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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	KCR		MIN	L,4-6	CG	49	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	2	Apr 6	KCR		MIN	W,23-6	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 9	KCR		OAK	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	RF
4	4	Apr 10	KCR		OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 13	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 14	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	8 (1)	Apr 17	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
8	9	Apr 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
9	10	Apr 20	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
10	11	Apr 21	KCR	@	CHW	L,7-11	GS	44	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	12	Apr 22	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	13	Apr 23	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	14	Apr 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
14	15	Apr 25	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-1	GS	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
15	16	Apr 26	KCR		BOS	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
16	17	Apr 27	KCR		BOS	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	18	Apr 28	KCR		BOS	L,4-5	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
18	19	Apr 30	KCR		DET	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	KCR		DET	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	22 (1)	May 3	KCR		NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	23	May 4	KCR		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
22	24	May 5	KCR		NYY	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	25	May 8	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
24	26	May 9	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	27	May 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
26	28	May 11	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	30 (1)	May 12 (2)	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	32 (1)	May 14 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	GS	32	7.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
29	33	May 14 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	34	May 16	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
31	35	May 17	KCR		TEX	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
32	36	May 18	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
33	37	May 19	KCR		TEX	L,3-8	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
34	41 (3)	May 24	KCR		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
35	44 (2)	May 27	KCR		BAL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	47 (2)	May 31	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	48	Jun 1	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	49	Jun 2	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	53 (3)	Jun 7	KCR		CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	54	Jun 9	KCR		CLE	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
41	56 (1)	Jun 12	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	CG	56	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	57	Jun 13	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
43	58	Jun 14	KCR	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	59	Jun 15	KCR	@	DET	L,9-11	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	63 (3)	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	64	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	66 (1)	Jun 23	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-1	GS	26	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
48	68 (1)	Jun 25	KCR		CHW	L,9-10	CG	56	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	69	Jun 26	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
50	71 (1)	Jun 28	KCR		OAK	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
51	73 (1)	Jun 30	KCR		OAK	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	74	Jul 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
53	75	Jul 2	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	76	Jul 3	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
55	79 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	KCR	@	BOS	W,11-9	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
56	81 (1)	Jul 8	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-0	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	82	Jul 9	KCR		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	87 (4)	Jul 14	KCR		DET	W,2-1	CG	54	14.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
59	88	Jul 15	KCR		BOS	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	91 (2)	Jul 18	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-10	GS	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	93 (1)	Jul 20	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
62	94	Jul 21	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	95	Jul 25	KCR	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
64	96	Jul 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	97	Jul 27	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	98	Jul 28	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	99	Jul 29	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
68	100	Jul 30	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	101	Jul 31	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	102	Aug 1	KCR		TEX	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	103	Aug 2	KCR		TEX	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
72	104	Aug 3	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
73	105	Aug 4 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,10-4	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
74	107 (1)	Aug 6	KCR		MIN	W,17-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	108	Aug 7 (1)	KCR		MIN	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
76	110 (1)	Aug 8	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	GS	25	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
77	115 (4)	Aug 13	KCR	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	116	Aug 14	KCR	@	DET	W,9-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	118 (1)	Aug 17	KCR	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
80	120 (1)	Aug 20	KCR	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	121	Aug 21	KCR	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
82	122	Aug 22	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	123	Aug 23 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	124	Aug 23 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	49	12.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
85	125	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-0	GS	25	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	127 (1)	Aug 26	KCR		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
87	129 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	KCR		CLE	W,13-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	130	Aug 28	KCR		CLE	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
89	132 (1)	Aug 31	KCR		BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	135 (2)	Sep 3	KCR		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
91	138 (2)	Sep 7	KCR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	141 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	143 (1)	Sep 11	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	144	Sep 13	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	145	Sep 14 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-7	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	146	Sep 14 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
97	147	Sep 15	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	148	Sep 16	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	149	Sep 17	KCR		OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	150	Sep 18	KCR		OAK	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
101	151	Sep 19	KCR		OAK	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
102	152	Sep 21 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	153	Sep 21 (2)	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-5	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
104	154	Sep 22	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	155	Sep 24	KCR		CAL	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	156	Sep 25	KCR		CAL	L,0-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
107	157	Sep 26	KCR		CAL	W,10-1	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
108	158	Sep 27	KCR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	51	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	159	Sep 28	KCR		TEX	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
110	160	Sep 29	KCR		TEX	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
111	162 (1)	Oct 2	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	55	11.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							112gm		869.0	199	9	4	212	2