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Chuck Finley
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Career Notes

1997
Hello 1997!

1995
Led the Angels in ERA, wins, losses, games started, complete games (2), shutouts (1), innings pitched, batters faced (880), walks allowed, hit batters (7) and strikeouts ... First in errors as a pitcher (4) ... Second in games started and wild pitches.

1994
Finley's 10 wins marked the first time in the past six seasons to post double-digits in victories ... Led the league in innings pitched (183.1) and was one of 10 pitcher to start 25 contests ... Led the Angels in wins, ERA (4.32), complete games (seven), shutouts (two), an strikeouts (148) ... Retired 66% of first batters faced in an inning ... Threw more pitches than any other pitcher in the league (2,916) with an average of 117 per start ... Pitched into the seventh inning 18 times with an average ERA of 3.08 ... With 100 wins would become fourth Angels pitcher to reach that plateau joining Nolan Ryan, Mike Witt, and Frank Tanana.

1993
Finished 16-14, the fourth time in the previous five seasons he had won 16 or more ... Posted career bests of 13 complete games, 251 1/3 innings, 35 starts, and 187 strikeouts ... Also set career highs by allowing 243 hits and 108 runs ... His 3.15 ERA was his lowest since 1990 ... Posted a 2.79 ERA at home ... Was 4-1 with a 1.91 ERA in June ... Was 10-6 with a 2.87 ERA in his 19 starts before the All-Star break ... His 13 complete games were the most in the American League ... Pitched seven or more innings in 27 of his 35 starts ... Recorded his 1000th career strikeout Sept. 2 vs. Baltimore.

1992
After 15 starts, was 2-9 with a 5.42 ERA and had allowed 17 home runs ... Went 5-3 the rest of the season with a 2.99 ERA ... The Angels scored only 3.74 runs per nine innings he pitched, the fifth-lowest number in the league ... Allowed only one home run by a left-hander, but allowed lefties to hit .402 ... Finished the year 7-12 with a 3.96 ERA.

1991
Finished 18-9, his second straight 18-win season ... Was 12-4 at the All-Star break ... Maintained a 9-3 record and a 3.03 ERA at home ... The Angels totaled 17 runs in his nine losses ... Averaged 1.7 walks per nine innings ... Until a home run by the Yankees' Kevin Maas May 7, he hadn't allowed a home run in 244 at-bats, covering almost three years ... Lasted seven or more innings in 28 of his 34 starts.

1990
Went 18-9, with an ERA of 2.40, lowest of his career and good for second in the AL ... Had the second highest win total among major league left-handers ... Made the All-Star team for the second year in a row ... Set down the first batter in 73% of his 229 opportunities ... Won four games in a row twice ... Went 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA in July to be named Co-Pitcher-of-the-Month in the AL, with Bobby Witt ... Threw nine innings in five consecutive games July 7-31, but recorded only three complete games.

1989
Went 16-9 ... His 2.57 ERA was second-best in the AL ... Held opponents to a .233 batting average, seventh-best in the league ... Allowed just 13 home runs in 199 1/3 innings pitched ... Didn't play from Aug. 22 to Sept. 15 because of a strained toe ... Threw a one-hit shutout against Boston May 26 ... Struck out a career-high 15 Orioles June 24 ... Went 4-0 with a 1.37 ERA to earn AL Pitcher-of-the-Month honors for May.

1988
Made 31 appearances, all as a starter ... Earned his first win as a starter April 13 ... Pitched his first complete game April 30 vs. Toronto ... Lost 15 games, the most by an Angels left-hander since 1974 ... Finished 9-15 with a 4.17 ERA.

1987
Pitched in 35 games, all but three in relief ... Started for the first time Sept. 16 at Kansas City ... Finished 2-7 with a 4.67 ERA.

1986
Began the year at Class A Quad City ... Called up May 25 to California ... Made his major league debut May 29 against the Tigers ... Posted his first major league win June 2 against New York.


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