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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-26 / in Starts: 15-14
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 130 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	84 (46-27-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 130 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (42-25-12)

Most Driven In
B Nieman	3
G Triandos	2
W Tasby	1
B Boyd	1
G Woodling	1
B Gardner	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
C Carrasquel	6
W Tasby	1
Self	1
B Nieman	1
G Woodling	1
W Miranda	1
B Robinson	1
J Walker	0

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	465	2 (1)	Apr 14	BAL		NYY	L,3-13	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.42	3B
2	466	3	Apr 15	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9	2.74	0.229	5.63	0.28%	1.00	PH
3	467	4	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.400	.750	1.150	7	.79	0.040	1.49	0.05%	0.33	3B
4	468	5	Apr 17	BAL		WSH	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.500	.714	1.214	7	1.66	0.290	3.42	0.36%	1.86	3B
5	469	6	Apr 18	BAL		WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.636	.583	.909	1.492	7	1.14	0.149	2.43	0.19%	0.61	3B
6	470	7	Apr 19 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.588	.857	1.445	6	1.46	0.212	3.56	0.31%	1.37	3B 2B
7	471	8	Apr 19 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.529	.571	.765	1.336	6	1.31	0.019	3.39	0.03%	-0.62	3B
8	472	9	Apr 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.480	.619	1.099	7	.33	-0.033	.79	-0.05%	-0.67	3B
9	473	10	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.414	.520	.934	7	.64	-0.064	1.67	-0.10%	-0.95	3B
10	474	11	Apr 23	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.382	.467	.849	7	1.11	-0.065	2.63	-0.09%	-0.92	3B
11	475	12	Apr 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.313	.361	.438	.799	8	1.96	-0.151	5.08	-0.24%	-1.75	3B SS
12	476	13	Apr 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.378	.455	.833	6	5.55	0.264	16.46	0.47%	1.00	PH SS
13	477	14	Apr 26 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.378	.455	.833	7						2B
14	478	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	DET	L,1-7	3-GF(5)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.368	.441	.810	8	2.29	-0.060	7.23	-0.11%	-0.78	3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	479	20 (4)	May 5	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.366	.417	.783	7	.23	0.016	.86	0.04%	-0.14	3B
16	480	23 (2)	May 8	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.357	.405	.763	9	.30	-0.007	1.08	-0.02%	-0.22	2B
17	481	24	May 9	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.356	.400	.756	6	.93	0.051	3.01	0.10%	0.43	3B
18	482	25	May 10 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.348	.390	.738	5	2.23	-0.056	8.17	-0.12%	-0.22	PH 3B
19	483	26	May 10 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.340	.378	.718	7	.60	-0.049	2.05	-0.10%	-0.67	3B
20	484	28 (1)	May 14	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.333	.370	.703	5	2.59	-0.061	8.40	-0.12%	-0.28	PH 3B
21	485	29	May 15	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.367	.701	6	1.45	-0.041	4.30	-0.07%	-0.61	3B
22	486	33 (3)	May 18	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.283	.328	.358	.686	7	.51	0.002	1.91	0.00%	-0.95	3B
23	487	34	May 19	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.328	.357	.685	7	.60	-0.020	2.42	-0.05%	-0.21	3B
24	488	37 (2)	May 23	BAL		NYY	L,5-13	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.281	.323	.351	.673	7	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.50	3B
25	489	38	May 24 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.308	.333	.641	7	.95	-0.068	3.20	-0.14%	-0.73	3B
26	490	41 (2)	May 27	BAL		WSH	L,0-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.318	.333	.652	8	.12	0.004	.43	0.01%	0.25	PH
27	491	43 (1)	May 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.314	.344	.658	6	.78	0.013	2.73	0.03%	0.15	3B
28	492	44	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.315	.343	.658	7	.90	0.038	3.16	0.08%	0.44	3B
29	493	45	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.312	.338	.650	6	1.35	0.011	4.44	0.02%	0.44	3B
30	494	46	May 31	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.300	.324	.624	8	1.72	-0.136	5.10	-0.24%	-1.25	2B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	495	48 (1)	Jun 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.298	.312	.609	6	1.15	-0.049	5.23	-0.13%	-0.72	3B
32	496	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	9-13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.291	.304	.594	6	2.04	-0.101	8.85	-0.26%	-0.38	PH 3B
33	497	51 (1)	Jun 6	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.300	.305	.605	6	.88	0.045	3.63	0.11%	0.30	3B
34	498	55 (3)	Jun 11	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.256	.309	.314	.622	6	1.63	0.039	7.09	0.10%	-0.03	3B
35	499	56	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.309	.314	.622	1						3B
36	500	57	Jun 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.309	.314	.622	7						3B
37	501	58	Jun 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.309	.314	.622	8						3B
38	502	61 (2)	Jun 18	BAL		DET	W,7-6	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.333	.667	5	1.32	0.096	4.20	0.18%	0.53	3B 2B
39	503	63 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.324	.323	.646	6	.77	-0.076	2.66	-0.16%	-0.80	3B
40	504	64	Jun 20	BAL		KCA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.321	.320	.640	6	.64	-0.009	2.35	-0.02%	-0.27	3B
41	505	67 (2)	Jun 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.257	.306	.307	.613	1	.91	-0.102	3.80	-0.26%	-0.89	3B
42	506	68	Jun 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.304	.304	.607	8	3.52	-0.089	17.31	-0.26%	-0.42	3B 2B
43	507	69	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,12-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.304	.304	.607	2						3B
44	508	70	Jun 26 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.301	.301	.602	8	.08	-0.002	.36	-0.01%	-0.11	3B
45	509	72 (1)	Jun 28	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.252	.299	.308	.608	6	.75	0.080	3.31	0.21%	0.61	3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	510	76 (3)	Jul 3	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.303	.306	.610	1	.32	0.017	.98	0.03%	-1.41	3B
47	511	77	Jul 4	BAL		BOS	W,11-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.307	.336	.643	1	.48	0.095	1.52	0.18%	0.23	3B
48	512	79 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.300	.328	.628	1	1.15	-0.082	3.41	-0.15%	-0.72	3B
							22-26		130	119	14	30	6	0	1	10	9	0	10	0	0	2	1	7	1	0	.252	.300	.328	.628		1.05	0.388	3.40	0.09%	-8.13

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