Steve Finley

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

Born: March 12, 1965 in Union City, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 13th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL).

High School: Paducah Tilghman HS (Paducah, KY)

School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

Debut: April 3, 1989 (Age 24-022d, 15,575th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 3, 2007 (Age 42-083d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Casey Close • Previously: Tommy Tanzer

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Steven Allen Finley

Twitter: @stevefinley

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.2

9397

2548

304

.271

1443

RBI

1167

320

OBP

.332

SLG

.442

OPS

.775

OPS+

104

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

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
2	2	Apr 10	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 11	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 12	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
5	5	Apr 13	HOU		SFG	L,2-16	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
6	6	Apr 14	HOU		SFG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	7	Apr 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
8	8	Apr 16	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
9	9	Apr 17	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 19	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	11	Apr 20	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-4	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	12	Apr 21	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	Apr 22	HOU		CIN	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	15 (1)	Apr 24	HOU		CIN	W,1-0	GS	37	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	16	Apr 26	HOU		ATL	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	17	Apr 27	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	GS	49	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
17	18	Apr 28	HOU		ATL	W,2-0	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
18	19	Apr 30	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-10	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	HOU	@	CHC	L,8-11	GS	36	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
20	21	May 3	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	22	May 4	HOU	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	23	May 5	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	24	May 6	HOU		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	25	May 7	HOU		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	26	May 8	HOU		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	27	May 10	HOU		STL	L,5-7	CG	51	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	28	May 11	HOU		STL	W,6-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
28	29	May 12	HOU		STL	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	31 (1)	May 15	HOU		PIT	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	32	May 16	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	33	May 17	HOU	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF RF
32	34	May 18	HOU	@	STL	L,2-12	GS	35	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
33	35	May 19	HOU	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
34	36	May 20	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	37	May 21	HOU		LAD	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	38	May 22	HOU		LAD	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
37	39	May 23	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	40	May 24	HOU		SDP	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
39	41	May 25	HOU		SDP	L,2-4	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	42	May 26	HOU		SDP	W,13-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	43	May 27	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	44	May 28	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	45	May 29	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-2	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
44	47 (1)	May 31	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48	Jun 1	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-7	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
46	49	Jun 2	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	50	Jun 4	HOU		MON	L,1-4	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
48	51	Jun 5	HOU		MON	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	52	Jun 6	HOU		MON	W,9-8	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
50	53	Jun 7	HOU		NYM	L,3-6	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
51	54	Jun 8	HOU		NYM	L,3-4	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
52	55	Jun 9	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
53	56	Jun 10	HOU		NYM	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	57	Jun 11	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
55	58	Jun 12	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
56	59	Jun 13	HOU		PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	60	Jun 14	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	61	Jun 15	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
59	62	Jun 16	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF RF
60	63	Jun 17	HOU	@	MON	L,2-3	GS	58	15.1	6	0	0	6	0	CF RF
61	64	Jun 18	HOU	@	MON	L,2-3	GF	13	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	65	Jun 19	HOU	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
63	66	Jun 20	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	68 (1)	Jun 22	HOU	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
65	69	Jun 23	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
66	70	Jun 25	HOU		ATL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	71	Jun 26	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	72	Jun 27	HOU		ATL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	73	Jun 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	74	Jun 29	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF RF
71	75	Jun 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	76	Jul 2	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-4	GS	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF RF
73	77	Jul 3	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-0	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
74	78	Jul 4	HOU	@	SFG	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	79	Jul 5	HOU		CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
76	80	Jul 6	HOU		CIN	W,3-0	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
77	81	Jul 7	HOU		CIN	W,7-3	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
78	82	Jul 11	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	47	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF CF
79	83	Jul 12	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	84	Jul 13	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
81	85	Jul 14	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	86	Jul 15	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-8	GS	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
83	88 (1)	Jul 17	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-2	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
84	89	Jul 19	HOU		CHC	W,5-2	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
85	90	Jul 20	HOU		CHC	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
86	91	Jul 21	HOU		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	92	Jul 22	HOU	@	STL	L,1-9	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
88	93	Jul 23	HOU	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	94	Jul 24	HOU	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	44	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
90	95	Jul 26	HOU		PIT	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
91	96	Jul 27	HOU		PIT	L,5-11	GS	39	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
92	97	Jul 28	HOU		PIT	W,9-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	98	Jul 29	HOU		STL	W,6-2	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF RF
94	99	Jul 30	HOU		STL	W,7-5	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
95	100	Jul 31	HOU		STL	W,9-5	GS	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	101	Aug 2	HOU		LAD	W,9-8	GS	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
97	102	Aug 3	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	GS	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
98	103	Aug 4	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	GS	32	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
99	104	Aug 5	HOU		SDP	W,2-1	GS	46	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
100	105	Aug 6	HOU		SDP	W,6-1	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
101	106	Aug 7	HOU		SDP	L,4-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
102	107	Aug 8	HOU		SDP	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
103	108	Aug 9	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
104	109	Aug 10	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
105	110	Aug 11	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
106	112 (1)	Aug 13	HOU	@	SDP	W,12-9	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
107	114 (1)	Aug 15	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-1	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
108	115	Aug 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS	49	12.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
109	116	Aug 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,7-8	GS	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
110	117	Aug 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-4	GS	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF RF
111	118	Aug 20	HOU		SFG	L,3-9	GS	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF RF
112	119	Aug 21	HOU		SFG	W,13-4	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
113	120	Aug 22	HOU		SFG	L,8-11	GS	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF RF
114	121	Aug 23	HOU		MON	W,9-2	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
115	122	Aug 24	HOU		MON	L,1-5	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
116	123	Aug 25	HOU		MON	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
117	124	Aug 26	HOU		NYM	L,4-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
118	125	Aug 27	HOU		NYM	W,8-3	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
119	126	Aug 28	HOU	@	PHI	L,10-11	GF	18	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	PH RF
120	127	Aug 29	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
121	128	Aug 30	HOU	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
122	129	Aug 31	HOU	@	MON	L,4-5	GS	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	130	Sep 1	HOU	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
124	131	Sep 2	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-0	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
125	132	Sep 3	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
126	133	Sep 4	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
127	134	Sep 6	HOU		PHI	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
128	135	Sep 7	HOU		PHI	W,6-0	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
129	137 (1)	Sep 9	HOU		SDP	L,0-3	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
130	138	Sep 10	HOU		SDP	L,6-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
131	139	Sep 11	HOU		LAD	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
132	140	Sep 12	HOU		LAD	L,2-6	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
133	141	Sep 13	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-13	GS	41	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
134	142	Sep 14	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
135	143	Sep 15	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
136	144	Sep 16	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
137	145	Sep 17	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
138	146	Sep 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
139	147	Sep 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
140	148	Sep 20	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
141	149	Sep 21	HOU		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
142	150	Sep 22	HOU		CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
143	151	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	W,8-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
144	152	Sep 24	HOU		SFG	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
145	153	Sep 25	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
146	154	Sep 27	HOU		ATL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
147	155	Sep 28	HOU		ATL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
148	156	Sep 29	HOU		ATL	L,5-6	GS	54	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
149	157	Sep 30	HOU	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
150	158	Oct 1	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
151	159	Oct 2	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-5	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
152	160	Oct 4	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
153	161	Oct 5	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
							197gm		1274.2	324	13	5	342	2