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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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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

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 CIN NL 19 OF 27 25 222.2 54 50 4 0 1 1.000 -0.6 -3.2 -1.6 -1.1 -0.5 1 2.18 2.00 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 CIN NL 19 RF 18 16 150.1 35 32 3 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -3.2 -1.4 -1.3 -0.2 1 2.10 1.94 .977 2.02 1.73
1958 CIN NL 19 CF 5 5 37.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 16.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 2.89 2.40 .983 2.72 2.50
1958 CIN NL 19 LF 4 4 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -24.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.80 1.75 .971 2.01 1.55
1959 CIN NL 20 CF 154 154 1355.0 438 420 11 7 4 .984 -1.3 -1.2 0.7 -1.5 2.2 -2 2.86 2.80 .980 2.63 2.24 AS,MVP-15
1959 CIN NL 20 OF 154 154 1355.0 441 423 11 7 4 .984 -1.3 -1.2 0.7 -1.5 2.2 -2 2.88 2.82 .977 2.21 1.90 AS,MVP-15
1960 CIN NL 21 CF 154 154 1383.2 415 396 11 8 1 .981 2.7 2.3 -0.3 2.7 -3.1 3 2.65 2.64 .981 2.59 2.32 AS,MVP-18
1960 CIN NL 21 OF 154 154 1383.2 420 401 11 8 1 .981 2.7 2.3 -0.3 2.7 -3.1 3 2.68 2.68 .978 2.20 1.92 AS,MVP-18
1961 CIN NL 22 CF 153 151 1334.0 425 396 19 10 4 .976 17.9 16.1 10.9 10.6 0.3 7 2.80 2.71 .981 2.63 2.28 MVP-3,GG
1961 CIN NL 22 OF 153 151 1334.0 420 391 19 10 4 .976 17.9 16.1 10.9 10.6 0.3 7 2.77 2.68 .977 2.16 1.86 MVP-3,GG
1962 CIN NL 23 CF 152 151 1342.2 359 342 13 4 1 .989 1.2 1.1 -3.8 -5.5 1.7 5 2.38 2.34 .979 2.47 2.27
1962 CIN NL 23 OF 152 151 1342.2 361 344 13 4 1 .989 1.2 1.1 -3.8 -5.5 1.7 5 2.39 2.35 .974 2.07 1.79
1963 CIN NL 24 OF 162 162 1423.1 374 357 9 8 0 .979 1.3 1.1 0.3 8.3 -8.1 1 2.31 2.26 .977 2.01 1.75 MVP-10
1963 CIN NL 24 CF 145 143 1258.0 336 320 8 8 0 .976 0.1 0.1 0.1 6.5 -6.4 0 2.35 2.26 .982 2.37 2.09 MVP-10
1963 CIN NL 24 RF 19 19 165.1 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 8.7 0.2 1.8 -1.7 1 1.91 1.84 .974 1.83 1.61 MVP-10
1964 CIN NL 25 CF 156 154 1376.0 322 301 12 9 1 .972 -1.8 -1.6 -9.8 -7.2 -2.6 8 2.05 2.01 .977 2.35 2.10 MVP-18
1964 CIN NL 25 OF 156 154 1376.0 322 299 14 9 1 .972 -1.8 -1.6 -9.8 -7.2 -2.6 8 2.05 2.01 .973 1.99 1.72 MVP-18
1965 CIN NL 26 CF 159 159 1427.1 365 353 9 3 1 .992 -1.3 -1.1 -2.3 -2.1 -0.3 1 2.28 2.28 .981 2.30 2.00
1965 CIN NL 26 OF 159 159 1427.1 366 354 9 3 1 .992 -1.3 -1.1 -2.3 -2.1 -0.3 1 2.29 2.28 .975 2.00 1.75
1966 CIN NL 27 OF 154 153 1362.0 366 344 9 13 1 .964 -2.4 -2.1 -5.4 2.7 -8.0 3 2.33 2.29 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 CIN NL 27 CF 141 130 1186.1 331 314 5 12 0 .964 -2.4 -2.4 -3.4 3.4 -6.7 1 2.42 2.26 .980 2.38 2.11
1966 CIN NL 27 RF 24 23 175.2 35 30 4 1 1 .971 0.0 0.0 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 2 1.74 1.42 .977 1.96 1.68
1967 CIN NL 28 CF 157 156 1407.2 348 338 5 5 2 .986 -5.3 -4.5 -7.3 -7.4 0.2 2 2.19 2.18 .981 2.30 2.04
1967 CIN NL 28 OF 157 156 1407.2 350 341 4 5 1 .986 -5.3 -4.5 -7.3 -7.4 0.2 2 2.21 2.20 .976 2.03 1.81
1968 CIN NL 29 OF 123 119 1078.2 271 258 7 6 0 .978 -11.3 -12.6 -9.3 -3.7 -5.6 -2 2.21 2.15 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 CIN NL 29 CF 121 116 1054.2 270 256 8 6 0 .978 -10.5 -11.9 -8.5 -3.7 -4.8 -2 2.25 2.18 .978 2.39 2.18
1968 CIN NL 29 RF 3 3 24.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -40.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 0.75 0.67 1.000 2.03 1.77
1969 STL NL 30 OF 124 123 1090.2 225 218 6 1 2 .996 -4.2 -4.6 -2.2 -0.9 -1.2 -2 1.85 1.81 .972 2.02 1.75
1969 STL NL 30 RF 124 123 1087.2 222 214 7 1 2 .995 -3.9 -4.3 -1.9 -0.9 -0.9 -2 1.83 1.78 .974 1.89 1.60
1969 STL NL 30 CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.10
1970 CLE AL 31 OF 141 132 1188.0 278 265 8 5 3 .982 6.4 6.5 5.4 -1.7 7.2 1 2.07 1.94 .980 2.14 1.85
1970 CLE AL 31 RF 115 105 945.2 216 206 7 3 3 .986 7.5 9.5 5.5 -1.8 7.3 2 2.03 1.85 .975 1.98 1.59
1970 CLE AL 31 LF 20 16 141.1 36 34 0 2 0 .944 1.2 10.2 2.2 2.1 0.2 -1 2.17 1.70 .978 1.81 1.48
1970 CLE AL 31 CF 15 11 101.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -27.3 -2.3 -2.0 -0.3 0 1.96 1.47 .986 2.62 2.30
1970 CLE AL 31 1B 7 0 21.0 20 19 1 0 2 1.000 0.1 5.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 8.57 2.86 .990 9.60 8.14
1971 CLE AL 32 OF 141 133 1177.1 323 305 11 7 2 .978 -2.8 -2.9 -2.8 -0.2 -2.7 0 2.42 2.24 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 CLE AL 32 CF 100 94 822.0 242 228 9 5 2 .979 0.9 1.3 -2.1 -0.8 -1.3 3 2.59 2.37 .983 2.73 2.32
1971 CLE AL 32 RF 40 30 274.1 70 67 1 2 0 .971 -0.9 -3.9 1.1 1.2 -0.1 -2 2.23 1.70 .980 2.05 1.70
1971 CLE AL 32 LF 11 9 81.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -41.5 -1.8 -0.6 -1.3 -1 1.22 1.00 .982 1.93 1.60
1971 CLE AL 32 1B 3 0 7.0 10 10 0 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 12.86 3.33 .990 9.64 8.10
1972 CAL AL 33 OF 134 122 1095.2 218 205 11 2 3 .991 -1.8 -2.0 -3.8 -3.7 0.1 2 1.77 1.61 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 CAL AL 33 LF 112 82 778.0 159 147 10 2 3 .987 -1.1 -1.7 -2.1 -1.9 -0.1 1 1.82 1.40 .980 1.89 1.53
1972 CAL AL 33 RF 30 27 212.2 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -1.7 -1.3 -1.3 0.1 1 1.69 1.33 .980 2.12 1.76
1972 CAL AL 33 CF 16 13 105.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -4.6 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 1.80 1.31 .986 2.65 2.29
1972 CAL AL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.00
1973 CAL AL 34 OF 120 113 997.2 229 210 11 8 2 .965 -6.9 -8.3 -4.9 -4.1 -0.8 -2 1.99 1.84 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 CAL AL 34 LF 81 62 567.1 125 114 6 5 2 .960 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 1.90 1.48 .978 2.00 1.68
1973 CAL AL 34 CF 33 30 242.2 66 64 2 0 0 1.000 -5.1 -25.2 -4.1 -4.3 0.2 -1 2.45 2.00 .983 2.78 2.54
1973 CAL AL 34 RF 26 21 187.2 42 37 2 3 0 .929 -1.7 -10.9 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 -1 1.87 1.50 .976 2.09 1.73
1974 KCR AL 35 OF 110 100 860.0 201 188 9 4 2 .980 -2.6 -3.6 1.4 0.2 1.3 -4 2.06 1.79 .980 2.41 2.12
1974 KCR AL 35 RF 91 83 718.0 184 171 9 4 2 .978 2.2 3.7 5.2 3.0 2.2 -3 2.26 1.98 .976 2.18 1.86
1974 KCR AL 35 LF 14 12 99.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -24.2 -2.0 -0.9 -1.1 0 0.91 0.71 .970 2.12 1.75
1974 KCR AL 35 CF 6 5 43.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -78.1 -1.8 -1.9 0.2 -1 1.67 1.33 .988 2.93 2.63
1974 KCR AL 35 DH 2
1974 KCR AL 35 1B 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 10.00 10.00 .990 9.70 8.00
1975 KCR AL 36 OF 82 74 630.0 151 144 6 1 0 .993 4.1 7.8 2.1 -0.7 2.9 2 2.14 1.83 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 KCR AL 36 RF 60 52 435.2 97 93 4 0 0 1.000 2.5 6.9 2.5 -0.3 2.8 0 2.00 1.62 .975 2.11 1.84
1975 KCR AL 36 CF 13 12 99.2 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 7.2 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 1 2.53 2.15 .982 2.84 2.52
1975 KCR AL 36 LF 12 10 94.2 26 24 1 1 0 .962 1.0 12.7 0.0 -0.3 0.3 1 2.38 2.08 .977 2.18 1.80
1975 KCR AL 36 DH 5
1975 KCR AL 36 1B 4 0 5.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 22.5 0.1 -0.2 0.2 0 11.81 1.75 .986 9.79 8.32
18 Seasons OF 2403 2335 20752.1 5370 5097 172 101 29 .981 -8.7 -0.5 -32.7 -15.3 -17.0 24 2.29 2.19 .977 2.13 1.86
18 Seasons CF 1681 1638 14579.0 4008 3817 114 77 16 .981 -9.6 -0.8 -34.6 -13.4 -21.0 25 2.43 2.34 .980 2.47 2.19
11 Seasons RF 550 502 4377.0 978 926 38 14 9 .986 5.4 1.5 6.4 -0.2 6.6 -1 1.98 1.75 .976 2.01 1.70
7 Seasons LF 254 195 1796.1 374 347 17 10 5 .973 -4.5 -3.0 -4.5 -1.7 -2.6 0 1.82 1.43 .978 1.95 1.60
5 Seasons 1B 16 1 43.1 49 48 1 0 4 1.000 0.5 13.8 0.5 0.0 0.4 0 10.18 3.06 .990 9.66 8.16
2 Seasons DH 7
18 Seasons TOT 2419 2336 20795.2 5419 5145 173 101 33 .981 -8.2 -0.5 -32.2 -15.3 -16.6 24 0 2.30 2.20 .958 2.14 1.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Gold Gloves
1961-NL-OF

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 (354th)

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--9.635--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 (93), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 110 (100), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 95 (159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 36 (183), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  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

Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent.

October 11, 1968: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wayne Granger and Bobby Tolan.

November 21, 1969: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for Jose Cardenal.

October 5, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Frank Baker and Alan Foster to the California Angels for Alex Johnson and Jerry Moses.

February 23, 1974: Traded by the California Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Barry Raziano and cash.

December 15, 1975: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

January 14, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

April 4, 1976: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

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