Joel Finch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: August 20, 1956 in South Bend, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from George Washington HS (South Bend, IN).

High School: George Washington HS (South Bend, IN)

Debut: June 12, 1979 (Age 22-296d, 14,187th in major league history)
vs. KCR 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1979 (Age 23-038d)
vs. TOR 7.0 IP, 10 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Joel D. Finch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

ERA

4.87

57.1

WHIP

1.570

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-11 / in Starts: 3-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 5

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	58	Jun 12	BOS	@	KCR	L,6-7	3-7		99	5.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.53	16	5	6	1	1	2		1	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.342	2.10	0.48%	3.30	3b -2- 0 out d1	7b 3 out tie
2	2	64	Jun 19	BOS		DET	L,4-10	GS-6		6	5.2	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.38	4.61	26	9	4	1	1	7	37			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.184	2.86	-0.25%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d1
3	3	71	Jun 27	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	GS-7		7	6.1	6	1	1	4	2	1	0	2.65	5.14	26	9	5	1	0	6	55			0	0	1	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.172	2.40	0.20%	2.22	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	76	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	5.1	5	3	3	1	3	2	0	3.22	5.60	23	8	6	3	0	5	48			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.101	1.54	-0.11%	-0.45	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d2
5	5	81	Jul 7	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-8	GS-2		4	1.2	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	4.13	5.52	9	2	3	2	0	3	37			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.130	1.99	-0.18%	-1.27	1b start a 2	2b -2- 2 out tie
6	6	83	Jul 9	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.15	5.39	10	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.005	.10	-0.01%	0.01	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
7	7	93	Jul 23	BOS		CAL	L,2-9	GS-1	L(0-2)	13	0.1	2	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.81	5.58	6	2	0	0	0	2	25			1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.249	2.65	-0.33%	-3.08	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d2
8	8	95	Jul 25	BOS		OAK	W,16-4	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	5.31	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.11	8t --- 0 out a12	9t end a12
9	9	97	Jul 27	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-11	2-GF(8)		1	6.2	10	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.14	4.79	31	15	3	0	0	10		2	2	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.030	.05	-0.03%	-0.99	2b 12- 1 out d6	8b end d 9
10	10	102	Jul 31(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-4	L(0-3)	3	3.2	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	5.35	4.54	19	3	7	2	1	8	34			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.137	1.41	-0.12%	-1.35	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	134	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	2-6		33	3.2	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	5.31	4.67	17	6	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	.65	-0.002	.17	0.00%	-0.76	2b --- 2 out d3	6b 12- 1 out d4
12	12	139	Sep 9	BOS		BAL	L,4-16	6-8		5	1.1	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.98	5.00	11	3	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	.04	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-5.82	6t -23 2 out d7	8t 12- 0 out d10
13	13	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-13	4-GF(8)		6	4.1	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.44	4.65	16	3	5	2	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	2.64	4b -23 2 out d13	8b end d10
14	14	151	Sep 20	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-6	6-GF(8)		3	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.19	4.58	9	6	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.56	6b 1-3 2 out d6	8b end d 4
15	15	157	Sep 27	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	GS-8		6	7.0	10	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.87	4.35	28	11	3	0	0	9	50			1	2	0	26	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.37	0.188	.00	0.00%	1.97	1t start tie	8t --3 0 out a2
							4-11		W-L:0-3	3.9	57.1	65	31	31	25	25	5	1	4.87	4.35	253	1.76		9%	2%	64	41	9	44%	2	3	1	225	9	2	3	7	1	2	.74	-0.139	1.08	-0.35%	-2.10

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