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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
18	6362	.291	.333	.409	105	19.7

Birth Date	8-28-1943
Height	6' 1"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	80 years, 7 months, 22 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1964	BAL	20	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	74	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
1968	CLE	24	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	75	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
1969	KCA	25	135	539	139	21	6	11	33	56	3	2	4	.282	.325	.416	101	6.4	-0.5	12.7	3.2
1970	KCA	26	144	586	163	24	5	11	35	42	2	3	6	.301	.342	.424	106	8.7	-1.3	0.4	2.1
1971	KCA	27	126	476	125	21	5	3	21	43	2	5	3	.279	.311	.368	89	-2.1	0.7	-4.3	0.4
1972	KCA	28	151	624	179	33	4	11	34	59	8	7	2	.312	.356	.441	129	21.8	-7.0	3.3	3.5
1973	KCA	29	144	553	128	28	1	9	30	65	2	5	7	.250	.291	.361	78	-11.2	1.3	-13.5	-1.4
1974	NYA	30	140	567	158	26	0	9	32	58	2	1	8	.305	.341	.407	113	11.0	2.7	17.3	4.6
1975	NYA	31	74	221	39	4	1	0	16	22	3	0	0	.196	.262	.226	64	-7.9	-2.7	-3.6	-1.1
1976	NYA	32	100	351	92	16	6	3	18	34	2	0	1	.281	.322	.394	104	2.9	-6.4	2.6	0.4
1977	NYA	33	103	369	112	19	3	12	20	31	1	2	2	.330	.365	.510	121	10.8	0.9	-5.7	1.2
1978	NYA	34	130	513	148	34	5	6	34	36	2	3	1	.314	.361	.445	122	14.2	1.0	-0.9	2.5
1979	NYA	35	130	491	137	22	2	11	17	31	2	3	2	.297	.320	.425	99	1.1	-2.0	0.4	0.9
1980	NYA	36	116	355	92	18	0	2	29	20	0	0	2	.287	.343	.361	102	1.7	0.2	-1.3	0.8
1981	NYA	37	60	174	44	9	0	5	13	9	0	0	1	.277	.331	.428	117	2.7	-0.9	2.5	0.8
1982	NYA	38	102	283	80	17	1	6	18	18	1	0	1	.307	.352	.448	115	5.4	-0.4	-1.2	0.8
1983	NYA	39	53	160	43	9	1	2	11	12	1	1	1	.291	.344	.405	102	0.4	0.5	-1.1	0.3
1984	NYA	40	29	93	26	4	1	1	7	5	0	0	0	.302	.355	.407	96	-0.1	0.1	2.8	0.5
Career			1747	6362	1705	305	41	102	368	541	31	32	41	.291	.333	.409	105	65.8	-13.2	10.4	19.7

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1964	BAL	MLB	AL	4	1	.246	.286	.322	.000	83	-0.3	0.0	0	74	4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
1968	CLE	MLB	AL	6	6	.222	.267	.339	.000	95	0.1	0.1	0	75	8	0.0	0.4	-0.1	0.0
1969	KCA	MLB	AL	135	539	.244	.313	.364	.294	96	11.5	13.8	-3.1	101	10	12.7	-0.5	6.4	3.2
1970	KCA	MLB	AL	144	586	.248	.317	.375	.308	98	8.6	15.9	-3.7	106	10	0.4	-1.3	8.7	2.1
1971	KCA	MLB	AL	126	476	.247	.316	.363	.300	97	-0.5	11.8	-2.7	89	10	-4.3	0.7	-2.1	0.4
1972	KCA	MLB	AL	151	624	.237	.300	.342	.331	98	16.7	14.7	-3.5	129	12	3.3	-7.0	21.8	3.5
1973	KCA	MLB	AL	144	553	.256	.323	.375	.268	102	-16.6	14.6	-3.8	78	7	-13.5	1.3	-11.2	-1.4
1974	NYA	MLB	AL	140	567	.260	.320	.377	.323	99	13.9	14.7	-4.2	113	11	17.3	2.7	11.0	4.6
1975	NYA	MLB	AL	74	221	.258	.323	.381	.217	98	-13.9	5.8	-2	64	10	-3.6	-2.7	-7.9	-1.1
1976	NYA	MLB	AL	100	351	.259	.321	.366	.306	95	6.1	8.8	-4	104	9	2.6	-6.4	2.9	0.4
1977	NYA	MLB	AL	103	369	.271	.333	.408	.333	98	14.7	10.3	-4.7	121	11	-5.7	0.9	10.8	1.2
1978	NYA	MLB	AL	130	513	.262	.323	.385	.329	95	21.9	13.3	-4.4	122	11	-0.9	1.0	14.2	2.5
1979	NYA	MLB	AL	130	491	.270	.332	.408	.295	95	3.8	13.8	-4.2	99	7	0.4	-2.0	1.1	0.9
1980	NYA	MLB	AL	116	355	.266	.324	.393	.298	97	-1.1	9.5	-2.3	102	10	-1.3	0.2	1.7	0.8
1981	NYA	MLB	AL	60	174	.262	.321	.385	.269	93	2.9	4.4	-1.8	117	15	2.5	-0.9	2.7	0.8
1982	NYA	MLB	AL	102	283	.266	.327	.408	.311	97	9.3	7.6	-3.6	115	12	-1.2	-0.4	5.4	0.8
1983	NYA	MLB	AL	53	160	.270	.329	.412	.306	96	0	4.3	-1.3	102	14	-1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3
1984	NYA	MLB	AL	29	93	.270	.330	.407	.313	95	-1	2.5	-0.7	96	17	2.8	0.1	-0.1	0.5

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1964	BAL	MLB	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1968	CLE	MLB	AL	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
1969	KCA	MLB	AL	539	493	43	139	21	6	11	205	68	33	56	2	4	.282	.325	.416	.134	9	1
1970	KCA	MLB	AL	586	542	54	163	24	5	11	230	88	35	42	3	6	.301	.342	.424	.124	5	2
1971	KCA	MLB	AL	476	448	43	125	21	5	3	165	51	21	43	5	3	.279	.311	.368	.089	5	0
1972	KCA	MLB	AL	624	574	65	179	33	4	11	253	72	34	59	7	2	.312	.356	.441	.129	4	4
1973	KCA	MLB	AL	553	513	53	128	28	1	9	185	69	30	65	5	7	.250	.291	.361	.111	5	3
1974	NYA	MLB	AL	567	518	71	158	26	0	9	211	70	32	58	1	8	.305	.341	.407	.102	11	4
1975	NYA	MLB	AL	221	199	7	39	4	1	0	45	22	16	22	0	0	.196	.262	.226	.030	3	0
1976	NYA	MLB	AL	351	327	36	92	16	6	3	129	38	18	34	0	1	.281	.322	.394	.113	1	3
1977	NYA	MLB	AL	369	339	47	112	19	3	12	173	45	20	31	2	2	.330	.365	.510	.180	4	5
1978	NYA	MLB	AL	513	472	67	148	34	5	6	210	69	34	36	3	1	.314	.361	.445	.131	1	4
1979	NYA	MLB	AL	491	461	49	137	22	2	11	196	69	17	31	3	2	.297	.320	.425	.128	8	3
1980	NYA	MLB	AL	355	321	39	92	18	0	2	116	27	29	20	0	2	.287	.343	.361	.075	3	2
1981	NYA	MLB	AL	174	159	16	44	9	0	5	68	18	13	9	0	1	.277	.331	.428	.151	0	2
1982	NYA	MLB	AL	283	261	33	80	17	1	6	117	37	18	18	0	1	.307	.352	.448	.142	1	2
1983	NYA	MLB	AL	160	148	19	43	9	1	2	60	16	11	12	1	1	.291	.344	.405	.115	0	0
1984	NYA	MLB	AL	93	86	8	26	4	1	1	35	6	7	5	0	0	.302	.355	.407	.105	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2012-11-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Really M's? What does a brother have to do to get a pink slip these days? (Chone from Seattle(maybe))	If Figgins is around tomorrow, we have to believe one of two things is true; 1) they have a trade in the works to dump him and at least a fraction of his salary or, 2) He's to Eric Wedge as Bobby Ayala was to Lou Piniella. (Jason A. Churchill)
2010-10-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	As the Cubs took 3 of 4 from the Padres, I couldn't help but wonder if it made Lou Piniella happy to give Bobby Cox a little help getting to the postseason one last time. (The Flying Bernard from Acton, MA)	I doubt he cares - Lou Piniella was a very competitive person. He's probably happy the Cubs are winning more (I don't know how much attention he's paying - he left the team to attend to some more important things, after all). (Colin Wyers)
2010-07-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Will Buck Showalter be: a) A key to an O's turnaround b) Lou Piniella in Tampa c) Employed by another team after the O's fiddle while Rome burns. (Drungo from SoMd)	You know, I don't spend a lot of time worrying about manager hirings because it's so hard to predict the impact that a manager will have on a team. I am not saying I don't think managers can have a big influence on a team, I'm just saying it has to be the right combination of factors between the personalities, and that's not something you can really know in advance without very detailed knowledge about the situation. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say the Orioles will slowly continue to improve over at least the next two years. (Tommy Bennett)
2010-07-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	When Lou Piniella leaves the managing ranks, how will history treat him? Didn't he kind of "quit" on the Devil Rays? (dianagramr from NYC)	But he dyed his hair, too! C'mon! That's gotta count for something! Managers aren't remembered for their mediocre years (Joe Torre in St. Louis, anyone?), so I think Sweet Lou will be remembered fondly. (Tommy Bennett)
2009-04-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Any sense that if Derrek Lee's neck / health problems persist we may see Jake Fox in Chicago soon? (go-dills! from Chicago)	Possibly but Lou Piniella like Hoffpauir's bat and I think he would get first crack at first. (John Perrotto)
2008-09-16 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Let's talk about the Cubs... not books or these dead, old-time players. (Quentin from Chicago)	Best team in baseball, I think, though I worry about Kerry Wood biting them in the butt in some tight postseason situation. I give a lot of credit to Lou Piniella for following through on his threat to deemphasize Fukudome a bit if he continued to struggle. Maybe I'm too used to years of Joe Torre's "It will all work out" approach to slumps, but I get impressed when a manager actually does something even vaguely assertive/proactive. (Steven Goldman)
2008-07-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Lou Piniella: Man of destiny or medieval griffin? (Gordon from Dallas)	Can't he be like Jack McKeon, and both at the same time? (Christina Kahrl)
2008-06-23 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi John, have you heard if any other teams are interested in Rich Hill? I am curious if his trade value is higher or lower than Sean Marshall's. Thanks. (Guancous from Silver Spring, MD)	I think a small-market club would be perfect for Hill. He's got an awful lot of talent but it's clear that he has lost the faith of Lou Piniella. Put him in a low-pressure environment and he could easily put his career back together. Yes, I think Hill has more value than Marshall simply because he has a higher ceiling, though I also think Marshall has a chance to be a good major-league starter. (John Perrotto)
2008-06-23 12:00:00 (link to chat)	How strange is the saga of Rich Hill this season? While perhaps not unprecedented, this whole situation just seems like one of the more bizarre collapses I can ever recall a successful starting pitcher experiencing. (Brent from Raleigh)	It's very strange. Again, Lou Piniella is a demanding manager and some guys get psyched out by him. I think Rich Hill is still a very good bet to have a good career. He just needs to get in a differet environment. (John Perrotto)
2008-06-20 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Let's go worst-case scenario and say Big Z is out for the year. Should the Cubs trade for A.J. Burnett (or whoever) or give Hill and/or Marshall another shot? (Stephen from Louisville)	Rich Hill is something like the 25th-best starter in the National League. I have no idea what he did to Lou Piniella, but he can take Zambrano's place with minimal loss in value. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-06-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Lou Piniella has expressed a plan to rotate rest for his regulars. Has he said the same for Marmol and Wood who have eached pitched a lot in the last month? (Tom from Arkadelphia)	Hi Tom, Lou would like to give Marmol more rest in particular. He's a guy who has been used a lot lately with all the close games the Cubs have played. Ideally, Carlos could pitch in about 130 games, but we all know that won't work! (Len Kasper)
2008-05-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Center field for the Cubs has been a big blank all season. Who should fill it? (Stephen from Louisville)	Felix Pie, whose handling is a black mark on the stellar career of Lou Piniella. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-03-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who is going to end up closing for the Cubs? The BP depth charts seem as clueless as I am...Wood? Marmol? Howry? Dempster? (mikeduin from Seattle)	I go to the depth charts for advice at this time of year, so the real answer is only in Lou Piniella's head. At least that's not as scary of a thought as what's going on inside Dusty's noggin. You might want to get your closer elsewhere if there is no clear-cut choice, and then use the Cubs situation as your midseason closer acquisition. (Marc Normandin)
2008-02-07 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Lou Piniella's lineup(as reported on cubs.com), soriano, theriot, lee, ramirez, fukudome, derosa, soto, pie. PECOTA's two lowest obps in the group= soriano and theriot. Why sign a left handed hitting guy to play RF and get on base if you are going to waste it this way? (Mike from Chicago)	See earlier answer about "the engine of baseball" and whether managers really understand it. Lineups supposedly don't matter than much, but I just can't see how the above doesn't just kill. If that's what Piniella is doing, it increases the Cubs' need for Roberts. (Joe Sheehan)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-07-13 16:30:00	All-Star Game	Tommy, one of the most famous Steinbrenner anecdotes, related by Lou Piniella, was that Steinbrenner was willing to make an exception for Jesus. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	Source at ballpark say: "Lou Piniella is planning on Zambrano going 120." (Will Carroll)