Veselic made his MLB debut on September 18, 1980, in relief of Pete Redfern in a 5–0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. After spending 1981 with the Triple-AToledo Mud Hens, Veselic again joined the Twins in September and worked in five games. On September 13 at Metropolitan Stadium, he relieved starter Don Cooper in the sixth inning with the Twins trailing the Chicago White Sox, 4–2. After allowing one inherited runner to score on a sacrifice fly, he gave up only one more run the rest of the way, and the Twins rallied to win the game, 7–6, for Veselic's only Major League victory.[1] (Ironically, Cooper later became the White Sox' longtime pitching coach.)
Veselic returned to the minors in 1982 and finished his career after the 1983 season. He died from cancer[2] at the age of 40 in Fontana, California.
veselic, robert, michael, veselic, september, 1955, december, 1995, american, professional, baseball, player, right, handed, pitcher, appeared, major, league, baseball, games, innings, relief, 1980, 1981, minnesota, twins, listed, tall, relief, pitcherborn, 19. Robert Michael Veselic September 27 1955 December 26 1995 was an American professional baseball player The right handed pitcher appeared in Major League Baseball in six games and 262 3 innings all in relief for the 1980 1981 Minnesota Twins He was listed at 6 ft 1 8 m tall and 175 lb 79 kg Bob VeselicRelief PitcherBorn 1955 09 27 September 27 1955Pittsburgh PennsylvaniaDied December 26 1995 1995 12 26 aged 40 Fontana CaliforniaBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 18 1980 for the Minnesota TwinsLast MLB appearanceOctober 3 1981 for the Minnesota TwinsMLB statisticsWin loss record1 1ERA3 38Strikeouts15Innings pitched262 3TeamsMinnesota Twins 1980 1981 Veselic was native of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania but attended Alameda High School in the San Francisco Bay Area He was selected by Minnesota in the first round of the 1976 Major League Baseball Draft out of Mount San Antonio College A starting pitcher in minor league baseball he won 18 games losing eight in his second pro season spent with the 1978 Visalia Oaks of the Class A California League Veselic made his MLB debut on September 18 1980 in relief of Pete Redfern in a 5 0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers After spending 1981 with the Triple A Toledo Mud Hens Veselic again joined the Twins in September and worked in five games On September 13 at Metropolitan Stadium he relieved starter Don Cooper in the sixth inning with the Twins trailing the Chicago White Sox 4 2 After allowing one inherited runner to score on a sacrifice fly he gave up only one more run the rest of the way and the Twins rallied to win the game 7 6 for Veselic s only Major League victory 1 Ironically Cooper later became the White Sox longtime pitching coach Veselic returned to the minors in 1982 and finished his career after the 1983 season He died from cancer 2 at the age of 40 in Fontana California References edit retrosheet The Dead Ball Era comExternal links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1950s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bob Veselic amp oldid 1172249719, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
