29 Facts About Lou Piniella

Louis Victor Piniella is a former professional baseball player and manager.

Lou Piniella won the 1990 World Series championship with the Reds and led the Mariners to four postseason appearances in seven years.

Lou Piniella captured back-to-back division titles during his time with the Cubs.

Lou Piniella was named Manager of the Year three times during his career and finished his managerial career ranked 14th all time on the list of managerial wins.

Lou Piniella was nicknamed "Sweet Lou", both for his swing as a major league hitter and, facetiously, to describe his demeanor as a player and manager.

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Lou Piniella grew up in West Tampa, and played American Legion baseball and PONY League baseball alongside fellow future major league manager Tony La Russa.

Lou Piniella attended Jesuit High School in Tampa, where he played several sports and was an All-American in basketball.

Lou Piniella was signed by the Cleveland Indians at age 18 as an amateur free agent on June 9,1962.

Lou Piniella was selected by the Seattle Pilots in the 1968 expansion draft in October, but was traded after spring training on April 1 to the Kansas City Royals for John Gelnar and Steve Whitaker.

Lou Piniella played for the Royals for their first five seasons and was the American League's Rookie of the Year in 1969 and was named to the 1972 All-Star Game.

Lou Piniella 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 of the Minnesota Twins.

Lou Piniella doubled to left field, then scored on an RBI single by Jerry Adair.

Lou Piniella received 2 votes for the Hall of Fame as a player in 1990.

Lou Piniella managed the Yankees from 1986 to 1987; promoted to general manager to start the 1988 season, he took over as manager after the firing of Billy Martin on June 23.

Under a new ownership group, Lou Piniella was introduced as the new manager of the Mariners in November 1992, and led the Seattle Mariners for ten seasons.

Lou Piniella had a season remaining on his four-year $13 million contract from October 2002, but agreed to a $2.

On October 16,2006, Lou 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.

In 2010, Lou Piniella announced on July 20 his intention to retire as manager of the Cubs at season's end.

On February 2,2011, Lou Piniella was hired by the San Francisco Giants as a special consultant.

On February 5,2016, Lou Piniella rejoined the Cincinnati Reds as a special consultant.

In 1989, Lou Piniella worked as a color analyst for Yankees telecasts on MSG Network.

Lou Piniella was then an analyst with the network for the 2006 season, and joined Thom Brennaman and Steve Lyons for the postseason.

Lou Piniella stated that to expect Scutaro to continue playing well would be similar to finding a wallet on Friday and expecting to find another wallet on Saturday and Sunday.

On February 22,2012, it was announced Lou Piniella would join the YES Network as an analyst for Yankees games.

Lou Piniella married his wife Anita in 1967, and together they have three children.

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Lou 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.

Lou Piniella has been a candidate for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee twice, in 2016 and 2018, but has thus far failed to be elected.

Lou Piniella made a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Little Big League.

In 2009, Lou Piniella did a commercial for DirecTV and in 2018, commercials in the Seattle area for Sustainable Housing for Ageless Generations, formerly Senior Housing Assistance Group, a non-profit senior citizen affordable living organization.