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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
11 105 69 3 3 1 5.48 -0.2
Birth Date9-18-1984
Height6' 4"
Weight235 lbs
Age39 years, 7 months, 5 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2009 PIT MLB 19 0 16.3 1 0 0 18 20 16 2 96 9.9 11.0 1.1 8.8 0% .340 2.33 6.72 7.16 130 8.33 178.7 -0.6
2012 CHA MLB 24 0 13.0 0 0 1 5 4 19 0 108 3.5 2.8 0.0 13.2 0% .192 0.69 1.04 1.38 68 2.30 52.8 0.4
2013 CHA MLB 50 0 29.3 2 3 0 26 16 29 3 100 8.0 4.9 0.9 8.9 0% .295 1.43 4.06 4.60 103 4.25 101.8 0.1
2014 CHA MLB 7 0 6.0 0 0 0 6 7 6 0 107 9.0 10.5 0.0 9.0 0% .333 2.17 5.16 7.50 127 6.70 164.2 -0.2
2015 ATL MLB 5 0 4.3 0 0 0 8 2 3 3 86 16.6 4.2 6.2 6.2 0% .333 2.31 12.85 14.54 112 4.36 101.9 0.0
CareerMLB105069.033163497381018.26.41.09.547%.2961.624.775.481085.07116.2-0.2

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2005 BOI A- NWN 7 6 29.0 1 2 0 18 15 34 2 102 5.6 4.7 0.6 10.6 0% -.314 1.14 3.58 2.48 98 3.54 69.7
2006 PEO A MDW 14 14 73.2 5 3 0 45 40 86 4 51 5.5 4.9 0.5 10.6 0% .250 1.16 3.38 2.70 90 3.34 70.2
2006 DAY A+ FSL 14 14 80.2 6 2 0 46 42 88 3 5.2 4.7 0.3 9.9 0% .236 1.10 3.18 1.68 0 0.00 0.0
2007 TEN AA SOU 28 27 130.3 8 10 0 126 73 131 11 102 8.7 5.0 0.8 9.0 0% .316 1.53 4.29 4.97 105 4.97 101.9
2008 TEN AA SOU 29 29 145.3 5 10 0 150 81 123 19 112 9.3 5.0 1.2 7.6 0% .316 1.59 5.02 4.52 115 5.41 110.7
2008 MSS Wnt AFL 10 0 9.0 0 0 0 9 13 9 1 9.0 13.0 1.0 9.0 0% .333 2.44 8.29 10.00 0 0.00 0.0
2009 PIT MLB NL 19 0 16.3 1 0 0 18 20 16 2 96 9.9 11.0 1.1 8.8 0% .340 2.33 6.72 7.16 130 8.33 178.7
2009 ALT AA EAS 7 5 13.3 0 0 0 5 10 18 0 97 3.4 6.8 0.0 12.2 0% .192 1.13 2.90 1.35 83 2.40 50.5
2009 IND AAA INT 9 1 14.0 0 1 0 6 16 13 0 100 3.9 10.3 0.0 8.4 0% .182 1.57 4.72 6.43 123 4.16 87.6
2009 SUR Wnt AFL 7 7 21.0 3 1 0 17 7 22 1 7.3 3.0 0.4 9.4 0% .296 1.14 3.90 2.14 0 0.00 0.0
2010 IND AAA INT 9 9 49.7 3 2 0 42 23 41 3 105 7.6 4.2 0.5 7.4 0% .277 1.31 4.17 4.35 0 0.00 0.0
2011 BRD A+ FSL 7 4 19.3 0 1 0 17 6 18 1 106 7.9 2.8 0.5 8.4 0% .296 1.19 3.58 2.79 93 4.03 82.3
2011 ALT AA EAS 4 0 4.7 0 1 0 9 0 3 3 17.4 0.0 5.8 5.8 0% .333 1.93 10.47 7.71 134 7.61 155.3
2011 IND AAA INT 7 0 6.3 0 0 0 5 7 7 0 7.1 9.9 0.0 9.9 0% .313 1.89 4.81 5.68 114 6.10 124.6
2011 PIR Rk GCL 1 1 1.7 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 122 5.4 10.8 0.0 16.2 0% .333 1.80 5.20 5.40 0 0.00 0.0
2012 CHA MLB AL 24 0 13.0 0 0 1 5 4 19 0 108 3.5 2.8 0.0 13.2 0% .192 0.69 1.04 1.38 68 2.30 52.8
2012 CHR AAA INT 35 0 52.0 7 3 2 40 23 61 0 6.9 4.0 0.0 10.6 0% .305 1.21 2.42 2.08 75 3.48 72.5
2013 CHA MLB AL 50 0 29.3 2 3 0 26 16 29 3 100 8.0 4.9 0.9 8.9 0% .295 1.43 4.06 4.60 103 4.25 101.8
2013 CHR AAA INT 17 0 26.7 2 2 2 23 14 30 1 7.8 4.7 0.3 10.1 0% .339 1.39 3.23 2.70 87 4.18 90.8
2014 CHA MLB AL 7 0 6.0 0 0 0 6 7 6 0 107 9.0 10.5 0.0 9.0 0% .333 2.17 5.16 7.50 127 6.70 164.2
2014 CHR AAA INT 37 0 50.0 4 5 4 57 27 49 4 10.3 4.9 0.7 8.8 0% .353 1.68 4.46 5.94 102 6.08 128.7
2015 ATL MLB NL 5 0 4.3 0 0 0 8 2 3 3 86 16.6 4.2 6.2 6.2 0% .333 2.31 12.85 14.54 112 4.36 101.9
2015 GWN AAA INT 17 0 16.0 2 0 0 9 2 13 0 5.1 1.1 0.0 7.3 0% .205 0.69 1.90 0.00 83 2.33 51.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 364 0.4368 0.3242 0.7881 0.5220 0.1707 0.8916 0.5429 0.2119
2012 184 0.4511 0.4783 0.6023 0.5663 0.4059 0.7660 0.4146 0.3977
2013 497 0.4165 0.3924 0.7231 0.5990 0.2448 0.8790 0.4507 0.2769
2014 127 0.4803 0.3150 0.8000 0.4754 0.1667 0.7931 0.8182 0.2000
2015 84 0.5476 0.4643 0.8462 0.6957 0.1842 0.9063 0.5714 0.1538
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Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-07-09 2011-08-26 Minors 48 43 Left Elbow Inflammation - -
2011-04-10 2011-05-22 Minors 42 40 Left Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2010-06-04 -
2010-05-24 2010-09-07 Minors 106 0 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2010-06-04
2009-08-04 2009-09-08 15-DL 35 31 Left Fingers Sprain Index Finger -
2009-05-30 2009-07-10 15-DL 41 37 Right Groin Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 TEX $
2015 ATL $
2014 CHA $516,000
2013 CHA $497,500
2009 PIT $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,413,500
4 yrTotal$1,413,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 21 d1 year (2016)

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Texas as a free agent (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 4/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/10/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Atlanta 4/30/15. DFA by Atlanta 5/5/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/8/15. Contract selected by Atlanta 5/27/15. DFA by Atlanta 6/1/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/5/15. Released by Atlanta 6/8/15.
  • 1 year/$0.516M (2014). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/1/14. DFA by Chicago White Sox 4/17/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/19/14.
  • 1 year/$0.4975M (2013). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/22/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 11/10/11.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 2/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Selected by Pittsburgh from Chicago Cubs in Rule 5 draft 12/11/08. Signed by Pittsburgh 3/2/09.
  • Drafted by Chicago Cubs 2005 (2-68). $0.53M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-06-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)Eric Patterson, Donald Veal, and Sean Marshall for AJ Burnett.
(Jack from Chicago)		With the way he's pitching right now, would you really rather have Burnett over just Marshall? Reminds of the days when teams would clamor to get Tim Belcher every July. (Dayn Perry)
2008-01-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)How far has scouts opinions of Donald Veal fallen since last spring?
(ajmorriso from Chicago)		It's certainly fallen. He still has great stuff, but he needed to improve his command and instead it went backwards. Hard to bet against that kind of arm though. (Kevin Goldstein)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Donnie Veal threw 1,318 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph), also mixing in a Curve (77mph) and Change (84mph).