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Rollie Fingers played 17 major-league seasons (1968-1985) as a P (944). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 10 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 23 | OAK | 60 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .400 | 16 |
| 1970 | 24 | OAK | 45 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .103 | .326 | -7 |
| 1971 | 25 | OAK | 48 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .212 | .447 | 32 |
| 1972 | 26 | OAK | 65 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .316 | .789 | 141 |
| 1973 | 27 | OAK | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1975 | 29 | OAK | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1977 | 31 | SDN | 78 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .050 | .100 | -72 |
| 1978 | 32 | SDN | 67 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .333 | -3 |
| 1979 | 33 | SDN | 54 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .167 | -53 |
| 1980 | 34 | SDN | 66 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .278 | .722 | 105 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 22 | OAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 27.01 | 11 |
| 1969 | 23 | OAK | 60 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 119 | 61 | 41 | 3.71 | 98 |
| 1970 | 24 | OAK | 45 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 148 | 79 | 48 | 3.65 | 102 |
| 1971 | 25 | OAK | 48 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 129.1 | 98 | 30 | 2.99 | 116 |
| 1972 | 26 | OAK | 65 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 111.1 | 113 | 32 | 2.51 | 122 |
| 1973 | 27 | OAK | 62 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 126.2 | 110 | 39 | 1.92 | 199 |
| 1974 | 28 | OAK | 76 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 119 | 95 | 29 | 2.65 | 137 |
| 1975 | 29 | OAK | 75 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 126.2 | 115 | 33 | 2.98 | 127 |
| 1976 | 30 | OAK | 70 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 134.2 | 113 | 40 | 2.47 | 142 |
| 1977 | 31 | SDN | 78 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 132.1 | 113 | 36 | 2.99 | 131 |
| 1978 | 32 | SDN | 67 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 107.1 | 72 | 29 | 2.52 | 142 |
| 1979 | 33 | SDN | 54 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 83.2 | 65 | 37 | 4.52 | 83 |
| 1980 | 34 | SDN | 66 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 103 | 69 | 32 | 2.80 | 129 |
| 1981 | 35 | ML4 | 47 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 78 | 61 | 13 | 1.04 | 352 |
| 1982 | 36 | ML4 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 79.2 | 71 | 20 | 2.60 | 157 |
| 1984 | 38 | ML4 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 46 | 40 | 13 | 1.96 | 204 |
| 1985 | 39 | ML4 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 55.1 | 24 | 19 | 5.04 | 82 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | P | 60 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 3 |
| 1970 | P | 45 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 3 |
| 1971 | P | 48 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 | P | 65 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 1973 | P | 62 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | P | 76 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 1975 | P | 75 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 1976 | P | 70 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 78 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | P | 67 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 1979 | P | 54 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | P | 66 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 47 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 1982 | P | 50 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | P | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 47 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Rollie Fingers won: World Series MVP 1974 (ML), Cy Young Award 1981 (AL), MVP 1981 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1981, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Cy Young Award | AL | 3 | 25 / 120 | 2 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 129 / 336 | 2 |
| 1976 | Cy Young Award | AL | 8 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 12 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 14 | 17 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Cy Young Award | NL | 8 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 14 | 16 / 336 | 0 |
| 1981 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 126 / 140 | 22 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 319 / 392 | 15 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 12 / 392 | 0 |
Rollie Fingers ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #17 | closers | 1981 | 352 ERA+ |
| #29 | relief pitchers | 1981 | 352 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.