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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
Schools: 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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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 95 486 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

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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 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 (1033rd)

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 (1320), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1206), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2327), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 16, 1953: Traded by the New York Yankees with Don Bollweg, Johnny Gray, Vic Power, Bill Renna and Jim Robertson to the Philadelphia Athletics for Loren Babe, Harry Byrd, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro and Eddie Robinson.

December 5, 1956: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Jack Crimian, Bill Harrington and Eddie Robinson to the Detroit Tigers for Wayne Belardi, Ned Garver, Gene Host, Virgil Trucks and $20,000.

January 28, 1958: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with $25,000 to the San Francisco Giants for Gail Harris and Ozzie Virgil.

October, 1958: Sent from the San Francisco Giants to the Baltimore Orioles in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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