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| Colorado Rockies – No. 21 | |
| Center field | |
| Bats: LeftThrows: Left | |
| debut | |
| April 3, 1989, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Career statistics (through 2006) | |
| AVG | .272 |
| HR | 303 |
| RBI | 1165 |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
| Former teams | |
Steven Allen Finley (born March 12 1965 in Union City, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball center fielder who signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies on the 2007 season. Previously, he played with the Baltimore Orioles (1989-90), Houston Astros (1991-94), San Diego Padres (1995-98), Arizona Diamondbacks (1999-2004), Los Angeles Dodgers (2004), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005), and San Francisco Giants (2006). Finley, who grew up in Paducah, Kentucky and attended Southern Illinois University, bats and throws left-handed.
At the age of 39, Finley became the oldest player in the past 30 years (other than Otis Nixon in 1997-98) to play 100-plus games in center field. He has the fourth most center field appearances in major league history.
He entered the 2006 season as a career .273 hitter with 297 home runs, 1125 RBI, 1368 runs, 2426 hits, 425 doubles, 112 triples, and 313 stolen bases in 2401 games. On June 14 2006, he became the sixth member of Major League Baseball's 300-300 club, for which the membership requirements are 300 career home runs and 300 career stolen bases.
On November 1, 2006 the Giants declined their option on Steve Finley for the 2007 season, which made him a free agent. On February 24, 2007, Finley was signed to a minor-league contract by the Colorado Rockies.
Highlights
- All-Star (1997, 2000)
- 5-time Gold Glove Award (1995-96, 1999-2000, 2004)
- Top 10 in National League MVP voting (10th, 1996)
- Twice led NL in games played (162, in 1992 and 2004)
- Twice led NL in triples (1993, 2003)
- Hit two 3-Home run games in the same season (May 19 and June 23, 1997)
- Hit three home runs and drove in six runs in a game (September 8, 1999)
- Twice hit a game-ending grand slam (April 10, 1998, and October 2, 2004)
- Oldest player to lead his league in triples since Tommy Henrich in 1948 (age 38, 2003)
- Led active players in triples (109)
- Named MVP in the All-Stars Series between Japan and United States (Tokyo, 1996)
- On October 2, 2004, Finley's walk-off grand slam capped a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Dodgers clinched the NL West Division title by beating San Francisco 7-3.
- Sportscaster Thom Brennaman called the moment on FOX:
- "0-1, HIGH DRIVE, DEEP RIGHT-CENTER FIELD, AND IT I--S GONE!!! WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM BY STEVE FINLEY, AND THE DODGERS ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS FINISH!!!
See also
- List of NL Gold Glove Winners at Outfield
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- Top 500 home run hitters of all time
- 300-300 club
- 2001 World Series
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- Baseball Almanac - photos and miscellaneous
- Template:Espn mlb
- BaseballLibrary - biography and career highlights
- Major league players from Tennessee
- Major league center fielders
- Arizona Diamondbacks players
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Houston Astros players
- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players
- Los Angeles Dodgers players
- San Diego Padres players
- San Francisco Giants players
- National League All-Stars
- 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks World Series Championship Team
- Gold Glove Award winners
- People from Paducah, Kentucky
- People from Tennessee
- 1965 births
- Living people