Fingers owes Wisconsin more than $1.4M

MILWAUKEE --Hall of Fame pitcher Rollie Fingers owes Wisconsin more than $1.4 million in income taxes and is the seventh biggest tax delinquent in the state.

The state Department of Revenue lists Roland G. Fingers as owing $1,433,609. Fingers' listed address is in Las Vegas, and the birth date in public records there matches the baseball player.

The debt was first reported by WKOW-TV in Madison on Tuesday night.

Revenue Department spokeswoman Meredith Helgerson said she couldn't confirm if the Fingers on the list is the former baseball player. She said the list started in January 2006 and Fingers was added on July 2006. She didn't know how far back the debts could go.

"I can't tell you how old his account is," she said.

A phone number was not listed for Fingers' Las Vegas address.

In his 17-year major league career, mostly as a reliever, Fingers helped the Oakland A's win three consecutive World Series from 1972-74. He was a closer for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1981-1982 and in 1984-1985. He was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

He is eighth in career saves with 341.