MLB / Players

Chuck Finley

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 6 in · 220 lb

BornNovember 26, 1962 · Monroe, LA, USA

MLB debutMay 29, 1986

Final gameSeptember 28, 2002

Seasons17 (1986–2002)

California Angels 1986–1996; Anaheim Angels 1997–1999; Cleveland Indians 2000–2002; St. Louis Cardinals 2002

Percentile snapshot

2002 season — qualified pitchers

29.8

46.4

27.4

7.1

48.8

SHO

48.8

183

64.3

39.3

15.5

174

82.1

190.7

ERA

4.15

38.1

WHIP

1.369

27.4

K/9

8.21

89.3

FIP

3.28

86.9

FIP-

77.2

91.7

ERA+

102.3

38.1

sWAR

1.9

of 85 qualified 2002 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

115.0

82.6

sWAR

51.5

98.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1986	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
1987	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1988	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3
1989	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.9
1990	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.3
1991	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1992	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1993	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.2
1994	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1995	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1996	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.4
1997	25	6	6	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.7	-100.0	.000	2.1
1998	34	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120.9	-100.0	.000	5.2
1999	33	5	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120.0	-100.0	.000	2.9
2000	34	7	7	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.8	-100.0	.000	4.1
2001	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1
2002	32	37	32	2	3	1	1	14	.094	.094	.125	.219	-61.8	-42.1	.097	1.9

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1986	25	0	3	1	0	0	40	17	23	37	2	46.3	3.30	1.360	7.19	3.31	80.2	125.0	0.9
1987	35	3	2	7	0	0	102	47	43	63	7	90.7	4.67	1.599	6.25	4.01	92.2	93.2	0.6
1988	31	31	9	15	2	0	191	90	82	111	15	194.3	4.17	1.405	5.14	4.04	104.1	93.2	1.3
1989	29	29	16	9	9	1	171	57	82	156	13	199.7	2.57	1.267	7.03	3.40	88.8	148.9	4.9
1990	32	32	18	9	7	2	210	63	81	177	17	236.0	2.40	1.233	6.75	3.30	86.2	159.2	6.3
1991	34	34	18	9	4	2	205	96	101	171	23	227.3	3.80	1.346	6.77	4.16	102.0	107.2	3.0
1992	31	31	7	12	4	1	212	90	98	124	24	204.3	3.96	1.517	5.46	4.59	116.1	99.6	2.0
1993	35	35	16	14	13	2	243	88	82	187	22	251.3	3.15	1.293	6.70	3.70	82.8	141.9	6.2
1994	25	25	10	10	7	2	178	88	71	148	21	183.3	4.32	1.358	7.27	4.28	88.1	112.5	2.8
1995	32	32	15	12	2	1	192	95	93	195	20	203.0	4.21	1.404	8.65	3.98	84.9	111.3	3.0
1996	35	35	15	16	4	1	241	110	94	215	27	238.0	4.16	1.408	8.13	4.24	84.8	120.2	4.4
1997	25	25	13	6	3	1	152	77	65	155	20	164.0	4.23	1.323	8.51	4.12	90.5	107.7	2.1
1998	34	34	11	9	1	1	210	84	109	212	20	223.3	3.39	1.428	8.54	4.03	86.7	137.4	5.2
1999	33	33	12	11	1	0	197	105	94	200	23	213.3	4.43	1.364	8.44	4.16	86.3	108.9	2.9
2000	34	34	16	11	3	0	211	101	101	189	23	218.0	4.17	1.431	7.80	4.28	84.9	120.9	4.1
2001	22	22	8	7	1	0	131	70	35	96	14	113.7	5.54	1.460	7.60	3.99	87.3	82.4	-0.1
2002	32	32	11	15	2	1	183	88	78	174	13	190.7	4.15	1.369	8.21	3.28	77.2	102.3	1.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

524

RBI

.0566

OBP

.0566

SLG

.0755

OPS

.1321

Pitching

G (P)

524

390th-most career G (P)

467

75th-most career GS

200

118th-most career W

173

90th-most career L

SHO

396th-most career SHO

3,197

110th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,610

28th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,332

28th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.845

WHIP

1.3765

K/9

7.35

163rd-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
2002-07-21	STL @ PIT Gameday	3	1	1	1	0	2
2002-07-26	CHC @ STL Gameday	1	1	1	0	0	1
2002-09-17	STL @ COL Gameday	3	0	1	0	0	1
2002-08-11	NYM @ STL Gameday	3	0	0	0	1	0
1986-07-22	MIL @ LAA Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1989-06-24	BAL @ LAA Gameday	9.0	7	3	2	1	15	1
1995-05-23	NYY @ LAA Gameday	9.0	2	0	0	2	15	0
1997-07-06	SEA @ LAA Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	3	13	0
2000-04-16	TEX @ CLE Gameday	9.0	5	1	0	4	13	0
1989-07-20	DET @ LAA Gameday	9.0	10	3	3	1	12	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.