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Lou Piniella

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b. August 28, 1943 · Baltimore Orioles 1964, Cleveland Indians 1968, Kansas City Royals 1969–1973, New York Yankees 1974–1984

He was the Royals' first star, taking the 1969 Rookie of the Year award in that franchise's first season, and then spent eleven years with the Yankees, hitting .295 for them and playing in four World Series. Eighteen seasons gave him 1,705 hits, 305 doubles and a .291 average.

He managed for twenty-three seasons — the Yankees, Cincinnati, Seattle, Tampa Bay and the Cubs — and won 1,835 games. Cincinnati won the World Series in his first year there, in 1990, and his 2001 Seattle club won 116 games, which ties the record.

The arguing was its own institution: base-throwing, cap-throwing, ejections in six different decades of footage. He has been on three era committees since 2017 without election. The 1990 ballot gave him two votes of 444.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 1 1972
Rookie of the Year 1 1969

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1964 BAL 4100 000 0000 .000
1968 CLE 6510 000 1000 .000
1969 KCR 13549343139 21611 6833562 .282
1970 KCR 14454254163 24511 8835423 .301
1971 KCR 12644843125 2153 5121435 .279
1972 KCR 15157465179 33411 7234597 .312
1973 KCR 14451353128 2819 6930655 .250
1974 NYY 14051871158 2609 7032581 .305
1975 NYY 74199739 410 2216220 .196
1976 NYY 1003273692 1663 3818340 .281
1977 NYY 10333947112 19312 4520312 .330
1978 NYY 13047267148 3456 6934363 .314
1979 NYY 13046149137 22211 6917313 .297
1980 NYY 1163213992 1802 2729200 .287
1981 NYY 601591644 905 181390 .277
1982 NYY 1022613380 1716 3718180 .307
1983 NYY 531481943 912 1611121 .291
1984 NYY 2986826 411 6750 .302
Career 174758676511705 30541102 76636854132 .291

On this day & linked events

1943

Born August 28, 1943

Tampa, FL, USA

1964

Major-league debut: Lou Piniella

Lou Piniella made a major-league debut on September 4, 1964.

1984

Final major-league game: Lou Piniella

Lou Piniella played a final major-league game on June 16, 1984.

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