Lamar Johnson vs Lou Piniella

Lamar Johnson and Lou Piniella compared on their MLB careers: Lamar Johnson played 9 seasons, 1974 to 1982, Lou Piniella 18 seasons, 1964 to 1984. Lamar Johnson has .287 batting average to Lou Piniella's .291. Lou Piniella won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Lamar Johnson and Lou Piniella career totals
792GP1,747
2,631AB5,867
294R651
755H1,705
64HR102
381RBI766
22SB32
0.3AVG0.3
0.3OBP0.3
0.4SLG0.4
0.8OPS0.7

Titles and awards

  • Lamar Johnson: 0 championships; none on file
  • Lou Piniella: 2 championships; AL Rookie of the Year, AL Manager of the Year ×2, NL Manager of the Year

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Lamar Johnson and Lou Piniella season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1974.345021964.00000
2nd1975.200111968.00001
3rd1976.3204331969.2821168
4th1977.30218651970.3011188
5th1978.2738721971.279351
6th1979.30912741972.3121172
7th1980.27713811973.250969
8th1981.2761151974.305970
9th1982.2597381975.196022
10th1976.281338
11th1977.3301245
12th1978.314669
13th1979.2971169
14th1980.287227
15th1981.277518
16th1982.307637
17th1983.291216
18th1984.30216

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI