Happy Birthday to the First Star Relief Pitcher That I Remember in the World Series

Happy birthday to Rollie Fingers who was born on this day in 1946.  He played for Oakland, San Diego and Milwaukee.  He pitched in 944 games, starting 37 of them early in his career.

He led the league in games three times and saves three times.  Seven times he was an all-star and seven times he received MVP votes.

In 1981 he won the Cy Young Award and the MVP Award.  He was 6-3 with an ERA of 1.04.  He recorded 28 saves in the strike-shortened season.  

He finished with 341 saves, which now ranks him 13th all-time.  He was the all-time leader when he retired and he was the first player to record 300 career saves.


Ooh.  Too busy with work to go find a picture.  Sorry Rollie.