How Lou Piniella's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Lou Piniella posted a career Range Factor of 1.89, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1969, posting 2.26, well below the league average of 3.23 that year. The lowest point came in 1968 at .500, well below the league average of 3.3 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.75 in 1982 to 1.65 in 1983 and 1.79 in 1984. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 17 seasons.

Lou Piniella Lifetime Range Factor

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Lou Piniella Range Factor Per Season

Lou Piniella's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lou Piniella Range Factor per season line chart

Lou Piniella Range Factor by Team

Lou Piniella's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lou Piniella career Range Factor by team bar chart

Lou Piniella Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Lou Piniella's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Lou Piniella Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Lou Piniella Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Lou Piniella's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Lou Piniella Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Lou Piniella Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Lou Piniella's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Lou Piniella Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table