Vada Pinson
Vada Edward Pinson Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: August 11, 1938 in Memphis, TN
High School: McClymonds (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: September 28, 1975
Died: October 21, 1995 in Oakland, CA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1958 19 CIN NL 27 110 96 20 26 7 0 1 8 2 1 11 18 .271 .352 .375 .727 89 36 1 1 2 0 0 9/87
1959 20 CIN NL 154 706 648 131 205 47 9 20 84 21 6 55 98 .316 .371 .509 .880 128 330 9 1 2 0 3 *8 AS,MVP-15
1960 21 CIN NL 154 706 652 107 187 37 12 20 61 32 12 47 96 .287 .339 .472 .811 118 308 11 5 1 1 3 *8 AS,MVP-18
1961 22 CIN NL 154 659 607 101 208 34 8 16 87 23 10 39 63 .343 .379 .504 .883 130 306 9 1 4 8 1 *8 MVP-3,GG
1962 23 CIN NL 155 675 619 107 181 31 7 23 100 26 8 45 68 .292 .341 .477 .817 114 295 12 4 0 7 7 *8
1963 24 CIN NL 162 695 652 96 204 37 14 22 106 27 8 36 80 .313 .347 .514 .861 142 335 16 1 0 6 3 *89 MVP-10
1964 25 CIN NL 156 676 625 99 166 23 11 23 84 8 2 42 99 .266 .316 .448 .764 110 280 9 5 1 3 2 *8 MVP-18
1965 26 CIN NL 159 728 669 97 204 34 10 22 94 21 8 43 81 .305 .352 .484 .836 127 324 14 7 6 3 3 *8
1966 27 CIN NL 156 669 618 70 178 35 6 16 76 18 10 33 83 .288 .326 .442 .768 103 273 10 5 7 6 6 *89
1967 28 CIN NL 158 684 650 90 187 28 13 18 66 26 8 26 86 .288 .318 .454 .771 109 295 6 3 4 1 1 *8
1968 29 CIN NL 130 542 499 60 135 29 6 5 48 17 11 32 59 .271 .311 .383 .694 103 191 5 0 5 6 8 *8/9
1969 30 STL NL 132 543 495 58 126 22 6 10 70 4 4 35 63 .255 .303 .384 .686 92 190 12 3 1 9 2 *9/8
1970 31 CLE AL 148 611 574 74 164 28 6 24 82 7 6 28 69 .286 .319 .481 .800 115 276 12 3 0 6 7 *978/3
1971 32 CLE AL 146 599 566 60 149 23 4 11 35 25 6 21 58 .263 .295 .376 .672 83 213 9 6 3 3 0 *897/3
1972 33 CAL AL 136 527 484 56 133 24 2 7 49 17 6 30 54 .275 .321 .376 .697 113 182 7 5 4 4 12 *798/3
1973 34 CAL AL 124 501 466 56 121 14 6 8 57 5 5 20 55 .260 .286 .367 .653 90 171 11 0 8 7 3 *789
1974 35 KCR AL 115 436 406 46 112 18 2 6 41 21 5 21 45 .276 .312 .374 .686 93 152 6 2 3 4 4 *97/8D3
1975 36 KCR AL 103 336 319 38 71 14 5 4 22 5 6 10 21 .223 .248 .335 .583 62 107 5 2 1 4 4 987/D3
18 Seasons 2469 10403 9645 1366 2757 485 127 256 1170 305 122 574 1196 .286 .327 .442 .769 110 4264 164 54 52 78 69
162 Game Avg. 162 683 633 90 181 32 8 17 77 20 8 38 78 .286 .327 .442 .769 110 280 11 4 3 5 5
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CIN (11 yrs) 1565 6850 6335 978 1881 342 96 186 814 221 84 409 831 .297 .341 .469 .810 119 2973 102 33 32 41 37
KCR (2 yrs) 218 772 725 84 183 32 7 10 63 26 11 31 66 .252 .284 .357 .641 80 259 11 4 4 8 8
CAL (2 yrs) 260 1028 950 112 254 38 8 15 106 22 11 50 109 .267 .304 .372 .676 102 353 18 5 12 11 15
CLE (2 yrs) 294 1210 1140 134 313 51 10 35 117 32 12 49 127 .275 .307 .429 .736 99 489 21 9 3 9 7
STL (1 yr) 132 543 495 58 126 22 6 10 70 4 4 35 63 .255 .303 .384 .686 92 190 12 3 1 9 2
NL (12 yrs) 1697 7393 6830 1036 2007 364 102 196 884 225 88 444 894 .294 .338 .463 .801 117 3163 114 36 33 50 39
AL (6 yrs) 772 3010 2815 330 750 121 25 60 286 80 34 130 302 .266 .300 .391 .691 95 1101 50 18 19 28 30

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1958 19 CIN NL 110 74 13 4.7 111 .325 .271 .277 .352 .346 .375 .432 .727 .778 89 .506 -1.2 -0.1 .681 .229 .104 1.3
1959 20 CIN NL 706 460 124 7.2 108 .349 .316 .275 .371 .341 .509 .425 .880 .766 128 .692 25.8 2.5 .876 .301 .193 20.5
1960 21 CIN NL 706 490 104 5.7 101 .311 .287 .265 .339 .332 .472 .407 .811 .739 118 .621 14.3 1.4 .779 .288 .186 24.6
1961 22 CIN NL 659 430 116 7.2 107 .358 .343 .272 .379 .339 .504 .424 .883 .763 130 .690 26.6 2.6 .859 .247 .161 18.9
1962 23 CIN NL 675 465 101 5.8 106 .295 .292 .275 .341 .342 .477 .417 .817 .759 114 .609 10.9 1.1 .790 .286 .184 24.4
1963 24 CIN NL 695 478 113 6.4 92 .327 .313 .258 .347 .320 .514 .385 .861 .705 142 .709 33.2 3.5 .828 .285 .201 24.2
1964 25 CIN NL 676 474 89 5.0 96 .283 .266 .267 .316 .325 .448 .396 .764 .721 110 .594 6.2 0.6 .709 .259 .182 11.9
1965 26 CIN NL 728 496 112 6.1 99 .320 .305 .266 .352 .331 .484 .402 .836 .732 127 .670 22.8 2.4 .795 .263 .179 21.5
1966 27 CIN NL 669 473 87 5.0 104 .309 .288 .276 .326 .336 .442 .416 .768 .751 103 .572 2.4 0.2 .693 .220 .154 16.9
1967 28 CIN NL 684 482 94 5.3 100 .309 .288 .271 .318 .335 .454 .398 .771 .733 109 .627 4.0 0.4 .717 .234 .166 21.3
1968 29 CIN NL 542 391 59 4.1 86 .295 .271 .259 .311 .318 .383 .365 .694 .682 103 .561 1.6 0.2 .603 .188 .112 7.7
1969 30 STL NL 543 395 56 3.8 94 .269 .255 .259 .303 .330 .384 .384 .686 .714 92 .458 -6.2 -0.6 .592 .200 .129 5.7
1970 31 CLE AL 611 434 84 5.2 101 .287 .286 .262 .319 .337 .481 .400 .800 .738 115 .586 8.4 0.8 .720 .246 .195 10.8
1971 32 CLE AL 599 438 63 3.9 99 .276 .263 .265 .295 .338 .376 .393 .672 .732 83 .481 -15.6 -1.7 .600 .184 .113 15.3
1972 33 CAL AL 527 372 59 4.3 78 .295 .275 .240 .321 .307 .376 .346 .697 .653 113 .573 7.4 0.8 .626 .186 .101 9.9
1973 34 CAL AL 501 376 46 3.3 87 .276 .260 .250 .286 .317 .367 .368 .653 .685 90 .375 -7.3 -0.7 .529 .150 .107 6.2
1974 35 KCR AL 436 312 49 4.2 93 .295 .276 .264 .312 .329 .374 .380 .686 .709 93 .510 -4.5 -0.5 .626 .190 .099 9.3
1975 36 KCR AL 336 264 24 2.4 95 .225 .223 .261 .248 .332 .335 .384 .583 .716 62 .262 -17.8 -1.8 .456 .141 .113 4.4
18 Seasons 10403 7304 1393 5.1 98 .302 .286 .265 .327 .331 .442 .396 .769 .727 110 .592 111.0 11.2 .707 .235 .156 278.4
162 Game Avg. 683 479 91 5.1 98 .302 .286 .265 .327 .331 .442 .396 .769 .727 110 .592 7 1 .707 .235 .156 18
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CIN (11 yrs) 6850 4713 1012 5.8 100 .316 .297 .269 .341 .332 .469 .405 .810 .737 119 .638 146.5 14.8 .766 .259 .172 202.0
KCR (2 yrs) 772 576 73 3.4 94 .263 .252 .263 .284 .330 .357 .382 .641 .712 80 .405 -22.3 -2.3 .548 .168 .105 14.4
CAL (2 yrs) 1028 748 105 3.8 82 .286 .267 .245 .304 .312 .372 .357 .676 .669 102 .476 0.2 0.1 .578 .168 .104 17.8
CLE (2 yrs) 1210 872 147 4.5 100 .282 .275 .264 .307 .338 .429 .397 .736 .735 99 .539 -7.2 -0.8 .659 .215 .154 33.4
STL (1 yr) 543 395 56 3.8 94 .269 .255 .259 .303 .330 .384 .384 .686 .714 92 .458 -6.2 -0.6 .592 .200 .129 5.7
NL (12 yrs) 7393 5108 1068 5.6 100 .313 .294 .268 .338 .332 .463 .403 .801 .735 117 .627 140.3 14.2 .752 .254 .169 209.5
AL (6 yrs) 3010 2196 325 4.0 93 .278 .266 .257 .300 .327 .391 .379 .691 .707 95 .485 -29.3 -3.0 .603 .187 .125 68.6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 22 CIN NL WS NYY L 5 22 22 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .136 .227 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 22 22 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .136 .227 3 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 CIN NL 20 DNP
1959 CIN NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Appearances) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1958 19 CIN NL 110 0.9% 16.4% 10.0% 7.3% 31% 1.64 5.3 96.0 12.0 1.67 70%
1959 20 CIN NL 706 2.8% 13.9% 7.8% 10.8% 37% 1.78 6.6 32.4 7.7 1.18 75%
1960 21 CIN NL 706 2.8% 13.6% 6.7% 9.8% 37% 2.04 6.8 32.6 10.7 1.38 76%
1961 22 CIN NL 659 2.4% 9.6% 5.9% 8.8% 28% 1.62 9.6 37.9 7.0 1.14 81%
1962 23 CIN NL 675 3.4% 10.1% 6.7% 9.0% 34% 1.51 9.1 26.9 6.2 1.05 79%
1963 24 CIN NL 695 3.2% 11.5% 5.2% 10.5% 36% 2.22 8.2 29.6 6.2 0.89 80%
1964 25 CIN NL 676 3.4% 14.6% 6.2% 8.4% 34% 2.36 6.3 27.2 7.4 1.03 75%
1965 26 CIN NL 728 3.0% 11.1% 5.9% 9.1% 32% 1.88 8.3 30.4 7.1 1.00 78%
1966 27 CIN NL 669 2.4% 12.4% 4.9% 8.5% 32% 2.52 7.4 38.6 8.1 0.81 78%
1967 28 CIN NL 684 2.6% 12.6% 3.8% 8.6% 32% 3.31 7.6 36.1 9.8 0.92 80%
1968 29 CIN NL 542 0.9% 10.9% 5.9% 7.4% 30% 1.84 8.5 99.8 10.4 0.78 81%
1969 30 STL NL 543 1.8% 11.6% 6.5% 7.0% 30% 1.80 7.9 49.5 7.1 1.10 79%
1970 31 CLE AL 611 3.9% 11.3% 4.6% 9.5% 35% 2.46 8.3 23.9 7.0 0.88 80%
1971 32 CLE AL 599 1.8% 9.7% 3.5% 6.3% 26% 2.76 9.8 51.5 16.2 0.84 83%
1972 33 CAL AL 527 1.3% 10.3% 5.7% 6.3% 25% 1.80 9.0 69.1 9.9 1.04 81%
1973 34 CAL AL 501 1.6% 11.0% 4.0% 5.6% 23% 2.75 8.5 58.3 8.2 1.03 82%
1974 35 KCR AL 436 1.4% 10.3% 4.8% 6.0% 23% 2.14 9.0 67.7 9.9 0.86 82%
1975 36 KCR AL 336 1.2% 6.3% 3.0% 6.9% 32% 2.10 15.2 79.8 14.5 1.01 89%
18 Seasons 10403 2.5% 11.5% 5.5% 8.3% 32% 2.08 8.1 37.7 8.2 0.99 80%
MLB Averages
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 19 CIN NL 1 0 51% 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 50% 6 2 4 6 6 0 6 1 5
1959 20 CIN NL 13 0 46% 309 21 6 78% 18 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 10 19 65% 48 22 25 16 6 10 31 4 27
1960 21 CIN NL 15 0 40% 257 32 12 73% 27 11 3 2 2 1 4 0 15 23 66% 37 13 22 8 3 5 14 1 12
1961 22 CIN NL 5 0 37% 278 23 10 70% 20 7 2 2 1 1 4 0 15 22 76% 37 11 26 11 3 8 18 0 16
1962 23 CIN NL 11 0 41% 237 26 8 76% 23 7 2 1 1 0 3 0 9 24 65% 33 16 16 10 4 6 26 2 23
1963 24 CIN NL 8 0 34% 235 27 8 77% 23 6 4 0 0 2 4 1 10 6 77% 24 7 16 10 2 8 17 0 15
1964 25 CIN NL 10 0 40% 253 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 19 63% 38 16 21 10 2 6 12 0 11
1965 26 CIN NL 13 0 32% 277 21 8 72% 21 7 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 17 57% 41 25 15 11 4 7 20 1 19
1966 27 CIN NL 12 0 27% 209 18 10 64% 17 8 1 2 0 0 4 2 11 22 61% 31 13 18 8 3 4 18 4 13
1967 28 CIN NL 8 0 36% 239 26 8 76% 25 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 12 24 57% 34 16 18 7 1 4 19 5 12
1968 29 CIN NL 14 0 34% 159 17 11 61% 13 10 4 0 0 1 5 3 13 9 69% 26 11 14 3 0 3 22 3 18
1969 30 STL NL 11 0 31% 191 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 17 53% 35 20 15 6 2 3 17 3 13
1970 31 CLE AL 4 0 29% 207 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 5 1 13 12 46% 26 17 8 4 0 4 25 7 13
1971 32 CLE AL 10 0 30% 218 25 6 81% 24 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 10 44% 20 14 6 6 4 1 17 5 12
1972 33 CAL AL 15 0 30% 217 17 6 74% 17 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 7 9 46% 34 20 14 6 2 3 15 6 8
1973 34 CAL AL 12 0 36% 155 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 13 55% 19 10 9 7 4 3 12 3 9
1974 35 KCR AL 6 0 31% 164 21 5 81% 19 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 13 52% 26 15 10 5 1 4 17 4 11
1975 36 KCR AL 4 0 43% 111 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 54% 12 5 7 3 3 0 9 3 6
18 Seasons 172 0 36% 3761 305 122 71% 277 107 22 12 6 5 49 10 160 272 60% 527 253 264 137 50 79 315 52 243
MLB Averages
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1958 19 CIN NL 110 75% 26 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 38 1 3% 17 4 24% 76 8 11% 5 2 40% 6 3 50% 0
1959 20 CIN NL 705 71% 205 0 0 0 0 20 0 10 19 1 13 7 0 5 2 40% 163 9 6% 83 10 12% 441 64 15% 30 15 50% 50 25 50% 1
1960 21 CIN NL 707 68% 187 0 0 0 0 20 2 15 15 5 11 9 0 1 1 100% 146 11 8% 73 17 23% 390 43 11% 15 5 33% 36 12 33% 0
1961 22 CIN NL 660 65% 208 1 1 0 0 1.15 16 1 14 10 6 9 7 0 5 4 80% 147 9 6% 67 23 34% 405 73 18% 36 25 69% 51 30 59% 0
1962 23 CIN NL 674 71% 181 3 1 0 0 2.06 23 0 10 20 3 14 9 1 0 0 173 12 7% 68 20 29% 435 81 19% 46 23 50% 43 18 42% 0
1963 24 CIN NL 695 65% 204 0 0 0 0 22 0 11 16 6 14 8 1 0 0 151 16 11% 53 19 36% 440 86 20% 36 24 67% 59 33 56% 0
1964 25 CIN NL 676 67% 166 1 0 0 0 0.62 23 0 12 19 4 11 12 0 1 1 100% 152 9 6% 51 16 31% 404 66 16% 37 22 59% 43 18 42% 0
1965 26 CIN NL 728 65% 204 0 0 0 0 22 1 10 18 4 16 6 0 11 6 55% 186 14 8% 62 19 31% 480 76 16% 38 14 37% 66 27 41% 0
1966 27 CIN NL 669 64% 178 3 2 0 1 4.93 16 1 12 13 3 9 7 0 12 7 58% 140 10 7% 66 17 26% 404 64 16% 50 22 44% 57 19 33% 0
1967 28 CIN NL 684 69% 187 2 0 0 0 3.48 18 0 5 15 3 9 9 0 6 4 67% 108 6 6% 56 12 21% 320 52 16% 26 12 46% 51 23 45% 0
1968 29 CIN NL 542 76% 135 10 2 0 1 1.71 5 0 7 4 1 4 1 0 10 5 50% 112 5 4% 56 24 43% 325 49 15% 37 18 49% 40 23 58% 0
1969 30 STL NL 543 72% 126 8 1 0 1 2.00 10 0 9 7 3 4 6 0 1 1 100% 118 12 10% 59 20 34% 357 64 18% 47 28 60% 38 20 53% 0
1970 31 CLE AL 610 69% 164 9 1 0 1 1.34 24 1 14 19 5 19 5 0 1 0 0% 131 12 9% 51 14 27% 342 60 18% 31 18 58% 43 19 44% 1
1971 32 CLE AL 597 71% 149 7 1 0 0 1.11 11 0 4 10 1 8 3 0 6 3 50% 110 9 8% 54 13 24% 298 26 9% 14 9 64% 29 13 45% 0
1972 33 CAL AL 527 81% 133 8 2 0 2 1.99 7 0 4 7 0 1 6 0 7 4 57% 106 7 7% 47 18 38% 289 46 16% 27 16 59% 48 16 33% 0
1973 34 CAL AL 501 80% 121 5 2 0 0 0.94 8 0 11 8 0 5 3 0 8 8 100% 93 11 12% 72 22 31% 300 51 17% 32 15 47% 34 15 44% 0
1974 35 KCR AL 436 87% 112 9 3 0 1 2.01 6 1 7 6 0 3 3 0 6 3 50% 76 6 8% 53 19 36% 249 36 14% 28 15 54% 33 16 48% 0
1975 36 KCR AL 336 96% 71 17 2 0 2 2.29 4 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 100% 54 5 9% 30 11 37% 170 19 11% 20 12 60% 17 4 24% 0
18 Seasons 10400 71% 2757 83 18 0 9 1.93 256 8 164 211 45 151 105 2 83 52 63% 2204 164 7% 1018 298 29% 6125 964 16% 555 295 53% 744 334 45% 2
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 19 27 110 96 20 26 7 0 1 8 2 1 11 18 .271 .352 .375 .727 89 36 1 1 2 0 0
1959 20 181 816 744 151 231 54 9 21 92 23 7 66 116 .310 .368 .492 .860 123 366 10 2 4 0 3
1960 21 335 1522 1396 258 418 91 21 41 153 55 19 113 212 .299 .355 .483 .837 121 674 21 7 5 1 6
1961 22 489 2181 2003 359 626 125 29 57 240 78 29 152 275 .313 .362 .489 .851 124 980 30 8 9 9 7
1962 23 644 2856 2622 466 807 156 36 80 340 104 37 197 343 .308 .357 .486 .843 121 1275 42 12 9 16 14
1963 24 806 3551 3274 562 1011 193 50 102 446 131 45 233 423 .309 .355 .492 .847 125 1610 58 13 9 22 17
1964 25 962 4227 3899 661 1177 216 61 125 530 139 47 275 522 .302 .349 .485 .833 123 1890 67 18 10 25 19
1965 26 1121 4955 4568 758 1381 250 71 147 624 160 55 318 603 .302 .349 .485 .834 123 2214 81 25 16 28 22
1966 27 1277 5624 5186 828 1559 285 77 163 700 178 65 351 686 .301 .346 .480 .826 121 2487 91 30 23 34 28
1967 28 1435 6308 5836 918 1746 313 90 181 766 204 73 377 772 .299 .343 .477 .820 120 2782 97 33 27 35 29
1968 29 1565 6850 6335 978 1881 342 96 186 814 221 84 409 831 .297 .341 .469 .810 119 2973 102 33 32 41 37
1969 30 1697 7393 6830 1036 2007 364 102 196 884 225 88 444 894 .294 .338 .463 .801 117 3163 114 36 33 50 39
1970 31 1845 8004 7404 1110 2171 392 108 220 966 232 94 472 963 .293 .336 .464 .801 116 3439 126 39 33 56 46
1971 32 1991 8603 7970 1170 2320 415 112 231 1001 257 100 493 1021 .291 .334 .458 .792 114 3652 135 45 36 59 46
1972 33 2127 9130 8454 1226 2453 439 114 238 1050 274 106 523 1075 .290 .333 .454 .786 114 3834 142 50 40 63 58
1973 34 2251 9631 8920 1282 2574 453 120 246 1107 279 111 543 1130 .289 .330 .449 .779 113 4005 153 50 48 70 61
1974 35 2366 10067 9326 1328 2686 471 122 252 1148 300 116 564 1175 .288 .330 .446 .775 112 4157 159 52 51 74 65
1975 36 2469 10403 9645 1366 2757 485 127 256 1170 305 122 574 1196 .286 .327 .442 .769 110 4264 164 54 52 78 69

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1958 19 28 115 102 20 28 8 0 1 8 2 12 19 .275 .357 .382 .739 14 27
1959 20 161 733 675 133 212 49 9 21 85 22 57 102 .314 .368 .507 .875 125 154
1960 21 161 741 685 114 199 39 13 21 65 34 50 100 .291 .343 .477 .820 111 154
1961 22 161 675 627 101 210 34 8 16 87 23 39 66 .335 .370 .491 .862 116 154
1962 23 155 668 613 101 175 30 7 22 95 25 44 68 .285 .334 .465 .799 95 155
1963 24 162 708 663 108 215 39 15 23 119 28 38 80 .324 .359 .532 .891 127 162
1964 25 156 686 634 106 175 24 12 24 90 8 44 99 .276 .327 .465 .792 95 156
1965 26 158 721 668 99 206 34 10 22 96 21 43 81 .308 .355 .488 .843 114 159
1966 27 156 658 615 69 175 34 6 16 75 18 32 83 .285 .322 .437 .760 86 156
1967 28 158 686 655 93 192 29 13 18 68 27 27 86 .293 .324 .460 .783 97 158
1968 29 129 554 512 73 150 32 7 6 58 19 36 59 .293 .336 .418 .754 72 130
1969 30 132 547 499 63 130 23 6 10 76 4 36 63 .261 .309 .391 .700 61 132
1970 31 148 607 571 75 161 27 6 24 83 7 27 69 .282 .315 .476 .791 85 148
1971 32 147 608 577 64 157 24 4 12 37 26 22 58 .272 .304 .390 .694 67 146
1972 33 142 584 536 79 169 30 3 9 69 22 38 56 .315 .365 .433 .798 84 136
1973 34 124 503 475 68 130 15 6 9 69 5 21 55 .274 .300 .387 .688 56 124
1974 35 115 442 414 50 120 19 2 6 45 22 22 45 .290 .326 .389 .715 53 115
1975 36 104 337 321 41 71 14 5 4 24 5 10 21 .221 .246 .333 .580 26 103
18 Seasons 2497 10573 9842 1457 2875 504 132 264 1249 318 598 1210 .292 .334 .451 .784 1484 2469
162 Game Avg. 162 686 639 95 187 33 9 17 81 21 39 79 .292 .334 .451 .784 96 2469
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ( 4.5%)
1982 BBWAA ( 1.4%)
1983 BBWAA ( 3.2%)
1985 BBWAA ( 4.8%)
1986 BBWAA (10.1%)
1987 BBWAA (11.6%)
1988 BBWAA (15.7%)
1989 BBWAA ( 7.4%)
1990 BBWAA ( 8.1%)
1991 BBWAA ( 6.8%)
1992 BBWAA ( 8.4%)
1993 BBWAA ( 9.0%)
1994 BBWAA (10.1%)
1995 BBWAA ( 7.0%)
1996 BBWAA (10.9%)

All-Star Games
1959-1
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 NL (15, 3%)
1960 NL (18, 2%)
1961 NL (3, 46%)
1963 NL (10, 11%)
1964 NL (18, 2%)
0.64 Career Shares (359th)

Gold Gloves
1961 NL (OF)

Batting Average s c a p y
1959 NL  .316 (4th)
1961 NL  .343 (2nd)
1963 NL  .313 (7th)
1965 NL  .305 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1961 NL  .379 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1959 NL  .509 (8th)
1960 NL  .472 (10th)
1963 NL  .514 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1959 NL  .880 (10th)
1963 NL  .861 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL  154 (3rd)
1960 NL  154 (3rd)
1961 NL  154 (2nd)
1963 NL  162 (1st)
1965 NL  159 (10th)
1966 NL  156 (7th)
1967 NL  158 (5th)
Career  2469 (57th)

At Bats s c a p y
1959 NL  648 (1st)
1960 NL  652 (1st)
1961 NL  607 (2nd)
1962 NL  619 (10th)
1963 NL  652 (3rd)
1964 NL  625 (10th)
1965 NL  669 (2nd)
1967 NL  650 (2nd)
Career  9645 (34th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1959 NL  706 (1st)
1960 NL  706 (1st)
1961 NL  659 (7th)
1963 NL  695 (6th)
1965 NL  728 (3rd)
1967 NL  684 (4th)
Career  10403 (51st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1959 NL  131 (1st)
1960 NL  107 (3rd)
1961 NL  101 (8th)
1962 NL  107 (6th)
1963 NL  96 (9th)
1964 NL  99 (9th)
1965 NL  97 (9th)
Career  1366 (94th)

Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  205 (2nd)
1960 NL  187 (2nd)
1961 NL  208 (1st)
1963 NL  204 (1st)
1965 NL  204 (2nd)
1966 NL  178 (8th)
1967 NL  187 (3rd)
Career  2757 (47th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1959 NL  330 (5th)
1960 NL  308 (5th)
1961 NL  306 (8th)
1962 NL  295 (9th)
1963 NL  335 (3rd)
1965 NL  324 (3rd)
1967 NL  295 (6th)
Career  4264 (56th)

Doubles s c a p y
1959 NL  47 (1st)
1960 NL  37 (1st)
1961 NL  34 (2nd)
1962 NL  31 (4th)
1963 NL  37 (2nd)
1965 NL  34 (5th)
1966 NL  35 (3rd)
1968 NL  29 (10th)
Career  485 (63rd)

Triples s c a p y
1959 NL  9 (3rd)
1960 NL  12 (2nd)
1961 NL  8 (9th)
1963 NL  14 (1st)
1964 NL  11 (3rd)
1965 NL  10 (8th)
1967 NL  13 (1st)
1968 NL  6 (8th)
1970 AL  6 (9th)
Career  127 (86th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  256 (178th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1962 NL  100 (10th)
1963 NL  106 (4th)
Career  1170 (155th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 NL  98 (3rd)
1960 NL  96 (7th)
1964 NL  99 (9th)
Career  1196 (140th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1959 NL  21 (5th)
1960 NL  32 (2nd)
1961 NL  23 (2nd)
1962 NL  26 (3rd)
1963 NL  27 (3rd)
1965 NL  21 (7th)
1966 NL  18 (9th)
1967 NL  26 (4th)
1968 NL  17 (9th)
1971 AL  25 (5th)
Career  305 (149th)

Singles s c a p y
1959 NL  129 (6th)
1960 NL  118 (9th)
1961 NL  150 (1st)
1963 NL  131 (8th)
1965 NL  138 (5th)
1967 NL  128 (8th)
Career  1889 (64th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1959 NL  128 (10th)
1963 NL  142 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1959 NL  124 (5th)
1960 NL  104 (7th)
1961 NL  116 (8th)
1963 NL  113 (4th)
1965 NL  112 (9th)
Career  1393 (104th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1959 NL  26 (8th)
1961 NL  27 (10th)
1963 NL  33 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1959 NL  2.5 (8th)
1961 NL  2.6 (10th)
1963 NL  3.5 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  76 (3rd)
1960 NL  69 (5th)
1962 NL  61 (8th)
1963 NL  73 (3rd)
1965 NL  66 (8th)
1967 NL  59 (9th)
Career  868 (67th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1959 NL  261 (3rd)
1960 NL  239 (4th)
1961 NL  248 (6th)
1963 NL  241 (9th)
1965 NL  254 (7th)
Career  3385 (115th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1959 NL  .693 (9th)
1961 NL  .690 (10th)
1963 NL  .709 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL  5 (5th)
1965 NL  7 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 NL  8 (4th)
1962 NL  7 (5th)
1963 NL  6 (9th)
1966 NL  6 (9th)
1968 NL  6 (10th)
1969 NL  9 (3rd)
1973 AL  7 (2nd)
Career  78 (91st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL  12 (9th)
Career  69 (213th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career  164 (192nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 NL  12 (2nd)
1961 NL  10 (3rd)
1962 NL  8 (8th)
1965 NL  8 (8th)
1966 NL  10 (6th)
1968 NL  11 (5th)
Career  122 (53rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1959 NL  20.5 (4th)
1960 NL  24.6 (2nd)
1961 NL  18.9 (5th)
1962 NL  24.4 (4th)
1963 NL  24.2 (2nd)
1965 NL  21.5 (5th)
1966 NL  16.9 (6th)
1967 NL  21.3 (5th)
1971 AL  15.3 (9th)
Career  278.4 (33rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1961 NL  9.6 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1959 NL  460 (5th)
1960 NL  490 (1st)
1963 NL  478 (6th)
1964 NL  474 (6th)
1965 NL  496 (5th)
1966 NL  473 (10th)
1967 NL  482 (3rd)
Career  7304 (32nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1958 NL  born 1938-08-11 (6th)
1959 NL  born 1938-08-11 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 18 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 135 (123), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 95 (166), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 36 (192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Steve Finley (908)
  2. Roberto Clemente (869) *
  3. Al Oliver (863)
  4. Willie Davis (857)
  5. Johnny Damon (852)
  6. Dave Parker (846)
  7. Zack Wheat (840) *
  8. Steve Garvey (837)
  9. Bill Buckner (833)
  10. Bernie Williams (822)
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  1. Mickey Mantle (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Cesar Cedeno (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cesar Cedeno (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cesar Cedeno (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cesar Cedeno (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cesar Cedeno (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Al Kaline (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Kaline (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Kaline (899) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Kaline (888) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Al Kaline (877) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Al Kaline (868) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roberto Clemente (863) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Roberto Clemente (868) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Roberto Clemente (877) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Roberto Clemente (875) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Roberto Clemente (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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