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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

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   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   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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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  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   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    7   0   0   0   0   0  MVP-24
         ATN NL  139  530   80  168  28   4  26   86  15  10   18   63  .317  .342  .532  .874  282   0   5   3   5  15  MVP-24
         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  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  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  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  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  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 162 games        621   89  176  29   8  19   78  19   6   36   77                          276   6   4   4   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 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)

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
+--------------+---+----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+------+-----+

 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
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• 1969: Round 2 (#34 overall) by BAA
• 1970: Round 1 (#17 overall) by SFN
• 1972: Round 2 (#32 overall) by ATN
• 1974: Round 7 (#105 overall) by MLA

Transaction History

• 1964-01: traded by CIN to CHN with Johnny Edwards for Frank Robinson
• 1970-02: traded by SFN to ATN with Rich Robertson for Rico Carty, Mike McQueen

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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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