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Jim Finigan
James Leroy Finigan
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 19, 1928 in Quincy, IL
Signed
by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1954
Final Game: July 5, 1959
Died: May 16, 1981 in Quincy, IL
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Jim Finigan: 19 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 3 go ahead
2 Tms
PHA/KCA18
BAL1
 
vs RHP17
vs LHP2
 
Home12
Away7
 
Leverage
High Lev4
Medium Lev5
Low Lev10
6 Opps
DET6
BOS5
CLE4
WSH2
NYY1
CHW1
17 Pitchers
Ned Garver2
Tom Brewer2
Early Wynn1
Russ Kemmerer1
Art Houtteman1
Ted Wills1
Paul Foytack1
Dick Donovan1
George Zuverink1
Connie Grob1
Frank Lary1
Herb Score1
Mike Garcia1
Frank Sullivan1
Spec Shea1
Steve Gromek1
Bob Grim1
6 Parks
Munic. Stad7
Shibe Pk4
Tiger Stad4
Fenway Pk2
ClevelandStd1
Memor. Stad1
Where Hit
717
Unk1
781
General field locations when available.
 
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms19
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
3rd10
6th4
1st2
5th2
7th1
Outs
17
06
26
 
DefPos
3B16
2B3
Bases
---11
1--4
12-2
-231
-2-1
 
30 RBI
RISP4
0 on11
1 on5
2 on3
Any on8
Inning
12
21
33
41
53
71
85
92
Extra1
 
1-36
4-64
7-end9
RelScore
+22
+11
Tied3
-13
-22
-31
-4..7
 
Ahead3
Tied3
Behind13
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1954 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1954-05-18 PHA @ DET Steve Gromek behind 0-1 t 3 0 --- 1 7 5 12% 50% Home Run
2 2 2 1 1954-05-29 PHA WSH Spec Shea tied 2-2 b 5 2 1-- 2 3 5 26% 79% Home Run; Bollweg Scores
3 3 3 1 1954-06-06 (2) PHA CLE Art Houtteman behind 0-1 b 1 2 --- 1 3 5 10% 51% Home Run
4 4 4 1 1954-07-21 PHA DET George Zuverink ahead 3-1 b 7 1 --- 1 6 5 6% 94% Home Run
5 5 5 1 1954-09-05 (2) PHA BOS Russ Kemmerer behind 2-7 b 8 1 --- 1 3 5 2% 3% Home Run
6 6 6 1 1954-09-20 PHA @ BOS Tom Brewer behind 0-5 t 9 2 -2- 2 3 5 0% 0% Home Run; Suder Scores
7 7 7 1 1954-09-21 (2) PHA @ BOS Frank Sullivan behind 0-4 t 4 1 --- 1 3 5 6% 17% Home Run
1955 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
8 8 1 1 1955-04-16 KCA @ DET Ned Garver behind 1-8 t 9 0 1-- 2 3 5 0% 1% Home Run; Valo Scores
9 9 2 1 1955-04-18 KCA CLE Mike Garcia ahead 2-0 b 3 1 1-- 2 3 5 12% 89% Home Run; Power Scores
10 10 3 1 1955-04-19 KCA CLE Herb Score behind 1-3 b 5 2 1-- 2 3 5 27% 51% Home Run; Power Scores
11 11 4 1 1955-04-26 KCA BOS Tom Brewer tied 0-0 b 1 0 12- 3 3 5 17% 81% Home Run; Power Scores; Valo Scores
12 12 5 1 1955-05-07 KCA @ CLE Early Wynn behind 2-9 t 8 1 --- 1 3 5 0% 0% Home Run
13 13 6 1 1955-05-25 KCA DET Frank Lary tied 0-0 b 2 1 --- 1 5 5 11% 64% Home Run
14 14 7 1 1955-06-02 KCA NYY Bob Grim behind 3-12 b 8 2 12- 3 5 5 0% 0% Home Run; Simpson Scores; Zernial Scores
15 15 8 1 1955-07-08 KCA @ DET Paul Foytack behind 3-6 t 8 1 -23 3 6 4 30% 45% Home Run; Zernial Scores; Simpson Scores
16 16 9 1 1955-07-10 (2) KCA @ DET Ned Garver behind 0-9 t 5 2 --- 1 6 4 0% 1% Home Run
1956 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
17 17 1 1 1956-05-23 KCA WSH Connie Grob behind 5-6 b 17 0 --- 1 6 5 43% 64% Home Run
18 18 2 1 1956-05-28 KCA CHW Dick Donovan behind 0-2 b 8 0 --- 1 1 4 14% 31% Home Run
1959 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
19 19 1 1 1959-07-04 BAL BOS Ted Wills ahead 2-1 b 3 0 --- 1 1 5 10% 77% Home Run (Deep LF-CF)

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.