Donnie Veal

Donnie Veal
Chicago White Sox — No. --
Pitcher
Born: September 18, 1984 (1984-09-18) (age 27) Jackson, Mississippi
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 7, 2009 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics (through 2009 season)
Win-loss record	1-0
Earned run average	7.16
Strikeouts	16
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (2009)

Donald Tyrone Veal (born September 18, 1984 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.

Baseball career

Veal was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the second round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft out of Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona. Veal had previously pitched in the Pac-10 for the University of Arizona, before transferring.

Before the 2009 season, Veal was left unprotected by the Cubs, and was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2008 Rule 5 draft.^[1] He spent the 2009 season on the Pirates' major league roster gaining experience in the bullpen, largely in a late-inning mop-up role when games were out of hand.

He will be taking part in the 2009 Arizona Fall League as a starting pitcher for the Scottsdale Scorpions.

After a decent start in 2010 with the class AAA Indianapolis Indians, Veal was sidelined with an arm injury in late May. It was further diagnosed that he would require Tommy John surgery and would miss the remainder of the season.

Veal signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox on November 10, 2011.^[2]

References

1. ^ Pirates get to try out Rule 5 pick Veal
2. ^ http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-sox-sign-lefthanders-veal-and-quintana-to-minor-league-deals-20111110,0,7836947.story

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Veal, Donnie
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Date of birth	September 18, 1984
Place of birth	Jackson, Mississippi
Date of death
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