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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	KCA		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
2	2	Apr 13	KCA		DET	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 16	KCA	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 17	KCA	@	DET	L,0-16	GS	41	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 18	KCA		CLE	L,9-11	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
7	7	Apr 19	KCA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 23	KCA		CHW	L,6-29	CG	63	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
10	10	Apr 24	KCA		CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 26	KCA		BOS	W,8-7	CG	52	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	3B
12	12	Apr 27	KCA		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 28	KCA		NYY	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	3B
14	14	Apr 29	KCA		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	KCA		WSH	W,16-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
16	16	May 2	KCA		WSH	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 3	KCA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
18	18	May 4	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
19	19	May 6	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
20	20	May 7	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
21	21	May 8 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	22	May 8 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 10	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
24	24	May 11	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
25	25	May 12	KCA	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 13	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
27	27	May 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	49	12.1	2	6	0	8	1	3B
28	28	May 15 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 15 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	30	May 17	KCA	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	31	May 18	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
32	32	May 20	KCA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
33	33	May 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
34	34	May 22 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
35	35	May 22 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	47	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
36	36	May 24	KCA		DET	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
37	37	May 25	KCA		DET	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 28	KCA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
39	39	May 29	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
40	40	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	41	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1 (1)	KCA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	43	Jun 1 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	44	Jun 2	KCA		NYY	L,6-12	CG	51	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
45	45	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	46	Jun 4	KCA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	47	Jun 5 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
48	48	Jun 5 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
49	49	Jun 7 (1)	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
50	50	Jun 7 (2)	KCA		WSH	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
51	51	Jun 8	KCA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
52	52	Jun 9	KCA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	53	Jun 10	KCA		BAL	L,0-3	GS	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B 2B
54	54	Jun 11	KCA		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
55	55	Jun 12 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
56	56	Jun 12 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
57	57	Jun 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-12	GS	32	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
58	58	Jun 15	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
59	59	Jun 16	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
60	60	Jun 17	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
61	61	Jun 18	KCA	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
62	62	Jun 21	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
63	63	Jun 22	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
64	64	Jun 23	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
65	65	Jun 24	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
66	66	Jun 25	KCA	@	BAL	T,3-3	CG	42	10.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
67	67	Jun 26 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
68	68	Jun 26 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
69	69	Jun 28	KCA	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
70	70	Jun 29	KCA	@	CLE	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1 (1)	KCA		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
72	72	Jul 1 (2)	KCA		DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
73	73	Jul 2	KCA		DET	W,11-10	CG	53	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
74	74	Jul 3	KCA		DET	W,9-8	CG	63	14.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
75	75	Jul 4 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
76	76	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
77	77	Jul 5	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
78	78	Jul 6	KCA		CLE	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
79	80 (1)	Jul 8	KCA	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	49	10.1	2	4	1	7	1	2B
80	81	Jul 9	KCA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
81	82	Jul 10 (1)	KCA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
82	83	Jul 10 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
83	84	Jul 14 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,7-10	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	2B
84	85	Jul 14 (2)	KCA		BAL	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
85	86	Jul 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
86	87	Jul 16	KCA		WSH	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
87	88	Jul 17	KCA		WSH	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
88	89	Jul 18	KCA		WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
89	90	Jul 19	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	2B
90	91	Jul 20	KCA		BOS	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
91	92	Jul 21	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
92	93	Jul 22	KCA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	2B
93	94	Jul 23	KCA		NYY	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
94	95	Jul 24 (1)	KCA		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
95	96	Jul 24 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
96	97	Jul 26 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
97	98	Jul 26 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	2B
98	99	Jul 27 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	47	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
99	100	Jul 27 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
100	101	Jul 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
101	102	Jul 30	KCA	@	NYY	W,12-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
102	103	Jul 31 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
103	104	Jul 31 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	105	Aug 2	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
105	106	Aug 3 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
106	107	Aug 3 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	2B
107	108	Aug 4	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
108	109	Aug 5	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
109	110	Aug 6	KCA	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
110	111	Aug 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,12-16	CG	47	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
111	112	Aug 9	KCA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	2B
112	113	Aug 10	KCA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	2B
113	114	Aug 11	KCA		CHW	L,1-14	GS	32	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
114	115	Aug 12 (1)	KCA		CLE	L,1-17	GS	33	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
115	116	Aug 12 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
116	117	Aug 13	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
117	118	Aug 14	KCA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
118	119	Aug 16	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	50	10.1	3	3	1	7	2	2B
119	120	Aug 18 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
120	121	Aug 18 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
121	122	Aug 19	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	45	10.2	5	1	0	6	1	2B
122	127 (4)	Aug 25	KCA		BAL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
123	128	Aug 26	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
124	129	Aug 28	KCA		BOS	L,2-14	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
125	130	Aug 30	KCA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
126	131	Aug 31	KCA		NYY	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	132	Sep 2	KCA		DET	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
128	133	Sep 3	KCA		DET	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
129	134	Sep 4	KCA		DET	L,1-17	GS	50	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
130	135	Sep 5 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
131	136	Sep 5 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	4	5	1	10	0	2B
132	137	Sep 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	2B
133	138	Sep 8	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-13	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	2B
134	139	Sep 9 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	2B
135	140	Sep 9 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
136	141	Sep 10	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
137	142	Sep 11 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
138	144 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
139	145	Sep 13 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
140	146	Sep 14	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
141	147	Sep 16	KCA		CHW	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
142	148	Sep 17	KCA		CHW	L,8-12	CG	44	10.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
143	149	Sep 18	KCA		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
144	150	Sep 19	KCA	@	DET	L,0-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
145	152 (1)	Sep 21	KCA	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
146	153	Sep 23	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
147	154	Sep 24	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
148	155	Sep 25	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
							149gm		1288.0	291	363	20	674	85