What years did Rollie Fingers play?

Rollie Fingers played in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1985.

Was Rollie Fingers a pitcher?

Yes. Rollie Fingers pitched in the major leagues, recording 114 wins and 1299 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Rollie Fingers hit?

Rollie Fingers hit 2 career home runs with 31 hits.

What teams did Rollie Fingers play for?

Rollie Fingers played for 3 teams: the Oakland Athletics (1968–1976), the San Diego Padres (1977–1980), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1981–1982, 1984–1985).

How many MVP awards did Rollie Fingers win?

Rollie Fingers won 1 MVP award, in 1981.

How many Cy Young Awards did Rollie Fingers win?

Rollie Fingers won 1 Cy Young Award, in 1981.

What awards did Rollie Fingers win?

Rollie Fingers won the MVP award (1981), the Cy Young Award (1981), and the World Series MVP award (1974). He was selected to 7 All-Star Games.

What were Rollie Fingers's career stats?

In 944 games, Rollie Fingers went 114-118 with a 2.90 ERA, 1,299 strikeouts, 1,701.1 innings pitched, and 341 saves.

What was Rollie Fingers's salary?

Rollie Fingers's recorded salary was $1,065,000 in 1985.

What position did Rollie Fingers play?

Rollie Fingers played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Rollie Fingers and how much did he weigh?

Rollie Fingers was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 190 pounds.

What was Rollie Fingers's career ERA?

Rollie Fingers finished with a 2.90 career ERA, going 114-118 with 1,299 strikeouts.

Rollie Fingers

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1968-1985)

Rollie Fingers was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1985 for the Athletics, the San Diego Padres, and the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 18 seasons. Across 944 career appearances, he went 114-118 with a 2.90 ERA, 1,299 strikeouts, and 341 saves. Rollie Fingers was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992 and was a 7-time All-Star, an MVP, a Cy Young, a World Series MVP, and a 4-time Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 33082.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1992

W–L 114–118

ERA 2.90

WHIP 1.16

SO 1,299

Pitcher PIV 33082.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 190 lb
Born: 8/25/1946 in Steubenville, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1968-09-15
Last Game: 1985-09-17
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1992 (BBWAA)
Awards: 7× All-Star · MVP · Cy Young · World Series MVP · 4× Reliever of the Year

Full name: Roland Glen Fingers

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Career Pitching Statistics

Rollie Fingers — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
114	118	944	37	4	2	341	1701.1	1,474	549	123	492	1,299	2.90	33082.2

Career ERA 2.90 vs. league average 3.69 across their career seasons — 21.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Rollie Fingers Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1968	OAK	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	4	1	0	27.00	—	0.0
1969	OAK	AL	6	7	60	8	1	1	12	119.0	116	49	41	61	3.71	3.61 (-3%)	-1264.9
1970	OAK	AL	7	9	45	19	1	0	2	148.0	137	60	48	79	3.65	3.89 (+6%)	608.6
1971	OAK	AL	4	6	48	8	2	1	17	129.1	94	43	30	98	2.99	3.47 (+14%)	811.2
1972	OAK	AL	11	9	65	0	0	0	21	111.1	85	31	32	113	2.51	3.26 (+23%)	3050.9
1973	OAK	AL	7	8	62	2	0	0	22	126.2	107	27	39	110	1.92	3.75 (+49%)	4502.1
1974	OAK	AL	9	5	76	0	0	0	18	119.0	104	35	29	95	2.65	3.63 (+27%)	4093.9
1975	OAK	AL	10	6	75	0	0	0	24	126.2	95	42	33	115	2.98	3.71 (+20%)	2214.3
1976	OAK	AL	13	11	70	0	0	0	20	134.2	118	37	40	113	2.47	3.51 (+30%)	4232.1
1977	SDN	NL	8	9	78	0	0	0	35	132.1	123	44	36	113	2.99	4.00 (+25%)	3230.7
1978	SDN	NL	6	13	67	0	0	0	37	107.1	84	30	29	72	2.52	3.69 (+32%)	3073.8
1979	SDN	NL	9	9	54	0	0	0	13	83.2	91	42	37	65	4.52	4.00 (-13%)	794.6
1980	SDN	NL	11	9	66	0	0	0	23	103.0	101	32	32	69	2.80	3.84 (+27%)	2941.4
1981	ML4	AL	6	3	47	0	0	0	28	78.0	55	9	13	61	1.04	3.58 (+71%)	2989.6
1982	ML4	AL	5	6	50	0	0	0	29	79.2	63	23	20	71	2.60	3.86 (+33%)	2676.3
1984	ML4	AL	1	2	33	0	0	0	23	46.0	38	10	13	40	1.96	3.81 (+49%)	604.9
1985	ML4	AL	1	6	47	0	0	0	17	55.1	59	31	19	24	5.04	3.89 (-29%)	-1477.3
Career · 17 seasons			114	118	944	37	4	2	341	1,701.1	1,474	549	492	1,299	2.90	—	33,082

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Rollie Fingers — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
945	180	10	31	3	0	2	9	0	3	45	.172	.186	.222	.408	0

Career AVG .172 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 32.7% below league average.

Career OBP .186 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — 42.3% below league average.

Career SLG .222 vs. league average .377 across their career seasons — 41.1% below league average.

Career OPS .408 vs. league average .699 across their career seasons — 41.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Rollie Fingers Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1968	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	OAK	AL	60	25	2	5	0	0	0	0	4	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	OAK	AL	45	39	1	4	0	1	1	2	11	.103	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	OAK	AL	48	33	4	7	0	0	0	1	7	.212	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	OAK	AL	65	19	2	6	0	1	2	0	3	.316	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	OAK	AL	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	OAK	AL	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	OAK	AL	76	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	OAK	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	SDN	NL	78	20	0	1	0	0	2	0	9	.050	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	SDN	NL	67	12	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	SDN	NL	54	12	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	SDN	NL	66	18	0	5	3	0	0	0	5	.278	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	ML4	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	ML4	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	ML4	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	ML4	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			945	180	10	31	3	2	9	3	45	.172	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Rollie Fingers — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
30	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143

Playoff Batting by Year

Rollie Fingers — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	SO	AVG
1981	AEDIV	ML4	3	0	0	0	.000
1975	ALCS	OAK	1	0	0	0	.000
1974	ALCS	OAK	2	0	0	0	.000
1974	WS	OAK	4	2	0	1	.000
1973	ALCS	OAK	3	0	0	0	.000
1973	WS	OAK	6	3	1	1	.333
1972	ALCS	OAK	3	1	0	0	.000
1972	WS	OAK	6	1	0	0	.000
1971	ALCS	OAK	2	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Rollie Fingers — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	4	30	0	9	57.1	50	15	17	45	2.35

Playoff Pitching by Year

Rollie Fingers — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1981	AEDIV	ML4	1	0	3	1	4.2	7	2	1	5	3.86
1975	ALCS	OAK	0	1	1	0	4.0	5	3	1	3	6.75
1974	ALCS	OAK	0	0	2	1	3.0	3	1	1	3	3.00
1974	WS	OAK	1	0	4	2	9.1	8	2	2	6	1.93
1973	ALCS	OAK	0	1	3	1	4.2	4	1	2	4	1.93
1973	WS	OAK	0	1	6	2	13.2	13	1	4	8	0.66
1972	ALCS	OAK	1	0	3	0	5.1	4	1	1	3	1.69
1972	WS	OAK	1	1	6	2	10.1	4	2	4	11	1.74
1971	ALCS	OAK	0	0	2	0	2.1	2	2	1	2	7.71

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Rollie Fingers — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	449	68	1	14	0	2	.206
Away	496	112	9	17	2	7	.152

Pitching — Home / Away

Rollie Fingers — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	448	790.2	673	232	229	637	2.64
Away	496	910.2	801	318	263	662	3.14

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rollie Fingers — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1985-09-17	MIL	BAL	—	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1
1985-09-08	MIL	KCR	L	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1
1985-09-06	MIL	KCR	L	0.1	2	2	1	0	0	1
1985-09-04	MIL	MIN	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1985-08-31	MIL	CLE	—	0.2	4	3	3	0	1	0
1985-08-26	MIL	CLE	SV	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
1985-08-25	MIL	CLE	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1985-08-15	MIL	CHW	SV	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1985-08-12	MIL	DET	SV	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1
1985-08-09	MIL	CHW	SV	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rollie Fingers — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	944	37	108	253	14	23

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rollie Fingers — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1968	OAK	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1969	OAK	P	60	8	9	30	3	3
1970	OAK	P	45	19	7	26	2	3
1971	OAK	P	48	8	14	24	0	4
1972	OAK	P	65	0	7	11	0	1
1973	OAK	P	62	2	3	14	1	0
1974	OAK	P	76	0	9	21	0	4
1975	OAK	P	75	0	8	14	0	2
1976	OAK	P	70	0	4	26	1	2
1977	SDN	P	78	0	5	19	3	0
1978	SDN	P	67	0	14	12	1	1
1979	SDN	P	54	0	3	9	1	0
1980	SDN	P	66	0	9	11	1	0
1981	ML4	P	47	0	2	13	1	1
1982	ML4	P	50	0	4	10	0	1
1984	ML4	P	33	0	3	3	0	0
1985	ML4	P	47	0	7	10	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Rollie Fingers Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	944

Awards & Honors

Rollie Fingers — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1981	Cy Young Award
1981	Most Valuable Player
1981	Reliever of the Year Award
1981	TSN Fireman of the Year
1980	Reliever of the Year Award
1980	TSN Fireman of the Year
1978	Reliever of the Year Award
1978	TSN Fireman of the Year
1977	Reliever of the Year Award
1977	TSN Fireman of the Year
1976	Player of the Week	Week of 1976-07-09
1976	Player of the Week	Week of 1976-08-06
1974	World Series MVP

Salary History

Rollie Fingers's recorded salaries total $1,065,000 over 1 season, in 1985. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Fingers's career ran from 1968 to 1985. His seasons before 1985 are not included.

Rollie Fingers — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1985	ML4	AL	$1,065,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,065,000

Award Voting History

Rollie Fingers — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1982	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	12.0	392	0
1981	Cy Young Award	AL	1st	126.0	140	22
1981	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	319.0	392	15
1978	Cy Young Award	NL	8th	1.0	120	0
1978	Most Valuable Player	NL	14th	16.0	336	0
1977	Most Valuable Player	NL	14th	17.0	336	0
1976	Cy Young Award	AL	8th	1.0	120	0
1976	Most Valuable Player	AL	19th	12.0	336	0
1975	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	25.0	120	2
1975	Most Valuable Player	AL	4th	129.0	336	2
1974	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	21.0	336	0

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Rollie Fingers: the record in brief

The profile opens with Rollie Fingers's first major league game on September 15, 1968; the last one listed came on September 17, 1985. The team column moves through the Oakland Athletics (1968 to 1976), the San Diego Padres (1977 to 1980), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1981 to 1985). Fingers played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on August 25, 1946, in Steubenville, OH, USA, Fingers was listed at 6'4" and 190 pounds. The given name on file is Roland Glen Fingers.

Fingers went 114-118 with a 2.90 ERA in 944 games, 37 of them starts. Fingers had 1,299 strikeouts and 341 saves. Against a 3.69 league ERA for the same years, Fingers was 21.3% better. The best win total was 13, in 1976. The strikeout high was 115 in 1975. Fingers saved 37 games in 1978, the season high. In 1973, one of the busiest seasons, Fingers posted a 1.92 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.75.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rollie Fingers

What years did Rollie Fingers play?: Rollie Fingers played in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1985.
Was Rollie Fingers a pitcher?: Yes. Rollie Fingers pitched in the major leagues, recording 114 wins and 1299 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Rollie Fingers hit?: Rollie Fingers hit 2 career home runs with 31 hits.
Is Rollie Fingers in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Rollie Fingers was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.
What teams did Rollie Fingers play for?: Rollie Fingers played for 3 teams: the Oakland Athletics (1968–1976), the San Diego Padres (1977–1980), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1981–1982, 1984–1985).
How many MVP awards did Rollie Fingers win?: Rollie Fingers won 1 MVP award, in 1981.
How many Cy Young Awards did Rollie Fingers win?: Rollie Fingers won 1 Cy Young Award, in 1981.
What awards did Rollie Fingers win?: Rollie Fingers won the MVP award (1981), the Cy Young Award (1981), and the World Series MVP award (1974). He was selected to 7 All-Star Games.
What were Rollie Fingers's career stats?: In 944 games, Rollie Fingers went 114-118 with a 2.90 ERA, 1,299 strikeouts, 1,701.1 innings pitched, and 341 saves.
How much did Rollie Fingers earn in his career?: Rollie Fingers's recorded salaries total $1,065,000 over 1 season, in 1985. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Fingers's career ran from 1968 to 1985. His seasons before 1985 are not included.
What was Rollie Fingers's salary?: Rollie Fingers's recorded salary was $1,065,000 in 1985.
What position did Rollie Fingers play?: Rollie Fingers played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Rollie Fingers and how much did he weigh?: Rollie Fingers was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 190 pounds.
What was Rollie Fingers's career ERA?: Rollie Fingers finished with a 2.90 career ERA, going 114-118 with 1,299 strikeouts.