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Vada Pinson
Vada Edward Pinson Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 181 lb.

Debut April 15, 1958
  vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1975
Born August 11, 1938 in Memphis, TN
Died October 21, 1995 in Oakland, CA

Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 19 CIN NL  27   96   20   26   7  0   1    8   2  1  11  18  .271  .352  .375   89   36   2   0   0   1   1
 1959 20 CIN NL 154  648  131  205  47  9  20   84  21  6  55  98  .316  .371  .509  128  330   2   0   3   1   9 MVP-15,AS
 1960 21 CIN NL 154  652  107  187  37 12  20   61  32 12  47  96  .287  .339  .472  118  308   1   1   3   5  11 MVP-18,AS
 1961 22 CIN NL 154  607  101  208  34  8  16   87  23 10  39  63  .343  .379  .504  130  306   4   8   1   1   9 MVP-3
 1962 23 CIN NL 155  619  107  181  31  7  23  100  26  8  45  68  .292  .341  .477  114  295   0   7   7   4  12
 1963 24 CIN NL 162  652   96  204  37 14  22  106  27  8  36  80  .313  .347  .514  142  335   0   6   3   1  16 MVP-10
 1964 25 CIN NL 156  625   99  166  23 11  23   84   8  2  42  99  .266  .316  .448  110  280   1   3   2   5   9 MVP-18
 1965 26 CIN NL 159  669   97  204  34 10  22   94  21  8  43  81  .305  .352  .484  127  324   6   3   3   7  14
 1966 27 CIN NL 156  618   70  178  35  6  16   76  18 10  33  83  .288  .326  .442  103  273   7   6   6   5  10
 1967 28 CIN NL 158  650   90  187  28 13  18   66  26  8  26  86  .288  .318  .454  109  295   4   1   1   3   6
 1968 29 CIN NL 130  499   60  135  29  6   5   48  17 11  32  59  .271  .311  .383  103  191   5   6   8   0   5
 1969 30 STL NL 132  495   58  126  22  6  10   70   4  4  35  63  .255  .303  .384   92  190   1   9   2   3  12
 1970 31 CLE AL 148  574   74  164  28  6  24   82   7  6  28  69  .286  .319  .481  115  276   0   6   7   3  12
 1971 32 CLE AL 146  566   60  149  23  4  11   35  25  6  21  58  .263  .295  .376   83  213   3   3   0   6   9
 1972 33 CAL AL 136  484   56  133  24  2   7   49  17  6  30  54  .275  .321  .376  113  182   4   4  12   5   7
 1973 34 CAL AL 124  466   56  121  14  6   8   57   5  5  20  55  .260  .286  .367   90  171   8   7   3   0  11
 1974 35 KCR AL 115  406   46  112  18  2   6   41  21  5  21  45  .276  .312  .374   93  152   3   4   4   2   6
 1975 36 KCR AL 103  319   38   71  14  5   4   22   5  6  10  21  .223  .248  .335   62  107   1   4   4   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         9645      2757    127     1170    122    1196  .286  .327  .442  110       52  78  69  54 164
               2469      1366      485    256      305    574                            4264
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        633   90  181  32  8  17   77  20  8  38  78  .286  .327  .442  110  280   3   5   5   4  11
 Career High    162  669  131  208  47 14  24  106  32 12  55  99  .343  .379  .514  142  335   8   9  12   7  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 19 CIN NL  110   74   13   4.7   111| .271  .277| .352  .346| .375  .432| .727  .778|  89  .506  -1.2  -0.1  66%
 1959 20 CIN NL  706  460  124   7.2   108| .316  .275| .371  .341| .509  .425| .880  .766| 128  .693  25.8   2.5  77%
 1960 21 CIN NL  706  490  104   5.7   101| .287  .265| .339  .332| .472  .407| .811  .739| 118  .621  14.3   1.4  72%
 1961 22 CIN NL  659  430  116   7.2   107| .343  .272| .379  .339| .504  .424| .883  .763| 130  .690  26.6   2.6  69%
 1962 23 CIN NL  675  465  101   5.8   106| .292  .275| .341  .342| .477  .417| .818  .759| 114  .609  10.9   1.1  76%
 1963 24 CIN NL  695  478  113   6.4    92| .313  .258| .347  .320| .514  .385| .861  .705| 142  .709  33.2   3.5  77%
 1964 25 CIN NL  676  474   89   5.0    96| .266  .267| .316  .325| .448  .396| .764  .721| 110  .594   6.2   0.6  80%
 1965 26 CIN NL  728  496  112   6.1    99| .305  .266| .352  .331| .484  .402| .836  .732| 127  .670  22.8   2.4  72%
 1966 27 CIN NL  669  473   87   5.0   104| .288  .276| .326  .336| .442  .416| .768  .751| 103  .572   2.4   0.2  64%
 1967 28 CIN NL  684  482   94   5.3   100| .288  .271| .318  .335| .454  .398| .772  .733| 109  .627   4.0   0.4  76%
 1968 29 CIN NL  542  391   59   4.1    86| .271  .259| .311  .318| .383  .365| .694  .682| 103  .561   1.6   0.2  60%
 1969 30 STL NL  543  395   56   3.8    94| .255  .259| .303  .330| .384  .384| .687  .714|  92  .458  -6.2  -0.6  50%
 1970 31 CLE AL  611  434   84   5.2   101| .286  .262| .319  .337| .481  .400| .800  .738| 115  .586   8.4   0.9  53%
 1971 32 CLE AL  599  438   63   3.9    99| .263  .265| .295  .338| .376  .393| .671  .732|  83  .481 -15.6  -1.7  80%
 1972 33 CAL AL  527  372   59   4.3    78| .275  .240| .321  .307| .376  .346| .697  .653| 113  .573   7.4   0.8  73%
 1973 34 CAL AL  501  376   46   3.3    87| .260  .250| .286  .317| .367  .368| .653  .685|  90  .375  -7.3  -0.7  50%
 1974 35 KCR AL  436  312   49   4.2    93| .276  .264| .312  .329| .374  .380| .686  .709|  93  .510  -4.5  -0.5  80%
 1975 36 KCR AL  336  264   24   2.4    95| .223  .261| .248  .332| .335  .384| .583  .716|  62  .262 -17.8  -1.8  45%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons   10403  7304 1393   5.1    98| .286  .265| .327  .331| .442  .396| .769  .727| 110  .592 111.0  11.2  71%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 19 CIN NL OF 27 50 4 0 1 1.000 .980 2.00 1.95 2.18 2.26 25 222.7 RF 18 32 3 0 1 1.000 .978 1.94 1.73 2.10 2.02 16 150.3 CF 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.40 2.50 2.90 2.73 5 37.3 LF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.55 1.80 2.01 4 35.0 1959 20 CIN NL CF 154 420 11 7 4 .984 .980 2.80 2.24 2.86 2.63 154 1355.0 AS 1960 21 CIN NL CF 154 396 11 8 1 .981 .981 2.64 2.32 2.65 2.59 154 1383.7 AS 1961 22 CIN NL CF 153 396 19 10 4 .976 .981 2.71 2.28 2.80 2.63 151 1334.0 GG 1962 23 CIN NL CF 152 342 13 4 1 .989 .979 2.34 2.27 2.38 2.47 151 1342.7 1963 24 CIN NL OF 162 357 9 8 0 .979 .977 2.26 1.75 2.31 2.01 162 1423.3 CF 145 320 8 8 0 .976 .982 2.26 2.09 2.35 2.37 143 1258.0 RF 19 34 1 0 0 1.000 .975 1.84 1.61 1.91 1.83 19 165.3 1964 25 CIN NL CF 156 301 12 9 1 .972 .977 2.01 2.10 2.05 2.35 154 1376.0 1965 26 CIN NL CF 159 353 9 3 1 .992 .981 2.28 2.01 2.28 2.31 159 1427.3 1966 27 CIN NL OF 154 344 9 13 1 .964 .974 2.29 1.78 2.33 2.03 153 1362.0 CF 141 314 5 12 0 .964 .980 2.26 2.11 2.42 2.38 130 1186.3 RF 24 30 4 1 1 .971 .977 1.42 1.68 1.74 1.96 23 175.7 1967 28 CIN NL CF 157 338 5 5 2 .986 .981 2.18 2.04 2.19 2.30 156 1407.7 1968 29 CIN NL OF 123 258 7 6 0 .978 .975 2.15 1.82 2.21 2.02 119 1078.7 CF 121 256 8 6 0 .978 .978 2.18 2.18 2.25 2.39 116 1054.7 RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.77 0.75 2.02 3 24.0 1969 30 STL NL OF 124 218 6 1 2 .996 .973 1.81 1.75 1.85 2.02 123 1090.7 RF 124 214 7 1 2 .995 .975 1.78 1.59 1.83 1.87 123 1087.7 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1970 31 CLE AL OF 141 265 8 5 3 .982 .980 1.94 1.85 2.07 2.14 132 1188.0 RF 115 206 7 3 3 .986 .975 1.85 1.59 2.03 1.98 105 945.7 LF 20 34 0 2 0 .944 .977 1.70 1.48 2.17 1.81 16 141.3 CF 15 21 1 0 0 1.000 .987 1.47 2.30 1.96 2.62 11 101.0 1B 7 19 1 0 2 1.000 .990 2.86 8.14 8.57 9.60 0 21.0 1971 32 CLE AL OF 141 305 11 7 2 .978 .982 2.24 1.96 2.42 2.24 133 1177.3 CF 100 228 9 5 2 .979 .983 2.37 2.32 2.59 2.73 94 822.0 RF 40 67 1 2 0 .971 .980 1.70 1.70 2.23 2.05 30 274.3 LF 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 1.60 1.22 1.93 9 81.0 1B 3 10 0 0 2 1.000 .990 3.33 8.10 12.86 9.64 0 7.0 1972 33 CAL AL OF 134 205 11 2 3 .991 .983 1.61 1.91 1.77 2.22 122 1095.7 LF 112 147 10 2 3 .987 .980 1.40 1.53 1.82 1.89 82 778.0 RF 30 40 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.33 1.76 1.69 2.12 27 212.7 CF 16 21 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.31 2.29 1.80 2.65 13 105.0 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.00 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 1973 34 CAL AL OF 120 210 11 8 2 .965 .979 1.84 2.02 1.99 2.29 113 997.7 LF 81 114 6 5 2 .960 .977 1.48 1.68 1.90 2.00 62 567.3 CF 33 64 2 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.54 2.45 2.78 30 242.7 RF 26 37 2 3 0 .929 .975 1.50 1.73 1.87 2.09 21 187.7 1974 35 KCR AL OF 110 188 9 4 2 .980 .980 1.79 2.12 2.06 2.41 100 860.0 RF 91 171 9 4 2 .978 .976 1.98 1.86 2.26 2.18 83 718.0 LF 14 10 0 0 0 1.000 .971 0.71 1.75 0.91 2.12 12 99.0 CF 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.33 2.63 1.67 2.93 5 43.0 DH 2 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 8.00 10.00 9.70 1 9.0 1975 36 KCR AL OF 82 144 6 1 0 .993 .979 1.83 2.10 2.14 2.37 74 630.0 RF 60 93 4 0 0 1.000 .976 1.62 1.84 2.00 2.11 52 435.7 CF 13 27 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.15 2.52 2.53 2.84 12 99.7 LF 12 24 1 1 0 .962 .977 2.08 1.80 2.38 2.18 10 94.7 DH 5 1B 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 8.32 11.89 9.85 0 5.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 31 CLE AL 1B 7 19 1 0 2 1.000 .990 2.86 8.14 8.57 9.60 0 21.0 1971 32 CLE AL 1B 3 10 0 0 2 1.000 .990 3.33 8.10 12.86 9.64 0 7.0 1972 33 CAL AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.00 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 1974 35 KCR AL 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 8.00 10.00 9.70 1 9.0 1975 36 KCR AL 1B 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 8.32 11.89 9.85 0 5.3 1958 19 CIN NL CF 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.40 2.50 2.90 2.73 5 37.3 1959 20 CIN NL CF 154 420 11 7 4 .984 .980 2.80 2.24 2.86 2.63 154 1355.0 1960 21 CIN NL CF 154 396 11 8 1 .981 .981 2.64 2.32 2.65 2.59 154 1383.7 1961 22 CIN NL CF 153 396 19 10 4 .976 .981 2.71 2.28 2.80 2.63 151 1334.0 1962 23 CIN NL CF 152 342 13 4 1 .989 .979 2.34 2.27 2.38 2.47 151 1342.7 1963 24 CIN NL CF 145 320 8 8 0 .976 .982 2.26 2.09 2.35 2.37 143 1258.0 1964 25 CIN NL CF 156 301 12 9 1 .972 .977 2.01 2.10 2.05 2.35 154 1376.0 1965 26 CIN NL CF 159 353 9 3 1 .992 .981 2.28 2.01 2.28 2.31 159 1427.3 1966 27 CIN NL CF 141 314 5 12 0 .964 .980 2.26 2.11 2.42 2.38 130 1186.3 1967 28 CIN NL CF 157 338 5 5 2 .986 .981 2.18 2.04 2.19 2.30 156 1407.7 1968 29 CIN NL CF 121 256 8 6 0 .978 .978 2.18 2.18 2.25 2.39 116 1054.7 1969 30 STL NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1970 31 CLE AL CF 15 21 1 0 0 1.000 .987 1.47 2.30 1.96 2.62 11 101.0 1971 32 CLE AL CF 100 228 9 5 2 .979 .983 2.37 2.32 2.59 2.73 94 822.0 1972 33 CAL AL CF 16 21 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.31 2.29 1.80 2.65 13 105.0 1973 34 CAL AL CF 33 64 2 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.54 2.45 2.78 30 242.7 1974 35 KCR AL CF 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.33 2.63 1.67 2.93 5 43.0 1975 36 KCR AL CF 13 27 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.15 2.52 2.53 2.84 12 99.7 1974 35 KCR AL DH 2 1975 36 KCR AL DH 5 1958 19 CIN NL LF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 1.55 1.80 2.01 4 35.0 1970 31 CLE AL LF 20 34 0 2 0 .944 .977 1.70 1.48 2.17 1.81 16 141.3 1971 32 CLE AL LF 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 1.60 1.22 1.93 9 81.0 1972 33 CAL AL LF 112 147 10 2 3 .987 .980 1.40 1.53 1.82 1.89 82 778.0 1973 34 CAL AL LF 81 114 6 5 2 .960 .977 1.48 1.68 1.90 2.00 62 567.3 1974 35 KCR AL LF 14 10 0 0 0 1.000 .971 0.71 1.75 0.91 2.12 12 99.0 1975 36 KCR AL LF 12 24 1 1 0 .962 .977 2.08 1.80 2.38 2.18 10 94.7 1958 19 CIN NL OF 27 50 4 0 1 1.000 .980 2.00 1.95 2.18 2.26 25 222.7 1959 20 CIN NL OF 154 423 11 7 4 .984 .977 2.82 1.90 2.88 2.21 154 1355.0 1960 21 CIN NL OF 154 401 11 8 1 .981 .978 2.68 1.92 2.68 2.20 154 1383.7 1961 22 CIN NL OF 153 391 19 10 4 .976 .977 2.68 1.86 2.77 2.16 151 1334.0 1962 23 CIN NL OF 152 344 13 4 1 .989 .974 2.35 1.79 2.39 2.07 151 1342.7 1963 24 CIN NL OF 162 357 9 8 0 .979 .977 2.26 1.75 2.31 2.01 162 1423.3 1964 25 CIN NL OF 156 299 14 9 1 .972 .973 2.01 1.72 2.05 1.99 154 1376.0 1965 26 CIN NL OF 159 354 9 3 1 .992 .975 2.28 1.75 2.29 2.00 159 1427.3 1966 27 CIN NL OF 154 344 9 13 1 .964 .974 2.29 1.78 2.33 2.03 153 1362.0 1967 28 CIN NL OF 157 341 4 5 1 .986 .976 2.20 1.81 2.21 2.03 156 1407.7 1968 29 CIN NL OF 123 258 7 6 0 .978 .975 2.15 1.82 2.21 2.02 119 1078.7 1969 30 STL NL OF 124 218 6 1 2 .996 .973 1.81 1.75 1.85 2.02 123 1090.7 1970 31 CLE AL OF 141 265 8 5 3 .982 .980 1.94 1.85 2.07 2.14 132 1188.0 1971 32 CLE AL OF 141 305 11 7 2 .978 .982 2.24 1.96 2.42 2.24 133 1177.3 1972 33 CAL AL OF 134 205 11 2 3 .991 .983 1.61 1.91 1.77 2.22 122 1095.7 1973 34 CAL AL OF 120 210 11 8 2 .965 .979 1.84 2.02 1.99 2.29 113 997.7 1974 35 KCR AL OF 110 188 9 4 2 .980 .980 1.79 2.12 2.06 2.41 100 860.0 1975 36 KCR AL OF 82 144 6 1 0 .993 .979 1.83 2.10 2.14 2.37 74 630.0 1958 19 CIN NL RF 18 32 3 0 1 1.000 .978 1.94 1.73 2.10 2.02 16 150.3 1963 24 CIN NL RF 19 34 1 0 0 1.000 .975 1.84 1.61 1.91 1.83 19 165.3 1966 27 CIN NL RF 24 30 4 1 1 .971 .977 1.42 1.68 1.74 1.96 23 175.7 1968 29 CIN NL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.77 0.75 2.02 3 24.0 1969 30 STL NL RF 124 214 7 1 2 .995 .975 1.78 1.59 1.83 1.87 123 1087.7 1970 31 CLE AL RF 115 206 7 3 3 .986 .975 1.85 1.59 2.03 1.98 105 945.7 1971 32 CLE AL RF 40 67 1 2 0 .971 .980 1.70 1.70 2.23 2.05 30 274.3 1972 33 CAL AL RF 30 40 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.33 1.76 1.69 2.12 27 212.7 1973 34 CAL AL RF 26 37 2 3 0 .929 .975 1.50 1.73 1.87 2.09 21 187.7 1974 35 KCR AL RF 91 171 9 4 2 .978 .976 1.98 1.86 2.26 2.18 83 718.0 1975 36 KCR AL RF 60 93 4 0 0 1.000 .976 1.62 1.84 2.00 2.11 52 435.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*2403 5097 172 101 29 .981 .977 2.19 1.86 2.29 2.13 2335 20752.3 254 1681 550# CF*1681 3817 114 77 16 .981 .980 2.34 2.19 2.43 2.47 1638 14579.0 RF* 550 926 38 14 9 .986 .976 1.75 1.70 1.98 2.01 502 4377.0 LF* 254 347 17 10 5 .973 .978 1.43 1.60 1.82 1.95 195 1796.3 1B* 16 48 1 0 4 1.000 .990 3.06 8.16 10.18 9.67 1 43.3 DH 7 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2419 5145 173 101 33 .981 .977 2.20 1.90 2.30 2.14 2336 20796
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   5  22   0   2  1  0  0   0   0   1  .091  .091  .136   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1959-1 CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-2 CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-1 CIN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/4      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .500  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1959-1
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

Gold Gloves
1961-NL--OF

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1959-NL-15-0.03
1960-NL-18-0.02
1961-NL-3-0.46
1963-NL-10-0.11
1964-NL-18-0.02
Car-354-0.64 shares

Batting Average
1959 NL-.316-4
1961 NL-.343-2
1963 NL-.313-7
1965 NL-.305-7

On-base %
1961 NL-.379-9

Slugging %
1959 NL-.509-8
1960 NL-.472-10
1963 NL-.514-5

OPS
1959 NL-.880-10
1963 NL-.861-5

Games
1959 NL-154-3
1960 NL-154-3
1961 NL-154-2
1963 NL-162-1
1965 NL-159-10
1966 NL-156-7
1967 NL-158-5
Car-2469-57

At Bats
1959 NL-648-1
1960 NL-652-1
1961 NL-607-2
1962 NL-619-10
1963 NL-652-3
1964 NL-625-10
1965 NL-669-2
1967 NL-650-2
Car-9645-33

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1959 NL-706-1
1960 NL-706-1
1961 NL-659-7
1963 NL-695-6
1965 NL-728-3
1967 NL-684-4
Car-10403-51

Runs
1959 NL-131-1
1960 NL-107-3
1961 NL-101-8
1962 NL-107-6
1963 NL-96-9
1964 NL-99-9
1965 NL-97-9
Car-1366-93

Hits
1959 NL-205-2
1960 NL-187-2
1961 NL-208-1
1963 NL-204-1
1965 NL-204-2
1966 NL-178-8
1967 NL-187-3
Car-2757-46

Total Bases
1959 NL-330-5
1960 NL-308-5
1961 NL-306-8
1962 NL-295-9
1963 NL-335-3
1965 NL-324-3
1967 NL-295-6
Car-4264-54

Doubles
1959 NL-47-1
1960 NL-37-1
1961 NL-34-2
1962 NL-31-4
1963 NL-37-2
1965 NL-34-5
1966 NL-35-3
1968 NL-29-10
Car-485-62

Triples
1959 NL-9-3
1960 NL-12-2
1961 NL-8-9
1963 NL-14-1
1964 NL-11-3
1965 NL-10-8
1967 NL-13-1
1968 NL-6-8
1970 AL-6-9
Car-127-86

RBI
1962 NL-100-10
1963 NL-106-4

Strikeouts
1959 NL-98-3
1960 NL-96-7
1964 NL-99-9

Stolen Bases
1959 NL-21-5
1960 NL-32-2
1961 NL-23-2
1962 NL-26-3
1963 NL-27-3
1965 NL-21-7
1966 NL-18-9
1967 NL-26-4
1968 NL-17-9
1971 AL-25-5

Singles
1959 NL-129-6
1960 NL-118-9
1961 NL-150-1
1963 NL-131-8
1965 NL-138-5
1967 NL-128-8
Car-1889-63

Adjusted OPS+
1959 NL-128-10
1963 NL-142-6

Runs Created
1959 NL-124-5
1960 NL-104-7
1961 NL-116-8
1963 NL-113-4
1965 NL-112-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1959 NL-26-8
1961 NL-27-10
1963 NL-33-6

Batting Wins
1959 NL-2.5-8
1961 NL-2.6-10
1963 NL-3.5-6

Extra-Base Hits
1959 NL-76-3
1960 NL-69-5
1962 NL-61-8
1963 NL-73-3
1965 NL-66-8
1967 NL-59-9
Car-868-65

Times on Base
1959 NL-261-3
1960 NL-239-4
1961 NL-248-6
1963 NL-241-9
1965 NL-254-7

Offensive Win%
1959 NL-.693-9
1961 NL-.690-10
1963 NL-.709-7

Hit By Pitch
1960 NL-5-5
1965 NL-7-10

Sac. Flies
1961 NL-8-4
1962 NL-7-5
1963 NL-6-9
1966 NL-6-9
1968 NL-6-10
1969 NL-9-3
1973 AL-7-2
Car-78-87

Intentional Walks
1972 AL-12-9

Caught Stealing
1960 NL-12-2
1961 NL-10-3
1962 NL-8-8
1965 NL-8-8
1966 NL-10-6
1968 NL-11-5
Car-122-53

Power/Speed Number
1959 NL-20.5-4
1960 NL-24.6-2
1961 NL-18.9-5
1962 NL-24.4-4
1963 NL-24.2-2
1965 NL-21.5-5
1966 NL-16.9-6
1967 NL-21.3-5
1971 AL-15.3-9
Car-278.4-30

At Bats per Strikeout
1961 NL-9.6-10

Outs
1959 NL-460-5
1960 NL-490-1
1963 NL-478-6
1964 NL-474-6
1965 NL-496-5
1966 NL-473-10
1967 NL-482-3
Car-7304-31

Youngest Player
1958 NL-19-6
1959 NL-20-8

   

Black Ink: Batting - 18 (123) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 135 (123) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 36.3 (180) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 95.0 (163) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent.

October 11, 1968: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bobby Tolan and Wayne Granger.

November 21, 1969: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for Jose Cardenal.

October 5, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Frank Baker and Alan Foster to the California Angels for Alex Johnson and Jerry Moses.

February 23, 1974: Traded by the California Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Barry Raziano and cash.

December 15, 1975: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

January 14, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

April 4, 1976: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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