Steve Finley

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**Steve Finley**

Position	Center Field
Team	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Years of Experience	16 years
Age	40
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	195 lbs.
Bats	Left
Throws	Left
College	Southern Illinois
2005 Salary	$6,000,000
Place of Birth	Union City, Tennessee
Selection	Amateur draft, 1987
Drafted by	Baltimore Orioles
Major League Debut	April 3, 1989

Steven Allen Finley (born March 12, 1965 in Union City, Tennessee) is a journeyman Major League Baseball center fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Previously, he played with the Baltimore Orioles (1989-90), Houston Astros (1991-94), San Diego Padres (1995-98), Arizona Diamondbacks (1999-2004) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2004). Finley, who grew up in Paducah, Kentucky, 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. Finley is a pull hitter.

He is a career .276 hitter with 285 home runs, 1071 RBI, 1327 runs, 2336 hits, 405 doubles, 109 triples, and 305 stolen bases in 2289 games.

Steve Finley at bat for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Highlights

All-Star (1997, 2000)
5-time Gold Glove Award (1995-96, 1999, 2000, 2004)
Top 10 National League MVP (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 (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.