Peek-A-Boo Veach?

    Earlier today I was searching on baseball-reference.com for Bobby Veach. Thinking that typing in Veach would get me to him a fraction of a second sooner than starting with Bobby, I found a player who I just had to research: Peek-A-Boo Veach. Veach played parts of three seasons for four different teams in three leagues (1884 UA, 1887 AA, 1890 NL). In 1884, he pitched and played outfield for the Kansas City Cowboys in the short lived Union Association, batting just .134 but posting a 2.42 ERA in twelve starts. He acquired his nickname that season because he was constantly looking for signs when playing first base, which would become his primary position. Veach's next Major League service time came in 1887, when he went 0-for-3 with a walk in one game for the Louisville Colonels. The bulk of his career was in 1890, when he played 64 games for the Cleveland Spiders and eight for Allegheny City. In those final eight games of his Big League career, Veach hit two of his three career home runs and batted .300. He hung around in the minors until 1897, hanging up his spikes at 35. He later served in the Spanish-American war in 1898.