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Lou Piniella
Louis Victor Piniella

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 198 lb.
School University of Tampa

Debut September 4, 1964
  vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 16, 1984
Born August 28, 1943 in Tampa, FL

Cousin of Dave Magadan

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 20 BAL AL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1968 24 CLE AL   6    5    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   1   0   0   0
 1969 25 KCR AL 135  493   43  139  21  6  11   68   2  4  33  56  .282  .325  .416  107  205   1   9   2   3  12 MVP-35,RoY-1
 1970 26 KCR AL 144  542   54  163  24  5  11   88   3  6  35  42  .301  .342  .424  112  230   2   5   6   2  15
 1971 27 KCR AL 126  448   43  125  21  5   3   51   5  3  21  43  .279  .311  .368   93  165   0   5   4   2  12
 1972 28 KCR AL 151  574   65  179  33  4  11   72   7  2  34  59  .312  .356  .441  138  253   4   4   9   8  25 MVP-32,AS
 1973 29 KCR AL 144  513   53  128  28  1   9   69   5  7  30  65  .250  .291  .361   79  185   3   5   7   2  22
 1974 30 NYY AL 140  518   71  158  26  0   9   70   1  8  32  58  .305  .341  .407  116  211   4  11   7   2  18 MVP-23
 1975 31 NYY AL  74  199    7   39   4  1   0   22   0  0  16  22  .196  .262  .226   40   45   0   3   3   3  13
 1976 32 NYY AL 100  327   36   92  16  6   3   38   0  1  18  34  .281  .322  .394  110  129   3   1   8   2   4
 1977 33 NYY AL 103  339   47  112  19  3  12   45   2  2  20  31  .330  .365  .510  138  173   5   4   3   1  12
 1978 34 NYY AL 130  472   67  148  34  5   6   69   3  1  34  36  .314  .361  .445  129  210   4   1   8   2  12 MVP-21
 1979 35 NYY AL 130  461   49  137  22  2  11   69   3  2  17  31  .297  .320  .425  101  196   3   8   6   2  17
 1980 36 NYY AL 116  321   39   92  18  0   2   27   0  2  29  20  .287  .343  .361   96  116   2   3   5   0  17
 1981 37 NYY AL  60  159   16   44   9  0   5   18   0  1  13   9  .277  .331  .428  120   68   2   0   4   0   7
 1982 38 NYY AL 102  261   33   80  17  1   6   37   0  1  18  18  .307  .352  .448  121  117   2   1   6   1  12
 1983 39 NYY AL  53  148   19   43   9  1   2   16   1  1  11  12  .291  .344  .405  110   60   0   0   3   1   4
 1984 40 NYY AL  29   86    8   26   4  1   1    6   0  0   7   5  .302  .355  .407  115   35   0   0   1   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1747 5867  651 1705 305 41 102  766  32 41 368 541  .291  .333  .409  109 2398  35  61  82  31 209
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   60  158  28  4   9   71   3  4  34  50  .291  .333  .409  109  222   3   6   8   3  19
 Career High    151  574   71  179  34  6  12   88   7  8  35  65  .330  .365  .510  138  253   5  11   9   8  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 20 BAL AL    1    1    0   0.0    96| .000  .256| .000  .324| .000  .397| .000  .721|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1968 24 CLE AL    6    6    0   0.0    79| .000  .237| .000  .306| .000  .351| .000  .656|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1969 25 KCR AL  539  380   65   4.6    95| .282  .254| .325  .331| .416  .384| .741  .715| 107  .540   3.4   0.3  33%
 1970 26 KCR AL  586  407   74   4.9    97| .301  .257| .342  .331| .424  .392| .766  .723| 112  .559   7.6   0.8  33%
 1971 27 KCR AL  476  343   49   3.8    91| .279  .254| .311  .326| .368  .377| .679  .702|  93  .478  -5.0  -0.5  62%
 1972 28 KCR AL  624  430   84   5.2    82| .312  .245| .356  .314| .441  .354| .797  .668| 138  .663  26.0   2.9  77%
 1973 29 KCR AL  553  422   47   3.0    98| .250  .266| .291  .336| .361  .391| .652  .727|  79  .336 -15.8  -1.6  41%
 1974 30 NYY AL  567  401   66   4.4    88| .305  .257| .341  .321| .407  .370| .748  .691| 116  .532  11.4   1.2  11%
 1975 31 NYY AL  221  176   10   1.5    92| .196  .257| .262  .327| .226  .377| .488  .704|  40  .131 -15.5  -1.6   0%
 1976 32 NYY AL  351  244   41   4.6    86| .281  .256| .322  .320| .394  .361| .716  .681| 110  .559   2.7   0.3   0%
 1977 33 NYY AL  369  250   59   6.3    99| .330  .265| .365  .329| .510  .403| .875  .732| 138  .638  17.0   1.7  50%
 1978 34 NYY AL  513  342   74   5.8    91| .314  .258| .361  .322| .445  .380| .806  .702| 129  .630  18.2   1.8  75%
 1979 35 NYY AL  491  354   58   4.4   100| .297  .267| .320  .332| .425  .405| .745  .736| 101  .466   0.2   0.0  60%
 1980 36 NYY AL  355  253   36   3.8    97| .287  .267| .343  .329| .361  .396| .704  .724|  96  .417  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1981 37 NYY AL  174  125   20   4.3    87| .277  .254| .331  .318| .428  .369| .759  .687| 120  .523   3.8   0.4   0%
 1982 38 NYY AL  283  197   37   5.0    97| .307  .262| .352  .325| .448  .399| .800  .724| 121  .544   7.4   0.7   0%
 1983 39 NYY AL  160  110   20   4.9    95| .291  .261| .344  .322| .405  .394| .749  .716| 110  .531   2.0   0.2  50%
 1984 40 NYY AL   93   67   10   4.0    93| .302  .259| .355  .321| .407  .391| .762  .712| 115  .444   1.7   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     6362 4508  750   4.5    93| .291  .258| .333  .326| .409  .383| .742  .709| 109  .522  62.7   6.6  43%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1968 24 CLE AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.45 1.50 1.80 1 6.0 1969 25 KCR AL OF 129 278 13 7 1 .977 .978 2.26 1.84 2.34 2.13 125 1117.0 LF 126 267 13 7 1 .976 .978 2.22 1.60 2.34 1.99 122 1079.0 CF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 2.17 1.66 2.51 3 38.0 1970 26 KCR AL LF 139 244 7 4 2 .984 .978 1.81 1.48 1.85 1.81 138 1221.0 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 27.00 9.90 0 1.0 1971 27 KCR AL LF 115 200 6 3 2 .986 .981 1.79 1.60 1.87 1.93 113 994.0 1972 28 KCR AL LF 150 279 8 7 2 .976 .980 1.91 1.53 2.01 1.89 150 1287.3 AS 1973 29 KCR AL LF 128 196 9 3 3 .986 .977 1.60 1.68 1.72 2.00 125 1070.7 DH 9 1974 30 NYY AL OF 130 265 16 3 0 .989 .980 2.16 2.12 2.29 2.41 128 1103.0 LF 99 199 13 2 1 .991 .974 2.14 1.75 2.30 2.12 95 831.3 RF 34 69 3 1 0 .986 .976 2.12 1.86 2.38 2.18 33 271.7 DH 6 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.00 9.00 9.72 0 5.0 1975 31 NYY AL OF 46 65 5 1 0 .986 .979 1.52 2.10 1.85 2.37 41 341.0 RF 30 35 4 1 0 .975 .975 1.30 1.84 1.57 2.11 27 224.0 LF 15 27 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.87 1.80 2.15 2.18 14 117.0 DH 12 1976 32 NYY AL OF 49 106 4 2 0 .982 .981 2.24 2.21 2.46 2.47 44 402.7 RF 39 84 1 2 0 .977 .980 2.18 1.92 2.31 2.21 37 330.7 DH 38 LF 11 22 3 0 0 1.000 .977 2.27 1.91 3.12 2.23 7 72.0 1977 33 NYY AL OF 51 77 2 2 0 .975 .978 1.55 2.03 1.73 2.34 47 411.3 DH 43 RF 27 45 1 2 0 .958 .975 1.70 1.71 1.92 2.08 25 215.3 LF 24 31 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.74 1.47 2.11 22 196.0 1B 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 8.80 10.00 10.00 1 9.0 1978 34 NYY AL OF 103 213 4 7 0 .969 .979 2.11 2.13 2.22 2.47 101 878.3 LF 80 163 2 6 0 .965 .974 2.06 1.78 2.22 2.21 75 668.0 RF 26 55 2 1 0 .983 .978 2.19 1.85 2.44 2.24 26 210.3 DH 23 1979 35 NYY AL OF 112 204 13 4 1 .982 .981 1.94 2.13 2.12 2.46 102 922.0 LF 84 158 8 4 0 .976 .980 1.98 1.80 2.21 2.22 75 676.0 RF 29 48 5 0 1 1.000 .980 1.83 1.88 1.94 2.25 27 246.0 DH 16 1980 36 NYY AL OF 104 157 8 5 1 .971 .979 1.59 2.15 2.15 2.47 77 691.7 LF 102 157 8 5 1 .971 .980 1.62 1.92 2.16 2.35 77 687.7 DH 7 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1981 37 NYY AL OF 36 69 2 1 1 .986 .983 1.97 2.16 2.51 2.48 30 254.7 RF 25 46 1 1 1 .979 .979 1.88 1.75 2.39 2.16 22 177.0 DH 19 LF 11 24 1 0 0 1.000 .980 2.27 1.99 2.90 2.37 8 77.7 1982 38 NYY AL DH 55 OF 40 68 2 0 1 1.000 .982 1.75 2.15 2.14 2.47 33 294.7 RF 28 60 2 0 1 1.000 .981 2.21 1.90 2.61 2.27 24 213.7 LF 12 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.91 0.89 2.29 9 81.0 1983 39 NYY AL OF 43 67 4 3 2 .959 .981 1.65 2.16 1.96 2.50 40 326.7 RF 28 43 2 3 1 .938 .978 1.61 1.85 2.00 2.25 26 203.0 LF 15 26 1 0 1 1.000 .978 1.80 1.90 1.96 2.32 14 123.7 DH 1 1984 40 NYY AL OF 24 40 3 0 0 1.000 .984 1.79 2.17 2.04 2.51 23 189.7 LF 15 23 3 0 1 1.000 .981 1.73 1.80 2.01 2.27 14 116.7 RF 9 20 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.33 1.88 2.59 2.23 9 73.0 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 26 KCR AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 27.00 9.90 0 1.0 1974 30 NYY AL 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.00 9.00 9.72 0 5.0 1977 33 NYY AL 1B 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 8.80 10.00 10.00 1 9.0 1969 25 KCR AL CF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 2.17 1.66 2.51 3 38.0 1973 29 KCR AL DH 9 1974 30 NYY AL DH 6 1975 31 NYY AL DH 12 1976 32 NYY AL DH 38 1977 33 NYY AL DH 43 1978 34 NYY AL DH 23 1979 35 NYY AL DH 16 1980 36 NYY AL DH 7 1981 37 NYY AL DH 19 1982 38 NYY AL DH 55 1983 39 NYY AL DH 1 1984 40 NYY AL DH 2 1968 24 CLE AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.45 1.50 1.80 1 6.0 1969 25 KCR AL LF 126 267 13 7 1 .976 .978 2.22 1.60 2.34 1.99 122 1079.0 1970 26 KCR AL LF 139 244 7 4 2 .984 .978 1.81 1.48 1.85 1.81 138 1221.0 1971 27 KCR AL LF 115 200 6 3 2 .986 .981 1.79 1.60 1.87 1.93 113 994.0 1972 28 KCR AL LF 150 279 8 7 2 .976 .980 1.91 1.53 2.01 1.89 150 1287.3 1973 29 KCR AL LF 128 196 9 3 3 .986 .977 1.60 1.68 1.72 2.00 125 1070.7 1974 30 NYY AL LF 99 199 13 2 1 .991 .974 2.14 1.75 2.30 2.12 95 831.3 1975 31 NYY AL LF 15 27 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.87 1.80 2.15 2.18 14 117.0 1976 32 NYY AL LF 11 22 3 0 0 1.000 .977 2.27 1.91 3.12 2.23 7 72.0 1977 33 NYY AL LF 24 31 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.74 1.47 2.11 22 196.0 1978 34 NYY AL LF 80 163 2 6 0 .965 .974 2.06 1.78 2.22 2.21 75 668.0 1979 35 NYY AL LF 84 158 8 4 0 .976 .980 1.98 1.80 2.21 2.22 75 676.0 1980 36 NYY AL LF 102 157 8 5 1 .971 .980 1.62 1.92 2.16 2.35 77 687.7 1981 37 NYY AL LF 11 24 1 0 0 1.000 .980 2.27 1.99 2.90 2.37 8 77.7 1982 38 NYY AL LF 12 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.91 0.89 2.29 9 81.0 1983 39 NYY AL LF 15 26 1 0 1 1.000 .978 1.80 1.90 1.96 2.32 14 123.7 1984 40 NYY AL LF 15 23 3 0 1 1.000 .981 1.73 1.80 2.01 2.27 14 116.7 1968 24 CLE AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 1.50 2.10 1 6.0 1969 25 KCR AL OF 129 278 13 7 1 .977 .978 2.26 1.84 2.34 2.13 125 1117.0 1970 26 KCR AL OF 139 247 6 4 2 .984 .980 1.82 1.85 1.86 2.14 138 1221.0 1971 27 KCR AL OF 115 201 6 3 2 .986 .982 1.80 1.96 1.87 2.24 113 994.0 1972 28 KCR AL OF 150 275 8 7 2 .976 .983 1.89 1.91 1.98 2.22 150 1287.3 1973 29 KCR AL OF 128 196 9 3 3 .986 .979 1.60 2.02 1.72 2.29 125 1070.7 1974 30 NYY AL OF 130 265 16 3 0 .989 .980 2.16 2.12 2.29 2.41 128 1103.0 1975 31 NYY AL OF 46 65 5 1 0 .986 .979 1.52 2.10 1.85 2.37 41 341.0 1976 32 NYY AL OF 49 106 4 2 0 .982 .981 2.24 2.21 2.46 2.47 44 402.7 1977 33 NYY AL OF 51 77 2 2 0 .975 .978 1.55 2.03 1.73 2.34 47 411.3 1978 34 NYY AL OF 103 213 4 7 0 .969 .979 2.11 2.13 2.22 2.47 101 878.3 1979 35 NYY AL OF 112 204 13 4 1 .982 .981 1.94 2.13 2.12 2.46 102 922.0 1980 36 NYY AL OF 104 157 8 5 1 .971 .979 1.59 2.15 2.15 2.47 77 691.7 1981 37 NYY AL OF 36 69 2 1 1 .986 .983 1.97 2.16 2.51 2.48 30 254.7 1982 38 NYY AL OF 40 68 2 0 1 1.000 .982 1.75 2.15 2.14 2.47 33 294.7 1983 39 NYY AL OF 43 67 4 3 2 .959 .981 1.65 2.16 1.96 2.50 40 326.7 1984 40 NYY AL OF 24 40 3 0 0 1.000 .984 1.79 2.17 2.04 2.51 23 189.7 1974 30 NYY AL RF 34 69 3 1 0 .986 .976 2.12 1.86 2.38 2.18 33 271.7 1975 31 NYY AL RF 30 35 4 1 0 .975 .975 1.30 1.84 1.57 2.11 27 224.0 1976 32 NYY AL RF 39 84 1 2 0 .977 .980 2.18 1.92 2.31 2.21 37 330.7 1977 33 NYY AL RF 27 45 1 2 0 .958 .975 1.70 1.71 1.92 2.08 25 215.3 1978 34 NYY AL RF 26 55 2 1 0 .983 .978 2.19 1.85 2.44 2.24 26 210.3 1979 35 NYY AL RF 29 48 5 0 1 1.000 .980 1.83 1.88 1.94 2.25 27 246.0 1980 36 NYY AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1981 37 NYY AL RF 25 46 1 1 1 .979 .979 1.88 1.75 2.39 2.16 22 177.0 1982 38 NYY AL RF 28 60 2 0 1 1.000 .981 2.21 1.90 2.61 2.27 24 213.7 1983 39 NYY AL RF 28 43 2 3 1 .938 .978 1.61 1.85 2.00 2.25 26 203.0 1984 40 NYY AL RF 9 20 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.33 1.88 2.59 2.23 9 73.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1401 2529 105 52 16 .981 .980 1.88 2.03 2.06 2.32 1318 11511.7 1128 4 277# LF*1128 2025 84 41 14 .981 .978 1.87 1.68 2.04 2.04 1059 9305.0 RF* 277 506 22 11 4 .980 .978 1.91 1.85 2.19 2.20 256 2168.7 DH 231 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.75 2.17 1.66 2.51 3 38.0 1B* 3 17 1 0 0 1.000 .994 6.00 8.30 10.80 9.90 1 15.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1404 2546 106 52 16 .981 .980 1.89 2.04 2.07 2.33 1319 11527
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   4  11   1   3  1  0  0   0   0   1  .273  .273  .364   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY CIN     L   4   9   1   3  1  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .444   0  0   0   0   0 
 1977   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   5  21   1   7  3  0  0   2   0   1  .333  .333  .476   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   6  22   1   6  0  0  0   3   0   3  .273  .292  .273   0  0   0   1   1 
 1978   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   4  17   2   4  0  0  0   0   0   3  .235  .235  .235   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   6  25   3   7  0  0  0   4   0   0  .280  .280  .280   1  0   0   0   0 
 1980   ALCS  NYY KCR     L   2   5   1   1  0  0  1   1   2   1  .200  .429  .800   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   ALDS  NYY MIL     W   3   9   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0  .111  .111  .444   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY OAK     W   3   5   2   3  0  0  1   3   0   0  .600  .600 1.200   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     L   6  16   2   7  1  0  0   3   0   1  .438  .438  .500   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1  18  59   7  18  4  0  2   6   2   6  .305  .328  .475   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 World Series        2-2  22  72   7  23  2  0  0  10   0   4  .319  .324  .347   2  0   0   1   1 
 10 Postseason Series   7-3  43 140  15  42  6  0  3  18   2  10  .300  .313  .407   2  0   0   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1972   KCR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1972 *

Awards
1969-AL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1969-AL-35-0.00
1972-AL-32-0.00
1974-AL-23-0.02
1978-AL-21-0.03
Car-1085-0.05 shares

Batting Average
1970 AL-.301-9
1972 AL-.312-2
1974 AL-.305-4
1978 AL-.314-4

Games
1972 AL-151-10

At Bats
1972 AL-574-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1972 AL-624-10

Hits
1972 AL-179-2

Total Bases
1972 AL-253-5

Doubles
1972 AL-33-1
1978 AL-34-7

Triples
1969 AL-6-4

Singles
1970 AL-123-9
1972 AL-131-2
1974 AL-123-10

Runs Created
1972 AL-84-10

Batting Wins
1972 AL-2.9-10

Extra-Base Hits
1972 AL-48-8

Times on Base
1972 AL-221-6

Hit By Pitch
1972 AL-8-7

Sac. Flies
1969 AL-9-3
1974 AL-11-5
1979 AL-8-9

Intentional Walks
1976 AL-8-10
1978 AL-8-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1972 AL-25-1
1973 AL-22-2
1974 AL-18-5
1979 AL-17-10
Car-209-69

At Bats per Strikeout
1970 AL-12.9-7
1978 AL-13.1-10

Oldest Player
1981 AL-37-10
1982 AL-38-10
1983 AL-39-7
1984 AL-40-5

   

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (853) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.3 (1075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.0 (769) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 9, 1962: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

November 26, 1962: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Cleveland Indians in the 1962 first-year draft.

August 4, 1964: Sent by the Washington Senators to the Baltimore Orioles to complete an earlier deal made on March 31, 1964. The Washington Senators sent a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Buster Narum. The Washington Senators sent Lou Piniella (August 4, 1964) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

March 10, 1966: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Cam Carreon.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Cleveland Indians as the 28th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

April 1, 1969: Traded by the Seattle Pilots to the Kansas City Royals for Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar.

December 7, 1973: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Ken Wright to the New York Yankees for Lindy McDaniel.


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