• Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League...
    33 KB (3,748 words) - 00:23, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vida Blue
    Brown. After Blue's breakthrough season in 1971, he and Athletics owner Charlie Finley clashed over his salary. Blue, who had earned $14,000 in 1971, sought...
    29 KB (2,871 words) - 05:30, 18 April 2024
  •  52 Currier 2017, p. 81 Currier 2017, p. 67 Currier 2017, pp. 81–82 Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.201, G. Michael...
    35 KB (3,905 words) - 23:23, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Catfish Hunter
    the Athletics and Yankees and his appreciation for both team owners, Charlie Finley and George Steinbrenner. For this reason, he declined to choose a team;...
    32 KB (3,059 words) - 04:16, 15 April 2024
  • average. Hunter uncovered a violation of his contract with A's owner Charlie Finley and the team that allowed him to become a free agent. The A's were to...
    20 KB (1,312 words) - 21:11, 2 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Oakland Athletics
    Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, and owner Charlie O. Finley. After being sold by Finley to Walter A. Haas Jr., the team won three consecutive...
    93 KB (7,835 words) - 22:18, 25 April 2024
  • League West with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. In 1970, owner Charlie Finley officially changed the team name from the Athletics to the "A's". An...
    16 KB (786 words) - 21:07, 2 December 2023
  • reappointment. Charlie Finley, New York owner George Steinbrenner and Baltimore owner Jerry Hoffberger were part of a group that wanted him gone. Finley was trying...
    14 KB (725 words) - 21:47, 26 February 2024
  • Philadelphia Charlie Finley (1918–1996), businessman and Oakland Athletics owner Chuck Finley (born 1962), American baseball pitcher Clement Finley (1797–1879)...
    10 KB (1,221 words) - 00:48, 19 March 2024
  • championship. Paid attendance for the season was 845,693. In early 1974, owner Charlie Finley tried to sell the team with an asking price of $15 million. November...
    18 KB (679 words) - 01:03, 29 December 2023