Vada Pinson Stats

Vada Pinson was born on Thursday, August 11, 1938, in Memphis, Tennessee. Pinson was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1958, with the Cincinnati Redlegs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Vada Pinson baseball stats page.
"I'm going to get myself a corked bat and hit a home run! What's the penalty for that? Ten years of not taking part in an old timer's game?" - Vada Pinson

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Vada Pinson

Vada Pinson Autograph on a 1968 Topps (#90)

Vada Pinson Autograph on a 1968 Topps (#90)
 

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Birth Name:   Vada Edward Pinson, Jr.
Nickname:   None
Born On:   08-11-1938
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Memphis, Tennessee
Zodiac:   Leo
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-21-1995
Place of Death Data Died In:   Oakland, California
Cemetery:   Rolling Hills Memorial Park, Richmond, California
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11
Player Weight Chart Weight:   181
First Game:   04-15-1958 (Age 19)
Last Game:   09-28-1975
Draft:   Not Applicable
Vada Pinson

Vada Pinson Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
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Vada Pinson Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1958 Redlegs 27 96 20 26 7 0 1 1 8 11 0 18 2 0 1 1 .271 .352 .375
1959 Reds 154 648 131 205 47 9 20 0 84 55 3 98 2 0 1 9 .316 .371 .509
1960 Reds 154 652 107 187 37 12 20 2 61 47 3 96 1 1 5 11 .287 .339 .472
1961 Reds 154 607 101 208 34 8 16 1 87 39 1 63 4 8 1 9 .343 .379 .504
1962 Reds 155 619 107 181 31 7 23 0 100 45 7 68 0 7 4 12 .292 .341 .477
1963 Reds 162 652 96 204 37 14 22 0 106 36 3 80 0 6 1 16 .313 .347 .514
1964 Reds 156 625 99 166 23 11 23 0 84 42 2 99 1 3 5 9 .266 .316 .448
1965 Reds 159 669 97 204 34 10 22 1 94 43 3 81 6 3 7 14 .305 .352 .484
1966 Reds 156 618 70 178 35 6 16 1 76 33 6 83 7 6 5 10 .288 .326 .442
1967 Reds 158 650 90 187 28 13 18 0 66 26 1 86 4 1 3 6 .288 .318 .454
1968 Reds 130 499 60 135 29 6 5 0 48 32 8 59 5 6 0 5 .271 .311 .383
1969 Cardinals 132 495 58 126 22 6 10 0 70 35 2 63 1 9 3 12 .255 .303 .384
1970 Indians 148 574 74 164 28 6 24 1 82 28 7 69 0 6 3 12 .286 .319 .481
1971 Indians 146 566 60 149 23 4 11 0 35 21 0 58 3 3 6 9 .263 .295 .376
1972 Angels 136 484 56 133 24 2 7 0 49 30 12 54 4 4 5 7 .275 .321 .376
1973 Angels 124 466 56 121 14 6 8 0 57 20 3 55 8 7 0 11 .260 .286 .367
1974 Royals 115 406 46 112 18 2 6 1 41 21 4 45 3 4 2 6 .276 .312 .374
1975 Royals 103 319 38 71 14 5 4 0 22 10 4 21 1 4 2 5 .223 .248 .335
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
18 Years 2,469 9,645 1,366 2,757 485 127 256 8 1,170 574 69 1,196 52 78 54 164 .286 .327 .442
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Vada Pinson Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1958 Redlegs OF 27 - - 54 2.0 54 50 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1959 Reds CF 154 - - 441 2.9 434 423 11 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1960 Reds CF 154 - - 420 2.7 412 401 11 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 -
1961 Reds CF 153 - - 420 2.7 410 391 19 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1962 Reds CF 152 - - 361 2.4 357 344 13 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .989 0.00 -
1963 Reds OF 162 - - 374 2.3 366 357 9 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 0.00 -
1964 Reds CF 156 - - 322 2.1 313 299 14 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00 -
1965 Reds CF 159 - - 366 2.3 363 354 9 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .992 0.00 -
1966 Reds OF 154 - - 366 2.4 353 344 9 13 1 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1967 Reds CF 157 - - 350 2.2 345 341 4 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1968 Reds OF 123 - - 271 2.2 265 258 7 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1969 Cardinals OF 124 - - 225 1.8 224 218 6 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 -
1970 Indians 1B 7 - - 20 2.9 20 19 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1970 Indians OF 141 - - 278 2.0 273 265 8 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .982 0.00 -
1971 Indians 1B 3 - - 10 3.3 10 10 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1971 Indians OF 141 - - 323 2.3 316 305 11 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 0.00 -
1972 Angels 1B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1972 Angels OF 134 - - 218 1.6 216 205 11 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
1973 Angels OF 120 - - 229 1.9 221 210 11 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1974 Royals 1B 1 - - 10 10.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1974 Royals OF 110 - - 201 1.8 197 188 9 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 -
1975 Royals 1B 4 - - 7 1.8 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1975 Royals OF 82 - - 151 1.8 150 144 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 1,318 0 0 2,690 2.0 2,635 2,544 91 55 16 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 --
CF Totals 1,085 0 0 2,680 2.5 2,634 2,553 81 46 13 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 --
1B Totals 16 0 0 49 3.1 49 48 1 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
18 Years 2,426 - 0 5,419 2.2 5,318 5,145 173 101 33 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 --
Vada Pinson

Vada Pinson Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1958 Redlegs 2 1 .667 - - n/a 96.0 5.3 12.0 - - -
1959 Reds 21 6 .778 - - n/a 32.4 6.6 7.7 - - -
1960 Reds 32 12 .727 - - n/a 32.6 6.8 10.7 - - -
1961 Reds 23 10 .697 - - n/a 37.9 9.6 7.0 - - -
1962 Reds 26 8 .765 - - n/a 26.9 9.1 6.2 - - -
1963 Reds 27 8 .771 - - n/a 29.6 8.2 6.2 - - -
1964 Reds 8 2 .800 - - n/a 27.2 6.3 7.4 - - -
1965 Reds 21 8 .724 - - n/a 30.4 8.3 7.1 - - -
1966 Reds 18 10 .643 - - n/a 38.6 7.4 8.1 - - -
1967 Reds 26 8 .765 - - n/a 36.1 7.6 9.8 - - -
1968 Reds 17 11 .607 - - n/a 99.8 8.5 10.4 - - -
1969 Cardinals 4 4 .500 - - n/a 49.5 7.9 7.1 - - -
1970 Indians 7 6 .538 - - n/a 23.9 8.3 7.0 - - -
1971 Indians 25 6 .806 - - n/a 51.5 9.8 16.2 - - -
1972 Angels 17 6 .739 - - n/a 69.1 9.0 9.9 - - -
1973 Angels 5 5 .500 - - 0 58.3 8.5 8.2 - - -
1974 Royals 21 5 .808 - - 2 67.7 9.0 9.9 - - -
1975 Royals 5 6 .455 - - 5 79.8 15.2 14.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
18 Years 305 122 .714 - - 7 37.7 8.1 8.2 - - -
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Vada Pinson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs 5 Undetermined - -
1959 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined Stats -
1960 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined Stats -
1961 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined - Stats
1962 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined - -
1963 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined - -
1964 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined - -
1965 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined - -
1966 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined - -
1967 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined - -
1968 Cincinnati Reds 28 Undetermined - -
1969 St. Louis Cardinals 28 $60,500.00 - -
1970 Cleveland Indians 28 $60,500.00 - -
1971 Cleveland Indians 28 Undetermined - -
1972 California Angels 28 Undetermined - -
1973 California Angels 28 Undetermined - -
1974 Kansas City Royals 28 $66,000.00 - -
1975 Kansas City Royals 28 $68,000.00 - -




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