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Charles Edward Finley (born November 26, 1962) is an American retired
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. He pitched from 1986 to 2002 for three teams in
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(MLB), primarily with the California Angels (later renamed the Anaheim Angels). After a 14-year tenure with the Angels, he played for the
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for two-and-a-half seasons, then was traded to the
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and played there for a half-season. Listed at and , he threw and batted left-handed. During a 17-year major-league career, Finley compiled 200 wins, 2,610
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s, and a 3.85
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. He holds multiple Angels team records for a career, including games started (379), wins (165), losses (140), and
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(2,675).


Baseball career

Finley was born in
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, and pitched for
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. After first playing
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for
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, he transferred to
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. His ability to pitch for more than two or three innings was initially limited by mechanical issues, as his delivery at this time was "crude" and inconsistent. He was selected by the California Angels in the 15th round of the 1984 MLB draft, held in June, but he did not sign. The Angels chose Finley again with the fourth overall pick of the secondary phase of the draft, held in January 1985. After pitching for Northeast Louisiana during the spring, he signed with the Angels by late May. Finley began his professional baseball career in 1985 with the minor league Salem Angels, a
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team in the
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. In 18 appearances, all in relief, he recorded a 4.66
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(ERA) and a 3–1
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while earning five saves. In 1986, he made 10 relief appearances for the
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of the Class A
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, allowing only four
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s and no
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s in 12
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while
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16 batters and notching six saves. He was called up to the major-league Angels in late May.


California Angels / Anaheim Angels

Finley made his MLB debut with the Angels on May 29, 1986, during a 7–4 loss to the
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. In relief of starting pitcher
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, Finley allowed two runs on two hits in one
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. He also recorded his first major-league strikeout, coming against
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. Finley made a total of 25 appearances, all in relief, with the 1986 Angels, pitching to a 3.30 ERA and a 3–1 record while striking out 37 batters in innings. In his only postseason appearances with the Angels, Finley played in three games of the 1986 American League Championship Series against the
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, allowing just one hit in two innings pitched. Finley pitched to a 2–7 record with a 4.67 ERA in 1987, appearing in 35 games including three starts at the end of the season. The 32 relief appearances he made were the last of his major league career, as he was subsequently used exclusively as a starter. During 1988, Finley made 31 starts, accruing a 9–15 record with 4.17 ERA. His first MLB win as a starting pitcher came on April 13, a 5–2 win over the
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, and later that month he recorded his first complete game, a 6–1 win over the
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on April 30. Finley was selected to the
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in both 1989 and 1990. In the former season, he was 16–9 in 29 starts with a 2.57 ERA, while in the latter season he was 18–9 with a career-low 2.40 ERA in 32 starts. He received one vote in 1990
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balloting for the
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(AL), with the award going to Bob Welch of the
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. Finley again was 18–9 in 1991, albeit with a higher ERA of 3.80. His ERA further increased to 3.96 in 1992, and his record fell to 7–12. Finley led the major leagues in complete games in 1993, with 13, en route to a 16–14 record with a 3.15 ERA in a career-high innings pitched. In the strike-shortened 1994 season, he led the AL in starts (25) and innings pitched () while going 10–10 with a 4.32 ERA. Finley was selected to his third and fourth MLB All-Star Games in 1995 and 1996, winning 15 games each season, against 12 losses in 1995 with a 4.21 ERA, and 16 losses in 1996 with a 4.16 ERA. Finley became a
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for the first time following the 1995 season, and was re-signed by the Angels. In 1997, the team changed its name from California Angels to Anaheim Angels. During
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, Finley was struck by a bat and sustained a broken orbital bone under his right eye. He made two rehabilitation starts, with the
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of the California League. For the major-league season, he registered a 4.23 ERA and 13–6 record with the Angels. In 1998, he was 11–9 with a 3.39 ERA. During the 1999 season, Finley made 33 starts, compiling a 12–11 record with a 4.43 ERA. Finley also became the first pitcher in major league history to record four strikeouts in a single inning more than once, accomplishing the feat for the Angels on May 12 and August 15; he later accomplished it for a third time on April 16, 2000. After the 1999 season, Finley again became a free agent, and did not return to the Angels. In his 14 seasons with the team, he accrued an overall record of 165–140 with 3.72 ERA in 2,675 innings pitched; he won 15 or more games six times and pitched over 200 innings eight times.


Cleveland Indians

Finley signed with the
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in mid-December 1999. In 2000, he went 16–11 with a 4.17 ERA and was named an MLB All-Star for the fifth and final time of his career. In January 2001, Finley underwent
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knee surgery, and went on the disabled list twice during the season for neck and shoulder
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s. He made two rehabilitation appearances with the
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of the Double-A Eastern League, and in 22 appearances with Cleveland posted an 8–7 record with a 5.54 ERA. In the 2001 American League Division Series, Finley started two games against the
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, losing both and pitching to a 7.27 ERA. In 2002, he was 4–11 in 18 starts for Cleveland with a 4.44 ERA before being traded.


St. Louis Cardinals

Finley was traded to the
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on July 19, 2002, for minor-league outfielder Luis Garcia and a
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. Outfielder
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was sent to Cleveland in early August to complete the deal, making his MLB debut later that month. Finley went 7–4 with a 3.80 ERA in 14 starts through the remainder of the season. In the 2002 postseason, Finley started one game of the 2002 National League Division Series, getting a
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as the Cardinals swept the
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. In the 2002 National League Championship Series, he won his only start, a 5–4 win over the
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in Game 3, as the Cardinals were eliminated in five games. In November 2002, Finley filed for free agency. He remained unsigned into the 2003 season, and did not play again professionally. Overall, during his 17 seasons in MLB, Finley compiled a record of 200–173 with a 3.85 ERA and 1.376 WHIP. Defensively, he had a .907
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, while offensively he had three hits in 53 at bats for an .057
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. He was only
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from two MLB games, one each in 1990 and 1991.


Personal life

, Finley lives in
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.


Marriage

Finley was married to actress
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from 1997 to 2002. They had two daughters, Wynter and Raine. Finley and Kitaen were featured together in the 1999 ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue. On April 4, 2002, Finley filed for divorce three days after Kitaen was charged with committing
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against him, twisting his ear and having beaten him repeatedly with a
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in the arm, leg and foot while he was driving a car in
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, two weeks earlier. In the divorce filings, he stated, "I am fearful that (Kitaen)... will harm herself or will harm others, including me or including my children." He received a temporary restraining order preventing her from seeing him and he received temporary custody of the children. During hearings on the domestic violence charge of spousal abuse, Kitaen initially pleaded not guilty but admitted that she was addicted to prescription medications which she had taken for two years for
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s, and voluntarily both entered substance abuse treatment and attended
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classes for 52 weeks to get the charges dropped.Finley Files For Divorce 2 Weeks After Alleged Dispute With Wife
/ref> Tawny Finley, in a declaration to the Orange County Superior Court, claimed Finley used steroids, among other drugs. She also claimed he bragged about being able to circumvent MLB's testing policy. When told of his wife's accusations, which also included heavy
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use and alcohol abuse, Finley replied: "I can't believe she left out the
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." As Finley took the mound for a April 16, 2002, road game against the
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, the Comiskey Park musical director took a subtle dig at Finley's messy divorce, and played "
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" by the band
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, referencing Kitaen's appearance in that band's videos and her previous marriage to the band's lead singer,
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. Lasting only innings, Finley gave up nine runs (eight earned) including two home runs. The musical director was later fired, and the White Sox apologized. Finley's third daughter, Briena Finley, was born in 2007 from a relationship at the time.


In popular culture

In the show '' Burn Notice'', the character
Sam Axe Commander'' Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe'' Samuel "Sam" Axe, USN ( ret.) is a fictional character in the television series ''Burn Notice'' and TV movie '' Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe'', and is played by Bruce Campbell. He is the best f ...
, played by Bruce Campbell, frequently uses the alias Chuck Finley (or Charles Finley for more sophisticated circumstances), which is said to be chosen by Sam because he successfully bet on Chuck Finley many times. Reportedly, Campbell's father was once friends with a coworker also named Chuck Finley.


Honors

Finley became eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame as of 2008; he received one vote, and was dropped from future consideration for falling below the 5% threshold required to remain on the ballot. Finley was inducted to the
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in 2006. In November 2007, the
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program (known as Northeast Louisiana when Finley played there) retired Finley's no. 31 jersey; he was previously inducted to the university's hall of fame in 1996. Finley was inducted to the
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on August 27, 2009.


See also

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List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitc ...
*
List of Major League Baseball single-inning strikeout leaders In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws three strikes to a batter during his time at bat. Under Rules 6.05 and 6.09 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball, a batter becomes a runner when a third strike is not caught b ...
*
List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders :''This list is for pitchers. For career strikeouts by batters, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders The following list is of the top 100 pitchers in career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. In baseball, a stri ...


References


External links


Chuck Finley records four strikeouts in one inning
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(May 12, 1999; Angels vs. Yankees)
Chuck Finley K's four in top of 3rd
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