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Jim
Finigan		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: August 19, 1928 in Usa, IL, QUINCY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1959   
All-Star Selections 1954    1956    1958    1960    1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7
1955 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1956 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
1957 28 SDP NL $ 3,907,143   9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1958 29 SDP NL $ 4,278,571   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1959 30 CLE AL $ 4,278,571   8 8 9 5 5 5 7 6 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1960 31 CLE AL $ 5,210,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 8 7 7 7
1961 32 CLE AL $ 5,210,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 8 7 6 7
1962 33 BRK NL $ 5,210,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1963 34 BOS AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1964 35 BOS AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 3 6 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,210,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 25 SDP NL 158 583 89 171 35 1 10 60 0 1 68 73 .293 .368 .408 .776 80.7 12.2
1955 26 SDP NL 153 591 80 157 30 4 9 52 1 1 69 64 .266 .344 .376 .720 76.5 13.2
1956 27 SDP NL 156 613 99 206 41 3 11 54 0 1 66 74 .336 .403 .467 .869 105.5 28.7
1957 28 SDP NL 155 578 91 197 31 4 18 73 0 0 70 75 .341 .411 .502 .912 106.0 25.4
1958 29 SDP NL 158 590 80 178 25 1 20 63 0 0 77 103 .302 .383 .449 .832 98.0 19.8
1959 30 CLE AL 157 544 81 161 24 3 15 71 1 1 81 95 .296 .386 .434 .820 91.0 20.5
1960 31 CLE AL 151 542 74 158 25 1 13 76 0 0 70 96 .292 .374 .413 .787 82.0 18.3
1961 32 CLE AL 154 582 76 151 25 4 9 54 1 0 63 104 .259 .332 .363 .694 70.1 12.5
1962 33 BRK NL 151 580 86 183 29 4 7 70 0 0 68 94 .316 .386 .416 .801 90.9 20.4
1963 34 BOS AL 153 565 82 183 21 3 12 78 1 4 56 96 .324 .384 .435 .820 85.7 21.4
1964 35 BOS AL 152 521 55 140 24 5 6 55 2 5 52 108 .269 .334 .369 .703 59.7 10.2
11 Years Sim 1698 6289 893 1885 310 33 130 706 6 13 740 982 .300 .374 .422 .795 946.1 202.5
162 Game Average 600 85 179 29 3 12 67 0 1 70 93 .300 .374 .422 .795 90.3  
Career Highs 158 613 99 206 41 5 20 78 2 5 81 108 .341 .411 .502 .912 106.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3948 581 1183 204 23 83 471 4 7 411 604 .300 .366 .426 .792 599.6
vs LH   2341 312 702 106 10 47 235 2 6 329 378 .300 .386 .414 .800 376.9
Home 842 3024 422 898 146 17 52 329 5 7 364 460 .297 .373 .408 .781 457.5
Away 856 3265 471 987 164 16 78 377 1 6 376 522 .302 .374 .434 .808 519.0
RISP   1330 0 391 68 7 28 546 0 0 191 213 .294 .378 .419 .797 215.4
Pinch Hitting   92 15 27 1 0 1 10 0 0 10 16 .293 .359 .337 .696 11.8
Close/Late   756 87 241 31 3 10 85 0 0 92 121 .319 .391 .407 .798 120.2
Mar/Apr 275 1014 153 323 63 9 20 121 1 2 140 148 .319 .401 .458 .859 179.8
May 300 1090 146 304 40 4 24 92 3 1 128 177 .279 .354 .389 .743 153.8
June 282 1038 159 304 50 8 15 116 0 3 110 149 .293 .362 .400 .762 147.4
July 271 1034 141 317 47 4 27 130 0 3 104 175 .307 .372 .438 .810 161.9
August 289 1060 143 331 60 6 23 128 2 3 124 167 .312 .384 .445 .829 175.1
Sep/Oct 281 1053 151 306 50 2 21 119 0 1 134 166 .291 .369 .402 .771 158.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1954 25 SDP NL 2B 140 132 1181.0 274 497 18 92 .977 5.88   5.7
    1B 11 11 92.0 111 10 2 10 .984 11.84   0.2
    3B 4 0 10.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
1955 26 SDP NL 2B 151 147 1290.3 266 506 21 108 .974 5.38   5.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1956 27 SDP NL 2B 152 147 1320.3 288 546 22 109 .974 5.68   7.9
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 28 SDP NL 2B 147 145 1291.7 302 526 15 131 .982 5.77   9.7
    3B 6 1 18.7 1 4 1 0 .833 2.41   0.0
1958 29 SDP NL 2B 150 140 1257.3 251 512 18 87 .977 5.46   5.6
    3B 6 0 12.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.1
1959 30 CLE AL 2B 149 142 1267.7 271 556 13 116 .985 5.87   7.4
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
1960 31 CLE AL 2B 148 146 1258.0 233 525 13 103 .983 5.42   7.3
    3B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1961 32 CLE AL 2B 151 145 1281.7 232 525 22 105 .972 5.32   3.8
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 33 BRK NL 3B 147 145 1272.0 80 302 25 24 .939 2.70   3.9
    2B 4 0 5.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1963 34 BOS AL 2B 148 143 1274.0 237 449 13 88 .981 4.85   4.5
    3B 2 1 12.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
1964 35 BOS AL 2B 147 143 1189.0 252 448 15 87 .979 5.30   4.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 1487 1430 12616.3 2608 5090 170 1026 .978 5.49   61.4
  3B 173 147 1335.7 85 319 26 24 .940 2.72   4.2
  1B 11 11 92.0 111 10 2 10 .984 11.84   0.2
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   1673 1588 14047.0 2804 5421 198 1060 .976 5.27   65.9
Career Highs   156 147 1323.3 386 558 25 131 .985 6.29    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1960 31 CLE AL 11 39 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .154 .154 .231 .385
1963 34 BOS AL 20 70 7 18 2 0 1 6 0 0 11 11 .257 .358 .329 .687
Career Post-Season Batting 31 109 10 24 5 0 1 7 0 0 11 23 .220 .292 .294 .585
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1956-2-.336
1957-1-.341
1959-9-.296
1960-9-.292
1962-4-.316
1963-2-.324
 On-Base Pct
1956-3-.403
1957-1-.411
1958-9-.383
1959-7-.386
1960-4-.374
1962-3-.386
1963-4-.384
 OPS
1957-10-.912
1963-9-.820
 XR
1956-9-105.5
1957-9-106.0
1958-10-98.0
1962-8-90.9
 Games
1954-1-158
1956-9-156
1958-4-158
1959-4-157
 At-Bats
1954-9-583
1955-7-591
1956-3-613
1957-8-578
1958-7-590
1962-6-580
Runs
1956-8-99
 Hits
1954-8-171
1956-1-206
1957-1-197
1958-5-178
1959-9-161
1962-1-183
1963-3-183
 Singles
1954-3-125
1955-7-114
1956-2-151
1957-1-144
1958-2-132
1959-6-119
1960-9-119
1962-1-143
1963-2-147
 Doubles
1954-3-35
1956-2-41
1957-9-31
1962-7-29
 Walks
1958-6-77
1959-9-81
1962-10-68
 Strikeouts
1958-8-103
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 72    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Ralph Hodgin (899)
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  8. Randy Moore (891)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by San Diego in 1954
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1954, off Bob Friend (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1954, off Warren Hacker (SEM)
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1956, hitting .483 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/19/1956
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/3/1957
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 4/4/1957
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/18/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1957, hitting .533 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland on 2/1/1959 (Going to SDP: C Dick Brown. Going to CLE: 2B Jim Finigan)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1959, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
9/1/1959: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $5,210,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 9/26/1959
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1959
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 5/30/1960
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Brooklyn on 2/21/1962 (Going to BRK: 2B Don Buddin, 2B Jim Finigan. Going to CLE: P Jack Urban)
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Injured on 9/27/1962 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/5/1963 to a 3-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1963, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Released by Boston (A) on 10/23/1964
 
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