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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 (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 Cemetery, Lafayette, AL
Relatives: Brother of Hal Finney
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:05PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1596. Ray Powell… #1597. Rafael Ramirez… #1598. Hick Carpenter… #1599. LOU FINNEY… #1600. Ryan Theriot… #1601. Jackie Hayes… #1602. Mike Redmond… 

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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
1931 20 PHA AL 9 32 24 7 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 1 .375 .516 .458 .974 152 11 1 1 /O
1933 22 PHA AL 74 257 240 26 64 12 2 3 32 1 3 13 17 .267 .307 .371 .678 78 89 1 3 O
1934 23 PHA AL 92 293 272 32 76 11 4 1 28 4 3 14 17 .279 .315 .360 .675 77 98 0 7 O3
1935 24 PHA AL 109 434 410 45 112 11 6 0 31 7 2 18 18 .273 .307 .329 .636 65 135 2 4 O3
1936 25 PHA AL 151 703 653 100 197 26 10 1 41 7 9 47 22 .302 .351 .377 .728 82 246 3 0 3O
1937 26 PHA AL 92 404 379 53 95 14 9 1 20 2 5 20 16 .251 .288 .343 .631 60 130 0 5 3O/4
1938 27 PHA AL 122 502 454 61 125 21 12 10 48 5 8 39 25 .275 .333 .441 .773 95 200 0 9 3O
1939 28 TOT AL 104 302 271 44 84 18 3 1 47 2 5 26 11 .310 .370 .410 .780 96 111 4 0 5 3O8/97
1939 28 PHA AL 9 24 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .136 .208 .136 .345 -9 3 0 0 0 /O89
1939 28 BOS AL 95 278 249 43 81 18 3 1 46 2 5 24 11 .325 .385 .434 .818 105 108 4 0 5 3O8/97
1940 29 BOS AL 130 574 534 73 171 31 15 5 73 5 2 33 13 .320 .360 .463 .822 108 247 16 0 7 O3 AS,MVP-29
1941 30 BOS AL 127 545 497 83 143 24 10 4 53 2 5 38 17 .288 .340 .400 .740 93 199 13 1 9 O3
1942 31 BOS AL 113 431 397 58 113 16 7 3 61 3 3 29 11 .285 .335 .383 .718 98 152 9 1 4 O/3
1944 33 BOS AL 68 277 251 37 72 11 2 0 32 1 0 23 7 .287 .347 .347 .693 99 87 8 0 3 3/O
1945 34 TOT AL 59 242 215 24 59 8 4 2 22 0 0 21 7 .274 .342 .377 .719 103 81 9 1 5 O739/5
1945 34 BOS AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1945 34 SLB AL 57 240 213 24 59 8 4 2 22 0 0 21 6 .277 .345 .380 .725 105 81 9 1 5 O739/5
1946 35 SLB AL 16 33 30 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .300 .344 .300 .644 76 9 0 0 1 /O
1947 36 PHI NL 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 1270 5033 4631 643 1329 203 85 31 494 39 45 329 186 .287 .336 .388 .723 88 1795 59 10 63
162 Game Avg. 162 642 591 82 170 26 11 4 63 5 42 24 .287 .336 .388 .723 88 229 1 8
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
PHA (8 yrs) 658 2649 2454 325 681 95 44 16 204 26 30 159 116 .278 .323 .372 .695 77 912 0 7 29
BOS (6 yrs) 535 2107 1930 294 580 100 37 13 265 13 15 147 60 .301 .351 .411 .762 101 793 50 2 28
SLB (2 yrs) 73 273 243 24 68 8 4 2 25 0 0 23 10 .280 .345 .370 .715 101 90 9 1 6
PHI (1 yr) 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 1266 5029 4627 643 1329 203 85 31 494 39 45 329 186 .287 .336 .388 .724 88 1795 59 10 63
NL (1 yr) 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 20 PHA AL 32 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ /O
1933 22 PHA AL 257 -9 -1 0 0 0 -3 9 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ O
1934 23 PHA AL 293 -11 0 0 0 3 -3 10 -1 -0.1 -4 -0.4 0.3 $ O3
1935 24 PHA AL 434 -22 1 0 0 -2 -4 14 -13 -1.2 -11 -1.1 -0.1 $ O3
1936 25 PHA AL 703 -18 -1 0 0 -3 -6 20 -8 -0.5 -5 -0.4 -0.1 $ 3O
1937 26 PHA AL 404 -26 1 0 0 -3 -3 12 -19 -1.7 -16 -1.5 -0.2 $ 3O/4
1938 27 PHA AL 502 -7 -2 0 0 -3 -4 16 0 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ 3O
1939 28 PHA AL 24 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /O89
1939 28 BOS AL 278 4 -1 0 0 -6 -2 9 4 0.4 10 1.0 -0.6 $ 3O8/97
1940 29 BOS AL 574 4 2 0 0 -2 -5 14 13 1.3 15 1.5 -0.2 $ O3 AS,MVP-29
1941 30 BOS AL 545 -4 2 0 0 -3 -5 14 4 0.4 7 0.7 -0.3 $ O3
1942 31 BOS AL 431 -1 2 0 0 5 -4 10 12 1.2 7 0.7 0.5 $ O/3
1944 33 BOS AL 277 2 1 0 0 -3 -3 6 3 0.3 6 0.7 -0.4 $ 3/O
1945 34 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1945 34 SLB AL 240 3 0 0 0 0 -3 5 5 0.6 5 0.5 0.1 $ O739/5
1946 35 SLB AL 33 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
1947 36 PHI NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
15 Seasons 5033 -88 4 0 0 -16 -45 142 -3 0.5 13 1.6 -1.1 $
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
PHA (8 yrs) 2649 -94 -2 0 0 -7 -23 83 -43 -3.6 -36 -3.4 -0.2 $
BOS (6 yrs) 2107 5 6 0 0 -9 -19 53 36 3.6 45 4.6 -1.0 $
SLB (2 yrs) 273 2 0 0 0 0 -3 6 5 0.6 5 0.5 0.1 $
PHI (1 yr) 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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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 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 63 150 136 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 54 122 112 3 7 1 .943 2.13 .968 2.29
1934 PHA AL 23 1B 15 131 120 9 2 16 .985 8.60 .991 10.00
1934 PHA AL 23 RF 40 35 32 101 93 3 5 1 .950 2.40 .964 2.07
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 76 159 145 5 9 1 .943 1.97 .970 2.39
1935 PHA AL 24 1B 18 181 171 10 0 17 1.000 10.06 .992 10.16
1935 PHA AL 24 RF 72 70 67 152 139 5 8 1 .947 2.00 .968 2.09
1935 PHA AL 24 LF 5 3 2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 .968 2.24
1936 PHA AL 25 1B 78 824 782 34 8 70 .990 10.46 .991 9.93
1936 PHA AL 25 OF 73 187 179 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 50 461 428 28 5 38 .989 9.12 .991 9.84
1937 PHA AL 26 OF 39 100 91 2 7 1 .930 2.38 .969 2.35
1937 PHA AL 26 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 5.60
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
1938 PHA AL 27 1B 64 604 574 24 6 35 .990 9.34 .990 9.77
1938 PHA AL 27 OF 46 131 124 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 69 162 148 10 4 0 .975 2.29 .970 2.40 AS,MVP-29
1940 BOS AL 29 1B 51 530 504 23 3 41 .994 10.33 .989 9.80 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
1941 BOS AL 30 OF 92 199 181 7 11 2 .945 2.04 .973 2.41
1941 BOS AL 30 1B 24 232 214 15 3 8 .987 9.54 .990 9.92
1941 BOS AL 30 RF 91 89 88 199 181 7 11 2 .945 2.07 .969 2.14
1941 BOS AL 30 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1942 BOS AL 31 OF 95 212 199 8 5 1 .976 2.18 .976 2.38
1942 BOS AL 31 1B 2 22 22 0 0 2 1.000 11.00 .989 10.10
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 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1944 BOS AL 33 1B 59 551 521 23 7 53 .987 9.22 .990 10.07
1944 BOS AL 33 OF 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 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 58 52 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 49 45 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 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 5.60
15 Seasons TOT 1105 107 97 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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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 (1713th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1940 AL  .320 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1936 AL  653 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1936 AL  703 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1938 AL  12 (4th)
1940 AL  15 (2nd)
1941 AL  10 (8th)
Career  85 (244th)

Singles s c a p y
1936 AL  160 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1940 AL  16 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1936 AL  9 (5th)
1938 AL  8 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1935 AL  22.8 (9th)
1936 AL  29.7 (4th)
1939 AL  24.6 (4th)
1940 AL  41.1 (1st)
1941 AL  29.2 (4th)
1942 AL  36.1 (2nd)
Career  24.9 (56th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1936 AL  465 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  43 (77th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (1022), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1359), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Mike Menosky (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Amos Strunk (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Les Mann (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Les Mann (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Les Mann (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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