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, 9,890th in MLB 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

12.5

AB

5867

H

1705

HR

102

BA

.291

R

651

RBI

766

SB

OBP

.333

SLG

.409

OPS

.741

OPS+

109

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Games by Position

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1962	18	CLE-min	D	70	294	278	40	75	10	5	8	44	4	2	10	57	.270	.292	.428	.720		119		0	3	3			SEL · ALFL
1963	19	WSA-min	A	143	608	548	71	170	29	4	16	77	8	2	34	70	.310	.355	.465	.820		255		8	10	8			PNS · CARL
1964	20	BAL-min	WRk,A	67	261	244	32	73	18	4	4	42	1	3	10	18	.299	.330	.455	.784		111		3	0	4			ORI,ABD · FLIL,NORL
1964	20	BAL	AL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

1965	21	BAL-min	AA,WRk	160	639	586	76	145	35	6	11	74	6	1	35	66	.247	.290	.384	.674		225		4	4	10			ELM,ORI · EL,FLIL
1966	22	CLE-min	AAA	133	490	457	47	132	22	3	7	52	6	3	20	52	.289	.321	.396	.717		181		4	4	5			POR · PCL
1967	23	CLE-min	AAA	113	430	396	46	122	20	1	8	56	2	3	23	47	.308	.340	.424	.765		168		0	4	7			POR · PCL
1968	24	CLE-min	AAA	88	356	331	49	105	15	3	13	62	1	4	19	31	.317	.351	.498	.850		165		0	3	3			POR · PCL
1968	24	CLE	AL	6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0	/7
1969	25	KCR	AL	135	539	493	43	139	21	6	11	68	2	4	33	56	.282	.325	.416	.741	107	205	12	3	1	9	2	*7/8	MVP-35,RoY-1
1970	26	KCR	AL	144	586	542	54	163	24	5	11	88	3	6	35	42	.301	.342	.424	.767	112	230	15	2	2	5	6	*7/3
1971	27	KCR	AL	126	476	448	43	125	21	5	3	51	5	3	21	43	.279	.311	.368	.679	94	165	12	2	0	5	4	*7
1972	28	KCR	AL	151	624	574	65	179	33	4	11	72	7	2	34	59	.312	.356	.441	.797	138	253	25	8	4	4	9	*7	AS,MVP-32
1973	29	KCR	AL	144	553	513	53	128	28	1	9	69	5	7	30	65	.250	.291	.361	.652	79	185	22	2	3	5	7	*7/D
1974	30	NYY	AL	140	567	518	71	158	26	0	9	70	1	8	32	58	.305	.341	.407	.748	116	211	18	2	4	11	7	*79/D3	MVP-23
1975	31	NYY	AL	74	221	199	7	39	4	1	0	22	0	0	16	22	.196	.262	.226	.489	40	45	13	3	0	3	3	97D
1976	32	NYY	AL	100	351	327	36	92	16	6	3	38	0	1	18	34	.281	.322	.394	.716	111	129	4	2	3	1	8	9D7
1977	33	NYY	AL	103	369	339	47	112	19	3	12	45	2	2	20	31	.330	.365	.510	.876	138	173	12	1	5	4	3	D97/3
1978	34	NYY	AL	130	513	472	67	148	34	5	6	69	3	1	34	36	.314	.361	.445	.806	129	210	12	2	4	1	8	79D	MVP-21
1979	35	NYY	AL	130	491	461	49	137	22	2	11	69	3	2	17	31	.297	.320	.425	.745	101	196	17	2	3	8	6	*79D
1980	36	NYY	AL	116	355	321	39	92	18	0	2	27	0	2	29	20	.287	.343	.361	.704	96	116	17	0	2	3	5	7/D9
1981	37	NYY	AL	60	174	159	16	44	9	0	5	18	0	1	13	9	.277	.331	.428	.759	120	68	7	0	2	0	4	9D7
1982	38	NYY	AL	102	283	261	33	80	17	1	6	37	0	1	18	18	.307	.352	.448	.801	121	117	12	1	2	1	6	D97
1983	39	NYY	AL	53	160	148	19	43	9	1	2	16	1	1	11	12	.291	.344	.405	.749	110	60	4	1	0	0	3	97/D
1984	40	NYY	AL	29	93	86	8	26	4	1	1	6	0	0	7	5	.302	.355	.407	.762	115	35	7	0	0	0	1	7/9D
18 Yrs				1747	6362	5867	651	1705	305	41	102	766	32	41	368	541	.291	.333	.409	.741	109	2398	209	31	35	61	82
162 Game Avg.				162	590	544	60	158	28	4	9	71	3	4	34	50	.291	.333	.409	.741	109	222	19	3	3	6	8
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
NYY (11 yrs)				1037	3577	3291	392	971	178	20	57	417	10	19	215	276	.295	.338	.413	.751	111	1360	123	14	25	32	54
KCR (5 yrs)				700	2778	2570	258	734	127	21	45	348	22	22	153	265	.286	.327	.404	.730	106	1038	86	17	10	28	28
CLE (1 yr)				6	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0
BAL (1 yr)				4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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AB

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R

RBI

SB

OBP

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OPS

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