Weiland was born on December 14, 1905, on Chicago\'s South Side to Christ and Mathilda Weiland and he also had an older sister. Bob grew to be very tall, 6’4, and he weighed 210 pounds. He attended Lowell School for the first eight years and then went to Lane Tech High School for the next four years in Chicago.\n', '

As a southpaw, it didn’t take long for Bob to acquire the predictable nickname of "Lefty." He may have first picked it up on the playgrounds of Humboldt Park, where he played ball as a teenager. At age 20, in 1926, he signed with the Peoria Tractors of the Three-I League (Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League), a Class B team for which he never played. His first year in organized baseball was in the Class D Mississippi Valley League with the Moline Plowboys. He was 10-8 in 187 innings of work during the 1927 season, improving to 20-10 in 1928 with a reported league-record 210 strikeouts." (SABR)\n', '

Unfortunately, he played for two unsuccessful teams in the American League for the first six and a half years in the majors, pitching for the White Sox and Red Sox from 1928 to 1934 and putting up a combined record of 20-50. Then Bob moved from to the Indians in the mid of 1934, it still took some time for him and then he was 1-5 for the balance of the year. Later on in his career, he was able to enjoy three full seasons with the "Gas House Gang" St. Louis Cardinals, which was doing a lot better.\n', '

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