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Lou Finney was born on 13 August, 1910 in Chambers County, Alabama, U.S., is an American baseball player. Discover Lou Finney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
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13 August, 1910 |
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Chambers County, Alabama, U.S. |
Date of death |
22 April, 1966 |
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LaFayette, Alabama, U.S. |
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Lou Finney Height, Weight & Measurements
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Lou Finney Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lou Finney worth at the age of 55 years old? Lou Finney’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from . We have estimated Lou Finney's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Louis Klopsche Finney (August 13, 1910 – April 22, 1966) was an American professional baseball player.
Born in Buffalo, in Chambers County, Alabama, the left-handed-batting Finney stood 6 ft tall and weighed 180 lb. Finney was of Scotch-Irish descent; he was named in memory of Louis Klopsch, a German-American immigrant and founder of The Christian Herald magazine, who died in 1910.
An older brother, Hal, was also a Major League player, a catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Lou Finney's professional baseball career began in the minor leagues in 1930; the next season, he was called up to the pennant-bound Athletics in September, and he batted .375 in nine games—including back-to-back three-hit outings against the Cleveland Indians on September 14–15.
He spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for the Philadelphia Athletics (1931; 1933–1939), Boston Red Sox (1939–1942; 1944–45), St. Louis Browns (1945–46), and Philadelphia Phillies (1947) as an outfielder and first baseman.
He did not appear in the 1931 World Series, which Philadelphia lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, and spent 1932 with the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League, batting .351 with 268 hits.
Finney then split between the Athletics, getting into 74 games as a back-up outfielder, and the top-level Montreal Royals of the International League.
In, he made the Athletics for good, but the Mackmen were beginning a 13-year streak of futility that would see them plummet to the bottom of the American League standings nine times, including , and.
Finney was the club's regular first baseman in both 1936 and 1938, batting .302 with 197 hits in the former year.
He led the American League in at bats (653) in 1936 and finished 29th in voting for the 1940 American League MVP Award for leading the AL in at bats per strikeout (41.1)
Then, on May 8, 1939, his contract was purchased by the first division Red Sox.
With Boston, Finney benefited from the batting tips offered by Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy, a veteran Red Sox scout and hitting instructor.
He hit .325 in part-time service in, then took over as the Red Sox' regular right fielder in , with Ted Williams shifting to left field.
Finney batted .320 with 171 hits, and was named to the 1940 American League All-Star Team.
Finney held onto the Red Sox' right-fielder job in both and, although his batting average dipped below .290 each season.
With World War II raging, he spent the campaign working his Alabama farm before returning to the Majors for two full seasons (–45) and parts of and.
In 15 Major League seasons, Finney played in 1,270 games and had 4,631 at bats, 643 runs scored, 1,329 hits, 203 doubles, 85 triples, 31 home runs, 494 runs batted in, 39 stolen bases, 329 bases on balls, a .287 batting average, .336 on-base percentage, .388 slugging percentage, 1,795 total bases and 63 sacrifice hits.
Finney played and managed in minor league baseball after his final stint in MLB with the 1947 Phillies.
He died from coronary thrombosis in LaFayette, Alabama, at the age of 55.