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Lou Piniella played 18 major-league seasons (1964-1984) as a OF (1,401), 1B (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 21 | BAL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1968 | 25 | CLE | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1969 | 26 | KCA | 135 | 493 | 43 | 139 | 11 | 68 | 2 | 33 | 56 | .282 | .741 | 113 |
| 1970 | 27 | KCA | 144 | 542 | 54 | 163 | 11 | 88 | 3 | 35 | 42 | .301 | .767 | 118 |
| 1971 | 28 | KCA | 126 | 448 | 43 | 125 | 3 | 51 | 5 | 21 | 43 | .279 | .679 | 99 |
| 1972 | 29 | KCA | 151 | 574 | 65 | 179 | 11 | 72 | 7 | 34 | 59 | .312 | .797 | 145 |
| 1973 | 30 | KCA | 144 | 513 | 53 | 128 | 9 | 69 | 5 | 30 | 65 | .250 | .652 | 83 |
| 1974 | 31 | NYA | 140 | 518 | 71 | 158 | 9 | 70 | 1 | 32 | 58 | .305 | .748 | 115 |
| 1975 | 32 | NYA | 74 | 199 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .196 | .489 | 40 |
| 1976 | 33 | NYA | 100 | 327 | 36 | 92 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .281 | .716 | 110 |
| 1977 | 34 | NYA | 103 | 339 | 47 | 112 | 12 | 45 | 2 | 20 | 31 | .330 | .876 | 137 |
| 1978 | 35 | NYA | 130 | 472 | 67 | 148 | 6 | 69 | 3 | 34 | 36 | .314 | .806 | 126 |
| 1979 | 36 | NYA | 130 | 461 | 49 | 137 | 11 | 69 | 3 | 17 | 31 | .297 | .745 | 100 |
| 1980 | 37 | NYA | 116 | 321 | 39 | 92 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 20 | .287 | .704 | 94 |
| 1981 | 38 | NYA | 60 | 159 | 16 | 44 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .277 | .759 | 118 |
| 1982 | 39 | NYA | 102 | 261 | 33 | 80 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 18 | .307 | .801 | 119 |
| 1983 | 40 | NYA | 53 | 148 | 19 | 43 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .291 | .749 | 106 |
| 1984 | 41 | NYA | 29 | 86 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .302 | .762 | 111 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | OF | 129 | 125 | 278 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 1970 | OF | 139 | 138 | 247 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1970 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 115 | 113 | 201 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1972 | OF | 150 | 150 | 275 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 1973 | OF | 128 | 125 | 196 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 1974 | OF | 130 | 128 | 265 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | OF | 46 | 41 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | OF | 49 | 44 | 106 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 51 | 47 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 103 | 101 | 213 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | OF | 112 | 102 | 204 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 1980 | OF | 104 | 77 | 157 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 36 | 30 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 40 | 33 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1983 | OF | 43 | 40 | 67 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 1984 | OF | 24 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Lou Piniella won: Rookie of the Year 1969 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1978, 1974, 1972, 1969.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 37 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1969 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | AL | 1 | 9 / 24 | 9 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 33 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 11 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.