DATE: 1974-84 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECT: Lou Piniella APPROXIMATE SIZE: 5"x8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Louis Victor Piniella was born in 1943 in Tampa, FL and went to college at the University of Tampa. He played major league baseball from 1964 to 1984 as outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees, appeared in the 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1981 World Series, and was selected in 1972 as an All-Star. Piniella was the 1969 American League Rookie of the Year, and has also been Manager of the Year 3 times (1995, 2001 and 2008). The naming of Piniella as Rookie of the Year in 1969 came as a shock to some fans who remembered him with the Baltimore Orioles for four games in 1964. It seemed incredible that a player who had appeared in 1964 could still be a rookie five years later! By that point he had already been signed by the Cleveland Indians in 1962, drafted by the Washington Senators later that year, traded to the Orioles, traded back to the Indians, for whom he played six games in 1968, selected by the Seattle Pilots in the 1969 expansion draft and traded to the Kansas City Royals for Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar at the end of spring training. Batting leadoff on opening day, Piniella took the first at bat, made the first base hit, and scored the first run for the Royals in their first game on April 8, 1969 against the Minnesota Twins, going 4 for 5 in the opener. After his playing days ended, Lou Piniella began a career as a manager. He started with the Yankees in 1986 and 1987, with his second go-round being in 1988. He then spent three years in Cincinnati from 1990 to 1992. He later was manager of the Seattle Mariners for ten years, and was with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2003 to 2005. After sitting out one season, he was appointed manager of the Chicago Cubs for 2007, continuing in that role through 2009. In between managerial stints, he was the New York Yankees General Manager from October 1987 to May 1988, and was a broadcaster for the team in 1989. SKU: L06624
Item: L06624
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