Former Pirates All-Star, World Series Pitcher Dies
January 8, 2025
Former Pirates All-Star, World Series Pitcher Dies
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Thanks for the wins and the thrills and all of your contributions, rest in peace.
Bob Veale For those who don’t want to click on the article.
❤️
RIP the pitcher who threw a “radio ball” as described by Bob Prince. Prince said you could hear it but you couldn’t see it.
He was one of my grandmother’s favorites. Heard many stories about him, but never got to see him play though. I had a 1968 Topps Bob Veale baseball card growing up that was one of my favorites. Lost it(and others) in a move at some point.
Bob Veale still holds the Pirates’ modern-era single-season strikeout record, 276 K’s in 1965.
RIP Mr. Veale
I love a good clickbait title for a man’s passing. Ridiculous.
2 x All-Star, WS Champ, 1964 strikeout leader (which is incredible considering the pitchers of that time frame.) Veale was incredible!
This past Saturday I took my 5 year old to the card store and one of the cards I bought was the 1965 Topps card of the 1964 Strikeout Leaders with Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale under Veale and was telling her about him.
In 1965 he went 17-12 with a 2.84 ERA on a third place Pirates team, setting the still to this day franchise K record, and in 1966 he pitched to a 3.07 ERA and the Bucs were in first until almost mid September when they faltered and got third again in the division.
He was a work horse and one of the best pitchers in franchise history.
RIP Mr. Veale
One of my all-time favorites. I used to love how he would stop after nearly every pitch to wipe the sweat from his face and glasses and the stare long and hard. They did not have the radar gun on him that I remember but he had one of the top 5 K/9 at the time he retired. He was awesome and one of the most underrated players ever (by fans, never by opponents.) RIP.
9 comments
Thanks for the wins and the thrills and all of your contributions, rest in peace.
Bob Veale For those who don’t want to click on the article.
❤️
RIP the pitcher who threw a “radio ball” as described by Bob Prince. Prince said you could hear it but you couldn’t see it.
He was one of my grandmother’s favorites. Heard many stories about him, but never got to see him play though. I had a 1968 Topps Bob Veale baseball card growing up that was one of my favorites. Lost it(and others) in a move at some point.
Bob Veale still holds the Pirates’ modern-era single-season strikeout record, 276 K’s in 1965.
RIP Mr. Veale
I love a good clickbait title for a man’s passing. Ridiculous.
2 x All-Star, WS Champ, 1964 strikeout leader (which is incredible considering the pitchers of that time frame.) Veale was incredible!
This past Saturday I took my 5 year old to the card store and one of the cards I bought was the 1965 Topps card of the 1964 Strikeout Leaders with Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale under Veale and was telling her about him.
In 1965 he went 17-12 with a 2.84 ERA on a third place Pirates team, setting the still to this day franchise K record, and in 1966 he pitched to a 3.07 ERA and the Bucs were in first until almost mid September when they faltered and got third again in the division.
He was a work horse and one of the best pitchers in franchise history.
RIP Mr. Veale
One of my all-time favorites. I used to love how he would stop after nearly every pitch to wipe the sweat from his face and glasses and the stare long and hard. They did not have the radar gun on him that I remember but he had one of the top 5 K/9 at the time he retired. He was awesome and one of the most underrated players ever (by fans, never by opponents.) RIP.
RIP