Bob Veale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBob Veale
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1935
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Bob Veale
- Robert Andrew Veale (born October 28, 1935) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
- He pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1962–1972) and the Boston Red Sox (1972–1974).
- He attended Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. In a 13-year career, Veale's record was 120-95, with a 3.07 ERA in 397 games (255 starts), with 78 complete games and 20 shutouts.
- As a reliever, he earned 21 saves. Veale was a top strikeout pitcher for the Pirates for about seven years.
- He led the National League in the category once, with 250 in 1964; he had been tied with Bob Gibson with 245 entering the final day of the season.
- His career high came in 1965, his 276 (to date, a modern-day franchise single-season record) finishing a distant second to Sandy Koufax's then-Major League record 382.
- He also was in the top three in the National League two other times.
- Over his career, Veale struck out 1703 batters in 1926 innings pitched.
- He was considered one of the hardest throwers in the game at the time.
- His lifetime ratio of 7.96 strikeouts per nine innings is still a Pirates career record and ranks 24th on the MLB All-Time List. With the strikeouts came walks as well, as he led the NL in walks four times, tying a modern record.
- In 1968, Veale had a 2.05 ERA, but a losing record of 13-14.
- That was the lowest ERA since 1914 by a pitcher with more than 20 starts and a losing record. Veale was a member of the Pirates in 1971, when they defeated Baltimore in seven games to win the World Series.
- That year, in 37 relief appearances, Veale was 6-0 with a 6.99 ERA, 40 strikeouts and two saves. In 2006, Veale was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
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