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Vada
Pinson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 191
 
Born: August 11, 1938 in Usa, TN, MEMPHIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965    1968   
Gold Glove 1960    1961    1966   
All-Star Selections 1961    1963    1964    1966    1968   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 19 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 6 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 8
1959 20 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 6 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8
1960 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 6 8 7 3 4 4 8 9 8
1961 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 6 8 8 4 5 4 8 9 8
1962 23 SEM AL $ 2,664,286   9 9 8 4 5 5 7 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 8
1963 24 SEM AL $ 2,664,286   9 9 8 4 5 5 7 9 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1964 25 SEM AL $ 3,871,429   9 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5 8 9 8
1965 26 SEM AL $ 5,700,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5 8 9 8
1966 27 SEM AL $ 5,700,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 8 9 9 5 6 5 8 8 8
1967 28 SEM AL $ 5,700,000   8 8 8 5 6 6 7 9 8 5 6 5 7 8 8
1968 29 SEM AL $ 5,700,000   8 8 8 5 6 6 7 9 8 5 6 5 8 9 8
1969 30 SEM AL $ 5,700,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1970 31 NYG NL $ 5,700,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 9 8
1971 32 LAD NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1972 33 LAD NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1973 34 LAD NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 7
1974 35 TOR AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 4 6 5 2 3 3 5 6 6
1975 36 TOR AL $ 2,170,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 4 6 5 2 3 3 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 4 6 5 2 3 3 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,700,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 5 8 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 19 SEM AL 53 209 29 50 15 0 4 24 10 4 14 28 .239 .290 .368 .659 22.8 2.9
    AAA   106 425 66 131 27 7 16 61 5 3 37 55 .308 .364 .518 .881 74.6  
1959 20 SEM AL 145 529 64 148 34 5 9 65 28 4 25 55 .280 .317 .414 .731 71.2 13.2
1960 21 SEM AL 154 625 98 184 41 3 17 59 25 6 41 65 .294 .341 .451 .792 94.6 19.3
1961 22 SEM AL 155 603 66 177 42 6 12 56 30 8 28 68 .294 .325 .443 .768 83.1 25.0
1962 23 SEM AL 156 599 89 173 32 4 11 62 23 8 36 58 .289 .330 .411 .740 76.0 18.1
1963 24 SEM AL 150 576 83 170 28 5 14 83 42 9 39 43 .295 .338 .434 .772 84.0 18.0
1964 25 SEM AL 158 588 97 164 31 8 15 82 39 7 65 49 .279 .348 .435 .784 92.3 20.8
1965 26 SEM AL 148 538 89 150 22 8 10 81 52 8 59 54 .279 .351 .405 .757 83.9 20.0
1966 27 SEM AL 154 598 111 173 39 4 23 109 41 10 56 60 .289 .350 .483 .833 100.5 21.7
1967 28 SEM AL 141 481 62 112 30 5 10 52 41 12 58 60 .233 .313 .378 .692 61.7 9.8
1968 29 SEM AL 135 458 80 145 31 7 10 65 43 14 50 43 .317 .383 .480 .863 85.1 22.9
1969 30 SEM AL 105 334 46 97 18 3 7 51 20 7 26 33 .290 .342 .425 .768 47.6 10.8
1970 31 SEM AL 73 239 38 60 14 0 7 35 15 5 25 27 .251 .322 .397 .720 29.9 4.9
  NYG NL 77 287 44 78 16 2 8 24 17 6 26 28 .272 .334 .425 .759 38.6 6.3
  TOT   150 526 82 138 30 2 15 59 32 11 51 55 .262 .329 .413 .741 68.5 11.2
1971 32 LAD NL 131 392 66 116 16 4 13 56 25 12 37 24 .296 .357 .457 .814 62.5 12.5
1972 33 LAD NL 137 403 43 98 11 2 8 48 16 9 39 56 .243 .311 .340 .651 44.0 5.4
1973 34 LAD NL 119 418 58 124 22 2 7 57 26 7 22 35 .297 .330 .409 .739 53.8 10.0
1974 35 TOR AL 97 236 27 78 13 1 2 37 8 2 16 37 .331 .375 .419 .795 31.4 4.9
1975 36 TOR AL 117 442 43 128 19 3 1 58 20 13 25 44 .290 .328 .353 .681 50.3 5.6
1976 37 A   134 511 99 187 30 3 8 63 13 4 65 54 .366 .438 .483 .921 101.3  
18 Years Sim 2405 8555 1233 2425 474 72 188 1104 521 151 687 867 .283 .337 .422 .759 1213.3 252.3
1 Years AAA 106 425 66 131 27 7 16 61 5 3 37 55 .308 .366 .518 .884 74.6  
1 Years A 134 511 99 187 30 3 8 63 13 4 65 54 .366 .438 .483 .921 101.3  
2 Years Minors 240 936 165 318 57 10 24 124 18 7 102 109 .340 .406 .499 .905 175.9  
162 Game Average 576 83 163 31 4 12 74 35 10 46 58 .283 .337 .422 .759 81.7  
Career Highs 158 625 111 184 42 8 23 109 52 14 65 68 .331 .383 .483 .863 100.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6491 991 1928 359 55 150 859 415 130 554 589 .297 .352 .439 .791 997.1
vs LH   2064 242 497 115 17 38 245 106 21 133 278 .241 .289 .368 .657 225.8
Home 1192 4117 580 1177 236 30 83 501 221 62 344 416 .286 .342 .418 .760 589.3
Away 1213 4438 653 1248 238 42 105 603 300 89 343 451 .281 .332 .425 .757 633.6
RISP   2149 0 608 104 13 50 853 0 0 191 221 .283 .336 .413 .749 297.9
Pinch Hitting   250 31 76 11 4 3 52 7 2 27 23 .304 .369 .416 .785 38.5
Close/Late   1062 147 275 44 3 20 130 0 0 110 99 .259 .331 .363 .694 129.4
Mar/Apr 391 1410 215 392 65 12 33 197 81 29 120 135 .278 .333 .411 .744 196.2
May 411 1486 213 405 79 9 32 198 107 23 105 141 .273 .321 .402 .723 198.6
June 385 1357 202 399 74 12 31 189 69 23 96 154 .294 .341 .435 .776 197.1
July 382 1400 211 416 83 15 34 175 96 28 111 144 .297 .350 .451 .801 217.9
August 414 1439 185 395 79 15 24 170 83 19 123 150 .274 .333 .400 .733 196.0
Sep/Oct 422 1463 207 418 94 9 34 175 85 29 132 143 .286 .346 .432 .778 217.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 19 SEM AL LF 36 33 296.3 48 0 0 0 1.000 1.46   0.9
    CF 17 17 146.0 39 0 1 0 .975 2.40    
1959 20 SEM AL LF 105 104 921.7 198 5 0 2 1.000 1.98   2.9
    CF 19 8 80.0 23 1 1 0 .960 2.70    
    RF 9 7 62.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.74    
    1B 3 2 20.0 19 4 0 2 1.000 10.35   0.0
1960 21 SEM AL LF 123 122 1077.7 245 1 4 1 .984 2.05   4.5
    RF 30 28 248.3 52 2 1 1 .982 1.96    
1961 22 SEM AL LF 151 148 1311.3 279 11 3 5 .990 1.99   1.7
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 23 SEM AL LF 98 98 888.3 154 1 2 1 .987 1.57   3.8
    CF 50 49 450.0 113 3 1 2 .991 2.32    
    RF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1963 24 SEM AL CF 140 140 1255.0 317 16 5 6 .985 2.39   3.3
    RF 5 0 13.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 25 SEM AL CF 148 146 1312.3 334 7 9 2 .974 2.34   3.9
    RF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 26 SEM AL LF 124 118 1081.3 183 2 1 0 .995 1.54   2.5
    CF 18 18 160.0 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1966 27 SEM AL CF 152 151 1325.0 329 9 2 2 .994 2.30   5.8
    LF 5 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1967 28 SEM AL CF 130 121 1078.7 280 10 5 3 .983 2.42   3.8
    RF 3 2 25.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    LF 4 1 20.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44    
1968 29 SEM AL LF 112 104 941.3 157 6 0 2 1.000 1.56   3.3
    CF 9 4 42.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
    RF 5 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1969 30 SEM AL LF 87 73 686.3 130 3 1 0 .993 1.74   1.2
    RF 6 6 54.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.67    
    CF 8 0 15.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20    
1970 31 SEM AL CF 69 65 555.5 138 3 2 1 .986 2.28   2.2
    LF 3 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 3.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.86   0.0
  NYG NL CF 72 68 661.5 164 3 3 1 .982 2.27   1.8
    LF 4 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
    SS 1 1 4.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 8.37   0.1
  TOT   CF 141 133 1217.0 302 6 5 2 .984 2.28   3.9
      LF 7 0 9.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 .93   0.0
      SS 1 1 8.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
1971 32 LAD NL CF 104 94 850.7 186 8 3 2 .985 2.05   2.9
    RF 22 0 40.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.67    
1972 33 LAD NL CF 120 95 867.3 197 6 1 1 .995 2.11   2.8
    RF 7 2 25.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 3 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1973 34 LAD NL CF 97 94 824.0 202 7 1 1 .995 2.28   2.5
    RF 3 0 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00    
    LF 5 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1974 35 TOR AL LF 37 26 235.3 43 1 0 0 1.000 1.68   1.1
    RF 28 7 102.7 18 0 1 0 .947 1.58    
    CF 10 8 71.3 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.78    
1975 36 TOR AL LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 1163 1078 9694.3 2401 76 34 21 .986 2.30   28.9
  LF 901 827 7503.3 1445 30 11 11 .993 1.77   21.9
  RF 132 52 612.3 110 5 3 1 .975 1.69   0.0
  1B 3 2 20.0 19 4 0 2 1.000 10.35   0.0
  SS 1 1 8.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
  3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
Career Totals   2201 1960 17839.6 3976 121 48 35 .988 2.07   51.0
Career Highs   159 151 1344.3 336 16 9 6 1.000 2.38    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 23 SEM AL 19 78 12 23 8 2 2 11 2 1 6 7 .295 .349 .526 .874
1965 26 SEM AL 18 65 6 17 5 1 2 16 2 1 6 5 .262 .315 .462 .777
1966 27 SEM AL 17 65 5 11 4 1 0 3 4 2 7 14 .169 .250 .262 .512
1967 28 SEM AL 5 11 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .364 .455
1968 29 SEM AL 16 66 9 11 2 0 1 6 3 2 5 3 .167 .225 .242 .468
1969 30 SEM AL 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .250 .500 .250 .750
Career Post-Season Batting 81 289 33 64 19 4 6 37 12 6 26 30 .221 .285 .377 .662
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1960-7-.294
1968-3-.317
 On-Base Pct
1968-7-.383
 Slugging Pct
1966-6-.483
1968-7-.480
 OPS
1966-10-.833
1968-6-.863
 XR
1960-7-94.6
1964-7-92.3
1966-5-100.5
 Games
1961-8-155
1962-9-156
1964-3-158
CAR-31-2405
At-Bats
1960-2-625
1961-5-603
1962-6-599
1964-5-588
1966-2-598
CAR-42-8555
 Runs
1960-4-98
1962-7-89
1964-1-97
1965-9-89
1966-2-111
 Hits
1960-2-184
1961-6-177
1962-7-173
1964-8-164
1966-6-173
CAR-38-2425
 Total Bases
1960-8-282
1961-10-267
1964-9-256
1966-2-289
 Singles
1960-7-123
1961-9-117
1962-10-126
CAR-34-1691
 Doubles
1959-5-34
1960-2-41
1961-5-42
1962-9-32
1964-9-31
1966-2-39
CAR-42-474
Triples
1961-7-6
1964-2-8
1965-4-8
1968-5-7
 RBIs
1964-7-82
1966-2-109
 Stolen Bases
1958-7-10
1959-1-28
1960-1-25
1961-1-30
1962-4-23
1963-2-42
1964-2-39
1965-3-52
1966-4-41
1967-4-41
1968-3-43
1970-9-17
1971-4-25
1972-10-16
1973-6-26
CAR-14-521
 Caught Stealing
1958-8-4
1959-9-4
1960-5-6
1961-2-8
1962-5-8
1966-9-10
1967-8-12
1968-8-14
1971-4-12
1972-8-9
CAR-32-151
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 106    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Seattle in 1958
Injured on 5/29/1958 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 7/31/1958, off Robin Roberts (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/18/1958, off Don Rudolph (CIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1960, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1960
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1961
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Colorado on 7/17/1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1963, hitting .414 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,871,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $5,700,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1966, hitting .517 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1966, hitting .560 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1966, hitting .326 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1966
3/3/1967: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $5,700,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 6/22/1967 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Washington on 7/17/1968
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
Injured on 7/15/1969 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/6/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1970, hitting .421 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Seattle to New York (N) on 7/1/1970 (Going to NYG: LF Vada Pinson. Going to SEM: SS Bill Russell, SS Tex Nelson)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 9/23/1970
10/3/1970: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Los Angeles on 2/1/1971 (Going to NYG: SS Bob Aspromonte, P Dooley Womack, SS Woody Woodward. Going to LAD: LF Vada Pinson)
Had 2000th career hit on 4/5/1972, off Steve Blass (NYG)
Traded from Los Angeles to Detroit on 2/3/1974 (Going to DET: P John Morris, CF Vada Pinson. Going to LAD: LF Frank Johnson)
Traded from Detroit to Toronto on 2/13/1974 (Going to TOR: RF Jeff Burroughs, CF Cesar Cedeno, CF Jose Cruz, CF Vada Pinson, P Jim Ray. Going to DET: P John Gelnar)
7/1/1974: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $2,170,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 5/6/1976 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Toronto on 10/3/1976
 
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