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Lou Finney
Louis Klopsche Finney

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

MLB Debut September 12, 1931
Final Game May 8, 1947
Born August 13, 1910 in Buffalo, AL
Died April 22, 1966 (age 55)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 23 SLN NL   71  115   15   26   4   0   0   15   2   1    7    9  .226  .266  .261  .527    70    30   0   2   0   0   4  
 1935 24 SLN NL   56  199   32   57   6   2   0   15   3   0    3   15  .286  .302  .337  .639    86    67   0   1   0   2   6  
 1936 25 SLN NL  118  428   66  143  23   9   5   55   5   1   18   29  .334  .362  .465  .827   112   199   2   1   0   1   7  
 1937 26 SLN NL  115  417   53  118   7  13   6   41  12   4   20   24  .283  .317  .405  .723    95   169   3   2   0   2  13  
 1938 27 SLN NL  123  420   58  106  12   9  12   51   3   4   44   15  .252  .320  .410  .729    97   172   3   5   1   0   7  
 1939 28 BOA AL   75  310   63  101  18   1   6   36   0   0   24   28  .326  .378  .448  .826   102   139   0   2   1   3  10  
 1940 29 BOA AL   64  203   22   56   9   2   1   20   0   1    8   13  .276  .302  .355  .657    82    72   1   1   0   0   0  
 1941 30 BOA AL   71  199   27   64   9   6   2   36   0   0   19    4  .322  .376  .457  .833   107    91   0   3   0   0   5  
 1942 31 BOA AL  123  434   64  138  14   5   8   67   3   2   26    8  .318  .353  .429  .782   110   186   3   8   5   2  11  
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944 33 BOA AL   75  271   31   77  11   3   0   37   1   0   17   11  .284  .324  .347  .671    94    94   7   2   0   0   7  
 1945 34 BOA AL   20   53    9   18   1   2   0    3   0   0    5    6  .340  .417  .434  .851   121    23   0   0   1   2   3  
         SLA AL   64  173   26   54   8   2   3   24   0   0   15    7  .312  .375  .434  .809   113    75   1   1   0   3   4  
         TOT      84  226   35   72   9   4   3   27   0   0   20   13  .319  .385  .434  .819          98   1   1   1   5   7 
 1946 35 SLA AL   11   26    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .154  .214  .154  .368    53     4   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons      986 3248  468  962 122  54  43  401  29  13  208  172  .296  .339  .407  .745        1321  20  28   8  15  78
 Per 600 PA           554   80  164  21   9   7   68   5   2   35   29                                 225   3   5   1   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN      483 1579  224  450  52  33  23  177  25  10   92   92  .285  .324  .403  .728         637   8  11   1   5  37
   With BOA      428 1470  216  454  62  19  17  199   4   3   99   70  .309  .352  .412  .763         605  11  16   7   7  36
   With SLA       75  199   28   58   8   2   3   25   0   0   17   10  .291  .355  .397  .752          79   1   1   0   3   5
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1934 23 SLN NL  13    7   2.2  48  13   0  .271   2    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e20 -148   
 1935 24 SLN NL  18   19   3.5  14   2   0  .143   6   17    7  .412    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e18    3   
 1936 25 SLN NL   7   71   6.5  13   5   0  .385   9   43   23  .535    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e12   98   
 1937 26 SLN NL   5   50   4.3   4   1   0  .250  16   98   64  .653    0    0  .000  2B   4e24       92   
 1938 27 SLN NL   4   55   4.5   0   0   0  .000  11   46   28  .609    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e10  -44   
 1939 28 BOA AL   8   51   6.2   3   0   0  .000   4   26   14  .538    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e12   46   
 1940 29 BOA AL  10   22   4.0  15   6   0  .400   2   20   13  .650    2    0 1.000  1B   4e16     -166   
 1941 30 BOA AL   5   34   6.5  21   5   0  .238   7   17    8  .471    0    0  .000  1B   4e22       93   
 1942 31 BOA AL  15   64   5.4   7   3   0  .429   8   29   10  .345    0    0  .000  1B   4e16       64   
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944 33 BOA AL   9   30   3.9   7   3   0  .429  10   23    7  .304    0    0  .000  1B   4e18      -22   
 1945 34 BOA AL  19    9   6.4   5   3   0  .600   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e8   132   
         SLA AL  23   28   6.1  18  10   0  .556  12   20    4  .200    0    0  .000  3B   4e65       90   
         TOT                    23  13   0  .565  12   22    5  .227    0    0  .000
 1946 35 SLA AL   7    0    .9   6   1   0  .167   1    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e21 -276   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          445   5.0 161  52   0  .323  88  347  182  .524    2    0 1.000                  25   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1934 23 SLN NL  RF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 LF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 CF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1935 24 SLN NL  RF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 LF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 CF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1936 25 SLN NL  1B    88   735    75    8   98   .990    77   708.2  10.29
                 CF    17    45     7    1    0   .981    16   121.2   3.85
                 RF    13    12     0    0    0  1.000     4    45.2   2.36
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .2   0.00
 1937 26 SLN NL  2B   106   267   311   16   78   .973    99   892.1   5.83
                 1B     9    49     7    0    4  1.000     5    45.2  11.04
 1938 27 SLN NL  RF   118   236     9   11    1   .957   118  1042.2   2.11
                 1B     5    17     2    0    1  1.000     0    13.0  13.15
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1939 28 BOA AL  RF    67   180     5    4    2   .979    67   604.2   2.75
                 LF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0    13.1   0.67
                 1B     1     6     0    0    1  1.000     1     9.0   6.00
 1940 29 BOA AL  1B    38   339    22    2   26   .994    36   310.1  10.47
                 RF    14    15     4    0    0  1.000     8    80.0   2.14
                 C      1     6     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   9.00
                 CF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1941 30 BOA AL  1B    32   278    26    3   27   .990    29   249.0  10.99
                 RF    18    19     0    2    0   .905    12   113.0   1.51
                 LF     2     3     0    2    0   .600     1    14.0   1.93
                 SS     1     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
 1942 31 BOA AL  1B   114  1027    66    8  105   .993   113   978.2  10.05
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944 33 BOA AL  1B    55   514    27    8   47   .985    54   482.1  10.09
                 RF    14    35     0    2    0   .946    13   115.0   2.74
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1945 34 BOA AL  RF     9    13     0    0    0  1.000     9    75.1   1.55
                 1B     5    25     0    0    2  1.000     3    29.2   7.58
                 3B     1     0     2    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
         SLA AL  3B    33    48    67   12    6   .906    30   261.1   3.96
                 LF     6    15     1    0    0  1.000     6    54.0   2.67
                 RF     6     8     1    0    0  1.000     5    46.0   1.76
                 1B     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1946 35 SLA AL  LF     5    14     0    1    0   .933     5    41.0   3.07
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B   348  2992   225   29  311   .991   318  2827.1  10.24
                 RF   260   519    19   19    3   .966   236  2124.1   2.28
                 2B   106   267   311   16   78   .973    99   892.1   5.83
                 3B    34    48    69   12    6   .907    31   269.1   3.91
                 CF    21    45     7    1    0   .981    16   128.2   3.64
                 LF    20    34     1    3    0   .921    12   125.0   2.52
                 C      1     6     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   9.00
                 SS     1     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1940 WS    BOA BRN   W    2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1941 WS    BOA BRN   W    4   7  1  3  0  0  1   2  0  0  .429  .429  .857  0
 1942 WS    BOA BRN   W    7  25  2  2  0  0  0   1  3  1  .080  .179  .080  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1934  SLN   94-60   Mike Rescigno
 1935  SLN   93-61   Mike Rescigno
 1936  SLN   57-97   Mike Rescigno
 1937  SLN   62-92   Mike Rescigno
 1938  SLN   65-89   Mike Rescigno
 1939  BOA   75-79   Steve Bivens
 1940  BOA   95-59   Steve Bivens
 1941  BOA  101-53   Steve Bivens
 1942  BOA  102-52   Steve Bivens
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 1945  SLA   84-70   Pat Carr
 1946  SLA   65-89   Pat Carr

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