The Pittsburgh Pirates announced in a statement Tuesday that former pitcher Bob Veale has died at the age of 89.

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Bob Veale, two-time All-Star and World Series champion with Pirates, dies at 89

Bob Veale, a two-time All-Star pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, died at age 89.Gerald Watkins, executive director of the Friends of Rickwood Field, confirmed to AL.com's Creg Stephenson that Veale passed away over the weekend.Veale spent 11 of his 13 MLB seasons with the Pirates before concluding his career with the Boston Red Sox. The 6-foot-6 lefty posted a 3.07 ERA in 1,926 major league innings.One of the hardest throwers of his time, Veal…

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Bob Veale, the towering, hard-throwing left-hander from Birmingham who was an All-Star pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1960s, has died. He was 89.

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World Series-winning Pirates left-hander Bob Veale dies at 89

Two-time All-Star Bob Veale passed away, the Pirates announced on Tuesday. He was 89. Veale, a Birmingham native, signed with the Pirates out of college in 1958. He spent parts of five seasons in the minors before cracking the big league roster in ’62. Veale worked mostly out of the bullpen during his first full major league season the following year. He turned in a 1.04 ERA across 77 2/3 innings to get a full-time rotation role heading into 196…

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Bob Veale Passes Away

Former Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star pitcher Bob Veale of Birmingham, Alabama passed away on Sunday at the age of 89 according to legacy.com on Tuesday. The cause of death is unknown. Who has Veale pitched for? Veale pitched 14 seasons of Major League Baseball. He was with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1962 to 1972, and then three seasons with the Boston Red Sox from 1972 to 1974. Veale’s MLB career statistics Veale had a record of 120 wins and 95 l…

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Former Pirates All-Star pitcher Bob Veale dies at age 89

Bob Veale, who holds the Pittsburgh Pirates’ single-season strikeout record for a pitcher in baseball’s Modern Era, has died. He was 89. AL.com confirmed Veale’s death on Tuesday via Gerald Watkins, the executive director of the Friends of Rickwood Field and a longtime friend of Veale’s. No cause of death was provided. Veale set the franchise post-1900 record in 1965 when he struck out 276 batters in 266 innings. The bespectacled left-hander led…

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Pirates Strikeout Record Holder Bob Veale Dies at 89

Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale, who helped the franchise win a World Series championship in 1971, died over the weekend at 89 years old.  The Pirates released a statement on Veale, who spent 11 of his 13 seasons with Pittsburgh.  “Bob was an integral member of the Pirates who helped our team capture back-to-back... The post Pirates legend Bob Veale, World Series champion in 1971, dead at 89 appeared on Rmag.

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