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Cool Papa Bell League
5-5-2061
Vada Pinson Center Field
Retired (1973, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .710 Status Deceased (2011) Option Years 0  
H 1170 Age at Death 76 Date of Birth 09-24-1935
HR 79 Drafted Round 2, Pick 19
(1957)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(149 games)
RBI 554
SB 162
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR B-
Speed B+ Bunt Control   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B D+ (24.3%) LF A+ (99.0%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1959 RF CIN 86 86 768.2 174 169 1 4 0 +1 1.99 .977
SS CIN 20 20 177.1 79 26 49 4 12 -3 3.81 .949
LF CIN 11 11 96.0 21 20 0 1 0 -1 1.88 .952
CF CIN 4 1 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
1960 RF CIN 97 97 881.2 187 185 0 2 0 +4 1.89 .989
SS CIN 11 11 96.0 48 16 29 3 4 -3 4.22 .938
1961 RF CIN 32 23 218.0 34 34 0 0 0 +1 1.40 1.000
CF CIN 14 14 120.0 46 46 0 0 0 -1 3.45 1.000
LF CIN 12 12 107.1 25 25 0 0 0 0 2.10 1.000
1B CIN 5 5 43.1 53 52 1 0 2 -1 11.01 1.000
SS CIN 1 1 8.0 6 3 2 1 0 0 5.62 .833
1962 CF CIN 19 18 162.0 40 39 0 1 0 -1 2.17 .975
LF CIN 3 3 27.2 7 6 0 1 0 +1 1.95 .857
RF CIN 8 2 23.1 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.93 1.000
SS CIN 1 1 9.0 4 0 4 0 1 0 4.00 1.000
1963 RF CIN-BOS 25 13 134.1 23 23 0 0 0 +2 1.54 1.000
CF CIN-BOS 7 7 63.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 1.57 1.000
LF CIN-BOS 6 6 53.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 1.87 1.000
1964 CF BOS 38 38 341.0 99 96 0 3 0 +1 2.53 .970
RF BOS 44 35 322.1 67 63 1 3 1 +3 1.79 .955
LF BOS 12 12 109.0 14 14 0 0 0 0 1.16 1.000
1B BOS 8 8 74.0 86 84 1 1 8 -1 10.34 .988
1965 CF BOS 79 78 703.2 210 207 1 2 1 0 2.66 .990
RF BOS 27 26 234.2 73 73 0 0 0 +4 2.80 1.000
LF BOS 15 15 125.2 24 24 0 0 0 0 1.72 1.000
1B BOS 9 9 78.0 97 93 3 1 9 -1 11.08 .990
1966 CF BOS 83 75 683.2 169 165 1 3 1 -1 2.19 .982
LF BOS 12 11 103.2 19 19 0 0 0 0 1.65 1.000
RF BOS 10 10 87.0 28 27 0 1 0 +1 2.79 .964
1B BOS 3 3 25.1 22 22 0 0 2 -1 7.82 1.000
1967 RF BOS 37 37 321.1 65 65 0 0 0 +2 1.82 1.000
1B BOS 28 28 256.0 319 309 8 2 23 -4 11.14 .994
LF BOS 24 24 217.0 54 54 0 0 0 +1 2.24 1.000
CF BOS 19 17 152.1 24 24 0 0 0 0 1.42 1.000
SS BOS 2 2 16.2 9 3 5 1 1 0 4.32 .889
1968 CF BOS-BRO 28 28 254.1 68 66 0 2 0 0 2.34 .971
LF BOS-BRO 8 8 70.1 15 15 0 0 0 0 1.92 1.000
RF BOS-BRO 6 6 52.2 15 15 0 0 0 0 2.56 1.000
1969 CF BRO-LAA 66 61 556.1 151 148 0 3 0 +4 2.39 .980
SS BRO-LAA 3 3 25.1 7 0 6 1 2 +1 2.13 .857
1B BRO-LAA 1 1 14.0 14 14 0 0 3 0 9.00 1.000
RF BRO-LAA 5 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
1970 CF LAA 66 55 499.2 123 119 3 1 3 0 2.20 .992
SS LAA 4 4 34.0 14 3 10 1 0 -4 3.44 .929
RF LAA 14 0 31.1 11 11 0 0 0 0 3.16 1.000
1971 CF LAA 40 39 338.1 99 98 0 1 0 -1 2.61 .990
RF LAA 20 7 83.0 18 18 0 0 0 +1 1.95 1.000
SS LAA 1 1 9.0 6 2 4 0 1 -1 6.00 1.000
LF LAA 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 4.50 1.000
1972 RF LAA 45 41 369.1 88 87 0 1 0 +4 2.12 .989
LF LAA 6 6 59.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 2.59 1.000
CF LAA 13 3 41.2 12 12 0 0 0 +1 2.59 1.000
SS LAA 3 3 26.0 6 1 5 0 0 0 2.08 1.000
2B LAA 2 2 16.0 12 6 5 1 2 -2 6.19 .917
C LAA 1 1 9.0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 5.00 1.000
3B LAA 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
1973 RF LAA 72 60 544.0 132 129 2 1 2 +4 2.17 .992
3B LAA 13 13 114.0 42 11 26 5 1 +1 2.92 .881
LF LAA 3 3 28.1 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.91 1.000
2B LAA 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
SS LAA 1 1 9.0 5 1 4 0 1 -1 5.00 1.000
Pos Total RF 528 443 4079.2 923 907 4 12 3 +27 2.01 .987
CF 476 434 3928.0 1054 1033 5 16 5 +2 2.38 .985
LF 113 112 1005.0 217 215 0 2 0 0 1.93 .991
1B 54 54 490.2 591 574 13 4 47 -8 10.77 .993
SS 47 47 410.1 184 55 118 11 22 -11 3.79 .940
3B 14 14 123.0 45 12 28 5 1 0 2.93 .889
2B 3 3 25.0 15 9 5 1 2 -2 5.04 .933
C 1 1 9.0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 5.00 1.000
Total 1236 1108 10070.2 3034 2809 174 51 80 0 1 0 0.0% +8 2.67 .983
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Vada Pinson has retired from the Los Angeles Fence Jumpers
1969-06-20A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers and the Los Angeles Fence Jumpers. The Los Angeles Fence Jumpers receive Howard Forsch, Harry Skalski, Vada Pinson, Julio McVey, Jeff Splittorff, Doug Frascatore from the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers in exchange for Whiskey Cooper, Hack Killebrew, Jimmy Koosman.
1968-07-14A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers and the Boston Colonials. The Boston Colonials receive Jack Pepitone, Art Spencer, Mike Himes, Draft Pick 1969 Round 4 BRO (Ray Bare), Draft Pick 1969 Round 3 BRO (Bill Perkins), Draft Pick 1969 Round 2 BRO (Tony Elliott), Draft Pick 1969 Round 1 BRO (Jerry Widger) from the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers in exchange for Mike Barragan, Luke Walker, Vada Pinson, John Brewer.
1968-04-05The Boston Colonials have designated Vada Pinson for assignment.
1963-05-30A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Dictators and the Boston Colonials. The Boston Colonials receive Darrell Knowles, Vada Pinson from the Cincinnati Dictators in exchange for Shane Alou, Jim Ley.
1963-04-29The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Vada Pinson to the major league team.
1963-04-05The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Steve Brinkopf to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Dick Mahady to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Sam McDowell to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Dennis Pickering to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Vada Pinson for assignment.
1962-10-03The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Vada Pinson to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Mullet Miller for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Nelson Briles for assignment.
1962-09-30The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Vada Pinson to the minors.
1962-09-28The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Don Keyser to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Vada Pinson to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Frank Robinson for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Stringer Sturgeon to the minors.
1962-08-10The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Joshamee Gibbs to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Vada Pinson to the minors.
1962-06-28The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Vada Pinson to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Mel Wall to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Fred Mejias for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Don Pavletich for assignment.
1962-05-29The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Fred Mejias to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Vada Pinson to the minors.
1962-03-25The Cincinnati River Pirates have renamed Dirk Kempthorne to Vada Pinson.
1959-04-01The Cincinnati Gak have promoted Dirk Kempthorne to the major league team.
1958-03-25The Cincinnati Gak have renamed Bob Neidlinger to Dirk Kempthorne.
1957-04-06A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Boston Colonials. The Boston Colonials receive Bill Emerson from the Cincinnati Red Stockings in exchange for Bob Neidlinger.