Jim Finigan

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: August 19, 1928 in Quincy, IL us

Died: May 16, 1981 in Quincy, IL

Buried: St. Peter Cemetery, Quincy, IL

Schools: Quincy University (Quincy, IL), St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA)

Debut: April 25, 1954 (Age 25-249d, 11,134th in major league history)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 5, 1959 (Age 30-320d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: James Leroy Finigan

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

1600

422

.264

195

RBI

168

OBP

.342

SLG

.367

OPS

.709

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	KCA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 19	KCA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 20	KCA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	4	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	9 (4)	Apr 27	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	10	May 1	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	11	May 2	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
8	14 (2)	May 5	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS	28	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
9	18 (3)	May 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	19	May 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	20	May 12	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
12	21	May 13 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	22	May 13 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
14	23	May 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	24	May 16	KCA		BAL	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
16	25	May 17	KCA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
17	26	May 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
18	27	May 19	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
19	28	May 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	29	May 21	KCA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
21	30	May 22	KCA		WSH	W,6-1	GS	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B 3B
22	31	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	GS	72	17.0	3	6	1	10	0	2B 3B
23	32	May 25	KCA	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B 3B
24	33	May 26	KCA	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
25	34	May 27 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
26	35	May 27 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
27	36	May 28	KCA		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
28	37	May 29	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	CG	56	12.0	3	7	1	11	1	2B
29	38	May 30 (1)	KCA		DET	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
30	39	May 30 (2)	KCA		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	40	Jun 1	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	2B
32	41	Jun 2	KCA	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
33	42	Jun 3	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
34	43	Jun 5	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
35	44	Jun 6	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
36	45	Jun 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
37	46	Jun 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
38	47	Jun 9 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
39	48	Jun 9 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
40	49	Jun 10	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
41	50	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
42	51	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	2	10	1	2B
43	52	Jun 12	KCA	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	66	15.0	6	5	0	11	2	2B
44	53	Jun 13	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
45	54	Jun 15	KCA		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
46	55	Jun 16	KCA		BAL	L,2-6	GS	24	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
47	56	Jun 17	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
48	57	Jun 18	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	GF	26	5.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
49	59 (1)	Jun 20	KCA		WSH	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
50	67 (7)	Jun 28	KCA		DET	L,0-4	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B 2B
51	68	Jun 29	KCA		DET	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
52	69	Jun 30	KCA		DET	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	70	Jul 1	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
54	71	Jul 3	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
55	72	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
56	73	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
57	74	Jul 6	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	GS	30	8.0	1	5	1	7	2	3B
58	75	Jul 7	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
59	76	Jul 8	KCA		CLE	L,3-17	CG	52	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
60	77	Jul 12	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
61	78	Jul 13	KCA	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
62	79	Jul 14	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	98 (18)	Aug 1	KCA		BAL	W,9-4	GF	16	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
64	99	Aug 2	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
65	100	Aug 3	KCA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	3	8	0	11	3	2B
66	101	Aug 4	KCA		WSH	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
67	102	Aug 5	KCA		WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	2B
68	112 (9)	Aug 16	KCA		CHW	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
69	117 (4)	Aug 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	17	3.1	2	1	0	3	1	2B
70	118	Aug 22	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
71	121 (2)	Aug 25	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	128 (6)	Sep 2	KCA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
73	129	Sep 3 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
74	130	Sep 3 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
75	131	Sep 4	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
76	132	Sep 6	KCA		DET	L,0-6	GS	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
77	133	Sep 7	KCA		DET	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
78	134	Sep 8	KCA		DET	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
79	135	Sep 9	KCA		DET	L,3-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
80	154 (18)	Sep 30	KCA		CHW	W,7-6	GF	15	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
							84gm		605.1	143	175	16	334	42