#51 Coot Veal, Shortstop, 29 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Coot Veal
7/9/1932 29 USA,GA, 6"1 165
Shortstop R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Suffers Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1961 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 57 Days (573 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 57 Days (573 total Days) 3 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Talent | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 2 1 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings SS : 2 (Range), .978 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 6 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/20 | @CIN | L 4-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/21 | @CIN | L 7-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/24 | PIT | L 1-6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/25 | PIT | L 1-13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/27 | @PHI | L 4-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/29 | @MIL | L 2-13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
9/30 | @MIL | L 2-3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
10/1 | @LAN | L 6-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
10/4 | CHN | L 5-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
10/5 | CIN | L 3-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 68 | 127 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .244 | .276 | .402 | .678 | .570 | .157 |
Projected | 68 | 127 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .244 | .276 | .402 | .678 | .570 | .157 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 25 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 13.2 | 3.5 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .283 | .349 | .631 |
vs. RHP | 84 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .238 | .273 | .429 | .701 |
Close/Late | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 |
Scoring Position | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .292 | .429 | .720 |
Pinch Hitting | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .345 | .429 | .773 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 33 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .293 | .328 | .517 | .845 |
Road | 35 | 69 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .203 | .225 | .304 | .530 |
March/April | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 |
May | 14 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .276 | .323 | .621 | .943 |
June | 9 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .182 | .381 | .563 |
July | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .250 | .267 | .517 |
August | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .500 | .929 |
Sept/Oct | 17 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .171 | .244 | .268 | .513 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1958 | 45 | 150 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .329 | .393 | .723 | SLN |
1959 | 126 | 444 | 127 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .318 | .412 | .730 | STL |
1960 | 105 | 197 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .231 | .254 | .485 | STL |
1961 | 68 | 127 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .276 | .402 | .678 | STL |
Total | 344 | 918 | 237 | 49 | 3 | 17 | 92 | 93 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 1 | .258 | .295 | .374 | .669 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1958, A | 27 | 115 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .417 | .469 | .617 | 1.086 |
1958, AA | 57 | 233 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .296 | .346 | .395 | .741 |
1958, AAA | 18 | 75 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .360 | .422 | .493 | .915 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Second Base | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.2 | 0.00 | | | | |
Third Base | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 4.50 | | | | |
Shortstop | 30 | 19 | 28 | 74 | 12 | 102 | 0 | 1.000 | 173.2 | 5.29 | | | | |
Centerfield | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 4.00 | | | | |
Rightfield | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .857 | 43.0 | 1.47 | | | | |
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Drafted in 4th round, 59th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1958... Had first career hit on 7/31/1958, off Al Aber (CHN)... Hit first career homerun on 8/18/1958, off Turk Farrell (MIL)... Injured on 8/29/1959 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks... Injured on 9/22/1960 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week...
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