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Bob
Veltman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 13, 1954 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 20 MRQ JL   2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
1975 21 MRQ JL   3 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
1976 22 MRQ JL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
1977 23 MRQ JL   4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
1978 24 LV FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
1979 25 BIR FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1980 26 BIR FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 27 BIR FL $ 300,000   10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 7 6 6 10 10 10
1982 28 BIR FL $ 357,143   11 11 11 12 11 11 12 12 12 7 7 7 11 11 11
1983 29 BIR FL $ 357,143   11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 7 7 7 11 11 11
1984 30 BIR FL $ 357,143   11 11 11 12 11 11 14 14 14 7 7 7 9 9 9
1985 31 BIR FL     11 11 11 12 11 11 13 13 13 7 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 7 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 357,143   11 11 11 12 12 12 14 14 14 7 7 7 11 11 11
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 20 A   135 586 70 153 22 4 11 43 12 3 22 130 .261 .288 .369 .656 61.0  
1975 21 A   138 604 77 174 27 2 11 69 17 6 20 122 .288 .311 .394 .705 71.0  
1976 22 AA   135 551 68 189 32 5 7 55 20 9 23 98 .343 .369 .457 .827 84.6  
1977 23 AAA   102 412 49 149 31 2 11 52 5 5 21 64 .362 .393 .527 .919 73.9  
    AA   31 54 11 19 5 0 1 8 1 0 7 17 .352 .426 .500 .926 10.7  
1978 24 MRQ JL 19 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .125 .250 .125 .375 0.2 0.0
    AAA   74 309 31 69 18 2 8 25 2 4 8 63 .223 .243 .372 .615 25.8  
1979 25 BIR FL 47 139 14 28 4 1 4 17 1 1 4 35 .201 .224 .331 .555 8.3 0.0
    AAA   53 121 7 35 8 0 0 12 1 0 7 24 .289 .328 .355 .683 13.6  
1980 26 BIR FL 128 368 33 91 15 3 8 41 4 1 23 93 .247 .292 .370 .661 37.6 3.9
1981 27 BIR FL 150 509 41 123 28 2 8 58 4 1 27 159 .242 .279 .352 .631 50.9 3.9
1982 28 BIR FL 16 52 11 16 3 0 2 5 0 0 3 10 .308 .345 .481 .826 7.9 1.7
    AAA   125 473 82 149 32 0 21 86 7 2 68 106 .315 .401 .516 .917 93.9  
1983 29 BIR FL 17 27 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 .259 .310 .296 .607 2.8 0.3
    AAA   124 450 71 141 25 2 25 85 6 1 47 90 .313 .378 .544 .923 87.7  
1984 30 AAA   136 539 96 172 36 1 36 96 11 7 62 118 .319 .389 .590 .979 113.9  
1985 31 BIR FL 10 36 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 13 .167 .189 .194 .384 0.8 0.0
    AAA   55 213 31 69 8 0 15 33 2 1 18 50 .324 .377 .573 .949 42.7  
7 Years Sim 387 1155 106 274 52 6 22 126 10 3 64 323 .237 .277 .350 .627 108.4 9.8
7 Years AAA 669 2517 367 784 158 7 116 389 34 20 231 515 .311 .371 .518 .889 451.5  
2 Years AA 166 605 79 208 37 5 8 63 21 9 30 115 .344 .376 .461 .837 95.3  
2 Years A 273 1190 147 327 49 6 22 112 29 9 42 252 .275 .302 .382 .683 132.0  
11 Years Minors 1108 4312 593 1319 244 18 146 564 84 38 303 882 .306 .354 .472 .826 678.8  
162 Game Average 483 44 114 21 2 9 52 4 1 26 135 .237 .277 .350 .627 45.4  
Career Highs 150 509 41 123 28 3 8 58 4 1 27 159 .308 .345 .481 .826 50.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   753 67 176 32 5 13 84 4 3 39 213 .234 .270 .341 .612 67.6
vs LH   402 39 98 20 1 9 42 6 0 25 110 .244 .290 .366 .655 42.8
Home 201 607 54 139 26 4 6 60 5 2 26 176 .229 .259 .315 .574 47.2
Away 186 548 52 135 26 2 16 66 5 1 38 147 .246 .297 .389 .685 63.2
RISP   291 0 73 10 3 5 98 0 0 14 85 .251 .278 .357 .635 28.9
Pinch Hitting   42 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 .143 .200 .190 .390 1.0
Close/Late   153 9 40 8 1 2 25 0 0 11 54 .261 .313 .366 .679 17.1
Mar/Apr 52 134 13 36 6 2 6 22 2 0 4 38 .269 .288 .478 .765 18.4
May 52 137 9 30 7 1 0 10 1 0 5 43 .219 .245 .285 .529 8.7
June 73 237 24 55 7 0 2 22 2 0 16 62 .232 .287 .287 .574 19.2
July 74 248 23 56 10 1 7 27 2 1 11 71 .226 .257 .359 .616 22.7
August 54 165 15 38 9 2 4 19 1 1 11 48 .230 .278 .382 .660 17.2
Sep/Oct 82 234 22 59 13 0 3 26 2 1 17 61 .252 .300 .346 .647 24.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 24 MRQ JL CF 7 3 37.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.2
    RF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 25 BIR FL CF 36 31 293.3 101 2 1 0 .990 3.16   1.7
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 26 BIR FL RF 99 95 809.0 153 7 3 3 .982 1.78   2.1
    CF 25 7 92.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1981 27 BIR FL RF 150 149 1260.7 272 9 6 4 .979 2.01   1.8
    CF 3 0 7.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29    
1982 28 BIR FL LF 10 10 88.0 20 2 2 1 .917 2.25   0.2
    RF 4 4 33.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.91    
1983 29 BIR FL RF 5 4 36.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.50   0.0
    CF 4 2 19.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95    
1985 31 BIR FL RF 6 6 54.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.1
    CF 4 4 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  RF 267 258 2200.7 441 16 11 7 .976 1.87   4.0
  CF 79 47 485.0 152 2 1 0 .994 2.86   1.9
  LF 10 10 88.0 20 2 2 1 .917 2.25   0.2
Career Totals   356 315 2773.6 613 20 14 8 .978 2.05   6.2
Career Highs   153 149 1267.7 280 9 6 4 1.000 3.14    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1981-1-159
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Mathew Reese (979)
  2. Paxton Quigley (968)
  3. Cecil Conway (966)
  4. Billy Beane (965)
  5. Peter Frisbee (964)
  6. Jose Atkins (962)
  7. Herman Perry (960)
  8. Jim Lentine (960)
  9. Sanford Wood (958)
  10. Carlos Cron (957)
History
Drafted in 48th round, 1131st overall pick, by Omaha in 1973
Released by Omaha on 7/11/1973
Drafted in 3rd round, 59th overall pick, by Marquette in 1974
Injured on 5/24/1974 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 6/4/1978, off Jeffrey Geoghegan (JAX)
Traded from Marquette to Las Vegas on 6/21/1978 (Going to MRQ: P B. Rutherford, CF K. Neberjall, CF R. Gauthreaux. Going to LV: P J. Abbey, CF R. Washington, P A. Lopez, RF B. Veltman, P B. Lyght)
Traded from Las Vegas to Birmingham on 4/11/1979 (Going to BIR: LF E. Futon, RF B. Veltman. Going to LV: LF M. Cervantes, P D. Magnusson, 3B C. Mauk, P J. Saragosa)
Hit first career homerun on 7/14/1979, off Jamaal Jumboni (CLG)
Injured on 4/4/1982 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/21/1982 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/31/1982 with a Swollen Ear, out for 6 days
Released by Birmingham on 6/22/1985
 
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