Lou Piniella

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 182lb (183cm, 82kg)

Born: August 28, 1943 in Tampa, FL us

High School: Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL)

School: University of Tampa (Tampa, FL)

Debut: September 4, 1964 (Age 21-007d, 12,282nd in major league history)
vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 16, 1984 (Age 40-293d)
vs. BAL 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Agents: Alan Nero • Previously: Himself

Full Name: Louis Victor Piniella

Nicknames: Sweet Lou

Pronunciation: \pih-NELL-a\

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Relatives: Cousin of Dave Magadan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.4

5867

1705

102

.291

651

RBI

766

OBP

.333

SLG

.409

OPS

.741

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16 (1)	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	3	Apr 16 (2)	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	8	Apr 22 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 25	KCR		BAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26	KCR		BAL	W,5-3	CG	25	5.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	12	Apr 28	KCR		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	13	Apr 29	KCR		CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	14	Apr 30	KCR		CLE	L,3-5	CG	68	16.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 2	KCR	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	16	May 3	KCR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	17	May 5	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	18	May 6	KCR	@	BAL	W,9-1	GS	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	19	May 7	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 9	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	21	May 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
22	22	May 13	KCR		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
23	23	May 14 (1)	KCR		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
24	24	May 14 (2)	KCR		DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	25	May 15	KCR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	26	May 16	KCR		TEX	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	27	May 17	KCR		TEX	L,3-4	CG	73	18.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	28	May 19	KCR		OAK	W,16-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	29	May 20	KCR		OAK	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	30	May 21	KCR		OAK	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	31	May 24	KCR		MIN	L,0-1	CG	43	12.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	32	May 25	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	33	May 26	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	34	May 27	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	35	May 28	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	36	May 30	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	37	May 31	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
39	39	Jun 2	KCR		BOS	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	40	Jun 3	KCR		BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	KCR		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	42	Jun 4 (2)	KCR		BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
43	43	Jun 6	KCR		MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
44	44	Jun 7	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
45	45	Jun 8	KCR		MIL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	46	Jun 9	KCR		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	47	Jun 10	KCR		NYY	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
48	48	Jun 11	KCR		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	49	Jun 13	KCR	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	50	Jun 14	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	51	Jun 15	KCR	@	BOS	W,13-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	52	Jun 16	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	53	Jun 17	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	54	Jun 18	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	55	Jun 20	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
56	56	Jun 23	KCR		MIN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	57	Jun 24	KCR		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	58	Jun 25 (1)	KCR		MIN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
59	59	Jun 25 (2)	KCR		MIN	W,8-3	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	60	Jun 26	KCR		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
61	61	Jun 27	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	62	Jun 29 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	63	Jun 29 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	W,12-4	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	64	Jun 30	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	68 (2)	Jul 3	KCR		TEX	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
67	69	Jul 4	KCR		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
68	70	Jul 5	KCR		DET	W,8-2	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	72 (1)	Jul 7	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
70	73	Jul 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	74	Jul 9 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	75	Jul 9 (2)	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	76	Jul 10	KCR	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	77	Jul 11	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	78	Jul 12	KCR	@	BAL	W,11-4	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	79	Jul 13	KCR	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
77	80	Jul 14	KCR	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	81	Jul 15	KCR	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	82	Jul 16	KCR	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	83	Jul 18 (1)	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	84	Jul 18 (2)	KCR		CLE	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	85	Jul 19	KCR		CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
83	86	Jul 20	KCR		BAL	L,5-8	CG	49	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	87	Jul 21	KCR		BAL	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
85	88	Jul 22	KCR		BAL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	89	Jul 23	KCR		BAL	L,4-8	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
87	90	Jul 27 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	91	Jul 27 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	92	Jul 28	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	93	Jul 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	94	Jul 30	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	95	Jul 31	KCR	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	96	Aug 1	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	97	Aug 2	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-5	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	98	Aug 4	KCR		CAL	L,5-6	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	99	Aug 5	KCR		CAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	100	Aug 6 (1)	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	101	Aug 6 (2)	KCR		CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
99	102	Aug 7	KCR		OAK	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
100	103	Aug 8	KCR		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
101	104	Aug 9	KCR		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	105	Aug 11	KCR	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	106	Aug 12	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	27	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	107	Aug 13	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-13	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
105	108	Aug 14	KCR		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
106	109	Aug 15	KCR		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
107	110	Aug 16	KCR		NYY	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	111	Aug 18	KCR		MIL	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	112	Aug 19	KCR		MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	113	Aug 20	KCR		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	114	Aug 22	KCR		BOS	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	115	Aug 23	KCR		BOS	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	116	Aug 25 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	117	Aug 25 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
115	118	Aug 26	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	119	Aug 27 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
117	120	Aug 27 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	73	15.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
118	121	Aug 29	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	122	Aug 30	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
120	123	Aug 31	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	124	Sep 1	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
122	125	Sep 2	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
123	126	Sep 4	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
124	127	Sep 5	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
125	128	Sep 6	KCR		CAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
126	129	Sep 7	KCR		CAL	W,6-0	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
127	130	Sep 8 (1)	KCR		MIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
128	131	Sep 8 (2)	KCR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
129	132	Sep 9	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	CG	46	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
130	134 (1)	Sep 11	KCR		CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
131	135	Sep 12	KCR		CHW	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
132	136	Sep 13	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
133	137	Sep 15	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	138	Sep 16	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
135	139	Sep 17	KCR	@	MIN	W,10-6	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
136	140	Sep 19	KCR	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
137	141	Sep 20	KCR	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	LF
138	142	Sep 21	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
139	143	Sep 22	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
140	145 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
141	146	Sep 24 (2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	LF
142	147	Sep 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
143	148	Sep 27	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
144	149	Sep 28	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
145	150	Sep 29	KCR		OAK	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
146	151	Sep 30	KCR		OAK	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
147	152	Oct 1	KCR		OAK	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
148	153	Oct 3	KCR		TEX	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
149	154	Oct 4	KCR		TEX	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							149gm		1287.1	279	8	7	294	2