Lou Piniella

1964–1984 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees

1,747G

.291AVG

.333OBP

.409SLG

More career statistics

1,705H

102HR

766RBI

32SB

3Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,747	6,362	5,867	651	1,705	305	41	102	766	368	541	32	41	31	61	2,398	.291	.333	.409	.742

Streaks

18longest hitting streak · 1971-07-11 to 1971-07-29

21longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
70	Three Double Plays Grounded Into	1972-06-24	1 in 1,620 games	box score ↗
47	First-Inning Ejection	1970-06-20	1 in 187 games	box score ↗
24	5 RBI	1983-06-19	1 in 492 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	887	3194	861	38	401	184	268	.294	.327	.405
Away	860	3168	844	64	365	184	273	.287	.324	.413

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	214	792	199	9	88	56	63	.279	.322	.387
May	287	1027	276	25	122	69	84	.296	.336	.436
June	283	1068	281	15	140	56	87	.285	.316	.398
July	324	1201	331	22	151	71	116	.297	.335	.427
August	312	1146	323	15	122	57	82	.302	.332	.410
September	312	1081	279	16	137	56	106	.278	.310	.386
October	15	47	16	0	6	3	3	.364	.404	.432

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
minnesota-twins	170	616	158	9	83	39	48	.280	.320	.400
chicago-white-sox	163	603	169	9	60	41	52	.309	.348	.404
california-angels	160	602	156	10	71	35	49	.285	.317	.394
baltimore-orioles	153	542	144	5	59	25	40	.281	.312	.366
athletics	148	559	139	6	69	25	60	.266	.293	.372
milwaukee-brewers	148	534	139	9	74	32	38	.279	.320	.387
boston-red-sox	145	542	155	9	51	36	41	.310	.352	.434
detroit-tigers	142	521	157	9	77	27	48	.328	.353	.475

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1964	Baltimore Orioles	4	1	–	–	–	–	.000	–	–
1968	Cleveland Guardians	6	5	–	–	1	–	.000	–	–
1969	Kansas City Royals	135	493	139	11	68	2	.282	–	–
1970	Kansas City Royals	144	542	163	11	88	3	.301	–	–
1971	Kansas City Royals	126	448	125	3	51	5	.279	–	–
1972	Kansas City Royals	151	574	179	11	72	7	.312	–	–
1973	Kansas City Royals	144	513	128	9	69	5	.250	–	–
1974	New York Yankees	140	518	158	9	70	1	.305	–	–
1975	New York Yankees	74	199	39	–	22	–	.196	–	–
1976	New York Yankees	100	327	92	3	38	–	.281	–	–
1977	New York Yankees	103	339	112	12	45	2	.330	–	–
1978	New York Yankees	130	472	148	6	69	3	.314	–	–
1979	New York Yankees	130	461	137	11	69	3	.297	–	–
1980	New York Yankees	116	321	92	2	27	–	.287	–	–
1981	New York Yankees	60	159	44	5	18	–	.277	–	–
1982	New York Yankees	102	261	80	6	37	–	.307	–	–
1983	New York Yankees	53	148	43	2	16	1	.291	–	–
1984	New York Yankees	29	86	26	1	6	–	.302	–	–