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Vada Pinson played 18 major-league seasons (1958-1975) as a OF (2,403), 1B (16). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 20 | CIN | 27 | 96 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 18 | .271 | .727 | 99 |
| 1959 | 21 | CIN | 154 | 648 | 131 | 205 | 20 | 84 | 21 | 55 | 98 | .316 | .880 | 141 |
| 1960 | 22 | CIN | 154 | 652 | 107 | 187 | 20 | 61 | 32 | 47 | 96 | .287 | .811 | 127 |
| 1961 | 23 | CIN | 154 | 607 | 101 | 208 | 16 | 87 | 23 | 39 | 63 | .343 | .883 | 139 |
| 1962 | 24 | CIN | 155 | 619 | 107 | 181 | 23 | 100 | 26 | 45 | 68 | .292 | .817 | 125 |
| 1963 | 25 | CIN | 162 | 652 | 96 | 204 | 22 | 106 | 27 | 36 | 80 | .313 | .861 | 154 |
| 1964 | 26 | CIN | 156 | 625 | 99 | 166 | 23 | 84 | 8 | 42 | 99 | .266 | .764 | 121 |
| 1965 | 27 | CIN | 159 | 669 | 97 | 204 | 22 | 94 | 21 | 43 | 81 | .305 | .836 | 142 |
| 1966 | 28 | CIN | 156 | 618 | 70 | 178 | 16 | 76 | 18 | 33 | 83 | .288 | .768 | 119 |
| 1967 | 29 | CIN | 158 | 650 | 90 | 187 | 18 | 66 | 26 | 26 | 86 | .288 | .771 | 127 |
| 1968 | 30 | CIN | 130 | 499 | 60 | 135 | 5 | 48 | 17 | 32 | 59 | .271 | .694 | 115 |
| 1969 | 31 | SLN | 132 | 495 | 58 | 126 | 10 | 70 | 4 | 35 | 63 | .255 | .686 | 98 |
| 1970 | 32 | CLE | 148 | 574 | 74 | 164 | 24 | 82 | 7 | 28 | 69 | .286 | .800 | 126 |
| 1971 | 33 | CLE | 146 | 566 | 60 | 149 | 11 | 35 | 25 | 21 | 58 | .263 | .672 | 96 |
| 1972 | 34 | CAL | 136 | 484 | 56 | 133 | 7 | 49 | 17 | 30 | 54 | .275 | .697 | 115 |
| 1973 | 35 | CAL | 124 | 466 | 56 | 121 | 8 | 57 | 5 | 20 | 55 | .260 | .653 | 83 |
| 1974 | 36 | KCA | 115 | 406 | 46 | 112 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 21 | 45 | .276 | .686 | 97 |
| 1975 | 37 | KCA | 103 | 319 | 37 | 71 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 21 | .223 | .583 | 64 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | OF | 27 | 25 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1959 | OF | 154 | 154 | 423 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 1960 | OF | 154 | 154 | 401 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| 1961 | OF | 153 | 151 | 391 | 19 | 10 | 4 |
| 1962 | OF | 152 | 151 | 344 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 1963 | OF | 162 | 162 | 357 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 1964 | OF | 156 | 154 | 299 | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| 1965 | OF | 159 | 159 | 354 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 1966 | OF | 154 | 153 | 344 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
| 1967 | OF | 157 | 156 | 341 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 1968 | OF | 123 | 119 | 258 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 1969 | OF | 124 | 123 | 218 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 1970 | OF | 141 | 132 | 265 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 1970 | 1B | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971 | OF | 141 | 133 | 305 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 1971 | 1B | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972 | OF | 134 | 122 | 205 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 1972 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | OF | 120 | 113 | 210 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| 1974 | OF | 110 | 100 | 188 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 1974 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | OF | 82 | 74 | 144 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1B | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Vada Pinson won: Gold Glove 1961 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1964, 1963, 1961, 1960, 1959.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 104 / 224 | 0 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 32 / 280 | 0 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 6 / 280 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.