He played just 12 mlb games after the latter season. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. These two vintage topps vada pinson cards are already graded by psa. Also, the set is widely considered to be the most conditionsensitive of alltime. By the way vada is mike krzyzewskis favorite baseball player too. Vada pinson books vada pinson made his major league debut on 04151958 with the cincinnati redlegs.
Retro team mascots who says we cant have a little design love with our sports. Vada pinson signed baseball plus a national league game. Greatest baseball players born in each southern statehitters. Year age agedif tm lg lev aff g pa ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi sb cs bb so ba obp slg. Vada pinson society for american baseball research. Sim dynasty baseball roy lowery, san francisco forks vada. Sponsor this page attach your namecompany to the vada pinson page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove ads from this page for other visitors. Get the latest updated stats for kansas city royals vada pinson on.
Just by virtue of how many teammates are in relative to their world series wins. He played in the major leagues for 18 years, from 1958 through 1975, and his greatest seasons were with the cincinnati reds, for whom he played from 1958 to 1968. Vada signed this national league, william white president baseball on the sweet spot in blue ink. The hall of stats was built by adam darowski, jeffrey chupp, and michael berkowitz. Vada pinson allstar stats by baseball almanac did you know that in the vada pinson miscellaneous allstar items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the allstar label and a truly comprehensive history of that allstar game will appear on your screen. Inside baseball 1962 sports magazine, mickey mantle, baseball. Robinson and pinson became roommates on the road and rented apartments near each other. May 22, 2011 mel queen was the son of a former major league baseball player, mel queen, who pitched for the yankees and pirates from 19421952. Simdynasty is a free fantasy baseball simulation game that lets you draft, develop and trade baseball players on your way to winning a pennant and world series. The 5 ft 11 in, 170 lb pinson, who batted and threw lefthanded, combined power, speed, and strong defensive ability. In hindsight, the orioles definitely got the better end of the trade but it was a very logical and aggressive move by the reds in 1965. Pinson was signed by the reds in 1956, and played 3 seasons in the minors as an outfielder. Sim dynasty baseball roy lowery, san francisco forks vada pinson league.
Same style jersey vada pinson wore in the 1960s for the reds. Tom glavine, mvp allstar game, july 11 at the ballpark in arlington. This vada pinson baseball card checklist includes every known baseball card that vada pinson has appeared on, in chronological order. Check out vada pinson career batting and fielding statistics including batting average, hits, home runs, rbi and award history as part of whatifsports free simmatchup baseball. Teammate and future hall of famer frank robinson recalled, i finally made a close friend in baseball when vada pinson joined the reds in 1959. Dean also has written two books on collecting vintage baseball cards. A great player and a greater person who never stopped giving. Most hits in first 162 career games high heat stats. He was kind of an eric davis without so much power. Apr 11, 2009 during that full campaign, pinson batted. The frank robinson for milt pappas trade was not illogical. Majestic vada pinson cleveland indians 1970 cooperstown.
Win shares are calculated using the formula in the book win shares by bill james. So he walked away and was replaced as hitting coach by vada pinson. Did you know that in the vada pinson miscellaneous world series items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the world series label and a truly comprehensive history of that world series will appear on your screen. August 11, 1938 october 21, 1995 burst into major league baseball straight out of high school with the cincinnati reds, and then led the national league in hits 1, doubles 47, atbats 648 and plate appearances 706 in his second season.
Pinsons memory though will always live on in my 65 year old heart. Vada pinson cincinnati reds 1960s majestic throwback. Same style jersey vada pinson wore in 1970 while playing for the cleveland indians jersey features. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award. He also had 205 hits and led the league in runs scored with 1, doubles with. Post broke into professional baseball as a minor league pitcher in 1946 and was converted to an outfielder in 1949, the year of his majors debut. If i was the eternal god of baseball and was the alpha and omega of all things hof it would be smaller and hodges would not be in it. He was inducted into the cincinnati reds hall of fame in 1977. The following are the baseball events of the year 1995 throughout the world. This page lists every known baseball award won by vada pinson in chronological order. Great for any vada pinson, gus bell or frank robinson fan. It does not appear that gonzalez and maduro who was 20 years older than tony ever talked to each other about the place where they grew up. Baseball almanac is pleased to present all the vada pinson books currently listed on the leading providing of online vada pinson books. Mel queen was the son of a former major league baseball player, mel queen, who pitched for the yankees and pirates from 19421952.
Vada pinson made his major league debut on 04151958 with the cincinnati redlegs. Vada pinson world series stats by baseball almanac. Apr 26, 2014 here is vada pinsons 1967 card a highnumber card that i didnt get until the 1980s, well after i had his 68 and 69 cards. Vada pinson 1962 game by game batting logs baseball almanac. I was so saddened by his passing at the young are of 57. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. All data is also open and available as a free download. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Granary, central cunagua, the worlds finest sugar estate, the louisiana planter and sugar manufacturer, june 7, 1919, 363. Tony gonzalez society for american baseball research. Card number 145, which was supposedly to be ed bouchee, was not issued.
The 1971 topps baseball card set has two major distinctions that set is apart from previous releases. The 1961 world series matched the new york yankees 10953 against the cincinnati reds 9361, with the yankees winning in five games to earn their nineteenth championship in their last 39 seasons. He went to the allstar game four times and won a gold glove award in 1961. Gates brown, arguably the best pinchhitter in mlb history, led the tigers with a. Subscribe to vada pinson baseball online price guide and get the latest and accurate values of cards from different. Frank robinson and smooth as silk vada pinson took the rookie hey did.
Vada pinson certainly deserves more credit from sports writers. January 12 hi simmons, 89, head baseball coach at the university of missouri from 1937 through 1973, guiding his team to the 1954 college world series title. Baseball is a breeze for vada pinson mercury with muscles, cincinnatis center fielder has been burning up the league with his speed and blazing bat by roy terrell. August 11, 1938 october 21, 1995 was an american center fielder and coach in major league baseball. In hindsight, the orioles definitely got the better end of the trade but it. Only a few months ago did i realize that there is a piece of tape on the top edge. Vada pinsons mlb lifetime pass, baseballs golden ticket.
The 1961 world series matched the new york yankees 10953 against the cincinnati reds 9361, with the yankees winning in five games to earn their 19th championship in 39 seasons. Post spent time in both the minor and major leagues for the next two years before finally being permanently called up to cincinnati in 1954. I obtained the jersey while i was a bat boy for the reds at al lopez field in tampa fl. Contentsshow champions major league baseball world series. Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract. The 7th series was not sold in my area, but i was able to obtain all but 5 seaver, carew, robinson, wills, john of those cards at card shows in the early 1980s. The complicated story of gates brown, the most clutch hitter on the. My name is vada pinson iii i started a page for my father on facebook book its called the original vada pinson hall of group if you would like to. Vada pinson mlb player profile page from whatifsports. Buy vada pinson cards online vada pinson baseball price.
The 1967 topps cards were my starting point for baseball card collecting, and i had completed series 1 to 6 in 1967. The frank robinson for milt pappas trade seemed like the correct move for the reds in 1966 as a reds fan, i have heard the frank robinson trade debacle discussed my whole life. First, the checklist size once again rewrote the record books, delivering a total of 752 cards. A history of the sports reference sponsorship system. Vada pinson was a cincinnati reds star outfielder from 19581968. In the top of the seventh inning, vada pinson doubled after johnny podres had recorded two quick outs.
The 1958 topps set contains the first sport magazine allstar selection series 475495 and expanded use of combination cards. Jun 21, 2015 vada pinson certainly deserves more credit from sports writers. Rusty staub played in major league baseball for 23 seasons as a right fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman. He played as a center fielder in major league baseball for 18 years, from 1958 through 1975, most notably for the cincinnati reds, for whom he played from 1958 to 1968 as a fourtime national league allstar. Vada pinson baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by baseball almanac. Frank robinson august 31, 1935 february 7, 2019 was an american professional baseball. August 11, 1938 october 21, 1995 was an american professional baseball player and coach. He was a baseball teammate of vada pinson and curt flood. Find the collection of vada pinson sports cards online at. Vada pinson appeared in 155 major league games during the 1962 regular season.
These 10 would be unlockable players in a video game situation with certain team boosts. Here is vada pinsons 1967 card a highnumber card that i didnt get until the 1980s, well after i had his 68 and 69 cards. A baseball card checklist for vada pinson that includes every baseball card in our baseball card database. Former outfielder vada pinson spent 18 years in the. Click the images to see the codition of the actual item you will receive.
Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books. Auction prices realized baseball cards 1968 topps vada pinson. Pinson s memory though will always live on in my 65 year old heart. Vada pinson was a star for the cincinnati reds in the 1950s60s. January 17 john hall, 71, pitcher for the 1948 brooklyn dodgers. A sixtime allstar known for his hitting prowess, staub produced 2,716 hits over his playing career, just 284 hits shy of the 3,000 hit plateau. Vada pinsons mlb lifetime pass, baseballs golden ticket it earns you admission to any mlb game, and its the sign of a baseball life welllived. Pinson was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on april 15, 1958, with the cincinnati redlegs. Cincinnati reds alltime 40man roster baseball fever. Aug 24, 2010 the frank robinson for milt pappas trade seemed like the correct move for the reds in 1966 as a reds fan, i have heard the frank robinson trade debacle discussed my whole life. Vada pinson was born on thursday, august 11, 1938, in memphis, tennessee. Vada pinson trades and transactions by baseball almanac. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games pinson appeared in, specifically relating to his 1962 hitting statistics.
All professional baseball statistics for vada pinson. He also had 205 hits and led the league in runs scored with 1, doubles with 47, plate appearances with 706 and 648 official abs. Im going to get myself a corked bat and blast one out of here. January 18 ron luciano, 57, american league umpire from 1968 to 1980 known for his flamboyance and several books. Manufactured by majestic athletic cooperstown collection throwback series. This art of baseball team mascots was spotted by bethany heck, comes from the 1956 edition of the book inside baseball for little leaguers. His biographical data, yearbyyear hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable, career totals, uniform numbers. After the summerlong roger marismickey mantle pursuit of babe ruths season home run record, the series proved anticlimactic as the yanks subdued the reds easily. The vada pinson world series stats seen below include his world series yearbyyear hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats.