Coot Veal

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 165lb (185cm, 74kg)

Born: July 9, 1932 in Deepstep, GA us

Died: March 14, 2021 in Gray, GA

Buried: Macon Memorial Park, Macon, GA

High School: Lanier HS (Macon, GA)

Schools: Mercer University (Macon, GA), Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: July 30, 1958 (Age 26-021d, 11,562nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 20, 1963 (Age 30-346d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Orville Inman Veal

Nicknames: Coot

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

611

141

.231

RBI

OBP

.298

SLG

.288

OPS

.586

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	WSA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 14	WSA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 15	WSA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
4	4	Apr 16	WSA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 19	WSA	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 20	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
7	7	Apr 21	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
8	8	Apr 22	WSA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	4	2	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 23	WSA	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 25	WSA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 26	WSA	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
12	12	Apr 27	WSA		BAL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 28	WSA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
14	15 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	5	0	12	2	SS
15	16	Apr 30 (2)	WSA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 2	WSA		DET	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
17	18	May 3	WSA		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
18	19	May 4	WSA		DET	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	20	May 5	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
20	21	May 7 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
21	27 (5)	May 12	WSA		BOS	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
22	34 (6)	May 20	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
23	35	May 21 (1)	WSA	@	LAA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	5	0	11	3	SS
24	36	May 21 (2)	WSA	@	LAA	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
25	37	May 22	WSA	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
26	38	May 23	WSA	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
27	39	May 24	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
28	40	May 25	WSA	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
29	41	May 26	WSA		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
30	42	May 27	WSA		MIN	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
31	43	May 28	WSA		MIN	W,6-4	GS	11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
32	45 (1)	May 31	WSA		LAA	L,3-5	GF	16	4.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	50 (4)	Jun 5	WSA		CLE	L,5-7	GF	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR SS
34	53 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
35	54	Jun 9 (2)	WSA		CHW	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
36	55	Jun 10	WSA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	66	15.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
37	56	Jun 11 (1)	WSA	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
38	57	Jun 11 (2)	WSA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	51	10.1	3	2	0	5	1	SS
39	58	Jun 13	WSA	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS	32	7.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
40	63 (4)	Jun 18 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,12-13	CG	45	8.2	1	0	1	2	0	SS
41	69 (5)	Jun 25 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
42	71 (1)	Jun 27	WSA	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
43	72	Jun 28 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	87 (14)	Jul 15	WSA		KCA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
45	88	Jul 16 (1)	WSA		LAA	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
46	89	Jul 16 (2)	WSA		LAA	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
47	90	Jul 18	WSA		NYY	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	107 (16)	Aug 6 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	4	1	7	0	SS
49	111 (3)	Aug 12	WSA		NYY	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
50	120 (8)	Aug 20	WSA		BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
51	127 (6)	Aug 28	WSA		DET	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
52	128	Aug 29	WSA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	132 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	WSA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
54	133	Sep 2	WSA		CHW	L,7-12	CG	55	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
55	134	Sep 3 (1)	WSA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
56	135	Sep 3 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
57	143 (7)	Sep 9	WSA	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
58	144	Sep 10	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
59	145	Sep 11	WSA		BOS	L,4-14	CG	51	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
60	146	Sep 12	WSA		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
61	147	Sep 13	WSA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
62	148	Sep 15	WSA		KCA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
63	149	Sep 16	WSA		KCA	W,3-0	GS	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
							63gm		510.0	130	172	8	310	43