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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	4 (2)	Apr 11	NYY	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	6 (1)	Apr 13	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	8 (1)	Apr 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	9	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
6	11 (1)	Apr 19	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	12	Apr 21	NYY		MIL	L,2-9	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	15 (2)	Apr 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	18 (2)	Apr 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	20 (1)	May 1	NYY		KCR	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	21	May 2	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
12	23 (1)	May 5	NYY		TEX	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	24	May 6	NYY		TEX	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	31 (6)	May 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
15	32	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	RF
16	33	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
17	34	May 19	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	35	May 20	NYY	@	TOR	L,8-10	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
19	36	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	37	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	38	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	39	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
23	40	May 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	41	May 27	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	42	May 28 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	43	May 28 (2)	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	CG	57	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
27	44	May 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	45	May 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	46	May 31	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	47	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	48	Jun 2	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
32	50 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	51	Jun 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-7	GS	39	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	54 (2)	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	67 (12)	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
36	70 (2)	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
37	71	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	73 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	74	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	LF
40	75	Jun 30	NYY		DET	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
42	77	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	79 (1)	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	80	Jul 5	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	82 (1)	Jul 7	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
46	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
47	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
48	86 (1)	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	88 (1)	Jul 16	NYY		KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	89	Jul 17	NYY		KCR	L,7-9	CG	55	11.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
51	90	Jul 19	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	91	Jul 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	93 (1)	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	96 (1)	Jul 25	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	97	Jul 26	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	98	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,11-0	GS	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	99	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-17	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	100	Jul 28	NYY		MIN	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	101	Jul 29	NYY		MIN	W,7-3	GS	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	102	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
62	104 (1)	Jul 31	NYY		TEX	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	105	Aug 1	NYY		TEX	W,8-1	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	106	Aug 2 susp	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	CG	67	17.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
65	108 (1)	Aug 4	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
66	109	Aug 5	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
67	111 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	112	Aug 9	NYY		MIL	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
69	113	Aug 10	NYY		MIL	W,9-0	GS	22	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	115 (1)	Aug 12	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	116	Aug 13	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	122 (5)	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	127 (4)	Aug 27	NYY		OAK	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	128	Aug 28	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	129	Aug 29	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
76	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	132	Sep 1	NYY		SEA	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	134 (1)	Sep 3	NYY		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	135	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		DET	W,9-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	138 (2)	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
82	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF LF
83	140	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	GS	22	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
84	141	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
85	142	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	143	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	144	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	146	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	147	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	149 (1)	Sep 18	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	150	Sep 19	NYY		MIL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	151	Sep 20 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	152	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	153	Sep 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	154	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	RF
97	155	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
98	156	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
99	157	Sep 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	158	Sep 27	NYY		TOR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
101	159	Sep 28	NYY		TOR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	160	Sep 29	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	163 (2)	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
							106gm		878.1	218	4	7	229	0