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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 9	CLE		BAL	L,1-13	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
2	4	Apr 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	5	Apr 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	6	Apr 12 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	45	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	7	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	8	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	9	Apr 18	CLE		WSA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	10	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	11	Apr 22	CLE		DET	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	12	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	13	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	14	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	15	Apr 27	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	16	Apr 28	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
15	18 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19	May 1	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	20	May 2	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	73	16.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	21	May 3	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	22	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	23	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	24	May 8	CLE		MIN	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
22	25	May 9	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	26	May 10	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	27	May 13	CLE		KCR	L,0-1	CG	46	12.0	7	1	0	8	1	RF
25	28	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	29	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
28	31	May 19	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	32	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	34	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	35	May 23	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	44 (8)	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	45	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	46	Jun 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	47	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
37	48	Jun 5	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
38	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
39	50	Jun 7	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	51	Jun 9	CLE		OAK	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	52	Jun 10	CLE		OAK	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
42	53	Jun 11	CLE		OAK	W,6-5	GS	43	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF CF
43	54	Jun 12	CLE		MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	55	Jun 13	CLE		MIL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	56	Jun 14	CLE		MIL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	57	Jun 15	CLE		CAL	W,3-2	GS	48	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
47	58	Jun 16	CLE		CAL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	59	Jun 18	CLE		WSA	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	60	Jun 19	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
50	61	Jun 20	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	62	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	63	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		DET	L,8-9	GF	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	64	Jun 24 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	65	Jun 24 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	66	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	67	Jun 26	CLE	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	68	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	69	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	72 (2)	Jul 1	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	73	Jul 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-9	GS	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
61	74	Jul 3 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	75	Jul 3 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
63	76	Jul 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
64	77	Jul 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	78	Jul 6	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	79	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	82 (2)	Jul 9	CLE		WSA	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	84 (1)	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
69	85	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	86	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	GS	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
71	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	89	Jul 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	90	Jul 19	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	91	Jul 20	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
76	92	Jul 21	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
77	93	Jul 22	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	94	Jul 23	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
79	96 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		KCR	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
80	97	Jul 25	CLE		KCR	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
81	98	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		KCR	W,6-5	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
82	99	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		KCR	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	100	Jul 28	CLE		MIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	101	Jul 29	CLE		MIN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	102	Jul 30	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	104 (1)	Aug 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
87	105	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	106	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	0	1	1	2	0	RF
89	107	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
90	108	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	109	Aug 6 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	110	Aug 6 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	111	Aug 7	CLE		BAL	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	112	Aug 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	113	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
96	114	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	115	Aug 11	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
98	116	Aug 12	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
99	117	Aug 13	CLE	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
100	118	Aug 14	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
101	119	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	120	Aug 17	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
103	122 (1)	Aug 19	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
104	123	Aug 21	CLE		OAK	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	124	Aug 22	CLE		OAK	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
106	125	Aug 23	CLE		OAK	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
107	126	Aug 25	CLE		MIL	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
108	127	Aug 26	CLE		MIL	W,7-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
109	128	Aug 27	CLE		MIL	L,2-14	CG	53	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	129	Aug 28 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF RF
111	130	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		CAL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
112	131	Aug 29	CLE		CAL	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF
113	132	Aug 30	CLE		CAL	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	133	Aug 31	CLE	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	134	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
116	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-4	GS	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
117	136	Sep 3	CLE	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
118	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
119	138	Sep 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
120	139	Sep 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	140	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
122	141	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
123	142	Sep 8	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
124	143	Sep 9	CLE		WSA	L,4-5	GS	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF 1B
125	144	Sep 10	CLE		WSA	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
126	145	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF 1B
127	146	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GS	48	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
128	147	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
129	148	Sep 15	CLE		DET	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B RF
130	149	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
131	150	Sep 17	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
132	151	Sep 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
133	152	Sep 19	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
134	153	Sep 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
135	154	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
136	155	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
137	156	Sep 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	14	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	PH 1B
138	157	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	L,7-9	GS	64	13.0	8	0	0	8	1	RF 1B
139	158	Sep 26	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	CG	41	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
140	159	Sep 27	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
141	160	Sep 29	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B RF
142	161	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							157gm		1209.0	280	9	5	294	5