Pedro Borbon vs. Bob Veale — Career Comparison

Pedro Borbon
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Veale
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bob Veale built a career as a starting pitcher and Pedro Borbon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Veale led in home run suppression (HR9+ 164 vs 98), strikeout rate (K%+ 129 vs 68), and run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 91). Pedro Borbon held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 179 vs 70). Role difference aside, Bob Veale holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Pedro Borbon and Bob Veale

Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
5.2
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.86
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.19
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.6
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.56
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.34
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.44
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.89
63.89
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.81
55.81
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.23
64.23
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.36
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.7
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
3.52
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
658
3.07
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3080
27
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5778
27
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1026.2
9
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1926
9
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1098
9.63
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1684
7.87
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.55
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.43
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.2
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
4.01
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.73
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.29
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
3.59
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1703
7.96
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.96
7.96
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.21
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.43
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.14
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4326
37.92
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8163
38.14
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
2.44
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
3.82
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
3.53
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.72
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.39
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.81
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3920
34.36
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7245
33.86
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14

Fielding Stats for Pedro Borbon and Bob Veale

Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
5.2
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.86
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.19
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3078
27
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5777
27
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1026
9
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1925.2
9
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.47
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.33
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.26
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.95
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.53
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.81
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
1.43
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.79
92.79
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.773
0.773
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.23
64.23
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.09
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pedro Borbon and Bob Veale

Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
593
2130.54
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
399
354.14
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
167
600
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
676
600
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
156
560.48
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
559.17
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
114.97
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
63.91
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
107.78
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
56.8
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
6.21
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.1
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.62
23.79
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.07
8.93
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.16
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
71.89
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.16
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
79.88
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
50.3
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
23.08
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.15
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
15.98
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
75.45
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
39.05
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.82
24.49
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
-12.15
-10.78
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.59
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
15.98
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
158.08
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
337
299.11
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.8
3.8
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
2.01
2.01
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.34
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
24.85
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.1
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Borbon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA