Vada Pinson
Vada Pinson
Full name: Vada Edward Pinson Born: August 11, 1938, Memphis, Tennessee Died October 21, 1995, Oakland, California Buried at Rolling Hills Memorial Park, Richmond, California First Game: April 15, 1958; Final Game: September 28, 1975 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 170 NL Gold Glove as OF
Vada Pinson
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1958 CIN N 1958 CIN N 1959 CIN N 648 131 205 47 9 20 84 55 3 98 1 2 0 9 21 6 .316 .371 .509 3.0 1959 CIN N 1960 CIN N Daily Splits 154 652 107 187 37 12 20 61 47 3 96 5 1 1 0 16 11 32 12 .287 .339 .472 0.8 1960 CIN N 1961 CIN N Daily Splits 154 607 101 208 34 8 16 87 39 1 63 1 4 8 0 5 9 23 10 .343 .379 .504 3.2 1961 CIN N 1962 CIN N Daily Splits 155 619 107 181 31 7 23 100 45 7 68 4 0 7 0 13 12 26 8 .292 .341 .477 0.7 1962 CIN N 1963 CIN N Daily Splits 162 652 96 204 37 14 22 106 36 3 80 1 0 6 0 9i 16 27 8 .313 .347 .514 3.4 1963 CIN N 1964 CIN N Daily Splits 156 625 99 166 23 11 23 84 42 2 99 5 1 3 0 11 9 8 2 .266 .316 .448 -0.3 1964 CIN N 1965 CIN N Daily Splits 159 669 97 204 34 10 22 94 43 3 81 7 6 3 0 15 14 21 8 .305 .352 .484 2.3 1965 CIN N 1966 CIN N Daily Splits 156 618 70 178 35 6 16 76 33 6 83 5 7 6 0 13 10 18 10 .288 .326 .442 -0.7 1966 CIN N 1967 CIN N Daily Splits 158 650 90 187 28 13 18 66 26 1 86 3 4 1 0 9 6 26 8 .288 .318 .454 -0.3 1967 CIN N 1968 CIN N Daily Splits 130 499 60 135 29 6 5 48 32 8 59 0 5 6 0 14 5 17 11 .271 .311 .383 -1.2 1968 CIN N 1969 STL N Daily Splits 132 495 58 126 22 6 10 70 35 2 63 3 1 9 0 10 12 4 4 .255 .303 .384 -1.7 1969 STL N 1970 CLE A Daily Splits 148 574 74 164 28 6 24 82 28 7 69 3 0 6 0 5 12 7 6 .286 .319 .481 0.4 1970 CLE A 1971 CLE A Daily Splits 146 566 60 149 23 4 11 35 21 0 58 6 3 3 0 9 9 25 6 .263 .295 .376 -1.7 1971 CLE A 1972 CAL A Daily Splits 136 484 56 133 24 2 7 49 30 12 54 5 4 4 0 14 7 17 6 .275 .321 .376 0.0 1972 CAL A 1973 CAL A Daily Splits 124 466 56 121 14 6 8 57 20 3 55 0 8 7 0 11 11 5 5 .260 .286 .367 -1.7 1973 CAL A 1974 KC A Daily Splits 115 406 46 112 18 2 6 41 21 4 45 2 3 4 0 6 6 21 5 .276 .312 .374 -1.1 1974 KC A 1975 KC A Daily Splits 103 319 38 71 14 5 4 22 10 4 21 2 1 4 0 4 5 5 6 .223 .248 .335 -2.4 1975 KC A Splits 2469 9645 1366 2757 485 127 256 1170 574 69 1196 54 52 78 0i164i164 305 122 .286 .327 .442 2.7 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1961 CIN N Daily Splits 5 22 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .136 1961 CIN N
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 NL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1959 NL
1960 NL Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1960 NL
Total Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1958 CIN N 1959 CIN N 154 423 11 7 4 .984 0 154 0
1960 CIN N Daily OF 154 154 151 1383.2 401 11 8 1 0 .981 0 154 0
1960 CIN N 154 154 151 1383.2 396 11 8 1 0 .981
1961 CIN N Daily OF 153 151 147 1334 391 19 10 4 0 .976 0 153 0
1961 CIN N 153 151 147 1334 396 19 10 4 0 .976
1962 CIN N Daily OF 152 151 146 1342.2 344 13 4 1 0 .989 0 152 0
1962 CIN N 13 4 1 0 .989
1963 CIN N Daily OF 162 162 153 1424.1 357 9 8 0 0 .979 0 145 19
1963 CIN N 8 0i 0 .976
1963 CIN N 1964 CIN N Daily OF 156 154 148 1376 299 14 9 1 0 .972 0 156 0
1964 CIN N 1965 CIN N Daily OF 159 159 157 1427.1 354 9 3 1 0 .992 0 159 0
1965 CIN N 159 159 157 1427.1 353 9 2 1 0 .995
1966 CIN N Daily OF 154 153 136 1362 344 9 13 1 0 .964 0 141 24
1966 CIN N 12 0 0 .964
1966 CIN N 1967 CIN N Daily OF 157 156 152 1407.2 341 4 5 1 0 .986 0 157 0
1967 CIN N 157 156 152 1407.2 338 5 5 2 0 .986
1968 CIN N Daily OF 123 119 115 1078.2 258 7 6 0 0 .978 0 121 3
1968 CIN N 1968 CIN N 1969 STL N Daily OF 124 123 113 1090.2 218 6 1 2 0 .996 0 1 124
1969 STL N .995
1969 STL N 1970 CLE A Daily OF 141 132 117 1188 265 8 5 3 0 .982 20 15 115
1970 CLE A 1970 CLE A 1970 CLE A 1970 CLE A 1971 CLE A Daily OF 141 133 115 1177.1 305 11 7 2 0 .978 11 100 40
1971 CLE A 1971 CLE A 1971 CLE A 1971 CLE A 1972 CAL A Daily OF 135 122 97 1095.2 205 11 2 3 0 .991 112 16 30
1972 CAL A 3 0 .987
1972 CAL A 1972 CAL A 1972 CAL A 1973 CAL A Daily OF 121 113 85 997.2 210 11 8 2 0 .965 81 33 26
1973 CAL A 1973 CAL A 1973 CAL A 1974 KC A Daily OF 110 100 67 860 188 9 4 2 0 .980 14 6 91
1974 KC A 1974 KC A 1974 KC A 1974 KC A 1974 KC A 1975 KC A Daily OF 82 74 54 630 144 6 1 0 0 .993 12 13 60
1975 KC A 1975 KC A 1975 KC A 1975 KC A 1975 KC A Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
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World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1961 CIN N Daily OF 5 5 5 44 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
1961 CIN N CF 5 5 5 44 18 1 1 0 0 .950
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1960 NL Daily OF 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
1960 NL CF 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
Total CF 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions 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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