{"id":753044,"date":"2026-07-16T05:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/753044\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T05:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:19:08","slug":"vada-pinson-reds-hall-of-famer-all-star-and-gold-glove-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/753044\/","title":{"rendered":"Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

March 15, 1959: Pinson practices the bunt pose.<\/p>\n

(Carl Wellinger\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

1 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

March 15, 1959: Pinson practices the bunt pose.<\/p>\n

(Carl Wellinger\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

We dug through the Enquirer archives and found a few of our favorite photos of Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer<\/a> Vada Pinson.<\/p>\n

The All-Star outfielder played for the Reds for 10 years, from 1958-68. He became a Gold Glove Award winner in 1961. Pinson went on to coach at several teams across the MLB. He died in 1995 at the age of 57.<\/p>\n

Take a look at photos of Pinson through his Redlegs years.<\/p>\n

(Malcolm Emmons\/USA TODAY Sports)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

April 15, 1958: Rookie Vada Pinson smiles for a photograph.<\/p>\n

(Carl Wellinger\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

1959: Chatting in the locker room.<\/p>\n

(Carl Wellinger\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

5 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

1959: Pinson reads fan mail.<\/p>\n

(Carl Wellinger\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

6 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

Aug. 18, 1961: Reds players Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson greet Pinson’s daughter at the Cincinnati airport.<\/p>\n

(Fred Straub\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

Sept. 26, 1961: Vada Pinson (left) and Frank Robinson share a laugh.<\/p>\n

(Herb Heise\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

8 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

February 4, 1963: Pinson rides a bicycle.<\/p>\n

(Fred Straub\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

December 1963: Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson pose with their wives.<\/p>\n

(Fred Straub\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

10 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

March 3, 1965: Pinson poses for a photograph.<\/p>\n

(Herb Heise\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

11 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

Pinson takes off for first base after a hit.<\/p>\n

(Malcolm Emmons\/USA TODAY Sports)\"\"<\/p>\n

12 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

March 19, 1965: Vada Pinson and Bob Purkey show off their uniforms.<\/p>\n

(Herb Heise\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

13 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

April 12, 1965: Pinson watches for a fly ball.<\/p>\n

(Herb Heise\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

14 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

June 22, 1966: Pinson scores on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n

(Herb Heise\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

March 7, 1967: Pinson signs an autograph for a fan.<\/p>\n

(Fred Straub\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

March 14, 1968: Pictured from left to right are pitcher Jim Maloney, infielder Leo Cardenas and outfielder Vada Pinson.<\/p>\n

(Fred Straub\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

17 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient (Malcolm Emmons\/USA TODAY Sports)\"\"<\/p>\n

18 \/ 22<\/p>\n

Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

Pinson recorded 2,757 hits and 256 home runs during his 18-year career. <\/p>\n

(Dick Swaim\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

May 14, 1970: Baseball players Tony Perez (left), Vada Pinson (center) and Lee May meet up before a game at Crosley Field.<\/p>\n

(Dick Swaim\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

April 1971: Baseball players Pete Rose (left), Vada Pinson (center) and Tony Perez catch up during a game.<\/p>\n

(Fred Straub\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

September 1977: Vada Pinson (left) at his induction to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

(Ed Reinke\/The Enquirer)\"\"<\/p>\n

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Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient<\/p>\n

Pinson played in the major leagues from 1958-75. He died of a stroke at 57 in 1995.<\/p>\n

(Malcolm Emmons\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n

Photos from the archive: Cincinnati Reds<\/a> Hall of Famer, All-Star outfielder and Gold Glove Award recipient Vada Pinson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 \/ 22 Vada Pinson, Reds Hall of Famer, All-Star and Gold Glove recipient March 15, 1959: Pinson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[5,535,50,4259,10138,4,536,63011],"class_list":["post-753044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-reds","tag-baseball","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-cincinnatireds","tag-gold-glove-award","tag-mlb","tag-reds","tag-vada-pinson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116927976907722377","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}