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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	3	Apr 10	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	4	Apr 11	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	5	Apr 14	CLE		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	6	Apr 15	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	7	Apr 17	CLE		WSA	L,3-5	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
7	8	Apr 18 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
8	9	Apr 18 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,1-0	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
9	10	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	56	13.0	11	0	0	11	0	RF 1B
10	11	Apr 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	12	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	13	Apr 23	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	14	Apr 24	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	15	Apr 25	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
15	16	Apr 26	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
16	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS	34	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF RF
17	18	Apr 28	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
18	19	Apr 29	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
19	20	Apr 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
21	22	May 2 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
22	23	May 2 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	GS	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
23	24	May 4	CLE		KCR	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	25	May 5	CLE		KCR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	26	May 7	CLE		CAL	L,2-4	GS	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
26	27	May 8	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	28	May 9	CLE		CAL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	29	May 11	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
29	30	May 12	CLE		OAK	L,1-8	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	31	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	32	May 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
32	33	May 17	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-3	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	36 (2)	May 20	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	37	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
35	38	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
36	40 (1)	May 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	41	May 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
38	42	May 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	43	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	44	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	45	May 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	47	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	46	May 31	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	47	Jun 1	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	48	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	49	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	23	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	50	Jun 5	CLE	@	MIN	W,10-2	GF	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	51	Jun 6	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	CF
48	52	Jun 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	53	Jun 9	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
50	54	Jun 10	CLE		CHW	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
51	55	Jun 11	CLE		MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	56	Jun 12	CLE		MIL	L,2-4	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	62 (5)	Jun 18	CLE		DET	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	63	Jun 19	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	64	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
56	65	Jun 20 susp	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
57	67 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	70 (1)	Jun 25	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
60	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
61	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	73	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	74	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	75	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	CF
65	76	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
66	77	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	78	Jul 1	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	79	Jul 2	CLE		WSA	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	80	Jul 3	CLE		WSA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	81	Jul 4	CLE		WSA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
71	82	Jul 5	CLE		WSA	L,6-15	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
72	83	Jul 6	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	84	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	85	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	86	Jul 8	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
76	87	Jul 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
77	89 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	90	Jul 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	91	Jul 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	92	Jul 16	CLE	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	93	Jul 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	95 (1)	Jul 19	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	96	Jul 20	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	97	Jul 21	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-4	GF	23	4.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
85	98	Jul 23	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	100 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
87	101	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	RF 1B LF
88	102	Jul 27	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	103	Jul 28	CLE		CAL	L,1-5	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
90	104	Jul 29	CLE		CAL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	105	Jul 30	CLE		OAK	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
92	106	Jul 31	CLE		OAK	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	107	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
94	108	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	109	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	110	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	GS	32	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	111	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
98	112	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	113	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSA	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
101	115	Aug 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
102	116	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	117	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
104	118	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
105	119	Aug 13	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-9	GS	33	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
106	120	Aug 14	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	121	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	123 (1)	Aug 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
109	124	Aug 18	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
110	125	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	126	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	W,9-4	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
112	127	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
113	128	Aug 24	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
114	129	Aug 25	CLE		MIL	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
115	130	Aug 26	CLE		MIL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
116	131	Aug 27	CLE		MIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
117	132	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
118	133	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
119	134	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
120	135	Aug 31 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	138 (2)	Sep 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
122	139	Sep 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
123	141 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-10	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
124	142	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
125	144 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
126	145	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
127	146	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
128	147	Sep 14 susp	CLE		WSA	L,6-8	CG	93	20.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
129	148	Sep 15	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
130	149	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
131	151 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
132	152	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
133	153	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	1	0	1	2	0	CF
134	154	Sep 20	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
135	155	Sep 21	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
136	156	Sep 22	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	CF 1B
137	157	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	GS	31	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
138	158	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
139	159	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	51	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
140	160	Sep 26	CLE		BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
141	161	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							153gm		1186.1	316	10	7	333	4