Lou Piniella Trades and Transactions

The Lou Piniella trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Lou Piniella has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I'd rather be a swing man on a championship team than a regular on another team." - Lou Piniella

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Lou Piniella

Lou Piniella Autograph on a 1977 Topps (#96)

Lou Piniella Autograph on a 1977 Topps (#96)
 

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Birth Name:   Louis Victor Piniella
Nickname:   Lou or Sweet Lou
Born On:   08-28-1943  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Tampa, Florida
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Jesuit High School (Tampa, FL)
College:   University of Tampa
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   198
First Game:   09-04-1964 (Age 21)
Last Game:   06-16-1984
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lou Piniella

Trades & Transactions

06-09-1962: Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians.
11-26-1962: Selected by Washington Senators from Cleveland Indians in the first-year minor league draft.
08-04-1964: Traded by Washington Senators to Baltimore Orioles for Buster Narum.
03-10-1966: Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians for Cam Carreon.
10-15-1968: Selected by Seattle Pilots (28th pick overall) — expansion draft.
04-01-1969: Traded by Seattle Pilots to Kansas City Royals for Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar.
12-07-1973: Traded by Kansas City Royals (with Ken Wright) to New York Yankees for Lindy McDaniel.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Lou Piniella trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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