Peek-A-Boo Veach

Infobox MLB retired
name=Peek-A-Boo Veach
position=First baseman/Pitcher


bats=Unknown
throws=Unknown
birthdate=birth date|1862|6|15|mf=y
city-state|Indianapolis|Indiana
deathdate=death date and age|1937|11|12|1862|6|15
city-state|Indianapolis|Indiana
debutdate=August 24
debutyear=by|1884
debutteam=Kansas City Cowboys
finaldate=July 25
finalyear=by|1890
finalteam=Pittsburg Alleghenys
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.215
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=3
stat3label=Win-Loss Record
stat3value=3–10
teams=
*Kansas City Cowboys (by|1884)
*Louisville Colonels (by|1887)
*Cleveland Spiders (by|1890)
*Pittsburg Alleghenys (by|1890)

William Walter "Peek-A-Boo" Veach (June 15 1862 – November 12 1937) was an American Major League Baseball player born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Veach began his career with the ill-fated Union Association in by|1884 when he joined the Kansas City Cowboys as a pitcher/outfielder. As a pitcher he started and completed all 12 games in which he pitched, resulting in a 3 win and 9 loss record. Three years later he pitched just one game for the by|1887 Louisville Colonels, a complete game loss. This would be the last game he would pitch in the majors until he returned three later in by|1890, this time as a first baseman, splitting time with the Cleveland Spiders and the Pittsburg Alleghenys. As a batter, he had career total that included a .215 batting average and three home runs.

Veach acquired his nickname when playing for Kansas City in 1884. It was during this season that his manager Ted Sullivan had set up timing plays to pick runners off first base through the use of signals that Veach would have to wait and look for. Players had caught on to this trick and began calling him Peek-A-Boo because he would looking around for signals. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, so near the end of his life he admitted into the United States Hospital in Indianapolis. [ [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Veach.PeekABoo.Obit.html The Dead Ball Era Obit] ] It was here that he died at the age of 75, and is interred at Floral Park Cemetery. [ [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/V/Pveacp101.htm Retrosheet] ]

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Persondata
NAME = Veach, Peek-A-Boo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Veach, William Walter
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = June 15 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH = Indianapolis, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH = November 12 1937
PLACE OF DEATH = Indianapolis, Indiana