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Vada Pinson 2026 Season · KC

Career: .286/.327/.442, 256 HR, 2757 H in 2470 games.

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Vada Pinson

#28

CF · KC

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AGreat

+21.4Career NUT

+13.6 to Nutty

Career

.286AVG256HR1169RBI2757H1365R305SB

L/L · 5' 11", 180 lb · b. Aug 11, 1938 · Memphis, TN · Signed Undrafted FA, 1958

Player Overview

Year by Year


1958	19	CIN	+0.0	27	110	96	20	26	7	0	1	8	11	1	0	18	2	1	0	2	1	.271	.352	.375	.104	.727	.325
1959	20	CIN	+3.7	154	706	648	131	205	47	9	20	84	55	1	3	98	21	6	0	2	9	.316	.371	.509	.193	.880	.349
1960	21	CIN	+2.2	154	706	652	107	187	37	12	20	61	47	5	3	96	32	12	1	1	11	.287	.339	.472	.185	.811	.311
1961	22	CIN	+3.2	154	659	607	101	208	34	8	16	87	39	1	1	63	23	10	8	4	9	.343	.379	.504	.161	.883	.358
1962	23	CIN	+1.7	155	675	619	107	181	31	7	23	100	45	4	7	68	26	8	7	0	12	.292	.341	.477	.185	.818	.295
1963	24	CIN	+4.1	162	695	652	96	204	37	14	22	106	36	1	3	80	27	8	6	0	16	.313	.347	.514	.201	.861	.327
1964	25	CIN	+1.6	156	676	625	99	166	23	11	23	84	42	5	2	99	8	2	3	1	9	.266	.316	.448	.182	.764	.283
1965	26	CIN	+3.6	159	728	669	97	204	34	10	22	94	43	7	3	81	21	8	3	6	14	.305	.352	.484	.179	.836	.320
1966	27	CIN	+1.4	156	669	618	70	178	35	6	16	76	33	5	6	83	18	10	6	7	10	.288	.326	.442	.154	.768	.309
1967	28	CIN	+2.5	158	684	650	90	187	28	13	18	66	26	3	1	86	26	8	1	4	6	.288	.318	.454	.166	.772	.309
1968	29	CIN	+0.5	130	542	499	60	135	29	6	5	48	32	0	8	59	17	11	6	5	5	.271	.311	.383	.112	.694	.295
1969	30	STL	-0.3	132	543	495	58	126	22	6	10	70	35	3	2	63	4	4	9	1	12	.255	.303	.384	.129	.687	.269
1970	31	CLE	+1.3	148	611	574	74	164	28	6	24	82	28	3	7	69	7	6	6	0	12	.286	.319	.481	.195	.800	.287
1971	32	CLE	-0.3	146	599	566	60	149	23	4	11	35	21	6	0	58	25	6	3	3	9	.263	.295	.376	.113	.671	.276
1972	33	LAA	-0.1	137	527	484	56	133	24	2	7	49	30	5	12	54	17	6	4	4	7	.275	.321	.376	.101	.697	.295
1973	34	LAA	-1.4	124	501	466	56	121	14	6	8	57	20	0	3	55	5	5	7	8	11	.260	.286	.367	.107	.653	.276
1974	35	KC	-0.4	115	436	406	46	112	18	2	6	41	21	2	4	45	21	5	4	3	6	.276	.312	.374	.098	.686	.295
1975	36	KC	-1.8	103	336	319	37	71	14	5	4	21	10	2	4	21	5	6	4	1	5	.223	.248	.335	.112	.583	.225
Career	—	18 yrs	+21.4	2470	10403	9645	1365	2757	485	127	256	1169	574	54	69	1196	305	122	78	52	164	.286	.327	.442	.156	.769	.302

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Pinson's career NUT of +21.4

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

4.1

585960616263646566676869707172737475

NUT by Season

+0.0

+3.7

+2.2

+3.2

+1.7

+4.1

+1.6

+3.6

+1.4

+2.5

+0.5

-0.3

+1.3

-0.3

-0.1

-1.4

-0.4

-1.8

Awards

1959NL All-Star

1960NL All-Star

1961Rawlings NL Gold Glove

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