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{{short description|American baseball player and manager (born 1943)}}
[[Image:Lou1.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Lou Piniella, as manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, August 28, 2005.]]
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'''Louis Victor Piniella''' (born [[August 28]], [[1943]] in [[Tampa, Florida]]) is a former [[left fielder]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. He was most recently the manager of the [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] from 2003 to 2005. His nickname, "Sweet Lou", has two meanings, his sweet swing as a hitter for the [[New York Yankees]] for whom he batted .295, and, facetiously, to describe his demeanor as a manager.
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Lou Piniella
|image = Lou Piniella - 2008 - cropped.jpg
|image_size = 220
|caption = Piniella with the Chicago Cubs in [[2008 Chicago Cubs season|2008]]
|position = [[Left fielder]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|bats = Right
|throws = Right
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|8|28|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [[Tampa, Florida]], U.S.
|death_date = <!--{{Death date and age|20YY|MM||DD|1943|8|28|mf=y}}-->
|death_place =
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate = September 4
|debutyear = 1964
|debutteam = Baltimore Orioles
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate = June 16
|finalyear = 1984
|finalteam = New York Yankees
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value = .291
|stat2label = [[Home run]]s
|stat2value = 102
|stat3label = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value = 766
|stat4label = Managerial record
|stat4value = 1,835–1,712
|stat5label = Winning %
|stat5value = {{winning percentage|1835|1712}}
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{Baseball year|1964}})
* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{Baseball year|1968}})
* [[Kansas City Royals]] ({{Baseball year|1969}}–{{Baseball year|1973}})
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{Baseball year|1974}}–{{Baseball year|1984}})
'''As manager'''
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{Baseball year|1986}}–{{Baseball year|1987}}, {{Baseball year|1988}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{Baseball year|1990}}–{{Baseball year|1992}})
* [[Seattle Mariners]] ({{Baseball year|1993}}–{{Baseball year|2002}})
* [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] ({{Baseball year|2003}}–{{Baseball year|2005}})
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{Baseball year|2007}}–{{Baseball year|2010}})
'''As coach'''
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{Baseball year|1984}}–{{Baseball year|1985}})
|highlights=
* [[MLB All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972]])
* 3× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1977}}, {{wsy|1978}}, {{wsy|1990}})
* [[AL Rookie of the Year]] (1969)
* 3× [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]] (1995, 2001, 2008)
* [[Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame]]
}}
'''Louis Victor Piniella''' ({{IPAc-en|p|iː|n|ˈ|j|eɪ|j|ɑː}}<ref name="SI">{{cite magazine |author=Bamberger |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bamberger |date=March 3, 2003 |title=Safe At Home |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/2003/03/03/safe-at-home-why-would-lou-piniella-leave-a-winner-in-seattle-to-manage-the-tampa-bay-devil-rays-the-worst-team-in-baseball-to-be-with-his-family |access-date=October 17, 2010 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |page=56}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=Episode 120 |series=Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel |series-link=Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel |network=[[HBO]] |airdate=March 5, 2007 |credits=[[Frank Deford|Deford, Frank]]}}</ref> usually {{IPAc-en|p|ɪ|ˈ|n|ɛ||l|ə}}; born August 28, 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewish Calendar 1943 Diaspora - Hebcal |url=https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal/?year=1943&month=x&yt=G&v=1&nh=on&nx=on&mf=on&ss=on&s=on&i=off&lg=s&vis=on&c=off&geo=zip&b=18 |website=Hebcal}}</ref> is an American former professional [[baseball]] player and [[manager (baseball)|manager]]. As an [[outfielder]], he played 18 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) with the [[Baltimore Orioles]], [[Cleveland Indians]], [[Kansas City Royals]] and [[New York Yankees]]. During his playing career, he was named [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|AL Rookie of the Year]] in 1969 and captured two [[World Series]] championships with the Yankees ([[1977 World Series|1977]], [[1978 World Series|1978]]).
 
Following his playing career, Piniella became a manager for the Yankees ([[1986 New York Yankees season|1986]]–[[1988 New York Yankees season|1988]]), [[Cincinnati Reds]] ([[1990 Cincinnati Reds season|1990]]–[[1992 Cincinnati Reds season|1992]]), [[Seattle Mariners]] ([[1993 Seattle Mariners season|1993]]–[[2002 Seattle Mariners season|2002]]), [[Tampa Bay Rays|Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] ([[2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season|2003]]–[[2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season|2005]]), and [[Chicago Cubs]] ([[2007 Chicago Cubs season|2007]]–[[2010 Chicago Cubs season|2010]]). He won the [[1990 World Series]] championship with the Reds and led the Mariners to four postseason appearances in seven years (including a record 116-win regular season in [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|2001]]). As the Mariners' manager, Piniella presided over the franchise's most successful period. He also captured back-to-back division titles (2007–[[2008 Chicago Cubs season|2008]]) during his time with the Cubs.
 
Piniella was named [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]] three times during his career (1995, 2001, 2008) and finished his managerial career ranked 14th all time on the [[Major League Baseball all-time managerial wins|list of managerial wins]].
 
He was nicknamed "'''Sweet Lou'''", both for his swing as a major league hitter and, facetiously, to describe his demeanor as a player and manager.
 
==Early life==
Piniella was born in [[Tampa, Florida]]. Though he is often mistaken for being [[Italian American]], Piniella's parents were of [[Asturian people|Asturian]] descent, from northwest [[Spain]].<ref name=SI/><ref name="sivswtnl">{{cite magazine |last=Deford |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Deford |date=March 19, 2001 |title=Sweet & Lou |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/03/19/sweet-lou-age-success-and-a-good-woman-have-mellowed-mariners-manager-lou-piniella-so-whom-can-we-rely-on-now-to-storm-out-of-the-dugout-in-a-righteous-rage |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |page=88}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=McEwen, Tom |date=July 20, 2010 |title=West Tampa Lou ready to return |url=http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/west-tampa-lou-ready-to-return |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729024102/http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/west-tampa-lou-ready-to-return |archive-date=July 29, 2010 |access-date=October 17, 2010 |website=[[The Tampa Tribune|Tampa Bay Online]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Isaacson |first=Melissa |date=August 30, 2010 |title=Lou Piniella was born into baseball |url=https://www.espn.com/chicago/mlb/columns/story?columnist=isaacson_melissa&id=5484670 |access-date=October 17, 2010 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Fred |last2=Kaplan |first2=David |date=April 15, 2010 |title=MLB honors Jackie Robinson |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/04/15/mlb-honors-jackie-robinson/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422231351/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-15/sports/ct-spt-0416-around-town--20100415_1_jackie-robinson-day-mlb-minorities |archive-date=April 22, 2010 |access-date=March 29, 2012 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> He grew up in [[West Tampa, Florida|West Tampa]], and played [[American Legion Baseball|American Legion baseball]]<ref name="htlaw">{{cite news |last=Kay |first=Michael |date=October 17, 1990 |title=Hot-tempered Lou always had big plans for the majors |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dQohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y3YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1404%2C3522387 |newspaper=[[The Day (New London)|The Day]] |___location=New London, Connecticut |page=E8 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref><ref name="rtfnlc">{{cite news |last=Scanlon |first=Dick |date=June 17, 2005 |title=Rays to face NL-leading Cards |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7FJIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IP4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1453%2C6036667 |newspaper=[[The Ledger]] |___location=Lakeland, Florida |page=C5 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> and [[PONY Baseball and Softball|PONY League]] baseball alongside fellow future major league manager [[Tony La Russa]].<ref name="tnyltr">{{cite news |last=Price |first=S.L. |date=October 16, 1990 |title=29 years later |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BVtPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4940%2C4281608 |newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]] |page=24 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Knight Ridder]]}}</ref> Piniella attended [[Jesuit High School (Tampa)|Jesuit High School]] in Tampa, where he played several sports and was an [[All-American]] in [[basketball]].<ref name="pfiy">{{cite news |last=Bender |first=Bob |date=March 29, 1972 |title=Piniella faces important year |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o9wvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yWADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6039%2C3917743 |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]] |page=3C |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> After graduation in 1961,<ref name="rdhfty">{{cite news |date=February 17, 1960 |title=Radcliff hits 40 as Greenies defeat Jesuit |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u-UlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EncDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6080%2C3519056 |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]] |page=C1 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref name="ddbtjs">{{cite news |date=December 10, 1960 |title=Dunedin bows 65-35 to Jesuit |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VZ9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EXkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4697%2C5225362 |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]] |page=3C |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref name="ktapwsf">{{cite news |date=May 10, 1961 |title=King to appear with South five |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lyMxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HlcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4459%2C1426629 |newspaper=[[Evening Independent]] |page=9A |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> he attended the [[University of Tampa]] for a year, where he was a College Division (today's [[NCAA Division II|Division II]]) All-American in baseball for the Spartans.<ref name="pstcdrss">{{cite news |last=Scanlon |first=Dick |date=October 29, 2002 |title=Piniella set to captain Devil Rays' shaky ship |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4j5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vf0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5714%2C6368653 |newspaper=[[The Ledger]] |___location=Lakeland, Florida |page=A1 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
 
==Playing career==
Piniella was signed by the [[Cleveland Indians]] at age 18 as an amateur free agent on June 9, 1962.<ref name="lrsd">{{cite news |date=September 10, 2003 |title=Lou recalls signing day |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q380AAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2644%2C6486338 |newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |page=6C |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> That fall, he was drafted by the [[Washington Senators (1961–71)|Washington Senators]] from the Indians in the 1962 first-year draft.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Lou Piniella Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pinielo01.shtml |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> On August 4, {{Baseball year|1964}}, Piniella was sent to the [[1964 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] to complete an earlier trade for [[Buster Narum]].<ref name=":0" /> He made his major league debut that year on September 4 at the age of 21, appearing as a [[pinch hitter]] and grounding out in his first [[at bat]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 1964 |title=Baltimore Orioles vs Los Angeles Angels Box Score: September 4, 1964 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAA/LAA196409040.shtml |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> He returned to the Indians organization when the Orioles traded him and $25,000 for [[Cam Carreon]] on March 10, 1966.<ref>"...And to Complete the Report," ''Chicago Tribune'', Friday 11 March 1966. Retrieved 1 July 2025.</ref> He spent three seasons with the [[Portland Beavers]] from 1966 to 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lou Piniella Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=piniel001lou |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> He returned to the majors with Cleveland near the end of the 1968 season, appearing in six games and going hitless in five at-bats with one RBI.<ref name=":0" />
After graduating from [[Jesuit High School of Tampa]], Piniella played at the [[University of Tampa]]. Piniella began his professional playing career with the [[Cleveland Indians]]. The Indians signed him as an amateur free agent in [[1962 in baseball|1962]]. Piniella, at the age of 20, played in his first major league game in [[1964 in baseball|1964]] with the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. At 24, his second major league season was with the Indians.
 
In the middle part of the decade, Piniella played winter baseball in Nicaragua.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Tom |date=August 13, 2003 |title=Lou sees Nettles as model for Sandberg |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2003/08/13/lou-sees-nettles-as-model-for-sandberg/ |access-date=September 16, 2021 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
Piniella played for the [[Kansas City Royals]] from [[1969 in baseball|1969]]-[[1973 in baseball|1973]], and was the [[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|A.L. Rookie of the Year]] in 1969. He was the first player to come to bat in [[Kansas City Royals]] history. On [[April 8]], [[1969 in baseball|1969]], he led off the bottom of the 1st against left-hander [[Tom Hall]] of the [[Minnesota Twins]]. He [[Double (baseball)|doubled]] to left field, then scored on an [[Run batted in|RBI]] single by [[Jerry Adair]].
 
Piniella was selected by the [[1969 Seattle Pilots season|Seattle Pilots]] in the [[1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft|1968 expansion draft]] in October, but was traded after spring training on April 1, 1969 to the [[1969 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]] for [[John Gelnar]] and [[Steve Whitaker (baseball)|Steve Whitaker]].<ref name="rpspl">{{cite news |date=April 2, 1969 |title=Royals, Pilots swap players |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z0tSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ynsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5446%2C832093 |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]] |page=2C |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
That was followed by 11 years as a member of the [[Sturmabteilung|New York Yankees]], where they won five [[American League East|A.L. East]] titles (1976-78, 1980 and 1981), four [[American League|A.L.]] pennants (1976-78 and 1981), and two [[World Series]] championships (1977-78).
 
[[Image:piniella2.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Piniella at-bat in a 1983 spring training game]]
He wore uniform number 24 for the Orioles, and 23 for the Indians. His longer stretches were wearing number 9 for the Royals, and 14 on the Yankees.
Piniella played with the Royals for their first five seasons ([[1969 Kansas City Royals season|1969]]–[[1973 Kansas City Royals season|1973]]) and was the [[American League]]'s [[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]] in 1969 and was named to the [[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972 All-Star Game]].<ref name=":0" /> He was the first batter in Royals history; on April 8 of their first season in 1969, he led off the bottom of the first inning against left-hander [[Tom Hall (baseball)|Tom Hall]] of the [[Minnesota Twins]]. Piniella [[double (baseball)|doubled]] to left field, then scored on an [[run batted in|RBI]] single by [[Jerry Adair]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 8, 1969 |title=Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals Box Score: April 8, 1969 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA196904080.shtml |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> On April 16, 1970, Piniella went 3-5 with a home run while accomplishing the rare feat of being thrown out at all four bases in the same game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=April 16, 1970: Kansas City's Lou Piniella is thrown out at every base|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-16-1970-kansas-citys-lou-piniella-is-thrown-out-at-every-base |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |language=en}}</ref>
 
After the 1973 season, Piniella was traded by the Royals with [[Ken Wright (baseball)|Ken Wright]] to the [[1974 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] for [[Lindy McDaniel]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Durso |first=Joseph |date=December 8, 1973 |title=MORE TRADES: Yankees Obtain Piniella for McDaniel; Cleveland to Red Sox, Curtis to Cards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/08/archives/more-trades2-yankees-obtain-piniella-for-mcdaniel-cleveland-to-red.html |access-date=July 22, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Baseball author [[Bill James]] called the trade the only clinker the Royals made during the 1970s.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1987 |last1=James |first1=Bill |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |year=1986 |pages=46}}</ref> He played with the Yankees for 11&nbsp;seasons, during which the Yankees won five [[American League East|AL East]] titles (1976&ndash;78, 1980, and 1981), four AL pennants (1976&ndash;78, and 1981), and two [[World Series]] championships ([[1977 World Series|1977]]&ndash;[[1978 World Series|78]]). In 1975, he missed part of the year with an inner ear infection. From mid-1977 through the end of 1980, he split his playing time between left field, right field, and designated hitter.<ref name=":0" />
==Managerial career==
Known for his often aggressive and sometimes explosive behavior, Piniella is one of the most-ejected managers in major league history. He had a reputation for being less than patient with pitchers, often sending his pitching coach to remove them from the game.
 
In his career, Piniella made one All-Star team and compiled 1,705 lifetime hits despite not playing full-time for just under half of his career.<ref name=":0" /> He received two votes for the Hall of Fame as a player in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Hall of Fame Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_1990.shtml |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref>
Managerial Record:
*1519 wins
*1420 losses
*.519 winning percentage
 
==Coaching and front office career==
===New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds===
[[Image:Piniella.jpg|thumb|220px|Piniella, age 39, speaks to a [[WCBS-TV]] reporter during spring training in [[1983 New York Yankees season|1983]]]]
After retiring as a player, Piniella managed the Yankees from [[1986]] to [[1987]] and for most of 1988 before briefly serving as the club's [[general manager]] for the rest of the [[1988 in baseball|1988]] and [[1989 in baseball|1989]] seasons. Piniella managed the Cincinnati Reds between 1990 and 1992, a tenure which included winning the [[1990 World Series|1990 World Series]] against the heavily-favored [[Oakland Athletics]].
===New York Yankees===
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While he was still an active player, Piniella served on the [[List of New York Yankees coaches|Yankees coaching staff]] as the [[Coach (baseball)|hitting coach]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muder |first=Craig |title=Lou Piniella's baseball journey takes him to Cooperstown's doorstep |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/news/piniella-lou |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref> On October 28, 1985, he accepted an offer to become the Yankees' manager.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chass |first=Murray |date=October 28, 1985 |title=PINIELLA ACCEPTS YANKS' OFFER |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/28/sports/piniella-accepts-yanks-offer.html |access-date=July 22, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His initial managerial contract for 1986 was for $200,000.<ref name="psncwy">{{cite news |date=October 11, 1986 |title=Piniella signs new contract with Yanks |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=esNGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kDMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1234%2C1113311 |work=The Evening News |___location=Newburgh, New York |page=2B |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Piniella managed the Yankees from [[1986 New York Yankees season|1986]] to [[1987 New York Yankees season|1987]]; promoted to general manager to start the [[1988 New York Yankees season|1988]] season, he took over as manager after the firing of [[Billy Martin]] (in his fifth and final run as Yankee manager) on June 23. Combining both stints as Yankees manager, he posted 224 wins and 193 losses.<ref name="managerial record">{{cite web |title=Lou Piniella |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/pinielo01.shtml |access-date=September 24, 2015 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |publisher=[[Sports Reference]]}}</ref>
 
===Cincinnati Reds===
The [[Cincinnati Reds]] let go of [[Tommy Helms]] after he managed the last 37 games of the 1989 season (marred by the permanent ban of [[player-manager]] [[Pete Rose]]). October 13 saw the hiring of former Yankee front officeman [[Bob Quinn (baseball, born 1936)|Bob Quinn]] as general manager. Piniella was hired by the Reds on November 3, 1989 on a three-year deal for $350,000 after getting approval from Steinbrenner to be released from the personal services contract that paid Piniella $400,000 each for two years.<ref name="lpnrmgr">{{cite news |date=November 3, 1989 |title=Lou Piniella named Reds manager |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-03-sp-438-story.html |access-date=June 29, 2018 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Piniella managed the [[Cincinnati Reds]] from [[1990 Cincinnati Reds season|1990]] through [[1992 Cincinnati Reds season|1992]] with a 3-year contract worth $1.05 million.<ref name="lpnrmgr" /> In his first year, the Reds won the [[1990 World Series|World Series]] in a four-game sweep of the favored [[1989 World Series|defending champion]] [[1990 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]. The sweep over a team with 12 wins more than the 91-win Reds was considered a massive shock, and it was the first Reds title since 1976. Piniella's honeymoon with the Reds would not last long. Wracked with injuries and a less effective bullpen that saw the team lose ten games in a row in July,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kurkjian |first=Tim |author-link=Tim Kurkjian |date=July 22, 1991 |title=The world champion Cincinnati Reds' slide from the heights continued as the Pittsburgh Pirates rudely swept them at home |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/07/22/dusted-the-world-champion-cincinnati-reds-slide-from-the-heights-continued-as-the-pittsburgh-pirates-rudely-swept-them-at-home |work=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref> the Reds finished with the worst winning percentage for a defending World Series champion, a dubious mark later surpassed by the [[1998 Florida Marlins season|1998 Florida Marlins]] and [[2014 Boston Red Sox season|2014 Boston Red Sox]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Dayn |date=2014-08-30 |title=2014 Red Sox among worst defending champs in MLB history |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2014-red-sox-among-worst-defending-champs-in-mlb-history/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
The most noted moment was an outburst by Piniella in an August game. Umpire [[Gary Darling]] overturned a call that cost the Reds a home run, and after the game, Piniella accused Darling of being biased against the Reds. Two months later, Darling and the [[Major League Umpires Association]] sued for defamation to the tune of $5 million against Piniella. When he asked owner [[Marge Schott]] for help, she did not budge on helping with paying for a lawyer, which Piniella had to do out of his own pocket. While he stated that realized his own error in making the statement against Darling, the fact that he received no backing from the Reds played a key part in him not wanting to manage there. The lawsuit ended in compromise, with Piniella issuing a statement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chass |first=Murray |date=February 22, 1993 |title=BASEBALL; A Sweet Lou Primer On Marge and Loyalty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/22/sports/baseball-a-sweet-lou-primer-on-marge-and-loyalty.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
 
Following his third season with the Reds, Piniella announced in October that he had rejected a contract extension.<ref name="pshwbbwr">{{cite news |date=October 7, 1992 |title=Piniella says he won't be back with Reds |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-07-sp-590-story.html |access-date=June 29, 2018 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> He finished with a record of 255 wins and 231 losses.<ref name="managerial record" /> He was replaced by [[Tony Pérez]], who was fired 44 games into the 1993 season for [[Davey Johnson]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 30, 1992 |title=Reds name Tony Perez manager |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/10/30/Reds-name-Tony-Perez-manager/2571720421200/ |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[United Press International]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 25, 1993 |title=AFTER 44 GAMES, REDS FIRE PEREZ, HIRE EX-MET JOHNSON |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/05/25/after-44-games-reds-fire-perez-hire-ex-met-johnson/ |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Since Piniella's departure, the Reds have won only one postseason series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cincinnati Reds Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/index.shtml |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
===Seattle Mariners===
Under a new ownership group,<ref name="mhnoasc">{{cite news |date=July 2, 1992 |title=Mariners have new owner as sale completed |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SLkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2481%2C809038 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |___location=Spokane, Washington |page=C3 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Piniella was introduced as the new manager of the Mariners in November 1992<ref name="ptmhelm">{{cite news |last=Finnigan |first=Bob |date=November 10, 1992 |title=Piniella takes Mariners' helm |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FNVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6360%2C9140054 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |___location=Spokane, Washington |page=C1 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref><ref name="pfhbch">{{cite news |last=Cour |first=Jim |date=November 10, 1992 |title=Piniella faces his biggest challenge |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j80qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u9AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2020%2C3848469 |work=[[Moscow-Pullman Daily News]] |___location=Idaho-Washington |page=1B |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> and led the [[Seattle Mariners]] for ten seasons ([[1993 Seattle Mariners season|1993]]–[[2002 Seattle Mariners season|2002]]). His wife Anita initially insisted he not take the job. They lived in [[New Jersey]] in [[Allendale, New Jersey|Allendale]], and she thought [[Seattle]] was too far away from their family and children, and spring training was in [[Arizona]] instead of Florida.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thiel |first=Art |date=September 23, 2003 |title=Ellis issued challenge, and M's got their leader |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/ellis-issued-challenge-and-m-s-got-their-leader-1125155.php |access-date=August 21, 2011 |website=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |quote="By the time they returned to their Allendale, N.J., home, he was ready to say no -- perhaps because that was the word that Anita pounded into his ear on the flight. 'No, no, no, no, no,' Piniella recalled her saying. 'She said, 'You're not going to Seattle. Just get that totally out of your mind.' Her reasons were obvious: Too far from home, and spring training was in Arizona instead of Florida."}}</ref> His initial contract in Seattle was for $2.5 million over three years,<ref name=ptmhelm/><ref name=pfhbch/> significantly more than his predecessor, [[Bill Plummer]], who had a two-year $500,000 contract.<ref name="pacfbm">{{cite news |date=October 14, 1992 |title=Plummer, all coaches fired by M's |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HExXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6392%2C3263349 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |___location=(Spokane, Washington) |page=C1 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
From [[1993 in baseball|1993]]-[[2002 in baseball|2002]], he managed the [[Seattle Mariners]], winning the AL [[Manager of the Year]] award in [[1995 in baseball|1995]], and again in [[2001 in baseball|2001]] when he led the Mariners to a record-tying 116 wins (the 1906 [[Chicago Cubs]] accomplished the feat in a 154 game schedule). After winning the [[2001 American League Division Series|ALDS]], the Mariners dropped the first two games of the [[2001 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], and Piniella held an angry post-game press conference where he guaranteed the Mariners would win two of out three games in New York to return the ALCS to Seattle. However, the Yankees closed out the series at [[Yankee Stadium]], and the Mariners did not reach the World Series. Following the 2002 season he signed on to become manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
 
On August 18, [[1999 Seattle Mariners season|1999]], Piniella won his 1,000th game (having managed 1,926 in total) in a 5–1 victory over the [[1999 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 19, 1999 |title=AMERICAN LEAGUE: ROUNDUP; Victory No. 1,000 for Piniella |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/19/sports/american-league-roundup-victory-no-1000-for-piniella.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
 
Piniella won the AL [[Manager of the Year Award]] in [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|1995]], and again in [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|2001]], when he led the Mariners to a record-tying 116 wins. After winning the [[2001 American League Division Series|2001 AL Division Series]] against the [[2001 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]], the Mariners dropped the first two games of the [[2001 American League Championship Series|AL Championship Series]] to the [[2001 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]], and Piniella held an angry post-game press conference in which he guaranteed the Mariners would win two out of three games in New York to return the ALCS to Seattle. However, the Yankees closed out the series at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], and the Mariners would not reach the postseason again until [[2022 Seattle Mariners season|2022]]. Following the 2002 season, Piniella requested out of his final year with the Mariners to manage the [[Tampa Bay Rays|Tampa Bay Devil Rays]].<ref name=pstcdrss/><ref name="fbtsons">{{cite news |last=Withers |first=Tom |date=October 29, 2002 |title=Four baseball teams settle on new skippers |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HkkiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ba0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1222%2C5325001 |newspaper=[[Argus-Press]] |___location=Oswosso, Michigan |page=10 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> As compensation, the Devil Rays traded outfielder [[Randy Winn]] to the Mariners for infield prospect [[Antonio Pérez (baseball)|Antonio Pérez]].<ref name="shaksh">{{cite news |last=Scanlon |first=Dick |date=October 29, 2002 |title=Piniella set to captain Devil Rays' shaky ship |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4j5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vf0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5714%2C6368653 |work=[[The Ledger]] |___location=Lakeland, Florida |page=A1 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
 
Piniella finished with a record of 840 wins and 711 losses.<ref name="managerial record"/> All four of the Mariners' playoff appearances in team history to that point were under Piniella. On August 9, 2014, Piniella was inducted into the [[Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stead |first=Jordan |date=August 9, 2014 |title=Lou Piniella inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/baseball/slideshow/Lou-Piniella-inducted-into-the-Seattle-Mariners-91351.php |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref>
 
===Tampa Bay Devil Rays===
Piniella returned to the Tampa area in October 2002, taking over for a team that had just finished at {{winning percentage|55|106|record=y}} under [[Hal McRae]].<ref name=SI/><ref name=shaksh/> In his first two seasons with the [[Tampa Bay Rays|Devil Rays]], Piniella was able to improve the team somewhat, and they won a franchise-record 70 games in [[2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season|2004]].<ref name="managerial record" /> This was also the first season in which they did not finish last in their division.
In his first two seasons with the Devil Rays, Piniella was able to improve the team somewhat, and they won a franchise-record 70 games in [[2004 in baseball|2004]], which was also their first season in which they did not finish last in their division. During the [[2005 in baseball|2005]] season, Piniella was very critical of Devil Rays' management for focusing too much on the future and not enough on immediate results, and for not increasing payroll quickly enough to field a competitive team (they started the season with a [[United States dollar|$]]30 million payroll, which was the lowest in the major leagues).
 
During the [[2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season|2005]] season, Piniella was critical of the Devil Rays' front office for focusing too much on the future and not enough on immediate results, and for not increasing payroll quickly enough to field a competitive team. The Devil Rays started the season with a $30 million payroll, which was the lowest in the major leagues; the [[2005 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] payroll in 2005 was over $208 million. Tensions eventually made Piniella step down as the Devil Rays' manager on September 21.<ref name="pgios">{{cite news |last=Scanlon |first=Dick |date=September 22, 2005 |title=Report: Piniella gone in '06 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S9ROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Jf4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2042%2C787361 |work=[[The Ledger]] |___location=Lakeland, Florida |page=C1 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> He finished with a record of 200 wins and 285 losses.<ref name="managerial record"/> He had a season remaining on his four-year $13 million contract from October 2002, but agreed to a $2.2 million buyout, in lieu of $4.4 million that he was due for a fourth season. He would have also received $1.25 million in deferred salary from 2003.<ref name="espnofv">{{cite web |date=September 30, 2005 |title=Devil Rays buy out Piniella's final season for $2.2M |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2176867 |access-date=June 29, 2018 |work=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref name="llpino">{{cite news |last=Scanlon |first=Dick |date=October 1, 2005 |title=Piniella out after 2005 season |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zaUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1964%2C98500 |work=[[The Ledger]] |___location=Lakeland, Florida |page=C1 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
Tensions eventually made Piniella step down as Devil Rays' manager on [[September 21]], [[2005 in baseball|2005]]. He had one season remaining on his contract that he signed in October 2002, but agreed to a $2.2 million buyout of his contract, instead of his original $4.4 million that he was due, had he decided to manage the Devil Rays for one more season. He will also receive $1.25 million in deferred salary from 2003.
 
==Awards=Chicago Cubs===
On October 16, {{Baseball year|2006}}, Piniella agreed to a three-year contract to manage the [[Chicago Cubs]] for $10 million with a $5 million option for a fourth year in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muskat |first=Carrie |date=October 16, 2006 |title=Cubs come to terms with Piniella |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061016&content_id=1714668&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112095817/http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061016&content_id=1714668&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=November 12, 2006 |website=[[MLB.com]] |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>
1969 - AL Rookie of the Year
 
Though Piniella's Cubs won the Central Division in his first two years ([[2007 Chicago Cubs season|2007]]–[[2008 Chicago Cubs season|2008]]), and boasted the best record in the NL in 2008, the Cubs were swept in the postseason both years, first by the [[2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona Diamondbacks]] in the [[2007 National League Division Series|2007 NLDS]] and then the [[2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] in the [[2008 National League Division Series|2008 NLDS]]. Piniella was named NL Manager of the Year for 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manager of the Year Award |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_mgy.shtml |website=[[Baseball Almanac]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Paul |date=November 12, 2008 |title=Chicago Tribune's Blog |url=http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/11/piniella-named.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053326/http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/11/piniella-named.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>
1972 - All Star
 
{{wikinews|Lou Piniella retires after fifty years of baseball}}
1995 - AL Manager of the Year
In [[2010 Chicago Cubs season|2010]], Piniella announced on July 20 his intention to retire as manager of the Cubs at season's end.<ref>{{cite news |last=Madden |first=Bill |date=July 20, 2010 |title=Lou Piniella, former Yankees manager and player, will retire as manager of Cubs at end of season |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/07/20/lou-piniella-former-yankees-manager-and-player-will-retire-as-manager-of-cubs-at-end-of-season/ |access-date=August 22, 2010 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |___location=New York}}</ref> However, on August 22, Piniella decided to resign after that day's game, stating that he wanted to care for his ailing 90-year-old mother.<!-- Margaret (Magadan) Piniella (December 29, 1919 - January 22, 2012)--><ref>{{cite news |last=Lacques |first=Gabe |date=January 8, 2010 |title=Outgoing Cubs manager Lou Piniella: 'This will be the last time I put on a uniform' |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2010/08/cubs-manager-lou-piniella-wont-wait-for-october-to-retire-after-todays-game/1 |access-date=August 22, 2010 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> He finished with a record of 316 wins and 293 losses.<ref name="managerial record"/>
 
===San Francisco Giants===
2001 - AL Manager of the Year
On February 2, [[2011 San Francisco Giants season|2011]], Piniella was hired by the [[San Francisco Giants]] as a special consultant.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2011 |title=Lou Piniella to help Giants |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=6082551 |website=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shea |first=John |date=February 1, 2011 |title=Sweet Lou joining the champs |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?entry_id=82243#ixzz1CmQq1Utf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204211228/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?entry_id=82243#ixzz1CmQq1Utf |archive-date=February 4, 2011 |work=[[SFGate]]}}</ref> He did not return to that position after the season.<ref name="Yankees broadcaster">{{cite web |last=Raissman |first=Bob |date=February 2, 2012 |title=It's official: Sweet Lou joins YES Network |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-22/news/31088714_1_lou-piniella-cubs-skipper-sweet-lou |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130044017/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-22/news/31088714_1_lou-piniella-cubs-skipper-sweet-lou |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=July 4, 2012 |work=[[New York Daily News]]}} </ref>
 
===Return to Cincinnati Reds===
==Post-managerial career==
On February 5, [[2016 Cincinnati Reds season|2016]], Piniella rejoined the Cincinnati Reds as a special consultant.
After parting ways with the Devil Rays, Piniella has recently become a [[color commentator]] for [[Fox Sports]], having joined [[Thom Brennamen]] and [[Steve Lyons]] in calling postseason baseball games. There had been speculation that if [[Joe Torre]] didn't return to the Yankees for the [[2007 in baseball|2007]] season, Piniella would be considered for the managerial position. That speculation ended on [[October 10]], [[2006 in baseball|2006]], when it was announced that Torre was going to remain with the Yankees organization. Brennamen and Lyons then interviewed Piniella in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the ALCS about this situation, with Piniella again repeating that he was upset that Torre had been dragged through the mud.
 
==Future Managerial Possibilitiesrecord==
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Piniella was rumored to take over [[Joe Torre]] if he was fired because the [[New York Yankees]] were eliminated from the 2006 playoffs. The Yankees have since announced that Torre will not be fired and be kept through 2007. Piniella refused to deal with the [[Washington Nationals]] because he does not prefer a team that is rebuilding and is out of the running for the [[San Francisco Giants]]' vacancy as it is too far from his home. Potentially, Piniella could end up in 2007 managing the [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Texas Rangers]], or even the [[San Diego Padres]].
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
|-
![[1986 New York Yankees season|NYY]]|| {{mlby|1986}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|90|72}}|| 2nd in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1987 New York Yankees season|NYY]]|| {{mlby|1987}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|89|73}}|| 4th in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
!colspan="11"|
|-
![[1988 New York Yankees season|NYY]]|| {{mlby|1988}}
||93||{{WinLossPct|45|48}}|| 5th in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|NYY total ||417||{{WinLossPct|224|193}}|| || {{WinLossPct|0|0}} ||
|-style="background:#fde910"
![[1990 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1990}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|91|71}}|| '''1st in NL West''' || {{WinLossPct|8|2}} || '''Won [[1990 World Series|World Series]] ([[1990 Oakland Athletics season|OAK]])'''
|-
![[1991 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1991}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|74|88}}|| 5th in NL West || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1992 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1992}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|90|72}}|| 2nd in NL West || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|CIN total ||486||{{WinLossPct|255|231}}|| || {{WinLossPct|8|2}} ||
|-
![[1993 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|1993}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|82|80}}|| 4th in AL West || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1994 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|1994}}
||112||{{WinLossPct|49|63}}|| 3rd in AL West || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1995 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|1995}}
||145||{{WinLossPct|79|66}}|| '''1st in AL West''' || {{WinLossPct|5|6}} || Lost [[1995 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[1995 Cleveland Indians season|CLE]])
|-
![[1996 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|1996}}
||161||{{WinLossPct|85|76}}|| 2nd in AL West || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1997 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|1997}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|90|72}}|| '''1st in AL West''' || {{WinLossPct|1|3}} || Lost [[1997 American League Division Series|ALDS]] ([[1997 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]])
|-
![[1998 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|1998}}
||161||{{WinLossPct|76|85}}|| 3rd in AL West || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1999 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|1999}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|79|83}}|| 3rd in AL West || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[2000 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|2000}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|91|71}}|| 2nd in AL West || {{WinLossPct|5|4}} || Lost [[2000 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[2000 New York Yankees season|NYY]])
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[2001 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|2001}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|116|46}}|| '''1st in AL West''' || {{WinLossPct|4|6}} || Lost [[2001 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[2001 New York Yankees season|NYY]])
|-
![[2002 Seattle Mariners season|SEA]]|| {{mlby|2002}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|93|69}}|| 3rd in AL West || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|SEA total ||1551||{{WinLossPct|840|711}}|| || {{WinLossPct|15|19}} ||
|-
![[2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season|TB]]|| {{mlby|2003}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|63|99}}|| 5th in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season|TB]]|| {{mlby|2004}}
||161||{{WinLossPct|70|91}}|| 4th in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season|TB]]|| {{mlby|2005}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|67|95}}|| 5th in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|TB total ||485||{{WinLossPct|200|285}}|| || {{WinLossPct|0|0}} ||
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[2007 Chicago Cubs season|CHC]]|| {{mlby|2007}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|85|77}}|| '''1st in NL Central''' || {{WinLossPct|0|3}} || Lost [[2007 National League Division Series|NLDS]] ([[2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season|ARI]])
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[2008 Chicago Cubs season|CHC]]|| {{mlby|2008}}
||161||{{WinLossPct|97|64}}|| '''1st in NL Central''' || {{WinLossPct|0|3}} || Lost [[2008 National League Division Series|NLDS]] ([[2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]])
|-
![[2009 Chicago Cubs season|CHC]]|| {{mlby|2009}}
||161||{{WinLossPct|83|78}}|| 2nd in NL Central || – || – || – || –
|-
![[2010 Chicago Cubs season|CHC]]|| {{mlby|2010}}
||125||{{WinLossPct|51|74}}|| resigned || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|CHC total ||609||{{WinLossPct|316|293}}|| || {{WinLossPct|0|6}} ||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total<ref name="managerial record"/> ||3548||{{WinLossPct|1835|1713}}|| || {{WinLossPct|23|27}} ||
|}
 
==Broadcasting career==
==External links ==
In 1989, Piniella worked as a [[color analyst]] for Yankees telecasts on [[Madison Square Garden Network|MSG Network]]. After parting ways with the Devil Rays in 2005, Piniella was an analyst for [[Fox Sports (USA)|Fox Sports]], first joining [[Joe Buck]] and [[Tim McCarver]] calling the [[2005 American League Championship Series]]. He was then an analyst with the network for the [[2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 season]], and also joined [[Thom Brennaman]] and [[Steve Lyons (baseball)|Steve Lyons]] for the postseason.
*[http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinielo01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] - career playing statistics and managing record
*[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=pinielo01 Baseball Almanac]
*[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/P/Piniella_Lou.stm BaseballLibrary.com] - career highlights
*[http://www.tampatrib.com/Sports/MGB5TM8KWDE.html Piniella, Rays Parting Ways] - ''Tampa Tribune''
 
On February 22, [[2012 New York Yankees season|2012]], it was announced Piniella would join the [[YES Network]] as an analyst for Yankees games. He made his YES debut on March 4 during a Yankees-Phillies spring training game.<ref name="Yankees broadcaster" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Kercheval |first=Nancy |date=February 23, 2012 |title=Lou Piniella Joins Yankees YES Television Network as Special Contributor |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-23/lou-piniella-joins-yankees-yes-television-network-as-special-contributor.html |work=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> He left the network after the season.
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{{succession box | before = [[Stan Bahnsen]] | title = [[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|American League Rookie of the Year]]| years = [[1969]] | after = [[Thurman Munson]]}}
==Personal life==
{{succession box | title=[[Manager of the Year|American League Manager of the Year]] | before=[[Buck Showalter]] | years=1995| after= [[Joe Torre]]<br>[[Johnny Oates]]
Piniella married his wife Anita (Garcia)<ref name=SI/> in 1967, and together they have three children.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scheiber |first=Dave |date=March 28, 2003 |title=Mrs. Piniella: She, too, has managed |url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2003/03-28/106242_mrs__piniella__she__too__has_ma.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618002617/https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2003/03-28/106242_mrs__piniella__she__too__has_ma.html |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |website=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]]}}</ref>
}}
 
{{succession box | title=[[Manager of the Year|American League Manager of the Year]] | before=[[Jerry Manuel]] | years=2001| after= [[Mike Scioscia]]
Piniella suffered what was described as a "mini-stroke" in June 2017, but sufficiently recovered to resume his role as senior advisor to baseball operations with the Cincinnati Reds for the 2018 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fay |first=John |date=February 23, 2018 |title=Lou Piniella back to work for Cincinnati Reds after a mini-stroke |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2018/02/23/lou-piniella-back-work-cincinnati-reds-after-mini-stroke/368447002/ |access-date=December 10, 2018 |website=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Hall of Fame consideration==
Piniella has been a candidate for election to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] by the [[Veterans Committee]] three times, in 2016,<ref>{{cite web |date=October 3, 2016 |title=Ten Named to Today's Game Era Ballot for National Baseball Hall of Fame Consideration |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/news/2017-todays-game-era-ballot |access-date=February 14, 2019 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |language=en}}</ref> 2018, and 2023 but has thus far failed to be elected. In 2018 he received 11 of a required 12 votes for the 2019 induction class.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ackert |first1=Kristie |date=December 9, 2018 |title=George Steinbrenner, Lou Piniella both fall short in Hall of Fame bids |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-sports-steinbrenner-rejected-hall-of-fame-20181209-story.html |access-date=February 14, 2019 |website=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> On the ballot for December 2023, he again received eleven votes, one short of induction.
 
==In other media==
Piniella made a cameo appearance in the 1994 film ''[[Little Big League]]''.
 
In late 2007, Piniella appeared in a [[television commercial]] for [[Aquafina]] [[bottled water]] in which he parodies his famous June 2, 2007 [[Tantrum|meltdown]] at [[Wrigley Field]].
 
Piniella and [[Chicago White Sox]] manager [[Ozzie Guillén]] appeared in one commercial to advertise a local car dealership during the first half of the [[White Sox–Cubs rivalry|2008 Crosstown series]]. The creators of the commercial used their likeness in three other commercials, which featured [[stunt doubles]] riding [[bicycles]] and [[jumping rope]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Lewis|last=Lazare|title=Pinch runners cover bases for Lou, Ozzie|date=June 18, 2008|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]}}</ref>
 
In 2009, Piniella did a commercial for [[DirecTV]] and in 2018, commercials in the Seattle area for Sustainable Housing for Ageless Generations (SHAG), formerly Senior Housing Assistance Group, a non-profit senior citizen affordable living organization.
 
==See also==
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* [[List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball managerial wins and winning percentage leaders]]
 
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