Lou Finney
1931–1947 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns
1,270G
.287AVG
.336OBP
.388SLG
More career statistics
1,329H
31HR
494RBI
39SB
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 | 45 | 46 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 10 | 9 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 186 | 185 |
| Batting · Runs | 643 | 644 |
| Batting · RBI | 494 | 495 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 39 | 41 |
| Batting · Walks | 329 | 330 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,270 | 5,033 | 4,631 | 643 | 1,329 | 203 | 85 | 31 | 494 | 329 | 186 | 39 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 1,795 | .287 | .336 | .388 | .724 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1933-08-26 to 1933-09-13
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1936-05-05 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1938-09-25 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1936-07-27 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 642 | 2520 | 646 | 8 | 246 | 177 | 78 | .281 | .327 | .374 |
| Away | 628 | 2513 | 683 | 23 | 249 | 153 | 107 | .293 | .333 | .401 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 104 | 406 | 88 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 17 | .232 | .278 | .325 |
| May | 182 | 684 | 179 | 3 | 57 | 41 | 23 | .282 | .322 | .374 |
| June | 180 | 662 | 187 | 6 | 65 | 37 | 27 | .304 | .338 | .443 |
| July | 229 | 971 | 273 | 4 | 83 | 62 | 28 | .305 | .345 | .398 |
| August | 301 | 1186 | 309 | 9 | 131 | 88 | 51 | .287 | .335 | .387 |
| September | 271 | 1112 | 291 | 4 | 120 | 76 | 39 | .286 | .330 | .380 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 192 | 762 | 196 | 2 | 71 | 47 | 21 | .280 | .319 | .365 |
| cleveland-guardians | 188 | 727 | 213 | 2 | 63 | 43 | 35 | .315 | .352 | .410 |
| detroit-tigers | 180 | 711 | 169 | 5 | 64 | 56 | 29 | .264 | .316 | .351 |
| new-york-yankees | 180 | 675 | 164 | 10 | 69 | 36 | 38 | .259 | .296 | .371 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 174 | 698 | 191 | 4 | 86 | 57 | 25 | .302 | .355 | .417 |
| st-louis-browns | 165 | 690 | 194 | 5 | 66 | 41 | 21 | .305 | .341 | .439 |
| boston-red-sox | 101 | 421 | 116 | 3 | 37 | 27 | 10 | .297 | .340 | .391 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 86 | 345 | 86 | 0 | 39 | 23 | 6 | .270 | .316 | .336 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 24 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .375 | – | – |
| 1933 | Philadelphia Athletics | 74 | 240 | 64 | 3 | 32 | 1 | .267 | – | – |
| 1934 | Philadelphia Athletics | 92 | 272 | 76 | 1 | 27 | 5 | .279 | – | – |
| 1935 | Philadelphia Athletics | 109 | 410 | 112 | – | 31 | 7 | .273 | – | – |
| 1936 | Philadelphia Athletics | 151 | 653 | 197 | 1 | 41 | 7 | .302 | – | – |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Athletics | 92 | 379 | 95 | 1 | 20 | 2 | .251 | – | – |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 122 | 454 | 125 | 10 | 48 | 5 | .275 | – | – |
| 1939 | Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 271 | 84 | 1 | 47 | 3 | .310 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Boston Red Sox | 130 | 534 | 171 | 5 | 74 | 5 | .320 | – | – |
| 1941 | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 497 | 143 | 4 | 54 | 2 | .288 | – | – |
| 1942 | Boston Red Sox | 113 | 397 | 113 | 3 | 61 | 3 | .285 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Red Sox | 68 | 251 | 72 | – | 32 | 1 | .287 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns | 59 | 215 | 59 | 2 | 22 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 1946 |  St. Louis Browns | 16 | 30 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |