Jim Finigan
1954–1959 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Athletics, San Francisco Giants
512G
.264AVG
.342OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
422H
19HR
168RBI
8SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 176 | 175 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512 | 1,828 | 1,600 | 195 | 422 | 74 | 17 | 19 | 168 | 190 | 176 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 587 | .264 | .342 | .367 | .709 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1954-08-22 to 1954-08-31
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1954-08-13 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1955-06-18 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1955-05-01 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 267 | 946 | 233 | 12 | 90 | 100 | 87 | .281 | .352 | .392 |
| Away | 245 | 882 | 189 | 7 | 78 | 90 | 88 | .245 | .316 | .340 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 49 | 144 | 36 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 15 | .286 | .347 | .492 |
| May | 106 | 392 | 87 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 32 | .258 | .337 | .380 |
| June | 106 | 374 | 87 | 2 | 29 | 37 | 35 | .265 | .332 | .378 |
| July | 85 | 326 | 67 | 4 | 30 | 37 | 46 | .239 | .319 | .332 |
| August | 89 | 313 | 78 | 0 | 26 | 35 | 24 | .284 | .361 | .335 |
| September | 77 | 279 | 67 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 23 | .264 | .319 | .346 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 72 | 240 | 63 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 19 | .296 | .350 | .385 |
| baltimore-orioles | 69 | 237 | 49 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 20 | .246 | .338 | .322 |
| cleveland-guardians | 69 | 250 | 53 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 39 | .231 | .280 | .332 |
| boston-red-sox | 68 | 280 | 58 | 5 | 24 | 28 | 28 | .236 | .307 | .354 |
| new-york-yankees | 67 | 231 | 49 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 24 | .245 | .329 | .320 |
| detroit-tigers | 67 | 257 | 72 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 26 | .319 | .385 | .460 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 64 | 262 | 64 | 2 | 30 | 31 | 13 | .282 | .363 | .401 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 13 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .257 | .333 | .343 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 136 | 487 | 147 | 7 | 51 | 2 | .302 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 150 | 545 | 139 | 9 | 68 | 1 | .255 | – | – |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics | 91 | 250 | 54 | 2 | 21 | 3 | .216 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Detroit Tigers | 64 | 174 | 47 | – | 17 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1958 |  San Francisco Giants | 23 | 25 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Baltimore Orioles | 48 | 119 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .252 | – | – |