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Name	Team	Age
Lou Piniella	Retired (1992, Age 36)	62
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 20 (1978)	LF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Gibson Feller League	0	11 years (40 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	C+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	7/27/1956
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %)	C  (42.3 %)	D  (19.6 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1978

Minors

54.00

1 / 3

2 / 6

6 / 10

8 / 12

5 / 6

9 / 9

8 / 8

39 / 54

1979

Minors

64.00

2 / 6

5 / 10

4 / 10

3 / 5

7 / 11

7 / 14

6 / 8

34 / 64

1980

Majors

65.20

162

130

0

3 / 9

5 / 9

5 / 8

8 / 10

6 / 14

9 / 9

5 / 6

41 / 65

1981

Majors

36.52

162

55

0

2 / 5

2 / 3

2 / 5

8 / 9

1 / 6

2 / 3

3 / 5

20 / 36

1982

Majors

38.53

162

56

0

1 / 11

0 / 4

1 / 4

2 / 6

4 / 9

1 / 1

1 / 3

10 / 38

1983

Majors

61.58

162

127

0

2 / 8

2 / 9

1 / 6

3 / 9

2 / 14

1 / 4

4 / 11

15 / 61

1984

Majors

30.42

162

9

0

1 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 6

2 / 30

1985

Majors

63.14

162

131

0

0 / 8

0 / 15

1 / 6

0 / 13

1 / 9

0 / 6

2 / 6

4 / 63

1986

Majors

36.90

136

53

26

0 / 6

1 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 3

3 / 8

5 / 36

1987

Majors

49.81

162

81

0

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 49

1988

Majors

28.62

143

33

19

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 6

2 / 28

1989

Majors

36.94

162

42

0

0 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 4

1 / 8

2 / 36

1990

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 7

1990

Majors

11.46

49

14

0

-4 / 1

-4 / 3

-4 / 1

-7 / 3

-5 / 0

-1 / 0

-1 / 3

-26 / 11

1991

Majors

31.83

153

19

0

-4 / 6

-7 / 4

-3 / 3

-4 / 3

-1 / 5

-2 / 5

-1 / 5

-22 / 31

1992

Majors

18.00

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 18

Total

1777

750

45

4 / 91

6 / 92

14 / 83

22 / 102

21 / 94

27 / 73

32 / 92

126 / 627

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1992-11-01	Lou Piniella has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1992-04-11	The Montreal Canucks have waived Lou Piniella .
1992-04-01	The Montreal Canucks have promoted Blix Boitano to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have promoted Al Smith to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have promoted Jake Habenicht to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have promoted Bob Rodriguez to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have designated Lou Piniella for assignment.
1991-04-11	The Montreal Canucks have promoted Lou Piniella to the major league team. The Montreal Canucks have designated Hugh Milligan for assignment.
1991-04-11	The Montreal Canucks have acquired Lou Piniella from the waiver wire.
1991-04-01	The Arizona Rattlers have waived Lou Piniella .
1990-05-26	The Arizona Rattlers have promoted Alex Thomas to the major league team. The Arizona Rattlers have designated Lou Piniella for assignment.
1988-05-09	Lou Piniella of the Arizona Rattlers is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1986-04-10	Lou Piniella of the Arizona Rattlers is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1980-03-25	The Arizona Rattlers have renamed Bob Esasky to Lou Piniella .
1980-03-25	The Arizona Rattlers have promoted Timmy Turner to the major league team. The Arizona Rattlers have promoted Bob Esasky to the major league team. The Arizona Rattlers have promoted Ravelo Colangelo to the major league team.