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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 7	KCR	@	CAL	W,12-5	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 10	KCR		TEX	W,12-1	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 11	KCR		TEX	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 12	KCR		TEX	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	7	Apr 13	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 14	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 15	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	10	Apr 17	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	54	14.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 18	KCR		OAK	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 19	KCR		OAK	W,16-8	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 20	KCR		CHW	L,2-16	GS	38	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	14	Apr 22 (1)	KCR		CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
15	16 (1)	Apr 24	KCR		MIL	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	17	Apr 25	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	18	Apr 26	KCR		MIL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
18	19	Apr 27	KCR	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	20	Apr 28	KCR	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	21	Apr 29	KCR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	26 (3)	May 6	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	27	May 8	KCR		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
24	28	May 9	KCR		DET	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	30 (1)	May 11	KCR		MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	31	May 12	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	32	May 13	KCR		MIN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	34 (1)	May 15	KCR		CAL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	35	May 16	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	36	May 17	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	37	May 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	38	May 19	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	42 (3)	May 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	44 (1)	May 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	45	May 27 (1)	KCR		BOS	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	46	May 27 (2)	KCR		BOS	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	49 (2)	May 30	KCR		BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	50	May 31	KCR		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	51	Jun 1	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	52	Jun 2	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	53	Jun 3	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
42	54	Jun 4	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	55	Jun 5	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	56	Jun 6	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	57	Jun 8	KCR		NYY	L,1-8	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	58	Jun 9	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	60 (1)	Jun 12	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	41	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	61	Jun 13	KCR	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	62	Jun 14	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	64 (1)	Jun 16	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	38	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	65	Jun 17 (1)	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	66	Jun 17 (2)	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	67	Jun 18	KCR		OAK	L,5-9	GS	34	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	70 (2)	Jun 22	KCR		TEX	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	72 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	KCR		TEX	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	73	Jun 24 (2)	KCR		TEX	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
57	74	Jun 25	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	LF
58	75	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	76	Jun 27	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	77	Jun 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	78	Jun 29	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	83 (4)	Jul 3	KCR		MIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	84	Jul 4	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
64	85	Jul 5	KCR	@	MIN	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	86	Jul 6	KCR		DET	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	87	Jul 7	KCR		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	88	Jul 8	KCR		DET	L,0-3	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
68	89	Jul 9	KCR	@	MIL	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	90	Jul 10	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	91	Jul 11	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
71	92	Jul 12	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	93	Jul 13	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	94	Jul 14	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	95	Jul 15	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	96	Jul 16	KCR	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	97	Jul 17	KCR	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	98	Jul 18	KCR	@	DET	L,4-14	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	99	Jul 20	KCR		MIL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	100	Jul 21	KCR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	101	Jul 22	KCR		MIL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	102	Jul 26 (1)	KCR		CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	104 (1)	Jul 27	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	105	Jul 28	KCR		CAL	L,8-19	CG	54	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	106	Jul 29 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	107	Jul 29 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,7-6	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
86	108	Jul 31	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	109	Aug 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	110	Aug 2	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	111	Aug 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	112	Aug 4	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
91	114 (1)	Aug 7	KCR		BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
92	115	Aug 8	KCR		BOS	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	116	Aug 9	KCR		BOS	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	117	Aug 10	KCR		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	118	Aug 11	KCR		BAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	119	Aug 12	KCR		BAL	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	120	Aug 14	KCR		CLE	W,8-5	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	121	Aug 15	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
99	122	Aug 16	KCR		CLE	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	123	Aug 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	124	Aug 18	KCR	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	125	Aug 19	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
103	126	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	127	Aug 21	KCR		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	128	Aug 22	KCR		NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
106	129	Aug 24	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	130	Aug 25	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	131	Aug 26	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
109	132	Aug 28	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	133	Aug 29	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
111	134	Aug 31	KCR		OAK	L,7-10	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	135	Sep 1	KCR		OAK	W,10-9	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	136	Sep 2	KCR		OAK	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
114	137	Sep 3	KCR		MIN	L,5-11	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
115	138	Sep 4	KCR		MIN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	139	Sep 8 (1)	KCR		CAL	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
117	140	Sep 8 (2)	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
118	141	Sep 9 (1)	KCR		CAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
119	142	Sep 9 (2)	KCR		CAL	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
120	143	Sep 10	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-13	GS	32	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
121	144	Sep 11	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	145	Sep 12	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
123	147 (1)	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	148	Sep 15	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	149	Sep 16	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	150	Sep 17	KCR		MIN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
127	152 (1)	Sep 19	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
128	155 (2)	Sep 22	KCR		TEX	W,5-3		17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
							128gm		1070.2	196	9	3	208	3