45 Facts About Jennie Finch

Jennie Finch played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 1999 to 2002, where she won the 2001 Women's College World Series and was named collegiate All-American.

Jennie Finch pitched for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch from 2005 to 2010.

Jennie Finch is the National Pro Fastpitch career leader in WHIP and is a National Softball Hall of Fame inductee.

In 2010, Jennie Finch retired from softball to focus on her family.

Jennie Finch began playing softball at age five and pitching at age eight.

At La Mirada High School, Jennie Finch lettered four times in softball and twice each in basketball and volleyball.

Jennie Finch began her career on February 5,1999, winning a run-rule game against the UIC Flames.

Jennie Finch threw three no-hitters and led the Wildcats in home runs and slugging percentage and achieved a career best in hits and batting average.

Jennie Finch recorded victories over the California Golden Bears and the Oklahoma Sooners to reach the finals.

Jennie Finch had a hit in the game and was named MVP for the series.

Jennie Finch's season was voted by Arizona Wildcats fans as the Best Individual Season for softball.

Jennie Finch tossed three no-hitters and broke the season strikeouts record, while her wins and shutouts were and remain top-10 school records.

Jennie Finch set several records in single games beginning with a new NCAA record by winning her 51st consecutive game.

Jennie Finch left the program the career leader in strikeouts, shutouts, innings pitched and tied for no-hitters, while ranking in the top-10 in most other pitching categories.

Jennie Finch was top-10 in home runs, RBIs and walks; she remains top-10 in several pitching and the walks all-time lists.

Jennie Finch currently is 6th and 7th in winning percentage for a career in the now-named Pac-12 and the NCAA.

Jennie Finch was a member of the USA softball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Jennie Finch's pitching helped lead the American team to the gold medal.

Jennie Finch pitched for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch softball league.

Jennie Finch was named NPF's Co-Pitcher of the Year in 2005, sharing the award with teammate Lauren Bay.

Jennie Finch threw her first career no-hitter in a win over the Stratford Brakettes that same year.

Jennie Finch won 15 consecutive games with 104.1 innings pitched, allowing 51 hits, 12 earned runs, 21 walks and whiffing 127 batters to post a 0.80 ERA and 0.69 WHIP.

Jennie Finch holds the league's season ERA crown, which she set in 2007.

Jennie Finch pitched a perfect game for the Bandits in 2009 against the Philadelphia Force and another perfect game on July 9,2010 against the Akron Racers.

Jennie Finch currently leads in career WHIP and is top-10 all-time in strikeouts, ERA, strikeout ratio and fielding percentage.

On May 29,2016, Jennie Finch was the guest manager of the Atlantic League's Bridgeport Bluefish for the day, thus becoming the first woman to manage a professional baseball team.

In 2003, Jennie Finch received the most votes in an ESPN online poll as the most attractive female athlete.

Jennie Finch has modeled swimwear for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2005.

Jennie Finch was offered lucrative contracts to disrobe for Playboy and Maxim magazine, but turned them down.

In 2006, Jennie Finch appeared in Season One of Pros vs Joes on Spike TV, a show in which sports stars compete with ordinary people.

Jennie Finch was the first woman to appear on the show.

Jennie Finch appeared on an episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County.

In 2008, Jennie Finch was featured as a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice where she selected International Breast Cancer Research Foundation as her charity.

Jennie Finch was fired by Donald Trump in the fourth week of the season.

In 2008, Jennie Finch served as the Grand Marshal of the nationally televised McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade in downtown Chicago.

Jennie Finch pitched for the National League in the 2010 Legends and Celebrities Softball Game, at Angel Stadium, the 2011 game at Chase Field, and the 2015 game at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, in 2017 at Marlins Park in Miami, and in 2018 at Nationals Park in Washington.

In 2011, Jennie Finch co-authored Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big and Believe in Yourself, with Ann Killion.

The book is a collection of life lessons Jennie Finch learned growing up playing sports.

On November 6,2011, just four and a half months after giving birth to son Diesel, Jennie Finch finished the New York Marathon with a time of 4:05:26, raising $30,000 for the New York Road Runners Youth Program.

In 2021, Jennie Finch was featured in MLB The Show 21 in Road To The Show storyline of her being a former 2-way player.

Jennie Finch married Major League Baseball pitcher Casey Daigle on January 15,2005.

Jennie Finch welcomed her daughter Paisley Faye on January 12,2013.

Jennie Finch turned down large financial offers to appear in magazines like Playboy because of her Christian faith, saying she wanted to be a role model for young women.

On July 20,2010, Jennie Finch announced her retirement from softball to focus on her family.

Jennie Finch was the most dominant and recognizable softball pitcher of her era.