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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 OAK AL 21 P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.70
1969 OAK AL 22 P 60 8 119.0 42 9 30 3 3 .929 2.95 0.65 .952 1.88 0.69
1970 OAK AL 23 P 45 19 148.0 35 7 26 2 3 .943 2.01 0.73 .951 1.86 0.67
1971 OAK AL 24 P 48 8 129.1 38 14 24 0 4 1.000 2.64 0.79 .955 1.98 0.77
1972 OAK AL 25 P 65 0 111.1 18 7 11 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.28 .950 1.86 0.75
1973 OAK AL 26 P 62 2 126.2 18 3 14 1 0 .944 1.21 0.27 .950 1.86 0.86 AS
1974 OAK AL 27 P 76 0 119.0 30 9 21 0 4 1.000 2.27 0.39 .943 1.81 0.83 AS,MVP-16
1975 OAK AL 28 P 75 0 126.2 22 8 14 0 2 1.000 1.56 0.29 .936 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-3,MVP-4
1976 OAK AL 29 P 70 0 134.2 31 4 26 1 2 .968 2.00 0.43 .948 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-8,MVP-19
1977 SDP NL 30 P 78 0 132.1 27 5 19 3 0 .889 1.63 0.31 .952 1.85 0.67 MVP-14
1978 SDP NL 31 P 67 0 107.1 27 14 12 1 1 .963 2.18 0.39 .952 1.91 0.72 AS,CYA-8,MVP-14
1979 SDP NL 32 P 54 0 83.2 13 3 9 1 0 .923 1.29 0.22 .954 1.80 0.66
1980 SDP NL 33 P 66 0 103.0 21 9 11 1 0 .952 1.75 0.30 .952 1.91 0.69
1981 MIL AL 34 P 47 0 78.0 16 2 13 1 1 .938 1.73 0.32 .962 1.98 0.81 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1982 MIL AL 35 P 50 0 79.2 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.58 0.28 .957 1.80 0.73 AS,MVP-16
1984 MIL AL 37 P 33 0 46.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.18 .950 1.78 0.70
1985 MIL AL 38 P 47 0 55.1 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.77 0.36 .953 1.85 0.70
17 Seasons P 944 37 1701.1 375 108 253 14 23 .963 1.91 0.38 .951 1.87 0.75
17 Seasons TOT 944 37 1701.1 375 108 253 14 23 .963 1.91 0.38 .914 1.87 0.75
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 OAK AL 21 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 OAK AL 22 60 8 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 23 45 19 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 24 48 8 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 25 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 OAK AL 26 62 0 2 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 27 76 0 6 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 28 76 0 2 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 OAK AL 29 70 0 1 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SDP NL 30 78 0 78 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SDP NL 31 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 32 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SDP NL 33 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MIL AL 34 47 0 1 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIL AL 35 50 0 1 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIL AL 37 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIL AL 38 47 0 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 945 35 497 944 944 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1968 OAK AL 21 11 82% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 OAK AL 22 524 80% 32% 30 93% 0 9 0 6 30 22 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 3 0 3 100%
1970 OAK AL 23 628 79% 26% 27 96% 0 8 0 5 28 20 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 4 100%
1971 OAK AL 24 513 73% 28% 29 97% 0 15 0 9 25 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 3 100%
1972 OAK AL 25 452 68% 21% 11 91% 0 7 0 6 10 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1973 OAK AL 26 538 72% 20% 15 87% 0 3 1 2 13 12 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1974 OAK AL 27 499 75% 24% 21 95% 0 8 0 6 21 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 2 100%
1975 OAK AL 28 511 70% 21% 14 100% 1 8 1 6 14 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1976 OAK AL 29 588 73% 20% 27 93% 1 4 1 1 26 17 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 7 100%
1977 SDP NL 30 562 73% 20% 18 100% 0 6 0 6 20 13 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1978 SDP NL 31 444 77% 25% 18 94% 0 14 2 10 14 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1979 SDP NL 32 391 74% 23% 11 91% 0 4 0 4 10 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1980 SDP NL 33 451 77% 25% 15 93% 0 9 2 5 11 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1981 MIL AL 34 304 75% 22% 16 75% 0 4 0 2 13 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 40%
1982 MIL AL 35 330 72% 22% 10 90% 0 4 0 2 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1984 MIL AL 37 199 73% 28% 3 100% 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 MIL AL 38 245 82% 22% 13 100% 1 7 0 2 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
17 Seasons 7190 74% 24% 278 94% 3 113 7 75 257 177 34 14 0 5 9 3 23 14 23 0 51 92%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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.

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