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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 PHA AL 25 3B 136 133 1158.1 481 151 305 25 34 .948 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 3.54 3.35 .959 3.48 3.07 AS,MVP-12,RoY-2
1955 KCA AL 26 2B 90 87 773.2 476 236 228 12 72 .975 -9.5 -14.7 -9.5 -5.6 -4.0 0 5.40 5.16 .976 5.37 4.87 AS
1955 KCA AL 26 3B 59 59 514.1 198 55 135 8 13 .960 1.1 2.6 0.1 2.7 -2.6 1 3.32 3.22 .949 3.17 2.73 AS
1956 KCA AL 27 2B 52 39 351.1 226 114 105 7 35 .969 -5.6 -19.1 -5.6 -4.3 -1.3 0 5.61 4.21 .973 5.44 4.74
1956 KCA AL 27 3B 32 29 254.0 108 29 70 9 7 .917 1.8 8.5 0.8 -0.1 0.9 1 3.51 3.09 .951 3.22 2.78
1957 DET AL 28 3B 59 46 440.2 174 58 108 8 9 .954 2.8 7.6 2.8 0.5 2.3 0 3.39 2.81 .951 3.23 2.77
1957 DET AL 28 2B 3 2 21.0 13 8 4 1 2 .923 -0.7 -40.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 5.14 4.00 .985 5.40 4.83
1958 SFG NL 29 2B 8 2 26.0 12 4 7 1 2 .917 -0.4 -18.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 3.81 1.38 .975 5.33 4.76
1958 SFG NL 29 3B 4 1 14.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 -0.3 -25.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 1.93 0.75 .950 3.15 2.85
1959 BAL AL 30 3B 42 29 267.2 98 30 64 4 4 .959 -3.1 -13.9 -3.1 -2.3 -0.8 0 3.16 2.24 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 BAL AL 30 2B 6 0 14.0 17 6 11 0 2 1.000 2.2 188.6 2.2 2.0 0.2 0 10.93 2.83 .976 5.27 4.73
1959 BAL AL 30 SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 3.95
6 Seasons 3B 332 297 2649.0 1063 323 685 55 67 .948 1.3 0.6 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 2 3.42 3.04 .955 3.32 2.88
5 Seasons 2B 159 130 1186.0 744 368 355 21 113 .972 -14.0 -14.2 -14.0 -8.9 -5.2 0 5.49 4.55 .975 5.39 4.82
1 Season SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 3.95
6 Seasons TOT 493 427 3837.0 1807 691 1040 76 180 .958 -12.7 -4.0 -14.7 -8.5 -6.3 2 4.06 3.51 .921 3.96 3.51

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
1954 PHA AL 25 136 133 136 136 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 KCA AL 26 150 146 150 150 0 0 0 90 59 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1956 KCA AL 27 91 68 91 91 0 0 0 52 32 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1957 DET AL 28 64 48 64 64 0 0 0 3 59 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 SFG NL 29 23 3 23 23 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
1959 BAL AL 30 48 29 48 48 0 0 0 6 42 2 0 0 0 0 6 0
6 Seasons 512 427 512 512 0 0 0 159 332 2 0 0 0 0 37 5
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 PHA AL 25 5147 61% 80% 22% 451 87% 3 151 108 16 27 290 222 56 2 10 24 0 22 2 19 33 17 3 28 5 4 1 25 72%
1955 KCA AL 26 2395 65% 77% 22% 199 86% 0 68 56 5 7 116 90 24 0 2 8 0 6 2 6 13 10 0 11 2 1 1 7 43%
1956 KCA AL 27 1149 67% 78% 27% 96 88% 1 29 22 1 6 62 45 15 1 5 6 0 6 0 5 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 5 60%
1957 DET AL 28 1859 65% 78% 25% 169 92% 1 57 48 4 5 108 89 15 0 2 8 0 8 0 8 9 7 0 8 1 0 1 10 60%
1958 SFG NL 29 54 83% 89% 30% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 30 1198 63% 80% 27% 95 88% 0 30 22 2 6 63 53 9 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 6 83%
6 Seasons 11802 64% 79% 24% 1014 88% 5 335 256 28 51 642 502 119 3 21 51 0 46 5 42 65 42 3 56 9 5 4 53 66%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 KCA AL 26 3548 62% 81% 24% 281 91% 0 243 78 129 36 222 189 25 0 5 10 0 10 0 8 72 21 18 20 5 65 25 40 7 4 2
1956 KCA AL 27 1608 63% 77% 26% 122 93% 0 112 28 59 24 108 95 7 1 2 7 0 6 1 5 35 14 5 5 1 27 7 20 4 1 3
1957 DET AL 28 94 70% 73% 18% 6 83% 0 8 3 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1958 SFG NL 29 114 68% 75% 25% 10 90% 1 4 2 2 0 7 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 30 58 62% 90% 41% 13 100% 0 6 2 3 1 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 5422 62% 80% 25% 432 91% 1 373 113 197 62 352 302 35 2 7 19 0 18 1 15 113 38 23 27 7 98 35 63 11 5 5
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1959 BAL AL 30 8 38% 50% 13% 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 0 0
1 Season 8 38% 50% 13% 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 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 90%

* 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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