Steve Finley Stats

Steve Finley was born on Friday, March 12, 1965, in Union City, Tennessee. Finley was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 3, 1989, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Steve Finley baseball stats page.

"He (Steve Finley) insists that he doesn't do anything different. For whatever reason, the career numbers would bear out that he struggles very early in the season. The career numbers would also bear out that if you're patient, you stick with him. He'll figure it out and he'll put up the numbers you expect out of him by the end of the season." - Manager Bob Brenly

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Steve Finley

Steve Finley Autograph on a 1990 Topps (#349)

Steve Finley Autograph on a 1990 Topps (#349)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Steven Allen Finley
Nickname:   Steve
Born On:   03-12-1965
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Union City, Tennessee
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   Southern Illinois University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-03-1989 (Age 24)
Last Game:   Still Active
Draft:   1987 : 13th Round (324th)
Steve Finley

Steve Finley Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2001 Diamondbacks 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1 Year 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Finley

Steve Finley Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1989 Orioles 81 217 35 54 5 2 2 1 25 15 1 30 6 2 1 3 .249 .298 .318
1990 Orioles 142 464 46 119 16 4 3 0 37 32 3 53 10 5 2 8 .256 .304 .328
1991 Astros 159 596 84 170 28 10 8 0 54 42 5 65 10 6 2 8 .285 .331 .406
1992 Astros 162 607 84 177 29 13 5 0 55 58 6 63 16 2 3 10 .292 .355 .407
1993 Astros 142 545 69 145 15 13 8 0 44 28 1 65 6 3 3 8 .266 .304 .385
1994 Astros 94 373 64 103 16 5 11 1 33 28 0 52 13 1 2 3 .276 .329 .434
1995 Padres 139 562 104 167 23 8 10 0 44 59 5 62 4 2 3 8 .297 .366 .420
1996 Padres 161 655 126 195 45 9 30 1 95 56 5 87 1 5 4 20 .298 .354 .531
1997 Padres 143 560 101 146 26 5 28 2 92 43 2 92 2 7 3 10 .261 .313 .475
1998 Padres 159 619 92 154 40 6 14 1 67 45 0 103 3 4 3 9 .249 .301 .401
1999 Diamondbacks 156 590 100 156 32 10 34 1 103 63 7 94 2 5 3 4 .264 .336 .525
2000 Diamondbacks 152 539 100 151 27 5 35 0 96 65 7 87 2 9 8 9 .280 .361 .544
2001 Diamondbacks 140 495 66 136 27 4 14 1 73 47 9 67 2 3 1 8 .275 .337 .430
2002 Diamondbacks 150 505 82 145 24 4 25 0 89 65 7 73 1 3 3 10 .287 .370 .499
2003 Diamondbacks 147 516 82 148 24 10 22 0 70 57 4 94 0 3 6 6 .287 .363 .500
2004 Diamondbacks 104 404 61 111 16 1 23 1 48 40 1 52 6 5 1 9 .275 .338 .490
2004 Dodgers 58 224 31 59 12 0 13 1 46 21 0 30 3 2 0 5 .263 .324 .491
2005 Angels of Anaheim 112 406 41 90 20 3 12 0 54 26 3 71 1 4 3 6 .222 .271 .374
2006 Giants 139 426 66 105 21 12 6 0 40 46 2 55 3 4 2 6 .246 .320 .394
2007 Rockies 43 94 9 17 3 0 1 0 2 8 1 4 0 0 0 2 .181 .245 .245
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
19 Years 2,583 9,397 1,443 2,548 449 124 304 10 1,167 844 69 1,299 91 75 53 152 .271 .332 .442
Steve Finley

Steve Finley Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1989 Orioles CF 24 - 504 59 2.5 59 59 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.16 0.952
1989 Orioles LF 14 - 141 10 0.7 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.91 0.909
1989 Orioles RF 41 - 861 78 1.9 76 75 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.38 0.872
1990 Orioles CF 44 - 1,011 116 2.6 115 115 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .991 3.07 0.913
1990 Orioles LF 22 - 297 25 1.1 25 25 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.27 0.781
1990 Orioles RF 72 - 1,701 170 2.4 164 160 4 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.60 0.885
1991 Astros CF 124 122 2,844 280 2.3 277 266 11 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.63 0.921
1991 Astros LF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 0.000
1991 Astros RF 72 23 972 62 0.9 60 58 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.67 0.983
1992 Astros CF 160 153 4,056 428 2.7 425 417 8 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.83 0.908
1993 Astros CF 140 131 3,501 345 2.5 341 329 12 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.63 0.909
1994 Astros CF 92 89 2,373 227 2.5 223 214 9 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.54 0.903
1995 Padres CF 138 135 3,606 306 2.2 299 291 8 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.24 0.932
1996 Padres CF 160 152 4,248 398 2.5 391 384 7 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.49 0.941
1997 Padres CF 140 131 3,537 352 2.5 348 338 10 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.66 0.899
1998 Padres CF 157 146 4,005 369 2.4 362 350 12 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.44 0.911
1999 Diamondbacks CF 155 149 4,041 404 2.6 402 397 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .995 2.69 0.876
2000 Diamondbacks CF 148 145 3,851 356 2.4 353 343 10 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.47 0.875
2001 Diamondbacks CF 131 124 3,332 308 2.4 306 300 6 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.48 0.861
2001 Diamondbacks P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
2002 Diamondbacks CF 144 131 3,514 325 2.3 323 319 4 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.48 0.882
2003 Diamondbacks CF 140 130 3,505 272 1.9 267 258 9 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.06 0.837
2004 Diamondbacks CF 103 102 2,689 221 2.1 219 214 5 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.20 0.850
2004 Dodgers CF 55 55 1,454 146 2.7 145 145 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.69 0.862
2005 Angels of Anaheim CF 104 100 2,688 275 2.6 271 266 5 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.72 0.861
2006 Giants CF 130 103 2,919 293 2.3 292 287 5 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .997 2.70 0.882
2007 Rockies CF 26 15 465 46 1.8 46 45 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.67 0.882
2007 Rockies RF 3 0 18 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50 1.000
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
CF Totals 2,315 2,113 58,143 5,526 2.4 5,464 5,337 127 62 36 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.54 --
RF Totals 188 23 3,552 311 1.7 301 294 7 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.29 --
LF Totals 37 0 444 35 0.9 35 35 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13 --
P Totals 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
19 Years 2,562 2,136 62,142 5,872 2.3 5,800 5,666 134 72 38 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.52 --
Steve Finley

Steve Finley Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1989 Orioles 17 3 .850 - - 3 108.5 7.2 8.7 - - -
1990 Orioles 22 9 .710 - - 2 154.7 8.8 12.5 - - -
1991 Astros 34 18 .654 - - n/a 74.5 9.2 11.0 - - -
1992 Astros 44 9 .830 - - n/a 121.4 9.6 11.0 - - -
1993 Astros 19 6 .760 - - n/a 68.1 8.4 12.4 - - -
1994 Astros 13 7 .650 - - n/a 33.9 7.2 11.3 - - -
1995 Padres 36 12 .750 - - n/a 56.2 9.1 12.8 - - -
1996 Padres 22 8 .733 - - n/a 21.8 7.5 6.9 - - -
1997 Padres 15 3 .833 - - 0 20.0 6.1 6.1 - - -
1998 Padres 12 3 .800 - - 0 44.2 6.0 9.2 - - -
1999 Diamondbacks 8 4 .667 - - 1 17.4 6.3 5.7 - - -
2000 Diamondbacks 12 6 .667 - - 2 15.4 6.2 5.6 - - -
2001 Diamondbacks 11 7 .611 - - 0 35.4 7.4 6.8 0.00 0.00 9.00
2002 Diamondbacks 16 4 .800 - - 0 20.2 6.9 5.7 - - -
2003 Diamondbacks 15 8 .652 9 - 0 23.5 5.5 7.4 - - -
2004 Diamondbacks 8 4 .667 - - 1 17.6 7.8 8.4 - - -
2004 Dodgers 1 3 .250 3 - 0 17.2 7.5 4.9 - - -
2005 Angels of Anaheim 8 4 .667 - - 0 33.8 5.7 7.5 - - -
2006 Giants 7 0 1.000 - - 0 71.0 7.7 10.7 - - -
2007 Rockies 0 0 .000 - - 0 94.0 23.5 47.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
19 Years 320 118 .731 12 - 9 30.9 7.2 8.1 0.00 0.00 9.00
Steve Finley

Steve Finley Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1989 Baltimore Orioles 10 $68,000.00 - -
1990 Baltimore Orioles 10 $120,000.00 - -
1991 Houston Astros 12 $280,000.00 - -
1992 Houston Astros 12 $1,210,000.00 - -
1993 Houston Astros 12 $2,900,000.00 - -
1994 Houston Astros 12 $3,050,000.00 - n/a
1995 San Diego Padres 12 $4,500,000.00 - -
1996 San Diego Padres 12 $2,886,672.00 - -
1997 San Diego Padres 12 $2,986,672.00 Stats -
1998 San Diego Padres 12 $3,400,000.00 - Stats
1999 Arizona Diamondbacks 12 $5,375,000.00 - -
2000 Arizona Diamondbacks 12 $5,375,000.00 Stats -
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 12 $5,375,000.00 - Stats
2002 Arizona Diamondbacks 12 $5,375,000.00 - -
2003 Arizona Diamondbacks 12 $4,250,000.00 - -
2004 Arizona Diamondbacks 12 Undetermined - -
2004 Los Angeles Dodgers 12 $7,000,000.00 - -
2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 12 $6,000,000.00 - -
2006 San Francisco Giants 12 $7,000,000.00 - -
2007 Colorado Rockies 12 $1,000,000.00 - -


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