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
School: St. Ambrose University
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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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
1954 25 PHA AL 136 560 487 57 147 25 6 7 51 2 8 64 66 .302 .381 .421 .802 120 205 17 0 6 3 *5 AS,MVP-12,RoY-2
1955 26 KCA AL 150 615 545 72 139 30 7 9 68 1 3 61 49 .255 .333 .385 .718 93 210 18 3 5 1 6 45 AS
1956 27 KCA AL 91 290 250 29 54 7 2 2 21 3 1 30 28 .216 .298 .284 .582 55 71 6 1 5 4 1 45
1957 28 DET AL 64 204 174 20 47 4 2 0 17 1 1 23 18 .270 .357 .316 .673 84 55 3 1 5 1 2 5/4
1958 29 SFG NL 23 29 25 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .200 .310 .280 .590 60 7 1 1 0 0 1 /45
1959 30 BAL AL 48 130 119 14 30 6 0 1 10 1 0 9 10 .252 .300 .328 .628 75 39 6 0 0 2 0 5/46
6 Seasons 512 1828 1600 195 422 74 17 19 168 8 13 190 176 .264 .342 .367 .709 92 587 51 6 21 11 10
162 Game Avg. 162 578 506 62 134 23 5 6 53 3 4 60 56 .264 .342 .367 .709 92 186 16 2 7 3
KCA (3 yrs) 377 1465 1282 158 340 62 15 18 140 6 12 155 143 .265 .344 .379 .723 96 486 41 4 16 8 7
SFG (1 yr) 23 29 25 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .200 .310 .280 .590 60 7 1 1 0 0 1
BAL (1 yr) 48 130 119 14 30 6 0 1 10 1 0 9 10 .252 .300 .328 .628 75 39 6 0 0 2 0
DET (1 yr) 64 204 174 20 47 4 2 0 17 1 1 23 18 .270 .357 .316 .673 84 55 3 1 5 1 2
AL (5 yrs) 489 1799 1575 192 417 72 17 19 167 8 13 187 171 .265 .343 .368 .711 93 580 50 5 21 11 9
NL (1 yr) 23 29 25 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .200 .310 .280 .590 60 7 1 1 0 0 1

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
1954 25 PHA AL 560 374 76 5.4 99 .336 .302 .265 .381 .341 .421 .388 .802 .729 120 .611 15.0 1.5 .721 .238 .119 3.1
1955 26 KCA AL 615 433 68 4.2 102 .266 .255 .266 .333 .346 .385 .397 .718 .743 93 .460 -5.8 -0.6 .637 .239 .130 1.8
1956 27 KCA AL 290 212 23 2.9 106 .232 .216 .267 .298 .349 .284 .408 .582 .757 55 .284 -16.2 -1.6 .512 .196 .068 2.4
1957 28 DET AL 204 137 21 4.2 102 .299 .270 .266 .357 .339 .316 .402 .673 .741 84 .473 -3.4 -0.3 .603 .178 .046 .0
1958 29 SFG NL 29 21 2 2.6 104 .250 .200 .267 .310 .335 .280 .417 .590 .752 60 .250 -1.3 -0.1 .524 .200 .080
1959 30 BAL AL 130 97 11 3.0 96 .264 .252 .257 .300 .328 .328 .393 .628 .720 75 .338 -3.8 -0.4 .516 .160 .076 1.0
6 Seasons 1828 1274 201 4.2 101 .285 .264 .265 .342 .343 .367 .396 .709 .739 92 .473 -15.4 -1.5 .626 .219 .103 11.3
162 Game Avg. 578 403 64 4.2 101 .285 .264 .265 .342 .343 .367 .396 .709 .739 92 .473 -15.4 -1.5 .626 .219 .103 4
KCA (3 yrs) 1465 1019 167 4.4 102 .285 .265 .266 .344 .345 .379 .396 .723 .740 96 .488 -7.0 -0.6 .642 .230 .114 9.0
SFG (1 yr) 29 21 2 2.6 104 .250 .200 .267 .310 .335 .280 .417 .590 .752 60 .250 -1.3 -0.1 .524 .200 .080
BAL (1 yr) 130 97 11 3.0 96 .264 .252 .257 .300 .328 .328 .393 .628 .720 75 .338 -3.8 -0.4 .516 .160 .076 1.0
DET (1 yr) 204 137 21 4.2 102 .299 .270 .266 .357 .339 .316 .402 .673 .741 84 .474 -3.4 -0.3 .603 .178 .046 .0
AL (5 yrs) 1799 1253 199 4.3 101 .285 .265 .265 .343 .343 .368 .396 .711 .739 93 .477 -14.1 -1.3 .628 .219 .103 11.3
NL (1 yr) 29 21 2 2.6 104 .250 .200 .267 .310 .335 .280 .417 .590 .752 60 .250 -1.3 -0.1 .524 .200 .080

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
1954 PHA AL 25 DNP
1955 KCA AL 26 as 3B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1954 25 PHA AL 560 1.3% 11.8% 11.4% 6.8% 26% 1.03 7.4 69.6 9.5 1.20 74%
1955 26 KCA AL 615 1.5% 8.0% 9.9% 7.5% 33% 0.80 11.1 60.6 8.0 1.03 79%
1956 27 KCA AL 290 0.7% 9.7% 10.3% 3.8% 20% 0.93 8.9 125.0 11.9 1.18 77%
1957 28 DET AL 204 0.0% 8.8% 11.3% 2.9% 13% 0.78 9.7 10.2 1.07 77%
1958 29 SFG NL 29 0.0% 17.2% 10.3% 6.9% 40% 1.67 5.0 25.0 2.00 69%
1959 30 BAL AL 130 0.8% 7.7% 6.9% 5.4% 23% 1.11 11.9 119.0 11.9 1.35 85%
6 Seasons 1828 1.0% 9.6% 10.4% 6.0% 26% 0.93 9.1 84.2 9.5 1.14 77%
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
1954 25 PHA AL 5 0 25% 245 2 8 20% 1 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 8 45% 39 28 10 7 2 5 12 1 11
1955 26 KCA AL 13 0 33% 269 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 13 38% 55 41 14 3 1 2 22 7 14
1956 27 KCA AL 5 0 33% 110 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 62% 16 9 7 5 1 4 8 1 7
1957 28 DET AL 4 0 28% 95 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40% 9 7 1 2 0 2 9 3 5
1958 29 SFG NL 2 0 33% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 2
1959 30 BAL AL 1 0 34% 59 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 39% 7 4 3 1 1 0 5 2 2
6 Seasons 30 0 29% 792 8 13 38% 6 12 1 1 1 1 4 0 19 30 44% 129 90 37 18 5 13 59 14 41
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
1954 25 PHA AL 530 22% 147 1 0 0 0 0.07 7 0 9 7 0 4 3 0 5 6 120% 105 17 16% 42 13 31% 301 42 14% 31 14 45% 27 6 22% 30
1955 26 KCA AL 614 27% 139 2 1 0 0 0.41 9 0 18 8 1 5 4 0 6 5 83% 129 18 14% 57 21 37% 402 62 15% 30 13 43% 32 6 19% 1
1956 27 KCA AL 290 26% 54 9 0 0 1 2.28 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 100% 52 6 12% 31 13 42% 171 19 11% 18 7 39% 19 7 37% 0
1957 28 DET AL 204 17% 47 3 0 0 0 0.30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 38 3 8% 19 9 47% 127 17 13% 13 8 62% 12 4 33% 0
1958 29 SFG NL 29 48% 5 12 2 0 1 2.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 5 1 20% 24 1 4% 2 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1959 30 BAL AL 130 62% 30 5 2 0 2 2.46 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 6 24% 10 2 20% 84 9 11% 7 3 43% 4 1 25% 0
6 Seasons 1797 27% 422 32 5 0 4 1.86 19 0 37 17 2 12 7 0 21 21 100% 359 51 14% 164 59 36% 1109 150 14% 101 45 45% 98 26 27% 31
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
1954 25 136 560 487 57 147 25 6 7 51 2 8 64 66 .302 .381 .421 .802 120 205 17 0 6 3
1955 26 286 1175 1032 129 286 55 13 16 119 3 11 125 115 .277 .356 .402 .758 106 415 35 3 11 4 6
1956 27 377 1465 1282 158 340 62 15 18 140 6 12 155 143 .265 .344 .379 .723 96 486 41 4 16 8 7
1957 28 441 1669 1456 178 387 66 17 18 157 7 13 178 161 .266 .346 .372 .717 94 541 44 5 21 9 9
1958 29 464 1698 1481 181 392 68 17 18 158 7 13 181 166 .265 .345 .370 .715 94 548 45 6 21 9 10
1959 30 512 1828 1600 195 422 74 17 19 168 8 13 190 176 .264 .342 .367 .709 92 587 51 6 21 11 10

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 25 142 580 510 63 155 26 6 7 56 2 67 69 .304 .383 .420 .802 84 136
1955 26 157 632 566 74 142 31 7 9 70 1 62 51 .251 .328 .378 .706 70 150
1956 27 95 300 263 29 58 8 2 2 21 3 32 29 .221 .303 .289 .592 23 91
1957 28 67 213 186 21 52 4 2 0 18 1 25 19 .280 .366 .323 .689 22 64
1958 29 24 30 26 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 3 5 .192 .300 .269 .569 2 23
1959 30 50 134 123 15 30 6 0 1 11 1 9 10 .244 .291 .317 .608 11 48
6 Seasons 535 1889 1674 205 442 77 17 19 177 8 198 183 .264 .342 .364 .706 212 512
162 Game Avg. 162 572 507 62 134 23 5 6 54 2 60 55 .264 .342 .364 .706 64 512

* 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

All-Star Games
1954
1955 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 AL (12, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1954 AL  .302 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1954 AL  .381 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL  150 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1955 AL  545 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1954 AL  25 (10th)
1955 AL  30 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL  66 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1954 AL  17 (7th)
1955 AL  18 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 AL  8 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 AL  433 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Dave Engle (964)
  6. Dario Lodigiani (963)
  7. Norm McMillan (958)
  8. Willard Brown (953)
  9. Bobby Brown (953)
  10. Frank Ellerbe (950)
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  3. Jim Bucher (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Engle (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Brubaker (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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