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Vada Edward Pinson, Jr. (August 11, 1938 – October 21, 1995) was an American professional baseball player and coach. 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. Pinson, who batted and threw left-handed, was primarily a center fielder who combined power, speed, and strong defensive ability.
Pinson was born in Memphis, Tennessee and his family moved to California when he was a child. He was a graduate of Oakland's McClymonds High School, attended by Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson (a Pinson teammate in the major leagues for nine years), star centerfielder Curt Flood and Basketball Hall of Fame center Bill Russell. He appeared in 2,469 games for the Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, California Angels, and Kansas City Royals, notching 2,757 hits and finishing with a career batting average of .286, with 256 home runs and 305 stolen bases.
1961 World Series Game 1: Reds @ Yankees
1961 World Series Game 2: Reds @ Yankees
Clubhouse Chatter- Vada Pinson III
1965 MLB All Star Game @ Minnesota
YANKEES beat REDS in 1961 WORLD SERIES
The 1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.FLV
The Complete 1961 Cincinnati Reds Yearbook
Midsummer Classics (1964)
Pete Rose - 1985 Countdown To History
Sam Bercovich 2006 — Baseball
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Vada Pinson III drops by to talk about his Dad Vada Pinson Jr.
The American League was once again at a disadvantage as the National League assembled one of the most amazing batting line-ups ever to share an All-Star roster. It included such legends as Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Willie Stargell, Richie Allen, Joe Torre, Ernie Banks, Pete Rose, Maury Wills, Roberto Clemente and Frank Robinson. Still, the '65 game was close and tied 5-5 in the seventh. Then Sam McDowell walked Mays who went to third on Aaron's single and scored on Ron Santo's infield single. The win gave the National League the lead in the series for the first time (18-17-1).
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All 80 pages of the 1961 Cincinnati Reds Yearbook Manager : Fred Hutchinson Pitchers: Marshall Bridges Bill Henry Jay Hook Ken Hunt Joey Jay Jim Maloney Howie Nunn Jim O'Toole Bob Purkey Catchers: Bob Schmidt Jerry Zimmerman First Base: Gordy Coleman Dick Gernert Infielders: Don Blasingame Leo Cardenas Elio Chacon Gene Freese Ed Kasko Outfielders: Gus Bell Jerry Lynch Vada Pinson Wally Post Frank Robinson Pete Whisenant
Phillies outfielder Johnny Callison slams a walk-off home run off of Dick Radatz during the 1964 All-Star Game at Shea Stadium
Countdown To History: The Pete Rose Story. 21 minutes and 18 seconds long. Hosted by Johnny Bench. Includes brief interviews with high school coach Paul Nohr, Ron Oester, Tommy Helms, Jim Kaat, Sparky Anderson, Joe Nuxhall, Vada Pinson, and Tony Perez. Major League Baseball produced this 30-minute TV program and syndicated it to 116 stations in 1985. If a station wanted to show Pete's record-breaking 4,192nd hit live, then it had to buy this program. Otherwise, the station would have to show the hit on tape.
Sam contribution to Bay Area baseball fans is enormous. Without Sam’s mentoring activities, through his Oakland youth leagues, they would be poorer indeed. The longtime Temple Beth Abraham congregant and nonagenarian pointed future legends like Frank Robinson, Curt Flood and Vada Pinson in the direction of the Big Leagues. Popular legend has Robinson claiming Bercovich “took the knife out of my hand and gave me a bat.” Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Northern California Official website: http://www.jshof.org Facebook: http://bit.ly/JSHoFNC Twitter: http://bit.ly/TweetJSHoF Donatie: http://www.jshofnc.org/donation.html The Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was established: • To educate the public of the contributions Jewish sports fi...