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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 7	CAL		KCR	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 8	CAL		KCR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	4	Apr 10	CAL		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	5	Apr 11	CAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 13	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS	30	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF LF
7	8 (1)	Apr 18	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	11 (2)	Apr 22	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	12	Apr 23	CAL	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
10	13	Apr 24	CAL		BAL	W,6-5	GS	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
11	14	Apr 25	CAL		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	15	Apr 27	CAL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	16	Apr 28	CAL		CLE	W,5-0	GS	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
14	17	Apr 29	CAL		CLE	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19 (1)	May 2	CAL	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	21 (1)	May 5	CAL	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	22	May 6	CAL	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	23	May 8	CAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	24	May 9	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	26 (1)	May 11	CAL		CHW	L,4-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
21	27	May 12	CAL		CHW	W,6-5	GS	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF LF
22	28	May 13	CAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	29	May 14	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	30	May 15	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	31	May 16	CAL		OAK	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	32	May 17	CAL		OAK	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	34 (1)	May 19	CAL		TEX	W,9-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	35	May 20	CAL		TEX	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
29	36	May 22	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS	26	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
30	39 (2)	May 25	CAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	40	May 26	CAL	@	MIL	L,0-9	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
32	41	May 28	CAL	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
33	43 (1)	May 30	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	44	May 31	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	45	Jun 1	CAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	46	Jun 2	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	47	Jun 3	CAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	48	Jun 5	CAL		DET	L,2-5	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
39	49	Jun 6	CAL		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	50	Jun 7	CAL		DET	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
41	51	Jun 8	CAL		MIL	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	52	Jun 9	CAL		MIL	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
43	53	Jun 10	CAL		MIL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
44	54	Jun 12	CAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	55	Jun 13	CAL		BOS	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	56	Jun 14	CAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
47	57	Jun 15	CAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	58	Jun 16	CAL		NYY	W,5-2	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
49	59	Jun 17 (1)	CAL		NYY	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
50	61 (1)	Jun 18	CAL	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	63 (1)	Jun 20	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	64	Jun 21	CAL	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	65	Jun 22	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	68 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	GS	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF LF
55	69	Jun 25	CAL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	70	Jun 26	CAL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
57	71	Jun 27	CAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	72	Jun 28	CAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
59	73	Jun 29	CAL		MIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	74	Jun 30	CAL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	75	Jul 1	CAL		MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	76	Jul 2	CAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	77	Jul 3	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	78	Jul 4	CAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	79	Jul 6	CAL	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	50	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
66	80	Jul 7	CAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
67	81	Jul 8 (1)	CAL	@	CLE	W,10-4	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	82	Jul 8 (2)	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
69	84 (1)	Jul 10	CAL	@	BAL	W,10-8	GS	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
70	85	Jul 11	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	86	Jul 12	CAL	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
72	88 (1)	Jul 14	CAL	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	38	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
73	89	Jul 15	CAL	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
74	90	Jul 16	CAL		CLE	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
75	91	Jul 17	CAL		CLE	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
76	92	Jul 18	CAL		CLE	L,8-10	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	97 (4)	Jul 26 (1)	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	99 (1)	Jul 27	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	100	Jul 28	CAL	@	KCR	W,19-8	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	101	Jul 29 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	109 (7)	Aug 7	CAL	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
82	110	Aug 8	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	111	Aug 9	CAL	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	112	Aug 10	CAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
85	114 (1)	Aug 12	CAL	@	BOS	L,8-14	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	115	Aug 13	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	116	Aug 14	CAL	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
88	117	Aug 15	CAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
89	119 (1)	Aug 18	CAL		DET	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
90	120	Aug 19	CAL		DET	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	121	Aug 21	CAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
92	122	Aug 22	CAL		MIL	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
93	123	Aug 23	CAL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
94	124	Aug 24	CAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	125	Aug 25	CAL		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
96	126	Aug 26	CAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
97	127	Aug 28	CAL		NYY	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	128	Aug 29	CAL		NYY	W,5-0	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
99	129	Aug 31	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	130	Sep 1	CAL	@	CHW	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	131	Sep 2	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
102	132	Sep 3	CAL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	133	Sep 4	CAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
104	134	Sep 5	CAL		OAK	L,8-11	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	136 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	138 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	139	Sep 9 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
108	140	Sep 10	CAL		CHW	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	144 (3)	Sep 14	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
110	145	Sep 15	CAL		KCR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
111	148 (2)	Sep 18	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
112	149	Sep 19 (1)	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	151 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
114	152	Sep 20 (2)	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	154 (1)	Sep 22	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	156 (1)	Sep 24	CAL		TEX	W,10-9	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
117	157	Sep 25	CAL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
118	158	Sep 26	CAL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
119	159	Sep 27	CAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
120	160	Sep 28	CAL		MIN	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	162 (1)	Sep 30	CAL		MIN	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							139gm		997.2	216	10	8	234	2