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Louis Victor Piniella (/ p iː n ˈ j eɪ j ɑː / [1] [2] usually / p ɪ ˈ n ɛ l ə /; born August 28, 1943) [3] is a former professional baseball player and manager. An outfielder , he played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Baltimore Orioles , Cleveland Indians , Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees .
The La Russa family moved to West Tampa, Florida, where Tony played American Legion baseball and PONY League baseball alongside teammate Lou Piniella. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] After graduating from Jefferson High School in Tampa, La Russa was signed by the Kansas City Athletics in June 1962 as a middle infielder , with a clause that the Athletics pay ...
Lou Piniella served as field manager and general manager in 1988. Four Yankees GMs are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Ed Barrow, [24] George Weiss, [25] Larry MacPhail, [26] and his son, Lee MacPhail. [27] Ralph Houk, [28] Gene Michael, [29] Lou Piniella, [30] and Bob Watson [31] were former Yankees players.
Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella, Cito Gaston and Davey Johnson are among eight men on the ballot for the Hall of Fame’s contemporary era committee for managers, executives and umpires that meets on ...
Lou Piniella's only World Series title as a manager came in 1990 with the Cincinnati Reds. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
However, the Cubs chose to go with veteran manager Lou Piniella. Girardi took himself out of the running for the Washington Nationals' managerial job shortly thereafter and returned to the broadcast booth for the YES Network in 2007. He said taking another managerial job would have meant a third move in as many years for his family. [34]
NASHVILLE — Tony La Russa has known Lou Piniella longer than most anyone in baseball, going back to their days playing youth league and American Legion ball together at Cuscaden Park in Tampa.
Teammates Lou Piniella and Bobby Murcer, who were Munson's best friends, gave eulogies at the gathering of 700 at the Canton Memorial Civic Center. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] That night, before a national viewing audience on ABC 's Monday Night Baseball , the Yankees beat the Orioles 5–4 in New York, with Murcer driving in all five runs with a three-run ...