .138 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 71.4 | 0 |
| 1918 | DET | 2.8 | 72.4 | 5.2 | .112 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 166.3 | 0 |
| 1919 | DET | 6.4 | 112.9 | 8.3 | .164 | 0.3 | 1 | 179.3 | 0 |
| 1920 | DET | 3.9 | 103.5 | 6.3 | .167 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 55.6 | 0 |
| 1921 | DET | 5.1 | 123.2 | 7.5 | .191 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 38.3 | 0 |
| 1922 | DET | 4.5 | 113.1 | 6.7 | .141 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 68.7 | 0 |
| 1923 | DET | 0.7 | 50.2 | 6.3 | .085 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 146.5 | 0 |
| 1924 | BOS | 0.0 | 83.3 | 5.6 | .131 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 103.8 | 0 |
| 1925 | BOS/MIN/NYY | 0.1 | 25.1 | 5.8 | .108 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Bobby Veach's career stats?
Bobby Veach played 14 seasons for the Tigers and the Red Sox. He was a career .310 hitter with 2,063 hits, 64 home runs and 530 RBI. His best season was 1919: a .355 batting average, 3 home runs and 0 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 1 postseason, 1912 to 1925
All-time career rank
- 255th in hits (2,063)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.