Coot Veal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1932
Place of Birth: Sandersville, Georgia, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Coot Veal
- Orville Inman "Coot" Veal (born July 9, 1932) is an American former professional baseball shortstop.
- He was signed by the Detroit Tigers before the 1952 season and played six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
- He was selected by the Washington Senators from the Tigers in the 1960 American League expansion draft.
- He played for the Tigers (1958–1960; 1963), Senators (1961) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1962). Veal attended Auburn University, where he played baseball and basketball.
- He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).
- He was the first player to come to bat in the history of the second modern (1961–71) Washington Senators franchise, now the Texas Rangers.
- On April 10, 1961, at Griffith Stadium, with President John F.
- Kennedy having thrown out the first ball, Veal led off the bottom of the first inning against Hall of Fame right-hander Early Wynn of the Chicago White Sox.
- He reached base on an infield single near third base, was advanced to second on a Marty Keough single to left, then scored (along with Keough) on a Gene Woodling triple. Veal was a very good defensive shortstop (.976), but his bat was somewhat weak.
- He had a lifetime average of .231, with 141 hits, 26 doubles, three triples, one home run in 611 total at bats and a slugging percentage of .288.
- He scored 75 runs and drove in 51 in his 247 big-league games.
- His last year as an active player was 1964. Other career highlights include: Four three-hit games, with the most impressive being two singles and a double vs.
- the Washington Senators, all against All-Star right-hander Camilo Pascual (August 19, 1958); Hit his only big-league home run against All-Star left-hander Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox in front of 34,417 at Briggs Stadium (August 11, 1959); Hit a combined .500 (15-for-30) against All-Stars Johnny Antonelli, Bob Grim, Billy O'Dell, and Camilo Pascual; and Hit .333 (2-for-6) against Hall of Famer Whitey Ford. Inducted into the Macon GA Sports Hall of Fame in 2001
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