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Lou
Piniella		  
Nickname: Sweet Lou
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 213
 
Born: August 28, 1943 in Usa, FL, TAMPA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
All-Star Selections 1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 24 LAD NL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1969 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1970 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1971 27 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1972 28 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1973 29 LAD NL $ 350,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1974 30 CLE AL $ 1,195,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1975 31 CLE AL $ 1,292,857   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1976 32 TOR AL $ 6,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1977 33 TOR AL $ 6,500,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1978 34 PHN NL $ 500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1979 35 PHN NL $ 500,000   3 3 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 24 AAA   137 579 77 160 29 4 19 74 3 6 34 42 .276 .316 .439 .755 76.4  
1969 25 LAD NL 115 403 41 109 16 4 1 37 1 2 12 33 .270 .293 .337 .630 36.7 5.3
    AAA   26 119 14 36 3 0 4 9 2 0 3 3 .303 .320 .429 .748 15.8  
1970 26 LAD NL 121 381 45 98 25 0 5 48 2 2 20 28 .257 .292 .362 .654 39.0 5.7
1971 27 LAD NL 102 345 36 89 19 1 6 39 2 3 12 13 .258 .287 .371 .658 32.3 3.1
1972 28 LAD NL 56 171 30 47 7 1 6 29 1 0 8 10 .275 .306 .433 .738 23.0 4.5
1973 29 LAD NL 78 248 28 80 18 2 4 36 1 1 15 15 .323 .360 .460 .820 38.6 9.6
1974 30 CLE AL 139 525 67 153 35 2 12 77 3 3 28 36 .291 .327 .434 .762 65.9 9.0
1975 31 CLE AL 153 575 72 170 24 6 8 72 3 3 34 55 .296 .334 .400 .734 73.5 10.9
1976 32 TOR AL 150 538 56 137 27 1 6 59 1 1 26 50 .255 .290 .342 .632 47.6 4.6
1977 33 TOR AL 55 81 11 16 3 0 1 14 0 0 7 4 .198 .261 .272 .533 6.2 0.1
1978 34 PHN NL 104 330 31 88 25 3 3 28 1 0 8 30 .267 .287 .388 .674 32.9 5.1
1979 35 AAA   111 427 45 111 30 1 13 67 3 3 21 48 .260 .295 .426 .721 51.2  
10 Years Sim 1073 3597 417 987 199 20 52 439 15 15 170 274 .274 .307 .384 .692 395.5 57.9
3 Years AAA 274 1125 136 307 62 5 36 150 8 9 58 93 .273 .309 .433 .742 143.4  
162 Game Average 543 62 149 30 3 7 66 2 2 25 41 .274 .307 .384 .692 59.7  
Career Highs 153 575 72 170 35 6 12 77 3 3 34 55 .323 .360 .460 .820 73.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1967 227 521 101 9 28 232 8 8 97 144 .265 .302 .368 .670 206.9
vs LH   1630 190 466 98 11 24 207 7 7 73 130 .286 .314 .404 .718 195.2
Home 529 1775 198 502 93 13 24 196 8 8 76 131 .283 .311 .390 .702 203.6
Away 544 1822 219 485 106 7 28 243 7 7 94 143 .266 .304 .378 .682 198.5
RISP   947 0 257 52 5 14 362 0 0 47 79 .271 .299 .381 .681 105.5
Pinch Hitting   72 9 16 4 0 1 21 0 0 6 4 .222 .291 .319 .611 6.5
Close/Late   369 39 100 20 0 6 47 0 0 21 27 .271 .316 .374 .690 41.4
Mar/Apr 156 495 56 132 25 5 8 72 1 2 29 35 .267 .311 .386 .696 56.3
May 180 602 74 182 38 3 7 59 4 3 25 41 .302 .330 .410 .740 75.5
June 187 649 70 183 39 3 11 85 2 1 26 43 .282 .309 .402 .711 76.2
July 181 604 74 151 28 4 9 71 0 2 27 61 .250 .282 .354 .636 57.3
August 201 699 77 182 36 1 9 72 2 3 31 48 .260 .293 .353 .646 68.2
Sep/Oct 168 548 66 157 33 4 8 80 6 4 32 46 .286 .325 .405 .730 68.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1969 25 LAD NL 3B 62 61 522.0 35 119 1 10 .994 2.66   2.3
    RF 51 47 414.7 70 4 2 2 .974 1.61   0.8
    LF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1970 26 LAD NL RF 60 56 476.7 77 4 6 1 .931 1.53   1.1
    3B 48 41 365.0 14 73 8 13 .916 2.15   0.9
    LF 5 4 34.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
1971 27 LAD NL 3B 17 14 119.0 5 29 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.5
    LF 13 13 105.0 25 0 1 0 .962 2.14   0.6
    RF 12 8 71.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
1972 28 LAD NL RF 30 26 215.7 37 1 4 0 .905 1.59   0.7
    LF 18 18 143.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    3B 5 0 10.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.70   0.0
1973 29 LAD NL 3B 75 68 593.7 42 141 8 11 .958 2.77   2.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1974 30 CLE AL 3B 131 128 1098.7 86 254 14 19 .960 2.79   2.9
    LF 9 1 24.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.1
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1975 31 CLE AL 3B 150 149 1263.3 92 300 13 20 .968 2.79   4.5
    LF 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1976 32 TOR AL 3B 148 148 1248.3 97 290 10 19 .975 2.79   2.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 33 TOR AL 3B 26 11 136.0 6 39 1 4 .978 2.98   0.5
    SS 12 0 24.3 2 7 0 2 1.000 3.33   0.1
    RF 3 1 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1978 34 PHN NL 3B 32 27 235.7 13 68 2 8 .976 3.09   0.6
    LF 19 13 131.3 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.26   0.3
    RF 6 1 20.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
  3B 694 647 5591.6 390 1316 57 106 .968 2.75   16.3
  RF 165 140 1221.6 210 10 12 3 .948 1.62   2.6
  LF 72 51 468.0 103 1 1 0 .990 2.00   1.0
  SS 13 0 25.3 2 7 0 2 1.000 3.20   0.1
  2B 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
Career Totals   946 838 7310.6 707 1335 70 112 .967 2.51   20.1
Career Highs   154 149 1271.7 109 300 14 20 .987 3.10    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 25 LAD NL 7 28 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .179 .207 .214 .421
1970 26 LAD NL 11 30 4 12 4 0 1 6 1 0 0 2 .400 .400 .633 1.033
1974 30 CLE AL 5 20 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .250 .450
Career Post-Season Batting 23 78 6 21 6 0 1 10 1 0 1 7 .269 .278 .385 .663
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1974-8-35
 Triples
1975-6-6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1968
Had first career hit on 5/1/1969, off Ron Perranoski (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/23/1969, off Bruce Dal canton (SEM)
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,195,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Los Angeles to Cleveland (A) on 2/13/1974 (Going to LAD: LF Dave Kingman. Going to CLE: P Joe Coleman, 3B Lou Piniella)
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/9/1976 to a 2-year deal worth $6,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/10/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 8/27/1978 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Injured on 7/19/1979 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
 
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