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Vada Pinson

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Full Name: Vada Edward Pinson Primary Position: OF,CF,RF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: April 15, 1958
Birthdate: August 11, 1938 Final Game: September 28, 1975
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: October 21, 1995
Deathplace: Oakland, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Vada Pinson (Vada Edward Pinson) was born on August 11, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1958 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1959, his rookie year, he hit .316 with 20 home runs and 84 RBI. Pinson played for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, California Angels and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 18 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Vada Pinson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1959, when he slugged 20 home runs, hit for a .316 average and knocked in 84 runs. However, others believe that it was 1963, when he slugged 22 home runs, stole 27 bases, hit for a .313 average and knocked in 106 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1958 CIN N 27 96 20 26 1 8 .271 .352 .375 7 0 11 18 1 2 2 0 1
1959 CIN N 154 648 131 205 20 84 .316 .371 .509 47 9 55 98 1 2 21 3 9
1960 CIN N 154 652 107 187 20 61 .287 .339 .472 37 12 47 96 5 1 32 3 11
1961 CIN N 154 607 101 208 16 87 .343 .379 .504 34 8 39 63 1 4 23 1 9
1962 CIN N 155 619 107 181 23 100 .292 .341 .477 31 7 45 68 4 0 26 7 12
1963 CIN N 162 652 96 204 22 106 .313 .347 .514 37 14 36 80 1 0 27 3 16
1964 CIN N 156 625 99 166 23 84 .266 .316 .448 23 11 42 99 5 1 8 2 9
1965 CIN N 159 669 97 204 22 94 .305 .352 .484 34 10 43 81 7 6 21 3 14
1966 CIN N 156 618 70 178 16 76 .288 .326 .442 35 6 33 83 5 7 18 6 10
1967 CIN N 158 650 90 187 18 66 .288 .318 .454 28 13 26 86 3 4 26 1 6
1968 CIN N 130 499 60 135 5 48 .271 .311 .383 29 6 32 59 0 5 17 8 5
1969 STL N 132 495 58 126 10 70 .255 .303 .384 22 6 35 63 3 1 4 2 12
1970 CLE A 148 574 74 164 24 82 .286 .319 .481 28 6 28 69 3 0 7 7 12
1971 CLE A 146 566 60 149 11 35 .263 .295 .376 23 4 21 58 6 3 25 0 9
1972 CAL A 136 484 56 133 7 49 .275 .321 .376 24 2 30 54 5 4 17 12 7
1973 CAL A 124 466 56 121 8 57 .260 .286 .367 14 6 20 55 0 8 5 3 11
1974 KC A 115 406 46 112 6 41 .276 .312 .374 18 2 21 45 2 3 21 4 6
1975 KC A 103 319 38 71 4 22 .223 .248 .335 14 5 10 21 2 1 5 4 5
Total NL 1697 6830 1036 2007 196 884 .294 .338 .463 364 102 444 894 36 33 225 39 114
Total AL 772 2815 330 750 60 286 .266 .300 .391 121 25 130 302 18 19 80 30 50
Total 2469 9645 1366 2757 256 1170 .286 .327 .442 485 127 574 1196 54 52 305 69 164

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 CIN N RF 18 16 150.1 32 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CIN N CF 5 5 37.1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CIN N OF 27 25 222.2 50 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CIN N LF 4 4 35 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CIN N OF 154 154 1355 423 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1959 CIN N CF 154 154 1355 420 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1960 CIN N CF 154 154 1383.2 396 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1960 CIN N OF 154 154 1383.2 401 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1961 CIN N OF 153 151 1334 391 19 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1961 CIN N CF 153 151 1334 396 19 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1962 CIN N OF 152 151 1342.2 344 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1962 CIN N CF 152 151 1342.2 342 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1963 CIN N OF 162 162 1423.1 357 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1963 CIN N CF 145 143 1258 320 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1963 CIN N RF 19 19 165.1 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 CIN N OF 156 154 1376 299 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1964 CIN N CF 156 154 1376 301 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1965 CIN N CF 159 159 1427.1 353 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1965 CIN N OF 159 159 1427.1 354 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1966 CIN N RF 24 23 175.2 30 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1966 CIN N OF 154 153 1362 344 9 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1966 CIN N CF 141 130 1186.1 314 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1967 CIN N OF 157 156 1407.2 341 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1967 CIN N CF 157 156 1407.2 338 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1968 CIN N OF 123 119 1078.2 258 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1968 CIN N CF 121 116 1054.2 256 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1968 CIN N RF 3 3 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 STL N OF 124 123 1090.2 218 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1969 STL N RF 124 123 1087.2 213 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1969 STL N CF 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1970 CLE A OF 141 132 1188 265 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1970 CLE A CF 15 11 101 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 CLE A RF 115 105 945.2 206 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1970 CLE A 1B 7 0 21 19 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 CLE A LF 20 16 141.1 34 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1971 CLE A CF 100 94 822 228 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1971 CLE A 1B 3 0 7 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CLE A RF 40 30 274.1 67 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1971 CLE A OF 141 133 1177.1 305 11 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1971 CLE A LF 11 9 81 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CAL A 1B 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CAL A RF 30 27 212.2 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CAL A OF 135 122 1095.2 205 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1972 CAL A CF 16 13 105 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CAL A LF 112 82 778 147 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1973 CAL A CF 33 30 242.2 64 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 CAL A OF 121 113 997.2 210 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1973 CAL A RF 26 21 187.2 37 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1973 CAL A LF 81 62 567.1 114 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1974 KC A RF 91 83 718 171 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1974 KC A DH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 KC A LF 14 12 99 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 KC A 1B 1 1 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 KC A OF 110 100 860 188 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1974 KC A CF 6 5 43 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 KC A RF 60 52 435.2 93 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 KC A DH 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 KC A CF 13 12 99.2 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 KC A 1B 4 0 5.1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 KC A OF 82 74 630 144 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1975 KC A LF 12 10 94.2 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
Total CF 1681 1638 14579 3817 114 77 16 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total OF 2405 2335 20752.1 5097 172 101 29 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total DH 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 550 502 4377 925 37 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total 1B 16 1 43.1 48 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 254 195 1796.1 347 17 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 .973

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1956).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bobby Tolan and Wayne Granger (October 11, 1968).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jose Cardenal (November 21, 1969).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Frank Baker and Alan Foster to California Angels in exchange for Alex Johnson and Jerry Moses (October 5, 1971).
  • Traded by California Angels to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Barry Raziano and cash (February 23, 1974).
  • Released by Kansas City Royals (December 15, 1975).
  • Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 14, 1976).
  • Released by Milwaukee Brewers (April 4, 1976).

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