Wednesday, November 30, 2011

110 Greatest Baseball Players

97.  CF Steve Finley, Arizona Diamondbacks

Finley first got to the Majors with Baltimore in 1989.  He went to Houston in 1991.  Finley won a Player-of-the-Week Award in 1992.  He went to San Diego in 1995 and won a Gold Glove Award.  In 1996, he won a Player-of-the-Week Award and a Gold Glove Award.  In 1997, he won a Player-of-the-Week Award and played in the All-Star Game.  He went to the Diamondbacks in 1999 where he won a Player-of-the-Week Award and a Golf Glove Award.  In 2000, he played in the All-Star Game and won a Gold Glove Award.  He won a World Series with the Diamondbacks in 2001.  In 2004, he played in the All-Star Game, was traded to the Dodgers and won a Player-of-the-Week Award.  He played a season apiece with the Angels, San Francisco and Colorado before retiring.  He finished his career with 304 home runs and 1,167 runs batted in.  He will be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame in 2012 if the world doesn't end first and here's hoping that the BBWAA doesn't fuck this one up (Finley probably isn't a first-ballot Hall of Famer so we're probably going to have to wait but LeRoy hopes that they don't vote him off the ballot).  His spot is safe on this list.

Honorable Mention:

3B Ron Cey, Los Angeles Dodgers

Cey got to the Majors with the Dodgers in 1971.  He won a Player-of-the-Week Award in 1973.  He played in the All-Star Game in 1974.  He played in the All-Star Game in 1975.  He played in the All-Star Game in 1976.  In 1977, he won a Player-of-the-Week Award, a Player-of-the-Month Award and played in the All-Star Game.  He played in the All-Star Game in 1978.  He played in the All-Star Game in 1979.  In 1981, he was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame for his career at Washington State, won a Player-of-the-Week Award and won a World Series with the Dodgers.  He went to the Cubs in 1983 where he won a Player-of-the-Week Award.  He played three more seasons with the Cubs and a season with Oakland before retiring.  He finished his career with 316 home runs and 1,139 runs batted in.  He was snubbed for the Hall of Fame and he won't make this list either.

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