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Name Team Age
Tommy Piniella Retired (1985, Age 36) 55
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 16
(1971)		 CF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Old Molitor Delahanty League 0 10 years (131 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B+ B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A  A  C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D  B  B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 8/28/1949
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %) B  (63.7 %) C- (32.1 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1972 COL 21 76 7 19 5 1 0 7 7 25 0 0 0 .652 .310 .342 .250
1973 COL 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .000 .000
1974 COL 124 496 70 135 17 10 27 83 35 138 6 6 5 .830 .320 .510 .272
1975 COL 72 285 38 78 10 1 11 33 18 57 6 1 5 .751 .319 .432 .274
1976 COL 128 502 52 103 16 4 19 72 45 131 6 2 6 .638 .271 .367 .205
1977 COL 139 565 62 139 23 3 22 80 44 119 11 4 3 .713 .299 .414 .246
1978 COL 111 442 72 116 15 5 23 68 33 107 6 5 6 .790 .315 .475 .262
1979 COL 131 536 76 151 20 4 23 99 44 123 6 3 1 .802 .339 .463 .282
1980 COL 124 495 64 132 15 2 19 74 32 120 5 6 7 .731 .311 .420 .267
1981 COL 139 557 63 140 16 1 18 78 46 130 6 3 3 .689 .308 .381 .251
1982 COL 139 540 67 119 23 7 11 68 55 122 9 1 1 .642 .292 .350 .220
1983 COL 139 554 85 152 21 2 32 98 52 110 12 5 3 .832 .339 .493 .274
1984 COL 123 422 48 102 20 1 12 55 40 102 4 0 5 .686 .307 .379 .242
1985 COL-KC-OAK 48 144 15 33 5 0 6 25 15 30 0 0 2 .691 .302 .389 .229
Total 1439 5617 720 1419 206 41 223 840 467 1316 77 36 47 .733 .310 .423 .253
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01Tommy Piniella has retired from the Oakland Rounders
1985-07-22The Oakland Rounders have designated Tommy Piniella for assignment.
1985-07-07The Oakland Rounders have promoted Tommy Piniella to the major league team.
1985-07-07The Oakland Rounders have acquired Tommy Piniella from the waiver wire.
1985-06-15The Kansas City Royals have waived Tommy Piniella.
1985-06-05The Kansas City Royals have promoted Darrell Silvestri to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have designated Tommy Piniella for assignment.
1985-06-04Trade #1427111 has been completed between the Kansas City Royals and the Colorado Apens. The Colorado Apens receive Joe Alvarado from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Tommy Piniella, Draft Pick 1988 Round 4 COL (Jesse Fischer).
1980-08-19Tommy Piniella of the Colorado Cobras is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1979-08-11Tommy Piniella of the Colorado Cobras is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1978-04-29Tommy Piniella of the Colorado Cobras is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1975-07-03Tommy Piniella of the Colorado Cobras is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1974-04-21The Colorado Cobras have promoted Tommy Piniella to the major league team. The Colorado Cobras have promoted Cris Chambers to the major league team. The Colorado Cobras have promoted Danny Leja to the major league team. The Colorado Cobras have promoted Hal Benton to the major league team. The Colorado Cobras have designated Larry Etten for assignment. The Colorado Cobras have sent Brian Daniel to the minors. The Colorado Cobras have sent Pat Burdock to the minors.
1973-04-01The Colorado Cobras have auto-demoted Tommy Piniella to the minor leagues.
1972-09-05The Colorado Cobras have promoted Tommy Piniella to the major league team. The Colorado Cobras have designated Artie Lezcano for assignment.
1972-05-12Trade #1317596 has been completed between the Colorado Cobras and the New York Bombers. The New York Bombers receive Doc Padgett, Kazuyuki Oishi, Draft Pick 1973 Round 3 COL (Mike Lary) from the Colorado Cobras in exchange for Alex Ward, Tommy Piniella, Draft Pick 1973 Round 1 WAS (Yuichi Fujimoto).