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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-21 / in Starts: 18-15
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1976	ALCS g1	Oct 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	4	.81	-0.058	25.24	-1.16%	-0.67	DH
2	1976	ALCS g2	Oct 10	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	2.02	-0.056	58.17	-0.89%	-0.21	PH
3	1976	ALCS g3	Oct 12	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	4	.60	0.000	24.87	0.00%	0.00	DH
4	1976	ALCS g4	Oct 13	NYY		KCR	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	4	1.15	-0.108	44.49	-2.59%	-1.11	DH
5	1976	WS g1	Oct 16	NYY	@	CIN	L,1-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	4	1.50	-0.026	78.21	-0.75%	0.05	DH
6	1976	WS g2	Oct 17	NYY	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	4	1.28	0.018	67.67	0.73%	0.19	RF
7	1976	WS g3	Oct 19	NYY		CIN	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.421	.737	7	.69	-0.018	28.75	-0.48%	-0.30	PH RF
8	1976	WS g4	Oct 21	NYY		CIN	L,2-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	5	2.43	-0.060	46.65	-0.74%	-0.21	PH
1977 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	1977	ALCS g1	Oct 5	NYY		KCR	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	.39	0.011	12.27	0.22%	0.02	LF
10	1977	ALCS g2	Oct 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	.89	-0.018	25.59	-0.39%	-0.39	LF
11	1977	ALCS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	7	.76	0.088	31.62	2.02%	0.61	DH
12	1977	ALCS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.438	.750	5	.65	0.067	25.16	1.68%	1.19	LF
13	1977	ALCS g5	Oct 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.476	.810	4	1.45	0.165	120.83	8.31%	1.56	LF
14	1977	WS g1	Oct 11	NYY		LAD	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.346	.462	.808	7	1.50	-0.066	78.30	-2.19%	-1.13	LF
15	1977	WS g2	Oct 12	NYY		LAD	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.345	.448	.793	7	.94	-0.028	49.66	-0.95%	-0.27	LF
16	1977	WS g3	Oct 14	NYY	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.394	.469	.863	5	.74	0.106	46.59	4.28%	1.33	LF
17	1977	WS g4	Oct 15	NYY	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.361	.378	.444	.823	5	.72	0.029	44.07	1.14%	-0.08	LF
18	1977	WS g5	Oct 16	NYY	@	LAD	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.341	.400	.741	7	.31	-0.028	11.10	-0.55%	-1.23	LF
19	1977	WS g6	Oct 18	NYY		LAD	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.302	.311	.372	.683	7	.55	0.007	41.93	0.29%	-0.26	LF
1978 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1978	ALCS g1	Oct 3	NYY	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	3	.65	0.007	20.21	0.22%	0.28	RF
21	1978	ALCS g2	Oct 4	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	.68	-0.089	19.50	-1.41%	-1.25	LF
22	1978	ALCS g3	Oct 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	5	.84	0.178	34.89	4.08%	1.37	RF
23	1978	ALCS g4	Oct 7	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	5	1.20	-0.098	46.04	-2.28%	-0.93	RF
24	1978	WS g1	Oct 10	NYY	@	LAD	L,5-11	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	5	.55	-0.038	28.89	-1.28%	0.11	RF
25	1978	WS g2	Oct 11	NYY	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.280	.560	6	1.09	0.094	57.56	2.84%	0.38	RF
26	1978	WS g3	Oct 13	NYY		LAD	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.276	.276	.276	.552	5	.60	-0.010	25.00	-0.21%	-0.05	RF
27	1978	WS g4	Oct 14	NYY		LAD	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.265	.265	.529	5	2.73	0.278	166.27	9.54%	0.34	RF
28	1978	WS g5	Oct 15	NYY		LAD	W,12-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	5	1.16	-0.113	95.65	-6.04%	-1.56	RF
29	1978	WS g6	Oct 17	NYY	@	LAD	W,7-2	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.262	.524	5	.70	0.017	62.77	1.16%	0.02	RF
1980 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	1980	ALCS g1	Oct 8	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	7	.80	0.083	25.00	1.73%	0.86	LF
31	1980	ALCS g3	Oct 10	NYY		KCR	L,2-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.800	1.229	7	.68	-0.015	16.50	-0.19%	-0.18	LF
1981 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	1981	ALDS g2	Oct 8	NYY	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	5	.60	0.101	8.50	0.90%	0.45	DH
33	1981	ALDS g3	Oct 9	NYY		MIL	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.571	.714	5	1.13	-0.100	9.86	-0.49%	-0.96	DH
34	1981	ALDS g4	Oct 10	NYY		MIL	L,1-2	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.444	.556	5	3.03	-0.127	57.88	-1.57%	-0.34	PH
35	1981	ALDS g5	Oct 11	NYY		MIL	W,7-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	5	.49	0.022	20.42	0.51%	1.21	PH
36	1981	ALCS g1	Oct 13	NYY		OAK	W,3-1	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.636	.909	5	.43	-0.010	13.44	-0.17%	-0.45	PH
37	1981	ALCS g2	Oct 14	NYY		OAK	W,13-3	3-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.786	1.071	4	.84	0.055	28.12	1.02%	1.35	RF
38	1981	ALCS g3	Oct 15	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-0	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.800	1.133	4	1.18	-0.025	28.85	-0.40%	-0.44	PH
39	1981	WS g1	Oct 20	NYY		LAD	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.368	.368	.789	1.158	4	.42	0.079	22.07	2.27%	0.48	RF
40	1981	WS g2	Oct 21	NYY		LAD	W,3-0	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	4	.35	0.013	18.59	0.37%	0.24	PH
41	1981	WS g3	Oct 23	NYY	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.360	.360	.680	1.040	4	1.31	-0.150	54.75	-3.68%	-1.07	RF
42	1981	WS g4	Oct 24	NYY	@	LAD	L,7-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.346	.654	1.000	5	.97	-0.024	59.05	-0.79%	-0.09	PH LF
43	1981	WS g5	Oct 25	NYY	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.367	.367	.633	1.000	6	1.48	0.230	122.07	11.72%	1.83	LF RF
44	1981	WS g6	Oct 28	NYY		LAD	L,2-9	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.387	.387	.645	1.032	9	.73	0.028	65.90	1.62%	1.00	PH
									145	141	15	43	7	0	3	19	2	0	10	1	0	1		4	2	0	.305	.317	.418	.736

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