» August 14, 1959: Reds teammates Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson go 5-for-6 in the first game of a doubleheader as Cincinnati outlast the Phils 15–13. The Reds trail 11–3 after three innings, and score five in the 9th to win.

» May 27, 1960: Ed Bailey snaps a 5–5 tie with a 9th inning grand slam as the Reds defeat the visiting Braves, 9–5. Vada Pinson's 2nd triple of the game set up two intentional walks and set the table for Bailey.

» July 27, 1961: Vada Pinson gives the Reds a 2–1 win over the Braves when he swipes home in the 9th inning. Pitcher Carlton Willey's throw beats Pinson but he kicks the ball out of the glove of C Sammy White.

» September 1, 1962: The Reds Vada Pinson has four singles and a double in a 10–5 win at San Francisco.

» October 1, 1963: The season ends, and there are no full-schedule players in the American League for the first time since 1910. Brooks Robinson played in the most games, 161, missing only 1. Ron Santo, Vada Pinson, and Bill White play the full schedule in the National League.

» January 28, 1964: Reds CF Vada Pinson is cleared of assault charges stemming from a September 5, 1963, incident when Cincinnati sportswriter Earl Lawson does not pursue charges further.

» April 23, 1964: Houston's Ken Johnson becomes the first pitcher ever to hurl a 9-inning no-hitter and lose as Cincinnati wins 1–0. Two errors in the 9th, the second by 2B Nellie Fox on Vada Pinson's grounder, allows Pete Rose to score the only run. Joe Nuxhall wins with a 4-hitter.

» September 23, 1964: The slumping Phils (90-63) drop their 3rd in a row to the Reds, 6–4. Vada Pinson has two homers, good for four runs, to lead the Reds over the 1st-place Quakers. The Reds (86-66) trail by three 1/2 games, with the Cards and Giants five back.

» October 3, 1965: Vada Pinson collects a hit in his 27th straight game. This is the 2nd longest streak in Reds' history.

» August 29, 1967: The Reds collect only two hits, but it's enough to beat the Jim Bunning and the Phils, 1–0. Vada Pinson doubles in the 7th, and scores on a ground out and fly out.

» October 11, 1968: The Cards trade OF Bobby Tolan and P Wayne Granger to the Reds for OF Vada Pinson.

» June 9, 1969: After President Johnson declares this a national day of mourning in memory of the assassinated Robert Kennedy, the Reds' players threaten to boycott today's doubleheader with the Cardinals. Led by Milt Pappas and Vada Pinson, the team, by a slim majority, votes not to play. A very upset GM Bob Howsam and manager David Bristol call for nine volunteers to play. Pete Rose, Tommy Helms, and Jim Maloney leave the clubhouse and shortly afterwards the rest of the team follows. The Reds take an 8–0 lead after four innings before the Birds lay 10 runs in the 5th to complete the scoring. It's a reverse in the nitecap as the Cards take a 6–1 lead, and the Reds score five in the 5th to tie, and once in the 12th inning to win, 7–6.

» August 2, 1969: At St. Louis, the Cards take a 7–1 lead over the Dodgers, and stagger to a 7–6 win. It's the Redbirds' 6th straight win and 13th in the last 15 games. Vada Pinson has a sac fly but no hits for the Cards, ending his 22-game hitting streak.

» November 20, 1969: Cleveland trades OF Jose Cardenal to St. Louis for OF Vada Pinson.

» August 22, 1970: Defensive replacement Chuck Hinton drives in the Indians winning run in the 10th as the Tribe tops the A's, 6–5. The Indians hit four homers—one by Vada Pinson in the 1st and three consecutive homers by Duke Sims, Graig Nettles, and Eddie Leon in the 6th.

» May 17, 1971: Washington OF Tom McCraw "slugs" a 140-foot home run against the Cleveland Indians. SS Jack Heidemann, CF Vada Pinson, and LF John Lowenstein collide on his short pop fly to left center, and McCraw circles the bases before the ball is retrieved.

» June 19, 1971: Indian leadoff batters Graig Nettles and Vada Pinson belt homers off Detroit's Dean Chance in the first inning, but Detroit ties in the 5th, goes ahead on Aurelio Rodriguez's homer in the 7th, and wins, 5–3 after Norm Cash hits is 15th homer in the 8th.

» October 5, 1971: The Angels trade moody OF Alex Johnson and C Gerry Moses to the Indians for outfielders Vada Pinson and Frank Baker, and P Alan Foster.

» August 4, 1972: The Angels beat the Royals, 4–3, in 10 innings. Vada Pinson shows the way home with five hits and three RBIs.

» February 23, 1974: The Angels send veteran Vada Pinson to Kansas City for minor leaguer Barry Raziano and cash. Pinson will call it quits at the end of the 1975 season, having rung up 2757 hits, the most ever for a player not in the Hall of Fame.