Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Pitching Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	311	205	.603	2.86	656	647	6	231	61	1	4783.0	3971	1674	1521	380	1390	116	3640	76	8	126	19369	5649	127	3.04	1.121	7.5	0.7	2.6	6.8
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	120	95	.558	3.07	397	255	63	78	20	21	1926.0	1684	755	658	91	858	62	1703	29	9	92	8163	2688	113	2.76	1.320	7.9	0.4	4.0	8.0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	3	3	.500	2.77	8	8	0	2	0	0	61.2	51	20	19	6	16	4	51	2	0	2	255	73		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3			4.500	13.5	0.0	27.0	0.0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Value

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	397	255	1926.0	24.7	7.0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals Against

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	5649	17604	2796	675	120	409	164	71.38	14	316	187	111	.226	.283	.342	.626	79	.117	.262	1729	6026	1175	5437	5649
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	397	255	1926.0	2688	7143	1312	241	40	101	65	60.84	18	175	95	40	.236	.319	.319	.638	87	.083	.296	720	2231	372	2571	2688

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	73	231	29	15	1	3	1	75.00	0	1	2	4	.221	.273	.372	.645		.152	.253	25	86	22	69	73
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	1	0	0.2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933		.000	.333	1	1	0	3	3

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Starting & Relieving

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	168	66	58.1	172	59	34	8	72.4	63	142

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	6	75	62.3						0	0
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	0			2	2	100			0	1

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Ratios

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	397	255	1926.0	20.9	10.5	10.4

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	1	0	0.2	0.0	40.0	-40.0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Pitch Summary

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	397	255	1926.0		97

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	100	100	64	64.00
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	1	0	0.2

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tom Seaver	3	2	.600	3.65	5	5	0	2	1	0	37.0	32	16	15	5	10	0	42	0	0	1	150	1.135	7.8	1.2	2.4	10.2
2	Bob Veale	2	2	.500	3.46	5	4	1	2	2	0	26.0	27	11	10	0	13	0	20	1	0	1	119	1.538	9.3	0.0	4.5	6.9

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Tom Seaver	NYM	1971-04-16	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	30	3	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	95			0.7	3.83			1.09
2	Bob Veale	PIT	1971-04-16	8-GF(8)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.40	2	0	0.89
3	Tom Seaver	NYM	1969-07-04 (1)	GS-8, W	7.2	7	4	3	1	1	4	0	7	0	0	1	35	13	30	4	2	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	1	3	54			0.0	-0.75			1.05
4	Bob Veale	PIT	1969-07-04 (1)	GS-5, L	4.0	6	4	3	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	21	11	18	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	37			-0.3	-1.69			0.94
5	Tom Seaver	NYM	1969-06-29	CG, W	9.0	6	3	3	0	1	4	0	10	0	0	0	37	10	32	4	0	1	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	2	69			0.1	1.16			0.81
6	Bob Veale	PIT	1969-06-29	GS-4, L	3.2	7	7	7	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	22	11	18	3	3	1	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	4	16			-0.4	-4.50			1.08
7	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-09-14	GS-6, L	5.1	9	6	6	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	24	10	23	4	3	0	0	1	0	18	1	0	0	5	32			-0.2	-4.30			0.89
8	Bob Veale	PIT	1968-09-14	SHO, W	9.0	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	0	1	38	12	35	7	1	0	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	78			0.3	3.42			0.80
9	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-09-08	GS-6, L	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	24	8	23	4	0	2	1	0	0	14	2	0	0	3	49			-0.2	-0.77			0.74
10	Bob Veale	PIT	1968-09-08	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	37	10	33	1	4	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	5	76			0.3	3.35			1.05

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bob Veale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bob Veale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1968	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.375	.429	.804	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bob Veale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Bob Veale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-09-08	NYM	PIT	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Popfly: 2B
2	1968	1968-09-08	NYM	PIT	down 3-0	t5	---	1		Walk
3	1968	1968-09-14	NYM	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1968	1968-09-14	NYM	PIT	down 3-0	b5	---	2		Single
5	1969	1969-06-29	NYM	PIT	tied 2-2	b2	1--	0		Popfly: 1B
6	1969	1969-06-29	NYM	PIT	ahead 2-4	b4	---	0		Double to LF
7	1969	1969-07-04 (1)	NYM	PIT	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
8	1969	1969-07-04 (1)	NYM	PIT	ahead 0-2	t4	12-	1		Strikeout

Bob Veale (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Veale (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1968	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1969	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	1

Bob Veale (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Veale (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-09-08	PIT	NYM	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
2	1968	1968-09-08	PIT	NYM	ahead 0-3	b4	1--	2		Strikeout
3	1968	1968-09-14	PIT	NYM	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Strikeout
4	1968	1968-09-14	PIT	NYM	ahead 0-1	t5	12-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; J. Pagán to 2B; B. Mazeroski to 3B
5	1969	1969-06-29	PIT	NYM	tied 2-2	t2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; F. Patek to 2B
6	1969	1969-06-29	PIT	NYM	down 4-2	t4	12-	1		Strikeout
7	1969	1969-07-04 (1)	PIT	NYM	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1969	1969-07-04 (1)	PIT	NYM	tied 2-2	b4	12-	2		Strikeout

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	1315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	0	108	485	.154	.219	.210	.429	22	276	22	4	121	4	0
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	349	676	630	26	72	7	1	0	18	0	0	18	337	.114	.139	.129	.267	-24	81	8	0	28	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	20	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.143	.200	.343	4	1	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Value

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	0
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	349	676	-2.7	-2.7	-2.9	0.2	-99	1	-2	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.0	4
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	349	676	8	90	96	594	14	.246	44	-103	-11.2	.014	1.9		0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19	2	.143	2			.100	3.3		0
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Win Probability

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	0.94
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	349	676	-8.9	-9.9	0.1	-98.41	-10.6	-101.72	0.90

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tom Seaver	5	15	12	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.167	.286	.250	.536	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Veale	5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Bob Veale: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Tom Seaver	NYM	1971-04-16	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.76	-0.044	1.34	-0.05%	-0.46			P
2	Bob Veale	PIT	1971-04-16		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Tom Seaver	NYM	1969-07-04 (1)	*	8	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.058	0.87	-0.04%	-0.59			P
4	Bob Veale	PIT	1969-07-04 (1)	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.077	0.53	-0.02%	-0.62			P
5	Tom Seaver	NYM	1969-06-29	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	0.004	0.72	0.00%	-0.05			P
6	Bob Veale	PIT	1969-06-29	*	4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	-0.073	1.61	-0.04%	-0.64			P
7	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-09-14	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.003	0.00	0.00%	0.01			P
8	Bob Veale	PIT	1968-09-14	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.055	0.00	0.00%	-0.75			P
9	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-09-08	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.021	0.00	0.00%	-0.14			P
10	Bob Veale	PIT	1968-09-08	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.058	0.00	0.00%	-1.14			P

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