hits and made the All-Star team at second base. He then signed with the New Haven County Cutters and hit .299 in 37 games. In 2004, he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, that won a silver medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics. He ranked among the Olympic leaders in hits with 13, tied with Brett Roneberg for fifth, and RBIs tied with Rodney van Buizen and Eriel Sánchez for third. He became the first Jewish Australian to win an Olympic medal. That year he also played second base and third base for the New Haven County Cutters of the independent Northeast League, and hit .299. With the Claxton Shield, Fingleson hit .259. He slumped to .231 as Australia's second basemen in the 2005 Baseball World Cup. During the Claxton Shield 2006 tournament, he batted .391 with six runs in six games. In 2006, he was an infielder for the Australian team at the World Baseball Classic. In the World Baseball Classic, Fingleson went one-for-five. Fellow countryman Andrew Graham was also on the squad. He hit .370 with seven walks in eight games for New South Wales in the 2007 Claxton Shield. In the 2007 Baseball World Cup, he hit .286 with five runs and five RBIs in five games; he played third base and first base. In October 2009, he was appointed the fielding coach of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team. In 2012 he was inducted into the Maccabi NSW Hall of Fame. In 2017, at the age of 41 after having been retired for eight years, he played second base for the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League, and hit .208 in 14 games. See also List of select Jewish baseball players References External links , ABL 1976 births Living people Australian expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Australian expatriate baseball players in the United States Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball second basemen Baseball shortstops Baseball third basemen Bayou Bullfrogs players Catskill Cougars players Chiayi-Tainan Luka players Jewish Australian sportspeople Jewish baseball players Jewish South African sportspeople Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics New Haven County Cutters players Olympic baseball players of Australia Olympic medalists in baseball Olympic silver medalists for Australia South African emigrants to Australia South African expatriate baseball players in the United States South African expatriates in Taiwan Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball players Sportspeople from Johannesburg