Lou Piniella

Lou Piniella is one of those baseball lifers who basically bled the game — a Tampa kid who came up through the Yankees system and carved out a solid 18-year playing career as an outfielder, winning the World Series with New York in 1977 and 1978. But honestly, "Sweet Lou" the manager is where the legend really lives. He took the Yankees to a World Series title in 1990, then pulled off one of the great underdog stories in baseball history with the Cincinnati Reds that same year. His Seattle Mariners years in the late '90s were a blast to watch, and his fiery dugout meltdowns — base-throwing, hat-kicking, face-to-face umpire screaming — became genuine highlight reel moments in their own right. The man had passion you couldn't fake, and teams played harder for him because of it.

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Name (English)

Lou Piniella

Name (Japanese)

ルー・ピネラ

Reading

るー・ぴねら

Born

August 28, 1943 (age 83)

Origin

Tampa, Florida, United States

Occupation

baseball player / baseball manager

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

University

University of Tampa

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Piniella
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%8D%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676861

Tags

• Florida
• baseball player
• baseball manager

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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