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Former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager, Lou Piniella nicknamed "Sweet Lou," has an estimated net worth of $22 million. After nearly four decades as a winning baseball player and manager, Lou Piniella finally went home in late October 2002, accepting a job as manager of his hometown Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Born August 28, 1943 in Tampa, Florida, United States, Piniella had his work cut out for him, trying to put the Devil Rays on a winning track. Since first taking to the ball field in the spring of 1998, the Devil Rays had compiled one of the most dismal records in the history of major league baseball.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2010

Asset

Purchase value of Lou Piniella's five-bedroom, eight-bath pool home in Avila, a posh community in Tampa, Florida

$1,800,000

2007

Salary

Annual salary as the manager of the Chicago Cubs

$3,500,000

2006

Contract

A three-year managerial contract with the Chicago Cubs

$10,000,000

2002

Contract

A four-year managerial contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

$13,000,000

1992

Contract

A three-year managerial contract with the Seattle Mariners

$2,500,000

1989

Contract

A three-year managerial contract with the Cincinnati Reds

$1,000,000

1986

Contract

Lou Piniella's initial managerial contract with the New York Yankees

$200,000

1977

Salary

Annual salary with the New York Yankees for the year 1977

$76,500

1976

Salary

Annual salary with the New York Yankees for the year 1976

$72,500

1975

Salary

Annual salary with the New York Yankees for the year 1975

$62,300

1974

Salary

Annual salary with the New York Yankees for the year 1974

$57,000

1973

Salary

Annual salary with the Kansas City Royals for the year 1973

$50,000

1969

Salary

Annual salary with the Seattle Pilots for the year 1969

$10,000

1968

Salary

Annual salary with the Cleveland Indians for the year 1968

$6,500

1964

Salary

Annual salary with the Baltimore Orioles for the year 1964

$4,500