Vada Pinson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: August 11, 1938 in Memphis, TN us

Died: October 21, 1995 in Oakland, CA

Buried: Rolling Hills Memorial Park, Richmond, CA

High School: McClymonds HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 19-247d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1975 (Age 37-048d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Vada Edward Pinson

Pronunciation: \VAY-duh PIN-sun\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.2

9645

2757

256

.286

1365

RBI

1169

305

OBP

.327

SLG

.442

OPS

.769

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	4 (2)	Apr 12	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	5	Apr 13	KCR		MIN	W,5-3	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	7 (1)	Apr 15	KCR		OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	9 (1)	Apr 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
6	10	Apr 19	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
7	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	16 (4)	Apr 26	KCR		CHW	W,8-6	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	17	Apr 27	KCR		CHW	L,6-8	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	21 (3)	May 1	KCR		CAL	W,11-10	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	22	May 2	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
12	23	May 3	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-14	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	25 (1)	May 6	KCR		TEX	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	28 (2)	May 9	KCR		MIL	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	29	May 10	KCR		MIL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	31 (1)	May 12	KCR	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	32	May 13	KCR	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	33	May 14	KCR	@	DET	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
19	34	May 15	KCR	@	BOS	W,3-0	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	36 (1)	May 17	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	37	May 18	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	39 (1)	May 20	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	40	May 21	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	43 (2)	May 25	KCR		BAL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	44	May 26	KCR		NYY	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	45	May 27	KCR		NYY	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	47 (1)	May 31	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	48	Jun 1 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,13-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	49	Jun 1 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	50	Jun 3	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	51	Jun 4	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	52	Jun 5	KCR	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	53	Jun 6	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
34	54	Jun 7	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	55	Jun 8	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	58 (2)	Jun 11	KCR		CLE	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
37	61 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	KCR		BOS	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	62	Jun 14	KCR		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
39	64 (1)	Jun 17	KCR		CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
40	65	Jun 18	KCR		CAL	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
41	66	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	69 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	72 (2)	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	73	Jun 27	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	75 (1)	Jun 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	76	Jul 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	77	Jul 2	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	47	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
48	78	Jul 3	KCR	@	TEX	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	80 (1)	Jul 5	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
50	82 (1)	Jul 7	KCR		MIL	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
51	84 (1)	Jul 9	KCR		MIL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	85	Jul 10	KCR		DET	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
53	88 (2)	Jul 13	KCR		DET	L,4-8	GS	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
54	91 (2)	Jul 19	KCR	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
55	92	Jul 20	KCR	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	94 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	95	Jul 22 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	98 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	KCR		TEX	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	99	Jul 26	KCR		TEX	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	100	Jul 27	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	101	Jul 28	KCR	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	46	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	102	Jul 29	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	104 (1)	Jul 31	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	105	Aug 1	KCR		OAK	W,6-0	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	106	Aug 2	KCR		OAK	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
66	107	Aug 3	KCR		OAK	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
67	108	Aug 4	KCR		MIN	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
68	109	Aug 5	KCR		MIN	W,6-1	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	110	Aug 6	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	112 (1)	Aug 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
71	117 (4)	Aug 13	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	126 (8)	Aug 24	KCR		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
73	127	Aug 26 (1)	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
74	129 (1)	Aug 27	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	130	Aug 29	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	12	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	133 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,8-10	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
77	140 (6)	Sep 6 (2)	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
78	143 (2)	Sep 9	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	55	13.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	153 (9)	Sep 19	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
80	155 (1)	Sep 21	KCR		OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	156	Sep 22	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
82	158 (1)	Sep 24	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
83	160 (1)	Sep 26	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	161	Sep 27	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	162	Sep 28	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-3		10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							88gm		634.1	151	6	1	158	0