Rollie Fingers
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Born: August 25, 1946 Steubenville, Ohio |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 15, 1968, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
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| September 17, 1985, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 114–118 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.90 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,299 | ||
| Saves | 341 | ||
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| Member of the National | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 1992 | ||
| Vote | 81.16% (second ballot) | ||
Roland Glen Fingers (born August 25, 1946) is an American retired professional baseball pitcher. Fingers pitched in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics (1968–76), San Diego Padres (1977–80) and Milwaukee Brewers (1981–85). Fingers is a three-time World Series champion, a seven-time MLB All-Star, a four-time Rolaids Relief Man of the Year, and three-time MLB saves champion. Fingers won the American League Most Valuable Player Award and Cy Young Award in 1981.
In 1992, he became only the second reliever to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Fingers is also one of only a few MLB players to have his number retired by more than one club (Oakland Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers). Fingers is also known for his neatly groomed handlebar mustache.
Fingers was born in Steubenville, Ohio to George Michael Fingers and Edna Pearl (née Stafford) Fingers. His father (who had also played minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and roomed with Stan Musial), worked in a Steubenville steel mill. George Fingers came home from work fed-up one day, said "That's it, we're moving to California", and sold the house for US$1,500 and bought a car and took the family to Cucamonga. They could not afford hotels so they slept in sleeping bags beside the highway. After getting to California George Fingers had to eventually go back to work in another steel mill.
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