Early Days: 1912-1914
Born in St. Charles, Kentucky, Veach played for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association in 1912 and made his major league debut at age 24 on September 6. Veach played the remaining 23 games of the season with the Tigers, batting .342. He became the Tigers' fulltime left fielder the following season when Davy Jones left the team. In his two full seasons, Veach hit .269 and .275. He was caught stealing 20 times in 40 attempts in 1914.
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“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, its probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.”
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