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Vada Pinson
Vada Edward (Jr.) Pinson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 181 lb.

MLB Debut April 15, 1958
Final Game September 28, 1975
Born August 11, 1938 in Memphis, TN
Died October 21, 1995 (age 57)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 19 CHN NL   32   83   13   18   4   0   0    6   1   2    8   26  .217  .298  .265  .563    77    22   0   1   0   2   1  
 1959 20 CHN NL  152  622  111  184  36   8  17   76  20   4   53   91  .296  .348  .461  .809   111   287   1   6   2   0  13  MVP-10
 1960 21 CHN NL  154  631   83  170  35  10  18   84  23   6   42   98  .269  .319  .442  .761   105   279   1   5   0   6  15  MVP-8
 1961 22 CHN NL  154  612   88  217  29  10  20   87  12   6   56   68  .355  .404  .533  .937   120   326   3   7  11   0  11  MVP-6
 1962 23 CHN NL  159  624   88  176  28   3  18   92  20   4   53   78  .282  .336  .423  .759   106   264   0  10   7   3  22  MVP-11
 1963 24 CHN NL  159  631  100  192  27  20  34   98  22   2   48   70  .304  .350  .572  .922   133   361   0   6  20   0  22  MVP-4
 1964 25 CHN NL  159  641  110  178  20   8  32  114   7   2   38   97  .278  .323  .484  .806   109   310   2   5   3   7  18  MVP-8
 1965 26 CIN NL  162  697  104  211  29  10  29   90  22   8   39  109  .303  .342  .498  .840   119   347   9   1   0   3   7  MVP-4
 1966 27 CIN NL  162  676   99  184  27  13  24   84  23   5   28   91  .272  .303  .457  .760   103   309  20   4   1   4  10  MVP-11
 1967 28 CIN NL  162  681  116  210  35  14  32   86  29  10   39   83  .308  .347  .542  .889   123   369   9   3   4   3   4  MVP-1
 1968 29 CIN NL  132  455   54  112  24   1   7   44  13   9   28   63  .246  .290  .349  .639    98   159   7   0   5   0   6  
 1969 30 BAA AL   86   81   16   25   3   1   1   11   0   0    4   11  .309  .341  .407  .749   107    33   0   0   0   0   2  
 1970 31 SFN NL    5   10    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .300  .300  .700 1.000   144     7   0   0   0   0   0  
         ATN NL  139  530   80  168  28   4  26   86  15  10   18   63  .317  .342  .532  .874   121   282   0   5   3   5  15  
         TOT     144  540   81  171  29   4  27   87  15  10   18   63  .317  .342  .535  .877         289   0   5   3   5  15 
 1971 32 ATN NL  149  626   80  148  25   2   7   48  21   1   25   49  .236  .269  .316  .586    82   198   6   2   2   4  15  
 1972 33 ATN NL  143  540   72  148  26   3   4   51  28   8   25   46  .274  .311  .356  .667    95   192   8   2   2   5   8  
 1973 34 ATN NL  138  491   55  130  18   7   4   37   6   7   11   51  .265  .278  .354  .632    88   174  17   5   0   0  12  
 1974 35 MLA AL  111  425   49  119  16   1   6   49  17   3   18   44  .280  .312  .365  .677    93   155   5   2   1   3   7  
 1975 36 MLA AL   92  343   26   73  21   5   1   31   3   5    8   19  .213  .232  .312  .544    75   107   0   4   0   2   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons     2450 9399 1345 2666 432 120 281 1175 282  92  541 1157  .284  .324  .445  .768        4181  88  68  61  47 191
 Per 600 PA           556   80  158  26   7  17   70  17   5   32   68                                 247   5   4   4   3  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN      969 3844  593 1135 179  59 139  557 105  26  298  528  .295  .345  .481  .826        1849   7  40  43  18 102
   With CIN      618 2509  373  717 115  38  92  304  87  32  134  346  .286  .324  .472  .795        1184  45   8  10  10  27
   With ATN      569 2187  287  594  97  16  41  222  70  26   79  209  .272  .299  .387  .686         846  31  14   7  14  50
   With MLA      203  768   75  192  37   6   7   80  20   8   26   63  .250  .277  .341  .618         262   5   6   1   5  10
   With BAA       86   81   16   25   3   1   1   11   0   0    4   11  .309  .341  .407  .749          33   0   0   0   0   2
   With SFN        5   10    1    3   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .300  .300  .700 1.000           7   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2469 9645 1365 2757 485 127 256 1169 305 122  574 1196  .286  .327  .442  .769        4264  52  78  69  54 164
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1958 19 CHN NL   9    6   2.7   8   2   0  .250   0    8    7  .875    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e7  -164   
 1959 20 CHN NL  20  101   5.9   0   0   0  .000   6   90   83  .922    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e7   -71   
 1960 21 CHN NL  33   88   4.9   0   0   0  .000   9   82   79  .963    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e9   -51   
 1961 22 CHN NL  34  131   8.4   1   1   0 1.000   9   64   60  .938    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e11   54   
 1962 23 CHN NL  32   87   4.9   0   0   0  .000   5   82   71  .866    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e4   -58   
 1963 24 CHN NL  31  120   6.9   0   0   0  .000   3   76   74  .974    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e9    62   
 1964 25 CHN NL  35   96   5.3   1   1   0 1.000   7   88   75  .852    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e11   43   
 1965 26 CIN NL  28  119   6.3   0   0   0  .000   2   85   72  .847    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e3     4   
 1966 27 CIN NL  33   93   4.8   1   0   0  .000  16   69   47  .681    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e14   -8   
 1967 28 CIN NL  26  129   7.0   0   0   0  .000   5   77   66  .857    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e6   117   
 1968 29 CIN NL  39   44   3.3   4   1   0  .250   6   61   49  .803    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e9   -54   
 1969 30 BAA AL  12   10   5.0  59  17   0  .288   0    3    3 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e1    62   
 1970 31 SFN NL  50    2   8.1   2   1   0  .500   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6   200   
         ATN NL  33   88   6.1   7   1   0  .143   5   56   41  .732    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6    74   
         TOT                     9   2   0  .222   5   56   41  .732    0    0  .000
 1971 32 ATN NL  36   53   2.9   3   0   0  .000   7   62   42  .677    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e8   -86   
 1972 33 ATN NL  19   61   4.0  10   3   0  .300   3   60   44  .733    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e3   -31   
 1973 34 ATN NL  24   44   3.0  11   3   0  .273   7   58   36  .621    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e11  -20   
 1974 35 MLA AL  33   49   4.1   5   0   0  .000   9   44   15  .341    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e6    -9   
 1975 36 MLA AL   6   23   2.3   4   0   0  .000   1   38   20  .526    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e3   -39   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 18 Seasons         1353   5.1 116  30   0  .259 100 1103  884  .801    0    0  .000                  -2   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 43.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 120.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1958 19 CHN NL  CF    17    20     4    0    0  1.000    14   135.1   1.60
                 RF     3     7     0    0    0  1.000     3    24.0   2.62
                 LF     3     6     0    0    0  1.000     1    14.2   3.68
 1959 20 CHN NL  CF   149   349     8    5    2   .986   149  1327.1   2.42  GG
                 SS     3     7     6    1    1   .929     3    29.0   4.03
 1960 21 CHN NL  CF   154   389    10    9    2   .978   153  1400.0   2.56  GG
 1961 22 CHN NL  CF   153   428    16    9    6   .980   153  1382.0   2.89  GG
 1962 23 CHN NL  CF   159   394    23    5    3   .988   158  1428.2   2.63
 1963 24 CHN NL  CF   159   402    15    3    6   .993   159  1438.2   2.61  GG
 1964 25 CHN NL  CF   159   399    11    7    1   .983   155  1438.0   2.57
 1965 26 CIN NL  CF   162   376    12    2    2   .995   162  1460.2   2.39
 1966 27 CIN NL  CF   162   320    10   16    2   .954   161  1457.2   2.04
 1967 28 CIN NL  CF   162   398    18    5    5   .988   162  1475.0   2.54
 1968 29 CIN NL  CF   126   284    12    6    2   .980   120  1065.2   2.50
                 LF     3     5     0    0    0  1.000     0    18.0   2.50
 1969 30 BAA AL  RF    24     9     0    0    0  1.000     1    53.2   1.51
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
 1970 31 SFN NL  LF     2     7     1    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   4.24
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
         ATN NL  CF   130   324    12    5    0   .985   130  1130.2   2.67
                 RF     1     7     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   7.00
 1971 32 ATN NL  CF   124   383    16    6    4   .985   124  1124.0   3.19
                 1B    25   182    14    1   18   .995    22   190.1   9.27
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1972 33 ATN NL  CF   121   295    15    3    4   .990   118  1053.0   2.65
                 RF    12    15     1    0    0  1.000    11   102.0   1.41
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     9.0   0.00
                 1B     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   9.00
 1973 34 ATN NL  CF    95   235    16    5    1   .980    89   787.0   2.87
                 RF    23    26     2    0    0  1.000    17   159.1   1.58
                 LF    11    17     2    2    0   .905    11    92.0   1.86
 1974 35 MLA AL  RF   106   200    10    9    0   .959   104   940.1   2.01
                 LF     1     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   3.00
 1975 36 MLA AL  LF    83   141     4    1    3   .993    80   696.2   1.87
                 RF     3     8     0    0    0  1.000     3    26.0   2.77
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF  2033  4997   198   86   40   .984  2007 18104.2   2.58
                 RF   173   272    13    9    0   .969   140  1316.1   1.95
                 LF   105   180     7    3    3   .984    97   865.1   1.94
                 1B    27   185    14    1   18   .995    22   193.1   9.26
                 SS     3     7     6    1    1   .929     3    29.0   4.03
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1958 WS    CHN NYA   L    4   5  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0
 1959 WS    CHN NYA   L    6  25  2  7  2  1  0   3  2  7  .280  .321  .440  1
 1965 WS    CIN DEA   W    6  22  3  3  1  1  0   0  0  6  .136  .174  .273  0
 1967 WS    CIN BOA   L    7  28  4  7  3  0  1   3  1  3  .250  .267  .464  1
 1969 ALCS  BAA MNA   W    3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    BAA NYN   W    6   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1958  CHN   88-66   Alan Boodman
 1959  CHN  102-52   Alan Boodman
 1960  CHN   82-72   Alan Boodman
 1961  CHN   70-84   Alan Boodman
 1962  CHN   79-83   Alan Boodman
 1963  CHN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1964  CHN   97-66   Alan Boodman
 1965  CIN   98-64   Larry Cupp
 1966  CIN   88-74   Larry Cupp
 1967  CIN  103-59   Larry Cupp
 1968  CIN   72-90   Alan Boodman
 1969  BAA   94-68   Mike Skiffington
 1970  SFN  107-55   Raul Camacho
 1970  ATN   81-81   Brandon Colvin
 1971  ATN   89-73   Brandon Colvin
 1972  ATN   75-87   Rich McCoy, Tom Austad
 1973  ATN   59-103  Tom Austad
 1974  MLA   77-85   Dave Jackson
 1975  MLA   52-110  Dave Jackson

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