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Vada Pinson
	Vada Edward (Jr.) Pinson


	Born: August 11, 1938 in Memphis, TN
	Died: October 21, 1995 - 57 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: L	Ht: 5'11"	Wt: 170

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Notes:
- Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an Amateur Free Agent in 1956
- High School: McClymonds (Oakland, CA)

Defensive Regression Analysis

Center Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1958	CIN	NL	19.9	CF		5	37.3		-0.2	-4.5	-0.2	0.0		-0.0	0.2	-0.2
1959	CIN	NL	20.9	CF		154	1355.0		-8.5	-6.3	-8.7	0.2		-6.0	-6.8	0.8
1960	CIN	NL	21.9	CF		154	1383.7		-2.5	-1.8	-4.3	1.8		-11.5	-11.3	-0.2
1961	CIN	NL	22.9	CF		153	1334.0		-2.3	-1.8	-4.6	2.3		10.0	5.3	4.7
1962	CIN	NL	23.9	CF		152	1342.7		-1.3	-1.0	-3.6	2.3		-5.7	-8.2	2.5
1963	CIN	NL	24.9	CF		145	1258.0		-10.6	-8.4	-11.6	1.0		-8.3	-7.7	-0.6
1964	CIN	NL	25.9	CF		156	1376.0		-13.7	-9.9	-14.0	0.3		-19.4	-20.6	1.3
1965	CIN	NL	26.9	CF		159	1427.3		-13.0	-9.1	-12.8	-0.2		-12.7	-12.9	0.3
1966	CIN	NL	27.9	CF		141	1186.3		-9.3	-7.8	-8.1	-1.2		-4.2	-2.1	-2.0
1967	CIN	NL	28.9	CF		157	1407.7		-10.5	-7.4	-8.9	-1.6		-14.7	-12.4	-2.3
1968	CIN	NL	29.9	CF		121	1054.7		-10.1	-9.6	-9.1	-1.0		-8.2	-8.5	0.2
1969	SLN	NL	30.9	CF		1	3.0		-0.0	-9.2	-0.0	-0.0		-0.7	-0.4	-0.4
1970	CLE	AL	31.9	CF		15	101.0		-0.6	-6.1	-0.7	0.1		-2.3	-2.5	0.2
1971	CLE	AL	32.9	CF		100	822.0		-6.2	-7.5	-6.8	0.6		-0.6	-2.4	1.8
1972	CAL	AL	33.9	CF		16	105.0		-1.0	-9.1	-1.0	0.1		-3.3	-2.8	-0.5
1973	CAL	AL	34.9	CF		33	242.7		-2.1	-8.6	-2.3	0.2		-2.2	-2.1	-0.1
1974	KCA	AL	35.9	CF		6	43.0		-0.3	-7.2	-0.3	0.0		-2.8	-2.6	-0.2
1975	KCA	AL	36.9	CF		13	99.7		-1.1	-10.6	-1.0	-0.1		-1.2	-1.3	0.1
18	5			CF		1681	14579.0		-93.2	-6.4	-98.1	4.9		-93.6	-99.1	5.5

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Right Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1958	CIN	NL	19.9	RF		18	150.3		-0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.2		-0.1	-0.9	0.9
1963	CIN	NL	24.9	RF		19	165.3		-0.5	-2.9	-0.8	0.3		0.0	0.3	-0.2
1966	CIN	NL	27.9	RF		24	175.7		-1.1	-6.1	-1.0	-0.1		-2.2	-3.7	1.5
1968	CIN	NL	29.9	RF		3	24.0		-0.1	-3.3	-0.1	-0.0		-1.7	-1.5	-0.1
1969	SLN	NL	30.9	RF		124	1087.7		0.9	0.8	2.2	-1.2		-5.0	-3.3	-1.7
1970	CLE	AL	31.9	RF		115	945.7		3.0	3.1	4.1	-1.2		8.4	8.9	-0.5
1971	CLE	AL	32.9	RF		40	274.3		1.7	6.3	2.1	-0.4		3.8	4.5	-0.6
1972	CAL	AL	33.9	RF		30	212.7		0.7	3.4	0.8	-0.1		-3.0	-2.0	-1.1
1973	CAL	AL	34.9	RF		26	187.7		0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1		-1.4	-1.8	0.4
1974	KCA	AL	35.9	RF		91	718.0		-0.0	-0.1	-0.6	0.6		3.4	1.9	1.5
1975	KCA	AL	36.9	RF		60	435.7		-0.0	-0.1	-0.4	0.4		-0.5	-0.3	-0.1
11	5			RF		550	4377.0		4.7	1.1	6.2	-1.5		1.9	2.0	-0.1

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Left Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1958	CIN	NL	19.9	LF		4	35.0		-0.1	-2.3	-0.1	-0.0		-0.6	-0.5	-0.2
1970	CLE	AL	31.9	LF		20	141.3		0.7	5.0	0.5	0.2		4.5	5.0	-0.6
1971	CLE	AL	32.9	LF		11	81.0		0.4	5.0	0.3	0.1		-3.1	-2.8	-0.4
1972	CAL	AL	33.9	LF		112	778.0		1.5	1.9	0.1	1.4		4.4	2.3	2.1
1973	CAL	AL	34.9	LF		81	567.3		-0.5	-1.0	-1.6	1.0		1.9	0.9	1.0
1974	KCA	AL	35.9	LF		14	99.0		-0.0	-0.4	-0.2	0.2		-7.6	-7.2	-0.5
1975	KCA	AL	36.9	LF		12	94.7		-0.0	-0.4	-0.2	0.2		1.2	1.0	0.1
7	4			LF		254	1796.3		1.9	1.1	-1.1	3.1		0.6	-1.1	1.7

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

First Base

									Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range		Runs	Range
1970	CLE	AL	31.9	1B		7	21.0		0.0	0.2	0.0		-0.4	-0.4
1971	CLE	AL	32.9	1B		3	7.0		-0.0	-0.6	-0.0		0.3	0.3
1972	CAL	AL	33.9	1B		1	1.0		-0.0	-0.1	-0.0		0.2	0.2
1974	KCA	AL	35.9	1B		1	9.0		0.0	1.7	0.0		-0.2	-0.2
1975	KCA	AL	36.9	1B		4	5.3		0.0	0.4	0.0		0.1	0.1
5	3			1B		16	43.3		0.0	0.4	0.0		-0.0	-0.0

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Designated Hitter

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G
1974	KCA	AL	35.9	DH		2
1975	KCA	AL	36.9	DH		5
2	1			DH		7

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James