Lou Piniella

Position: Manager

Born: August 28, 1943 in Tampa, FL us

High School: Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL)

School: University of Tampa (Tampa, FL)

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

3548

1835

1713

W-L%

.517

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1984

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Ejections
1	1986	42	New York Yankees	AL		90	72	.556	0	162	2	0	0		3
2	1987	43	New York Yankees	AL		89	73	.549	0	162	4	0	0		4

3	1988	44	New York Yankees	AL	2nd of 2	45	48	.484	0	93	5	0	0		4

4	1990	46	Cincinnati Reds	NL		91	71	.562	0	162	1	8	2	.800	5	WS Champs
5	1991	47	Cincinnati Reds	NL		74	88	.457	0	162	5	0	0		4
6	1992	48	Cincinnati Reds	NL		90	72	.556	0	162	2	0	0		2

7	1993	49	Seattle Mariners	AL		82	80	.506	0	162	4	0	0		4
8	1994	50	Seattle Mariners	AL		49	63	.438	0	112	3	0	0		2
9	1995	51	Seattle Mariners	AL		79	66	.545	0	145	1	5	6	.455	2
10	1996	52	Seattle Mariners	AL		85	76	.528	0	161	2	0	0		4
11	1997	53	Seattle Mariners	AL		90	72	.556	0	162	1	1	3	.250	3
12	1998	54	Seattle Mariners	AL		76	85	.472	0	161	3	0	0		3
13	1999	55	Seattle Mariners	AL		79	83	.488	0	162	3	0	0		5
14	2000	56	Seattle Mariners	AL		91	71	.562	0	162	2	5	4	.556	1
15	2001	57	Seattle Mariners	AL		116	46	.716	0	162	1	4	6	.400	1
16	2002	58	Seattle Mariners	AL		93	69	.574	0	162	3	0	0		3

17	2003	59	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL		63	99	.389	0	162	5	0	0		4
18	2004	60	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL		70	91	.435	0	161	4	0	0		3
19	2005	61	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	AL		67	95	.414	0	162	5	0	0		2

20	2007	63	Chicago Cubs	NL		85	77	.525	0	162	1	0	3	.000	1
21	2008	64	Chicago Cubs	NL		97	64	.602	0	161	1	0	3	.000	2
22	2009	65	Chicago Cubs	NL		83	78	.516	0	161	2	0	0		1
23	2010	66	Chicago Cubs	NL	1st of 2	51	74	.408	0	125	5	0	0		1
			New York Yankees		3 years	224	193	.537	0	417	3.4	0	0		11
			Cincinnati Reds		3 years	255	231	.525	0	486	2.7	8	2	.800	11	1 Pennant and 1 World Series Title
			Seattle Mariners		10 years	840	711	.542	0	1551	2.3	15	19	.441	28
			Tampa Bay Devil Rays		3 years	200	285	.412	0	485	4.7	0	0		9
			Chicago Cubs		4 years	316	293	.519	0	609	2.1	0	6	.000	5
					23 years	1835	1713	.517	0	3548	2.8	23	27	.460	64	1 Pennant and 1 World Series Title

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
						Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Intentional Walks				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PA	IBB	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	1986	42	NYY	AL	162	1627	157	9.6%	106	1063	27	2.5%	181	1641	36	2.2%	74	6173	25	0.4%	72	1.13	126	0.09	39	2.8	105
2	1987	43	NYY	AL	162	1542	118	7.7%	76	959	27	2.8%	157	1514	37	2.4%	86	6225	31	0.5%	86	1.14	123	0.19	77	2.7	100

3	1988	44	NYY	AL	93	894	70	7.8%	86	583	21	3.6%	240	878	20	2.3%	72	3690	29	0.8%	113	0.95	116	0.17	59	3.0	113

4	1990	46	CIN	NL	162	1488	171	11.5%	97	1044	46	4.4%	179	1452	37	2.5%	111	6128	60	1.0%	91	1.51	87	0.12	59	3.0	96
5	1991	47	CIN	NL	162	1463	141	9.6%	82	1008	28	2.8%	124	1313	32	2.4%	96	6133	41	0.7%	78	1.62	93	0.15	65	3.2	101
6	1992	48	CIN	NL	162	1511	165	10.9%	98	1069	20	1.9%	91	1500	32	2.1%	72	6042	51	0.8%	90	1.47	84	0.15	71	3.2	99

7	1993	49	SEA	AL	162	1526	135	8.8%	94	1043	19	1.8%	91	1529	63	4.1%	131	6254	56	0.9%	107	0.99	126	0.25	102	3.2	100
8	1994	50	SEA	AL	112	985	44	4.5%	53	732	18	2.5%	113	1009	47	4.7%	165	4411	39	0.9%	123	1.04	153	0.21	99	3.3	100
9	1995	51	SEA	AL	145	1369	111	8.1%	101	991	33	3.3%	172	1453	51	3.5%	130	5743	37	0.6%	103	0.98	106	0.28	115	3.2	98
10	1996	52	SEA	AL	161	1634	100	6.1%	79	1140	25	2.2%	128	1735	46	2.7%	108	6351	52	0.8%	121	1.14	136	0.17	68	3.5	104
11	1997	53	SEA	AL	162	1569	93	5.9%	68	1076	27	2.5%	142	1617	45	2.8%	118	6368	36	0.6%	91	0.92	112	0.22	90	3.4	99
12	1998	54	SEA	AL	161	1532	119	7.8%	82	1090	28	2.6%	129	1579	36	2.3%	100	6271	23	0.4%	77	0.61	86	0.24	106	3.3	94
13	1999	55	SEA	AL	162	1536	143	9.3%	108	1070	21	2.0%	149	1578	35	2.2%	105	6471	39	0.6%	125	0.76	110	0.23	109	3.1	89
14	2000	56	SEA	AL	162	1599	146	9.1%	124	1129	23	2.0%	145	1653	57	3.4%	144	6269	37	0.6%	113	0.68	94	0.27	105	3.4	96
15	2001	57	SEA	AL	162	1619	171	10.6%	114	1199	32	2.7%	126	1690	40	2.4%	100	6096	28	0.5%	77	0.78	117	0.27	150	3.4	97
16	2002	58	SEA	AL	162	1621	151	9.3%	123	1077	30	2.8%	186	1661	40	2.4%	108	6117	34	0.6%	98	0.54	87	0.61	257	3.1	90

17	2003	59	TBD	AL	162	1409	153	10.9%	147	1073	23	2.1%	144	1444	30	2.1%	88	6340	37	0.6%	98	0.99	147	0.18	81	3.3	94
18	2004	60	TBD	AL	161	1428	140	9.8%	138	1024	29	2.8%	170	1477	33	2.2%	94	6261	35	0.6%	96	0.62	98	0.16	73	3.5	96
19	2005	61	TBD	AL	162	1487	166	11.2%	160	978	27	2.8%	187	1456	32	2.2%	104	6384	41	0.6%	124	0.78	122	0.11	59	3.5	96

20	2007	63	CHC	NL	162	1449	100	6.9%	94	1122	17	1.5%	98	1433	27	1.9%	100	6186	46	0.7%	95	1.64	96	0.32	185	4.0	96
21	2008	64	CHC	NL	161	1557	84	5.4%	76	1161	27	2.3%	142	1596	20	1.3%	65	6194	45	0.7%	91	1.75	101	0.14	81	4.0	98
22	2009	65	CHC	NL	161	1460	75	5.1%	71	990	9	0.9%	59	1395	32	2.3%	103	6177	46	0.7%	95	1.73	103	0.09	75	4.0	98
23	2010	66	CHC	NL	125	1133	57	5.0%	65	754	8	1.1%	85	1066	14	1.3%	68	4903	33	0.7%	87	1.57	95	0.08	58	4.0	99
	NYY (3 years)				417	4063	345	8.5%	90	2605	75	2.9%	184	4033	93	2.3%	78	16088	85	0.5%	88	1.09	123	0.15	58	2.8	105
	CIN (3 years)				486	4462	477	10.7%	92	3121	94	3.0%	134	4265	101	2.4%	91	18303	152	0.8%	87	1.53	88	0.14	65	3.1	99
	SEA (10 years)				1551	14990	1213	8.1%	96	10547	256	2.4%	136	15504	460	3.0%	120	60351	381	0.6%	104	0.84	112	0.28	120	3.3	96
	TBD (3 years)				485	4324	459	10.6%	148	3075	79	2.6%	167	4377	95	2.2%	95	18985	113	0.6%	105	0.80	123	0.15	71	3.4	95
	CHC (4 years)				609	5599	316	5.6%	77	4027	61	1.5%	100	5490	93	1.7%	85	23460	170	0.7%	93	1.68	99	0.16	108	4.0	98
	23 years				3548	33438	2810	8.4%	97	23375	565	2.4%	139	33669	842	2.5%	102	137187	901	0.7%	97	1.10	105	0.21	96	3.3	98