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Historical player · 1912–1925

Bobby Veach

B/T L/R · HT 71 · WT 160 · Born 6/29/1888 · From St. Charles, KY USA · Debut 1912-09-06 · Final 1925-10-02

Career · batting

1,821

6,656

2,063

RBI

1,166

195

571

AVG/OPS

0.310 · 0.812

Career · pitching

2.0

W-L

0-0

ERA

4.50

WHIP

2.00

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1912–1923

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#68 on the Tigers

↑ 1 P. Higgins

↓ 3 D. Wakefield

Hits

1,859

#9 on the Tigers

↑ 473 M. Cabrera

↓ 66 N. Cash

RBI

1,042

#10 on the Tigers

↑ 42 L. Whitaker

↓ 39 A. Trammell

189

#8 on the Tigers

↑ 1 G. Moriarty

↓ 8 C. Gehringer

Runs

859

#12 on the Tigers

↑ 121 H. Greenberg

↓ 3 D. McAuliffe

512

#20 on the Tigers

↑ 7 C. Fielder

↓ 13 K. Gibson

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1924–1925

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#339 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 L. Alicea

↓ 1 L. Wolfe

Hits

154

#291 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 W. Moses

↓ 2 T. Hendryx

RBI

101

#216 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 M. Almada

↓ 1 B. Unglaub

#313 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 C. Armbruster

↓ 1 D. Alexander

Runs

#292 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 J. Burkett

↓ 1 D. Buford

#305 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 W. Ferrell

↓ 1 J. Gosger

Career with the New York Yankees · 1925–1925

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Hits

#508 on the Yankees

↑ 1 J. Allen

↓ 1 H. Shanks

RBI

#529 on the Yankees

↑ 1 T. Bonham

↓ 1 R. Thompson

#487 on the Yankees

↑ 1 A. Aragon

Runs

#589 on the Yankees

↑ 1 S. Bahnsen

↓ 1 D. Ackley

#609 on the Yankees

↑ 1 D. Adams

↓ 1 L. Aguayo

Career with the Washington Senators · 1925–1925

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Hits

#823 on the Senators

↑ 1 J. Christensen

↓ 1 J. Ward

RBI

#680 on the Senators

↑ 1 D. Baker

↓ 1 V. Wertz

Runs

#819 on the Senators

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

↓ 1 B. Zepp

#814 on the Senators

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 N. Altrock

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#1,536 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Burns

↓ 1 T. Stephenson

Hits

2,063

#261 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Walker

↓ 2 B. Elliott

RBI

1,166

#184 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Finley

↓ 2 E. Averill

195

#385 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Betts

↓ 1 J. Collins

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1912	Tigers	AL	23	79	8	27	5	1	0	15	2	5	3	0.342	—	0.430
1913	Tigers	AL	137	491	54	132	22	10	0	64	22	53	31	0.269	—	0.354
1914	Tigers	AL	149	531	56	146	19	14	1	72	20	50	29	0.275	—	0.369
1915	Tigers	AL	152	569	81	178	40	10	3	112	16	68	43	0.313	—	0.434
1916	Tigers	AL	150	566	92	173	33	15	3	91	24	52	41	0.306	—	0.433
1917	Tigers	AL	154	571	79	182	31	12	8	103	21	61	44	0.319	—	0.457
1918	Tigers	AL	127	499	59	139	21	13	3	78	21	35	23	0.279	—	0.391
1919	Tigers	AL	139	538	87	191	45	17	3	101	19	33	33	0.355	—	0.519
1920	Tigers	AL	154	612	92	188	39	15	11	113	11	36	22	0.307	—	0.474
1921	Tigers	AL	150	612	110	207	43	13	16	128	14	48	31	0.338	—	0.529
1922	Tigers	AL	155	618	96	202	34	13	9	126	9	42	27	0.327	—	0.468
1923	Tigers	AL	114	293	45	94	13	3	2	39	10	29	21	0.321	—	0.406
1924	Red Sox	AL	142	519	77	153	35	9	5	99	5	47	18	0.295	—	0.426
1925	Red Sox	AL	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0.200	—	0.200
1925	Yankees	AL	56	116	13	41	10	2	0	15	1	8	0	0.353	—	0.474
1925	Senators	AL	18	37	4	9	3	0	0	8	0	3	3	0.243	—	0.324
Career			1,821	6,656	953	2,063	393	147	64	1,166	195	571	370	0.310	0.370	0.442

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1918	Tigers	AL	0	0	1	0	1	2.0	2	1	2	0	4.50	2.00
Career			0	0	1	0	1	2.0	2	1	2	0	4.50	2.00

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1,740	0	0.0	3,754	207	150	42
P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1955	Veterans			Ballot
1953	Veterans			Ballot
1937	BBWAA	1	151	Ballot