{{short description|American baseball player (1903–1933)}} {{distinguish|Tom Finlay}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Tom Finley | image = | position = Third baseman | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|8|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1933|9|5|1903|8|14|mf=y}} | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1922 | debutteam = Bacharach Giants | finaldate = | finalyear = 1933 | finalteam = Baltimore Elite Giants | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = * Bacharach Giants (1922) * Washington Potomacs (1924) * Bacharach Giants (1925) * Lincoln Giants (1925–1926) * Brooklyn Royal Giants (1927–1929) * Baltimore Black Sox (1932) * Philadelphia Stars (1933) | highlights = * East–West League home run champion (1932) }} '''John Thomas Finley''' (August 14, 1903 – September 5, 1933) was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1920s and 1930s.
A native of St. Augustine, Florida, Finley made his Negro leagues debut in 1922 with the Bacharach Giants. He went on to play for several teams, including the Lincoln Giants and Brooklyn Royal Giants, and finished his career in 1933 with the Philadelphia Stars.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=finle01tom |title=Tom Finley |publisher= |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=finey-000tom |title=Tom Finley |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}</ref> Finley died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1933 at age 30.
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=f/finleto01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=finey-000tom Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=finle01tom Seamheads]
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