Rollie Fingers
Roland Glen Fingers
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 25, 1946 in Steubenville, OH
High School: Upland (Upland, CA)
Signed
by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1968
Final Game: September 17, 1985
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1992 (349/430 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 21 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1969 22 OAK AL 60 28 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 15 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1970 23 OAK AL 45 45 39 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 11 .103 .146 .179 .326 -9 7 1 0 4 0 0 1
1971 24 OAK AL 48 39 33 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .212 .235 .212 .447 29 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1972 25 OAK AL 65 20 19 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .316 .316 .474 .789 139 9 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 26 OAK AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1974 27 OAK AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-16
1975 28 OAK AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-4
1976 29 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-8,MVP-19
1977 30 SDP NL 78 21 20 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .050 .050 .050 .100 -72 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-14
1978 31 SDP NL 67 14 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 AS,CYA-8,MVP-14
1979 32 SDP NL 54 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1980 33 SDP NL 66 19 18 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .278 .278 .444 .722 104 8 1 0 1 0 0 1
1981 34 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1982 35 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-16
17 Seasons 497 201 180 10 31 3 0 2 9 0 0 3 45 .172 .186 .222 .408 16 40 2 0 18 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 66 59 3 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 15 .172 .186 .222 .408 16 13 1 0 6 0 0
OAK (9 yrs) 230 134 118 9 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 26 .186 .207 .237 .444 27 28 1 0 13 0 0
SDP (4 yrs) 265 67 62 1 9 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 19 .145 .145 .194 .339 -4 12 1 0 5 0 0
MIL (4 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 232 134 118 9 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 26 .186 .207 .237 .444 27 28 1 0 13 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 265 67 62 1 9 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 19 .145 .145 .194 .339 -4 12 1 0 5 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1969 22 OAK AL 28 23 1 1.2 91 .238 .200 .248 .200 .324 .200 .375 .400 .699 15 .087 -2.9 -0.3 .250 .000 .000
1970 23 OAK AL 45 40 1 0.7 95 .111 .103 .255 .146 .328 .179 .388 .326 .716 -9 .032 -6.0 -0.6 .250 .128 .077 .0
1971 24 OAK AL 39 31 2 1.7 91 .269 .212 .253 .235 .324 .212 .375 .447 .700 29 .176 -3.2 -0.3 .308 .030 .000
1972 25 OAK AL 20 14 3 5.8 79 .333 .316 .241 .316 .309 .474 .348 .789 .656 139 .700 0.6 0.1 .692 .158 .158 .0
1973 26 OAK AL 1 1 0 0.0 89 .000 .254 .000 .322 .000 .373 .000 .695 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1975 28 OAK AL 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .256 .000 .325 .000 .376 .000 .701 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1977 30 SDP NL 21 20 0 0.0 94 .091 .050 .257 .050 .323 .050 .392 .100 .715 -72 .000 -4.6 -0.5 .053 .000 .000
1978 31 SDP NL 14 12 0 0.0 87 .222 .167 .251 .167 .318 .167 .370 .333 .687 -2 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .200 .000 .000
1979 32 SDP NL 13 12 0 0.0 94 .100 .083 .260 .083 .325 .083 .386 .167 .711 -53 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .091 .000 .000
1980 33 SDP NL 19 15 2 3.6 90 .385 .278 .260 .278 .321 .444 .377 .722 .698 104 .426 0.1 0.0 .571 .167 .167
17 Seasons 201 169 9 1.4 91 .218 .172 .253 .186 .323 .222 .377 .408 .700 16 .122 -20.5 -2.1 .285 .067 .050 .0
162 Game Avg. 66 55 3 1.4 91 .218 .172 .253 .186 .323 .222 .377 .408 .700 16 .122 -20.5 -2.1 .285 .067 .050
OAK (9 yrs) 134 110 7 1.7 90 .222 .186 .251 .207 .323 .237 .375 .444 .698 27 .168 -11.9 -1.2 .320 .076 .051 .0
SDP (4 yrs) 67 59 2 0.9 92 .209 .145 .257 .145 .322 .194 .382 .339 .704 -4 .054 -8.6 -0.9 .222 .048 .048
AL (13 yrs) 134 110 7 1.7 90 .222 .186 .251 .207 .323 .237 .375 .444 .698 27 .168 -11.9 -1.2 .320 .076 .051 .0
NL (4 yrs) 67 59 2 0.9 92 .209 .145 .257 .145 .322 .194 .382 .339 .704 -4 .054 -8.6 -0.9 .222 .048 .048

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 24 OAK AL ALCS BAL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 OAK AL ALCS DET W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 OAK AL WS CIN W 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 26 OAK AL ALCS BAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 26 OAK AL WS NYM W 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 OAK AL WS LAD W 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (6 Series) 22 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 ALCS 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 16 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 28 DNP
1976 OAK AL 29 DNP
1978 SDP NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MIL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (5 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1969 22 OAK AL 28 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.3 1.57 75%
1970 23 OAK AL 45 2.2% 24.4% 4.4% 2.2% 25% 5.50 3.5 39.0 39.0 3.83 60%
1971 24 OAK AL 39 0.0% 18.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 7.00 4.7 1.88 67%
1972 25 OAK AL 20 5.0% 15.0% 0.0% 5.0% 17% 6.3 19.0 9.5 2.00 75%
1973 26 OAK AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1975 28 OAK AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1977 30 SDP NL 21 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 10.0 2.67 52%
1978 31 SDP NL 14 0.0% 21.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 6.0 3.00 64%
1979 32 SDP NL 13 0.0% 15.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 6.0 6.00 77%
1980 33 SDP NL 19 0.0% 26.3% 0.0% 15.8% 60% 3.6 1.00 68%
17 Seasons 201 1.0% 22.4% 1.5% 2.5% 16% 15.00 4.0 90.0 20.0 2.22 66%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 22 OAK AL 1 0 40% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1970 23 OAK AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 OAK AL 1 0 50% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1972 25 OAK AL 1 0 20% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 26 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 30 SDP NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 31 SDP NL 1 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 32 SDP NL 2 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 33 SDP NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
17 Seasons 6 0 25% 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 28% 12 10 2 2 1 1 4 2 2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 22 OAK AL 28 36% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1970 23 OAK AL 45 36% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 4 57% 10 1 10% 9 1 11% 35 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 OAK AL 39 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 9 0 0% 9 3 33% 20 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 OAK AL 20 45% 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1973 26 OAK AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 OAK AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 30 SDP NL 21 14% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 17 2 12% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1978 31 SDP NL 14 36% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 15 2 13% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1979 32 SDP NL 13 15% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 16 2 13% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1980 33 SDP NL 19 26% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
17 Seasons 201 32% 31 1 0 0 0 0.19 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 25 18 72% 38 2 5% 41 10 24% 126 7 6% 7 3 43% 8 3 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 22 61 28 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 15 5 0 0 3 0 0
1970 23 106 73 64 3 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 15 .141 .167 .188 .354 -0 12 1 0 7 0 0
1971 24 154 112 97 7 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 22 .165 .190 .196 .386 10 19 1 0 12 0 0
1972 25 219 132 116 9 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 25 .190 .210 .241 .451 29 28 1 0 13 0 0
1973 26 221 133 117 9 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 26 .188 .208 .239 .448 28 28 1 0 13 0 0
1974 27 227 133 117 9 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 26 .188 .208 .239 .448 28 28 1 0 13 0 0
1975 28 229 134 118 9 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 26 .186 .207 .237 .444 27 28 1 0 13 0 0
1976 29 230 134 118 9 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 26 .186 .207 .237 .444 27 28 1 0 13 0 0
1977 30 308 155 138 9 23 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 35 .167 .184 .210 .395 13 29 1 0 14 0 0
1978 31 375 169 150 9 25 0 0 2 7 0 0 3 38 .167 .183 .207 .390 12 31 1 0 16 0 0
1979 32 429 182 162 10 26 0 0 2 9 0 0 3 40 .160 .176 .198 .373 7 32 1 0 17 0 0
1980 33 495 201 180 10 31 3 0 2 9 0 0 3 45 .172 .186 .222 .408 16 40 2 0 18 0 0
1981 34 496 201 180 10 31 3 0 2 9 0 0 3 45 .172 .186 .222 .408 16 40 2 0 18 0 0
1982 35 497 201 180 10 31 3 0 2 9 0 0 3 45 .172 .186 .222 .408 16 40 2 0 18 0 0
1983 36 497 201 180 10 31 3 0 2 9 0 0 3 45 .172 .186 .222 .408 16 40 2 0 18 0 0
1984 37 497 201 180 10 31 3 0 2 9 0 0 3 45 .172 .186 .222 .408 16 40 2 0 18 0 0
1985 38 497 201 180 10 31 3 0 2 9 0 0 3 45 .172 .186 .222 .408 16 40 2 0 18 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 22 60 25 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 60
1970 23 45 41 39 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 .103 .146 .179 .326 1 45
1971 24 48 35 34 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .235 .257 .235 .492 2 48
1972 25 68 20 20 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 65
1973 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1975 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1977 30 78 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 78
1978 31 67 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 67
1979 32 54 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 54
1980 33 66 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 66
10 Seasons 490 185 182 10 12 0 0 1 9 0 3 45 .066 .081 .082 .163 11 487
162 Game Avg. 162 61 60 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 15 .066 .081 .082 .163 4 487

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA (65.5%)
1992 BBWAA (81.0%)
Selected to HOF in 1992 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1973 *
1974 *
1975
1976
1978 *
1981 *
1982 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1974 ML WS MVP
1977 NL Rolaids Relief
1978 NL Rolaids Relief
1980 NL Rolaids Relief
1981 AL Cy Young
1981 AL MVP
1981 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 AL (16, 6%)
1975 AL (4, 38%)
1976 AL (19, 4%)
1977 NL (14, 5%)
1978 NL (14, 5%)
1981 AL (1, 81%)
1982 AL (16, 3%)
1 MVP
1.42 Career Shares (152nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (3, 21%)
1976 AL (8, 1%)
1978 NL (8, 1%)
1981 AL (1, 90%)
1 Cy Young
1.13 Career Shares (42nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1985 AL  born 1946-08-25 (10th)

                           

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