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Lou Finney
Louis Klopsche Finney
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 13, 1910 in Buffalo, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1931
Final Game: May 8, 1947
Died: April 22, 1966 in Lafayette, AL
Relatives: Brother of Hal Finney
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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 81 246 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 94 200 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 3O
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 /O
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 3O
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 99 152 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 .719 104 81 9 1 5 O3/5
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 .725 106 81 9 1 5 O3/5
1946 35 SLB AL 16 33 30 0 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .300 .344 .300 .644 77 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 .715 102 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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1931 PHA AL 20 OF 8 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.50 .970 2.25 0-0-8
1933 PHA AL 22 OF 63 150 136 6 8 1 .947 2.25 .971 2.21 17-1-46
1934 PHA AL 23 OF 54 122 112 3 7 1 .943 2.13 .969 2.16 12-4-40
1934 PHA AL 23 1B 15 131 120 9 2 16 .985 8.60 .991 9.91
1935 PHA AL 24 OF 76 159 145 5 9 1 .943 1.97 .971 2.30 5-0-72
1935 PHA AL 24 1B 18 181 171 10 0 17 1.000 10.06 .992 9.92
1936 PHA AL 25 1B 78 824 782 34 8 70 .990 10.46 .991 9.74
1936 PHA AL 25 OF 73 187 179 3 5 1 .973 2.49 .968 2.29 22-21-32
1937 PHA AL 26 1B 50 461 428 28 5 38 .989 9.12 .991 9.61
1937 PHA AL 26 OF 39 100 91 2 7 1 .930 2.38 .970 2.28 2-37-0
1937 PHA AL 26 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.30
1938 PHA AL 27 1B 64 604 574 24 6 35 .990 9.34 .990 9.56
1938 PHA AL 27 OF 46 131 124 4 3 0 .977 2.78 .972 2.28 19-21-6
1939 TOT AL 28 OF 28 63 60 1 2 1 .968 2.18 .968 2.35 3-19-6
1939 PHA AL 28 OF 4 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.35 0-3-1
1939 BOS AL 28 1B 32 295 280 11 4 27 .986 9.09 .990 9.43
1939 BOS AL 28 OF 24 51 48 1 2 1 .961 2.04 .969 2.35 3-16-5
1940 BOS AL 29 OF 69 162 148 10 4 0 .975 2.29 .970 2.32 0-0-69 AS,MVP-29
1940 BOS AL 29 1B 51 530 504 23 3 41 .994 10.33 .989 9.60 AS,MVP-29
1941 BOS AL 30 OF 92 199 181 7 11 2 .945 2.04 .974 2.33 1-0-91
1941 BOS AL 30 1B 24 232 214 15 3 8 .987 9.54 .990 9.64
1942 BOS AL 31 OF 95 212 199 8 5 1 .976 2.18 .976 2.31 3-1-92
1942 BOS AL 31 1B 2 22 22 0 0 2 1.000 11.00 .991 9.85
1944 BOS AL 33 1B 59 551 521 23 7 53 .987 9.22 .990 9.80
1944 BOS AL 33 OF 2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 2.35 1-0-1
1945 SLB AL 34 OF 36 73 68 4 1 1 .986 2.00 .978 2.27 24-0-13
1945 SLB AL 34 1B 22 180 165 14 1 13 .994 8.14 .989 9.81
1945 SLB AL 34 3B 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 3.00
1946 SLB AL 35 OF 7 16 14 1 1 0 .938 2.14 .975 2.24 4-0-3
14 Seasons OF 688 1602 1483 56 63 11 .961 2.24 .972 2.28 113-104-479
11 Seasons 1B 415 4011 3781 191 39 320 .990 9.57 .990 9.68
1 Season 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.30
1 Season 3B 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 3.00
15 Seasons TOT 1105 5616 5265 248 103 331 .982 4.99 .967 5.06 113-104-479
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (1667th)

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--240th

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--22.778--9th
1936 AL--29.682--4th
1939 AL--24.636--4th
1940 AL--41.077--1st
1941 AL--29.235--4th
1942 AL--36.091--2nd
Career--24.900--49th

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

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 8 (1492), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (985), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1408), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mike Kreevich (950)
  2. Les Mann (941)
  3. Hy Myers (929)
  4. Luis Polonia (928)
  5. Dick Hoblitzel (928)
  6. Darryl Hamilton (927)
  7. Johnny Hopp (927)
  8. Jack Smith (927)
  9. Alex Johnson (927)
  10. Candy LaChance (926)
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  1. Frank Demaree (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Twitchell (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fred Brickell (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Tobin (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Bates (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Homer Smoot (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey Rivers (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Amos Strunk (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Les Mann (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Les Mann (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Les Mann (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Les Mann (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Mike Kreevich (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 8, 1939: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.

July 27, 1945: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Boston Red Sox.

May 29, 1946: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

Before 1947 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 13, 1947: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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