Vada Pinson
1958–1975 · bats L / throws L · California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, NLS, St. Louis Cardinals
2,470G
.286AVG
.327OBP
.442SLG
More career statistics
2,757H
256HR
1,169RBI
305SB
16Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 122 | 124 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1,196 | 1,197 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,470 | 10,403 | 9,645 | 1,365 | 2,757 | 485 | 127 | 256 | 1,169 | 574 | 1,196 | 305 | 122 | 54 | 78 | 4,264 | .286 | .327 | .442 | .769 |
Streaks
31longest hitting streak · 1965-09-03 to 1966-04-18
33longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1960-08-24 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1961-07-09 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1966-04-18 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1230 | 5132 | 1365 | 151 | 641 | 301 | 566 | .288 | .325 | .463 |
| Away | 1240 | 5271 | 1392 | 105 | 528 | 273 | 631 | .284 | .316 | .422 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 278 | 1169 | 299 | 23 | 139 | 75 | 144 | .280 | .320 | .430 |
| May | 422 | 1778 | 483 | 50 | 210 | 96 | 206 | .292 | .326 | .467 |
| June | 456 | 1884 | 491 | 45 | 204 | 127 | 215 | .284 | .328 | .440 |
| July | 451 | 1917 | 490 | 36 | 204 | 93 | 207 | .274 | .304 | .408 |
| August | 440 | 1856 | 510 | 56 | 217 | 92 | 210 | .295 | .324 | .465 |
| September | 406 | 1725 | 461 | 45 | 188 | 85 | 205 | .286 | .317 | .433 |
| October | 17 | 74 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | .338 | .392 | .574 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 206 | 904 | 218 | 18 | 87 | 57 | 106 | .261 | .304 | .380 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 204 | 899 | 258 | 22 | 108 | 57 | 94 | .311 | .350 | .486 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 199 | 870 | 220 | 24 | 100 | 53 | 121 | .275 | .314 | .439 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 195 | 839 | 250 | 25 | 105 | 44 | 105 | .320 | .350 | .533 |
| san-francisco-giants | 194 | 855 | 258 | 26 | 111 | 43 | 110 | .323 | .352 | .495 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 193 | 850 | 201 | 27 | 101 | 60 | 114 | .258 | .307 | .441 |
| milwaukee-braves | 144 | 626 | 192 | 18 | 76 | 42 | 66 | .333 | .374 | .519 |
| new-york-mets | 135 | 588 | 158 | 15 | 85 | 38 | 59 | .293 | .333 | .466 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Cincinnati Reds | 27 | 96 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .271 | – | – |
| 1959 | Cincinnati Reds | 154 | 648 | 205 | 20 | 84 | 21 | .316 | – | – |
| 1960 | Cincinnati Reds | 154 | 652 | 187 | 20 | 61 | 32 | .287 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Reds | 154 | 607 | 208 | 16 | 87 | 23 | .343 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cincinnati Reds | 155 | 619 | 181 | 23 | 100 | 26 | .292 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cincinnati Reds | 162 | 652 | 204 | 22 | 106 | 27 | .313 | – | – |
| 1964 | Cincinnati Reds | 156 | 625 | 166 | 23 | 84 | 8 | .266 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cincinnati Reds | 159 | 669 | 204 | 22 | 94 | 21 | .305 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cincinnati Reds | 156 | 618 | 178 | 16 | 76 | 18 | .288 | – | – |
| 1967 | Cincinnati Reds | 158 | 650 | 187 | 18 | 66 | 26 | .288 | – | – |
| 1968 | Cincinnati Reds | 130 | 499 | 135 | 5 | 48 | 17 | .271 | – | – |
| 1969 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 132 | 495 | 126 | 10 | 70 | 4 | .255 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Cleveland Guardians | 148 | 574 | 164 | 24 | 82 | 7 | .286 | – | – |
| 1971 | Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 566 | 149 | 11 | 35 | 25 | .263 | – | – |
| 1972 |  California Angels | 137 | 484 | 133 | 7 | 49 | 17 | .275 | – | – |
| 1973 | California Angels | 124 | 466 | 121 | 8 | 57 | 5 | .260 | – | – |
| 1974 |  Kansas City Royals | 115 | 406 | 112 | 6 | 41 | 21 | .276 | – | – |
| 1975 | Kansas City Royals | 103 | 319 | 71 | 4 | 21 | 5 | .223 | – | – |