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Vada Pinson and his Hall of Fame case

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Vada Pinson has been in the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame since 1977. That election came just two years after the outfielder retired from Major League Baseball – where he spent the first 11 seasons of his career. But where Vada Pinson isn’t is the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. And today we’re going to talk about why he should be.

A rookie in 1958, the left-handed hitting Pinson made his Major League debut on April 15th at just 19-years-old. He struggled, understandably given his age, early on. In his first 18 games he hit just .