Steve Finley

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 175 lb

BornMarch 12, 1965 · Union City, TN, USA

MLB debutApril 3, 1989

Final gameJune 3, 2007

Seasons19 (1989–2007)

Baltimore Orioles 1989–1990; Houston Astros 1991–1994; San Diego Padres 1995–1998; Arizona Diamondbacks 1999–2004; Los Angeles Dodgers 2004; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2005; San Francisco Giants 2006; Colorado Rockies 2007

Percentile snapshot

2004 season — qualified batters

162

98.1

706

91.3

628

92.5

64.4

170

72.5

31.9

16.3

89.4

RBI

73.1

64.4

61.3

57.5

13.1

.271

30.6

OBP

.333

26.3

SLG

.490

68.8

OPS

.823

56.3

wRC+

109.1

50.6

OPS+

108.7

50.6

wOBA

.357

sWAR

3.4

67.5

of 161 qualified 2004 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

104.0

49.9

OPS+

104.6

51.6

sWAR

42.4

98.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1989	81	241	217	35	54	5	2	2	25	15	30	17	3	.249	.298	.318	.616	75.2	76.3	.287	-0.2
1990	142	513	464	46	119	16	4	3	37	32	53	22	9	.256	.304	.328	.632	77.2	79.3	.292	-0.1
1991	159	656	596	84	170	28	10	8	54	42	65	34	18	.285	.331	.406	.737	110.8	111.7	.335	2.8
1992	162	686	607	84	177	29	13	5	55	58	63	44	9	.292	.355	.407	.762	122.5	119.4	.352	4.4
1993	142	585	545	69	145	15	13	8	44	28	65	19	6	.266	.304	.385	.689	86.7	87.1	.311	1.2
1994	94	417	373	64	103	16	5	11	33	28	52	13	7	.276	.329	.434	.764	104.2	102.6	.340	1.7
1995	139	630	562	104	167	23	8	10	44	59	62	36	12	.297	.366	.420	.786	112.8	110.8	.354	3.3
1996	161	721	655	126	195	45	9	30	95	56	87	22	8	.298	.354	.531	.885	134.3	135.8	.385	5.8
1997	143	615	560	101	146	26	5	28	92	43	92	15	3	.261	.313	.475	.788	106.9	109.7	.344	2.8
1998	159	674	619	92	154	40	6	14	67	45	103	12	3	.249	.301	.401	.702	87.9	88.7	.313	1.5
1999	156	663	590	100	156	32	10	34	103	63	94	8	4	.264	.336	.525	.861	110.3	113.7	.368	3.3
2000	152	623	539	100	151	27	5	35	96	65	87	12	6	.280	.361	.544	.904	120.4	123.1	.385	3.8
2001	140	548	495	66	136	27	4	14	73	47	67	11	7	.275	.337	.430	.767	90.6	92.9	.332	1.4
2002	150	577	505	82	145	24	4	25	89	65	73	16	4	.287	.370	.499	.869	122.1	120.0	.382	3.7
2003	147	582	516	82	148	24	10	22	70	57	94	15	8	.287	.363	.500	.863	118.7	116.9	.376	3.6
2004	162	706	628	92	170	28	1	36	94	61	82	9	7	.271	.333	.490	.823	109.1	108.7	.357	3.4
2005	112	440	406	41	90	20	3	12	54	26	71	8	4	.222	.271	.374	.645	68.4	72.1	.280	-0.1
2006	139	481	426	66	105	21	12	6	40	46	55	7	0	.246	.320	.394	.714	83.6	83.1	.317	0.8
2007	43	102	94	9	17	3	0	1	2	8	4	0	0	.181	.245	.245	.490	15.9	24.4	.224	-0.7

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2001	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0.00	1.000	0.00	9.01	197.7	—	1.4

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

2,583

47th-most career G

10,460

59th-most career PA

9,397

51st-most career AB

1,443

84th-most career R

2,548

94th-most career H

449

113th-most career 2B

124

91st-most career 3B

304

161st-most career HR

RBI

1,167

183rd-most career RBI

844

230th-most career BB

1,299

171st-most career SO

320

150th-most career SB

.2712

OBP

.3322

SLG

.4424

OPS

.7746

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

.000

WHIP

1.0000

K/9

0.00

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	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1997-06-23	SD @ SF Gameday	5	4	4	0	3	4	1	13
1999-09-08	AZ @ MIL Gameday	5	3	3	0	3	6	0	12
1997-05-19	SD @ CIN Gameday	5	3	3	0	3	3	1	12
2004-04-28	CHC @ AZ Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	3	0	12
1999-05-30	AZ @ NYM Gameday	5	3	4	1	2	5	0	11

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2001-08-30	SF @ AZ Gameday	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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× Gold Glove2× 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.