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Bob Veale Robert Andrew Veale Bats Both, Throws Left Height 6' 6", Weight 212 lb. School Benedictine College MLB Debut April 16, 1962 Final Game September 8, 1974 Born October 28, 1935 in Birmingham, AL (age 88)

• Combined on a no-hitter for PIN vs. MLN on September 5, 1964   (Veale pitched 7 innings; Bob Sadowski pitched 2 innings)
• Had 16 strikeouts in a game for PIN vs. SLN on April 8, 1965
• Pitched a no-hitter for PIN vs. NYN on April 3, 1966
• Pitched a one-hitter for PIN vs. BOA on June 29, 1966

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1962 26 PIN NL   3   1  .750  31   3   0   8   5   0   43.1   39   189   11   10   2   18   0   4   46   2  0  2.08  
 1963 27 PIN NL   6   2  .750  33   7   0  12   4   0   71.0   52   298   21   20   2   40   1   0   61   4  2  2.54  
 1964 28 PIN NL  24   9  .727  40  40  10   0   0   1  304.1  285  1316  113   99   8  142   2   6  268  21  0  2.93  CY-2
 1965 29 PIN NL  19   8  .704  38  38  11   0   0   5  291.2  230  1211   93   79   3  138   5   2  291  18  0  2.44  CY-4
 1966 30 PIN NL  18  13  .581  39  39   9   0   0   5  287.0  253  1213  115   92  22  123   5   6  232   9  0  2.89  CY-9
 1967 31 PIN NL  11  11  .500  36  36   0   0   0   0  211.1  214   966  132  114  22  138   2   3  172  18  3  4.85  
 1968 32 PIN NL  12  10  .545  33  33   7   0   0   2  247.2  188  1008   67   57  12   97   0   4  175   7  0  2.07  CY-9
 1969 33 PIN NL   8  20  .286  34  34   9   0   0   2  245.2  277  1075  119  105  11   75   0   8  217   8  3  3.85  
 1970 34 PIN NL  12  11  .522  34  34   4   0   0   2  217.2  211   963  104   98  16  113   4   6  208   5  1  4.05  
 1971 35 PIN NL   0   0  .000   6   0   0   2   1   0   11.0   13    49    4    4   1    4   0   0    9   2  0  3.27  
 1972           [Did not play]
 1973 37 DEA AL   1   4  .200  33   0   0  10   3   0   20.1   25    93    8    8   1    9   1   0   16   3  0  3.54  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 11 Seasons     114  89  .562 357 264  50  32  13  17 1951.0 1787  8381  787  686 100  897  20  39 1695  97  9  3.16
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With PIN     113  85  .571 324 264  50  22  10  17 1930.2 1762  8288  779  678  99  888  19  39 1679  94  9  3.16
   With DEA       1   4  .200  33   0   0  10   3   0   20.1   25    93    8    8   1    9   1   0   16   3  0  3.54
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     120  95  .558 397 255  78  63  21  20 1926.0 1684  8163  755  658  91  858  62  29 1703  92  9  3.07
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1962 26 PIN NL  38   18   3.8   5  6.33    6   2   0  .333   0    2    2 1.000    1    1  .500   25   
 1963 27 PIN NL  25   25   3.2   6  4.00   12   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    7    1  .875   -7   
 1964 28 PIN NL  19  124   3.6   0  5.38  105  26   0  .248   3   11    8  .727    9    1  .900   36   
 1965 29 PIN NL  17   91   2.8   0  4.32   95  13   0  .137   2   10    7  .700    8    8  .500  -38   
 1966 30 PIN NL  17  118   3.7   0  4.49   91  14   0  .154   3   10    6  .600   17    6  .739    9   
 1967 31 PIN NL  22  128   5.4   0  4.61   63   7   0  .111   0    9    9 1.000   35    9  .795   33   
 1968 32 PIN NL  22   80   2.9   0  2.94   72   6   0  .083   1    4    3  .750    8    9  .471   27   
 1969 33 PIN NL  20  125   4.6   0  3.18   72   6   0  .083   0    6    6 1.000   16    7  .696  -13   
 1970 34 PIN NL  23  109   4.5   0  4.82   73  14   0  .192   2    9    7  .778    4    3  .571  -19   
 1971 35 PIN NL  48    7   6.5   1          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    1    0 1.000  -59   
 1972           [Did not play]
 1973 37 DEA AL  40   11   4.9   7          0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    2  .000   69   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 11 Seasons          840   3.9  19        590  88   0  .149  11   64   51  .797  106   47  .693    5   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #4 (Class of 1962/1979): 0 of 15 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Draft History

• 1973: Round 5 (#78 overall) by DEA

Transaction History

• 1971 postseason: released by PIN

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1962 PIN 83-79 Dennis Van Langen 1963 PIN 73-89 Dennis Van Langen 1964 PIN 92-70 Dennis Van Langen 1965 PIN 92-70 Dennis Van Langen 1966 PIN 78-84 Dennis Van Langen 1967 PIN 86-76 Dennis Van Langen 1968 PIN 80-82 Dave Jackson 1969 PIN 75-87 Dave Jackson 1970 PIN 74-88 Dave Jackson 1971 PIN 78-84 Dave Jackson 1973 DEA 79-83 Dennis Van Langen

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