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Lou Finney

Louis Klopsche Finney

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 13, 1910 in Buffalo, AL
High School: Five Points HS (Five Points, AL)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1931
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/Browns/Phillies 1931-1947

Final Game: May 8, 1947
Died: April 22, 1966 in Lafayette, AL
Buried: Chapel Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lafayette, AL
Relatives: Brother of Hal Finney
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 PHA AL 20 OF 8 6 6 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.50 .969 2.38
1931 PHA AL 20 LF 7 5 5 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 .966 2.20
1931 PHA AL 20 RF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 2.10
1933 PHA AL 22 OF 63 58 55 150 136 6 8 1 .947 2.25 .970 2.37
1933 PHA AL 22 RF 46 41 39 104 93 5 6 1 .942 2.13 .962 2.10
1933 PHA AL 22 LF 17 17 16 46 43 1 2 0 .957 2.59 .971 2.27
1933 PHA AL 22 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1934 PHA AL 23 OF 54 49 43 122 112 3 7 1 .943 2.13 .968 2.29
1934 PHA AL 23 RF 40 35 32 101 93 3 5 1 .950 2.40 .964 2.07
1934 PHA AL 23 1B 15 14 13 131 120 9 2 16 .985 8.60 .991 10.00
1934 PHA AL 23 LF 12 11 9 18 17 0 1 0 .944 1.42 .968 2.17
1934 PHA AL 23 CF 4 3 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.50 .973 2.65
1935 PHA AL 24 OF 76 73 69 159 145 5 9 1 .943 1.97 .970 2.39
1935 PHA AL 24 RF 72 70 67 152 139 5 8 1 .947 2.00 .968 2.09
1935 PHA AL 24 1B 18 16 16 181 171 10 0 17 1.000 10.06 .992 10.16
1935 PHA AL 24 LF 5 3 2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 .968 2.24
1936 PHA AL 25 1B 78 77 74 824 782 34 8 70 .990 10.46 .991 9.93
1936 PHA AL 25 OF 73 73 67 187 179 3 5 1 .973 2.49 .968 2.38
1936 PHA AL 25 RF 32 32 30 66 62 2 2 0 .970 2.00 .967 2.18
1936 PHA AL 25 LF 22 22 20 47 46 1 0 1 1.000 2.14 .963 2.12
1936 PHA AL 25 CF 21 19 17 74 71 0 3 0 .959 3.38 .974 2.82
1937 PHA AL 26 1B 50 50 47 461 428 28 5 38 .989 9.12 .991 9.84
1937 PHA AL 26 OF 39 38 32 100 91 2 7 1 .930 2.38 .969 2.35
1937 PHA AL 26 CF 37 35 30 94 85 2 7 1 .926 2.35 .974 2.84
1937 PHA AL 26 LF 3 3 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .967 2.17
1937 PHA AL 26 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 5.60
1938 PHA AL 27 1B 64 62 60 604 574 24 6 35 .990 9.34 .990 9.77
1938 PHA AL 27 OF 46 44 44 131 124 4 3 0 .977 2.78 .972 2.35
1938 PHA AL 27 CF 21 20 20 77 73 2 2 0 .974 3.57 .972 2.82
1938 PHA AL 27 LF 19 19 19 44 41 2 1 0 .977 2.26 .972 2.17
1938 PHA AL 27 RF 6 5 5 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .972 2.07
1939 TOT AL 28 OF 28 23 22 63 60 1 2 1 .968 2.18 .969 2.44
1939 TOT AL 28 CF 19 18 17 48 47 0 1 0 .979 2.47 .977 2.87
1939 TOT AL 28 RF 6 2 2 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 1.33 .961 2.08
1939 PHA AL 28 OF 4 3 3 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .969 2.45
1939 PHA AL 28 CF 3 3 3 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 .977 2.87
1939 PHA AL 28 RF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 2.10
1939 BOS AL 28 1B 32 29 29 295 280 11 4 27 .986 9.09 .990 9.64
1939 BOS AL 28 OF 24 20 19 51 48 1 2 1 .961 2.04 .969 2.44
1939 BOS AL 28 CF 16 15 14 38 37 0 1 0 .974 2.31 .977 2.87
1939 BOS AL 28 RF 5 2 2 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.20 .962 2.08
1939 BOS AL 28 LF 3 3 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00 .966 2.37
1940 BOS AL 29 OF 69 69 69 162 148 10 4 0 .975 2.29 .970 2.40 AS,MVP-29
1940 BOS AL 29 RF 69 69 69 160 146 10 4 0 .975 2.26 .970 2.09 AS,MVP-29
1940 BOS AL 29 1B 51 51 50 530 504 23 3 41 .994 10.33 .989 9.80 AS,MVP-29
1941 BOS AL 30 OF 92 89 88 199 181 7 11 2 .945 2.04 .973 2.41
1941 BOS AL 30 RF 91 89 88 199 181 7 11 2 .945 2.07 .969 2.14
1941 BOS AL 30 1B 24 24 23 232 214 15 3 8 .987 9.54 .990 9.92
1941 BOS AL 30 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1942 BOS AL 31 OF 95 90 88 212 199 8 5 1 .976 2.18 .976 2.38
1942 BOS AL 31 RF 92 89 87 210 197 8 5 1 .976 2.23 .969 2.07
1942 BOS AL 31 LF 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .975 2.27
1942 BOS AL 31 1B 2 2 2 22 22 0 0 2 1.000 11.00 .989 10.10
1942 BOS AL 31 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1944 BOS AL 33 1B 59 57 56 551 521 23 7 53 .987 9.22 .990 10.07
1944 BOS AL 33 OF 2 2 2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .974 2.45
1944 BOS AL 33 LF 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .973 2.40
1944 BOS AL 33 RF 1 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .972 2.10
1945 SLB AL 34 OF 36 35 30 73 68 4 1 1 .986 2.00 .978 2.40
1945 SLB AL 34 LF 24 23 21 48 45 3 0 1 1.000 2.00 .976 2.26
1945 SLB AL 34 1B 22 20 16 180 165 14 1 13 .994 8.14 .989 10.10
1945 SLB AL 34 RF 13 12 9 25 23 1 1 0 .960 1.85 .974 2.15
1945 SLB AL 34 3B 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 3.20
1946 SLB AL 35 OF 7 6 3 16 14 1 1 0 .938 2.14 .977 2.36
1946 SLB AL 35 LF 4 3 1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 .974 2.25
1946 SLB AL 35 RF 3 3 2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 2.67 .972 2.10
14 Seasons OF 688 655 618 1602 1483 56 63 11 .961 2.24 .971 2.38
13 Seasons RF 472 449 432 1051 966 42 43 7 .959 2.14 .968 2.10
11 Seasons 1B 415 402 386 4011 3781 191 39 320 .990 9.57 .990 9.90
13 Seasons LF 121 111 100 255 239 10 6 3 .976 2.06 .970 2.21
7 Seasons CF 104 95 86 296 278 4 14 1 .953 2.71 .974 2.83
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 3.20
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 5.60
15 Seasons TOT 1105 1057 1004 5616 5265 248 103 331 .982 4.99 .985 5.21
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1931 PHA AL 20 9 6 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 0 1 0
1933 PHA AL 22 74 58 74 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 46 63 0 11 0
1934 PHA AL 23 92 63 92 68 0 0 15 0 0 0 12 4 40 54 0 25 0
1935 PHA AL 24 109 89 109 92 0 0 18 0 0 0 5 0 72 76 0 15 2
1936 PHA AL 25 151 150 151 150 0 0 78 0 0 0 22 21 32 73 0 1 0
1937 PHA AL 26 92 88 92 88 0 0 50 1 0 0 3 37 0 39 0 4 0
1938 PHA AL 27 122 106 122 109 0 0 64 0 0 0 19 21 6 46 0 14 0
1939 BOS AL 28 95 49 95 56 0 0 32 0 0 0 3 16 5 24 0 40 1
1939 PHA AL 28 9 3 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 5 0
1940 BOS AL 29 130 120 130 120 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 69 69 0 10 0
1941 BOS AL 30 127 113 127 116 0 0 24 0 0 0 1 0 91 92 0 11 0
1942 BOS AL 31 113 92 113 97 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 92 95 0 16 0
1944 BOS AL 33 68 59 68 61 0 0 59 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 6 1
1945 SLB AL 34 57 55 57 56 0 0 22 0 1 0 24 0 13 36 0 1 0
1945 BOS AL 34 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1946 SLB AL 35 16 6 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 7 0 10 0
1947 PHI NL 36 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
15 Seasons 1270 1057 1270 1095 0 0 415 1 1 0 121 104 472 688 0 176 4
Lg 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1940 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 AL (29, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 AL  197 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1940 AL  10 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  8 (3rd)
1941 AL  11 (1st)
Career  43 (78th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1941 AL  11 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1936 AL  10.46 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 AL  2.07 (4th)
1942 AL  2.23 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 AL  .976 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1931 AL  born 1910-08-13 (10th)

                           

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