Jim Finigan
[edit] Biography
Jim Finigan (James Leroy Finigan) was born on August 19, 1928 in Quincy, Illinois and was a two-time All-Star during his brief Major League career. He made his Major League debut on April 25, 1954 for the Philadelphia Athletics.
In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .302 with 7 home runs and 51 RBI and finished second behind the New York Yankees' Bob Grim in the Rookie of the Year voting. Finigan played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Jim Finigan's best season was 1955, when he knocked in 68 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 136
| 487
| 57
| 147
| 7
| 51
| .302
| .381
| .421
| 25
| 6
| 64
| 66
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 17
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 150
| 545
| 72
| 139
| 9
| 68
| .255
| .333
| .385
| 30
| 7
| 61
| 49
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 18
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 91
| 250
| 29
| 54
| 2
| 21
| .216
| .298
| .284
| 7
| 2
| 30
| 28
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 6
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 64
| 174
| 20
| 47
| 0
| 17
| .270
| .357
| .316
| 4
| 2
| 23
| 18
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 3
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| 23
| 25
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .310
| .280
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 48
| 119
| 14
| 30
| 1
| 10
| .252
| .300
| .328
| 6
| 0
| 9
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 23
| 25
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .310
| .280
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 489
| 1575
| 192
| 417
| 19
| 167
| .265
| .343
| .368
| 72
| 17
| 187
| 171
| 5
| 21
| 8
| 9
| 50
|
| Total
|
|
| 512
| 1600
| 195
| 422
| 19
| 168
| .264
| .342
| .367
| 74
| 17
| 190
| 176
| 6
| 21
| 8
| 10
| 51
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1954
| PHI
| A
| 3B
| 136
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 305
| 25
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 55
| 135
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 236
| 228
| 12
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 2B
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 114
| 105
| 7
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 70
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 59
| 46
| 440.2
| 58
| 108
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 2
| 21
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| 2B
| 8
| 2
| 26
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 14
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 3B
| 42
| 29
| 267.2
| 30
| 64
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 332
| 76
| 722.1
| 323
| 685
| 55
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 159
| 4
| 61
| 368
| 355
| 21
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1948).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Don Bollweg, Johnny Gray, Jim Robertson, Vic Power and Bill Renna to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Harry Byrd, Eddie Robinson, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro and Loren Babe (December 16, 1953).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Jack Crimian, Bill Harrington and Eddie Robinson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ned Garver, Gene Host, Virgil Trucks, Wayne Belardi and $20000 (December 5, 1956).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with $25000 to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Ozzie Virgil and Gail Harris (January 28, 1958).
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[edit] Trivia
- Made two All-Star appearances (1954 and 1955)
- Was the last Philadelphia Athletics regular to hit above .300.
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