Bob Finley

Robert Edward Finley

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 25, 1915 in Ennis, TX
School: Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1943
Team: Phillies 1943-1944

Final Game: October 1, 1944
Died: January 2, 1986 in West Covina, CA
Buried: Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	21	BOS-min	D,C	25	227	227		54	7	0	1					.238	.238	.123	.361		28					MOU,CKD · GAFL,CSTL
1938	22	BOS-min	C	120	439	439		154	32	7	20					.351	.351	.592	.943		260					CAN · MATL
1939	23	BOS-min	C,B	109	369	369		106	23	1	6					.287	.287	.404	.691		149					CAN,RKM · MATL,PIED
1940	24	BOS-min	C,B,A	54	189	189		47	8	4	0					.249	.249	.333	.582		63					CAN,RKM,SCR · MATL,PIED,EL
1941	25	GAD	B	115	369	369		106	15	4	1					.287	.287	.358	.645		132					GAD · SEAL
1942	26	KNX	A1	106	288	288		89	20	3	5					.309	.309	.451	.760		130					KNX · SOUA
1943	27	KNX	A1	63	233	233		84	17	2	4					.361	.361	.502	.863		117					KNX · SOUA
1943	27	PHI	NL	28	85	81	9	21	2	0	1	7	0	4	10	.259	.294	.321	.615	81	26	3	0	0	2
1944	28	PHI	NL	94	308	281	18	70	11	1	1	21	1	12	25	.249	.292	.306	.598	71	86	9	5	8	2
1945	29	SLE	AA	87	287	261	34	80	15	3	4	48	3	15	12	.307	.358	.433	.791		113		6	5		SLE · PCL
1946	30	CHW-min	AA,AAA	115	339	333	2	98	15	3	7	6	0	4	9	.294	.303	.420	.723		140		0	2		SHV,SLE · TL,PCL
1947	31	DET-min	AA	69	225	225		59	11	1	4					.262	.262	.373	.636		84					DAL · TL
1948	32	SAG	A	77	180	180		56	17	2	5					.311	.311	.511	.822		92					SAG · CENL
1949	33	SAG	A	64	139	139		35	10	1	3					.252	.252	.403	.655		56					SAG · CENL
1950	34	SAG	A	21	29	29		4	1	0	0					.138	.138	.172	.310		5					SAG · CENL
2 Yrs				122	393	362	27	91	13	1	2	28	1	16	35	.251	.292	.309	.602	74	112	12	5	8
162 Game Avg.				162	522	481	36	121	17	1	3	37	1	21	46	.251	.292	.309	.602	74	149	16	7	11

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	27	PHI	NL	28	85	-2	-1	1	-2	-0.2	3	0	0.0	.491	.499	0.1	-0.0	1	$	2
1944	28	PHI	NL	94	308	-10	0	2	-8	-0.9	9	2	0.1	.491	.495	0.1	0.3	2	$	2
2 Seasons				122	393	-12	-1	3	-10	-1.1	12	2	0.1	.491	.497	0.2	0.2	3	$

Advanced Batting

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
1943	27	PHI	NL	85	63	8	3.4	85	.286	.259	.259	.294	.326	.321	.351	.615	.678	81	.436	-2.2	-0.2	.476	.111	.062	.0
1944	28	PHI	NL	308	228	24	2.8	91	.271	.249	.263	.292	.330	.306	.370	.598	.700	71	.327	-10.8	-1.1	.473	.103	.057	1.0
2 Yrs				393	291	32	3.0	90	.274	.251	.262	.292	.329	.309	.366	.602	.695	74	.350	-12.9	-1.4	.473	.105	.058	1.3
162 Game Avg.				522	386	42	3.0	90	.274	.251	.262	.292	.329	.309	.366	.602	.695	74	.350	-12.9	-1.4	.473	.105	.058	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1943	27	PHI	NL	85	1.2%	11.8%	4.7%	3.5%	14%	2.50	8.1	81.0	11.6	82%
1944	28	PHI	NL	308	0.3%	8.1%	3.9%	4.2%	19%	2.08	11.2	281.0	13.4	83%
2 Yrs				393	0.5%	8.9%	4.1%	4.1%	18%	2.19	10.3	181.0	12.9	83%
MLB Averages					1.0%	8.8%	8.5%	5.6%	24%	1.03	10.2	87.9	9.2	80%

Cumulative Batting

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
1943	27	28	85	81	9	21	2	0	1	7	0		4	10	.259	.294	.321	.615	81	26	3	0	0
1944	28	122	393	362	27	91	13	1	2	28	1		16	35	.251	.292	.309	.602	74	112	12	5	8

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
1943	27	29	92	87	11	24	2	0	1	9	0	5	10	.276	.315	.333	.649	9	28
1944	28	98	321	295	20	76	12	1	1	24	1	13	26	.258	.300	.315	.616	27	94
2 Yrs		127	413	382	31	100	14	1	2	33	1	18	36	.262	.304	.319	.623	36	122
162 Game Avg.		162	527	487	40	128	18	1	3	42	1	23	46	.262	.304	.319	.623	46	122

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1944 NL 5 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL 5 (5th)

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