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John Flaherty
John Timothy Flaherty (Flash)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
School George Washington University

Debut April 12, 1992
  vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born October 21, 1967 in New York, NY

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 25th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 24 BOS AL  35   66    3   13   2  0   0    2   0  0   3   7  .197  .229  .227   26   15   1   1   0   0   0
 1993 25 BOS AL  13   25    3    3   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   6  .120  .214  .200   10    5   1   0   0   1   0
 1994 26 DET AL  34   40    2    6   1  0   0    4   0  1   1  11  .150  .167  .175  -12    7   2   1   0   0   1
 1995 27 DET AL 112  354   39   86  22  1  11   40   0  0  18  47  .243  .284  .404   77  143   8   2   0   3   8
 1996 28 TOT    119  416   40  118  24  0  13   64   3  3  17  61  .284  .314  .435   95  181   4   4   2   3  13
         DET AL  47  152   18   38  12  0   4   23   1  0   8  25  .250  .290  .408   74   62   3   1   1   1   5
         SDP NL  72  264   22   80  12  0   9   41   2  3   9  36  .303  .327  .451  108  119   1   3   1   2   8
 1997 29 SDP NL 129  439   38  120  21  1   9   46   4  4  33  62  .273  .323  .387   91  170   2   2   7   0  11
 1998 30 TBD AL  91  304   21   63  11  0   3   24   0  5  22  46  .207  .261  .273   39   83   4   3   0   1   9
 1999 31 TBD AL 117  446   53  124  19  0  14   71   0  2  19  64  .278  .310  .415   83  185   1  10   0   6  14
 2000 32 TBD AL 109  394   36  103  15  0  10   39   0  0  20  57  .261  .296  .376   70  148   2   2   2   0  11
 2001 33 TBD AL  78  248   20   59  17  1   4   29   1  0  10  33  .238  .269  .363   67   90   5   1   1   1   9
 2002 34 TBD AL  76  281   27   73  20  0   4   33   2  2  15  50  .260  .296  .374   79  105   2   4   0   1   6
 2003 35 NYY AL  40  105   16   28   8  0   4   14   0  0   4  19  .267  .297  .457   97   48   5   1   1   1   6
 2004 36 NYY AL  47  127   11   32   9  0   6   16   0  2   5  25  .252  .286  .465   93   59   2   0   2   1   5
 2005 37 NYY AL  47  127   10   21   5  0   2   11   0  0   6  26  .165  .206  .252   23   32   2   2   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1047 3372  319  849 176  3  80  395  10 19 175 514  .252  .290  .377   74 1271  41  33  15  19  97
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   49  131  27  0  12   61   2  3  27  80  .252  .290  .377   74  197   6   5   2   3  15
 Career High    129  446   53  124  24  1  14   71   4  5  33  64  .284  .323  .435   95  185   8  10   7   6  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 24 BOS AL   71   55    4   2.0    99| .197  .266| .229  .336| .227  .395| .456  .731|  26  .185  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1993 25 BOS AL   29   23    1   1.2   108| .120  .274| .214  .345| .200  .418| .414  .764|  10  .069  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1994 26 DET AL   44   39    1   0.7   112| .150  .274| .167  .346| .175  .436| .342  .782| -12  .023  -6.8  -0.6   0%
 1995 27 DET AL  385  286   40   3.7   109| .243  .270| .284  .344| .404  .427| .688  .771|  77  .351 -13.4  -1.2   0%
 1996 28 TOT     444  322   53   4.4   107| .284  .269| .314  .339| .435  .425| .749  .763|  95  .433  -4.0  -0.4  50%
         DET AL  165  123   17   3.7   116| .250  .277| .290  .350| .408  .445| .698  .795|  74  .320  -6.3  -0.6 100%
         SDP NL  279  199   36   4.8   102| .303  .264| .327  .332| .451  .413| .778  .745| 108  .501   2.3   0.2  40%
 1997 29 SDP NL  476  338   52   4.1   102| .273  .262| .323  .333| .387  .411| .710  .744|  91  .424  -5.4  -0.5  50%
 1998 30 TBD AL  334  262   20   2.0   111| .207  .273| .261  .342| .273  .434| .534  .776|  39  .153 -28.0  -2.6   0%
 1999 31 TBD AL  482  349   54   4.1   114| .278  .275| .310  .348| .415  .440| .725  .788|  83  .378 -11.9  -1.1   0%
 2000 32 TBD AL  418  306   41   3.6   114| .261  .275| .296  .348| .376  .442| .672  .790|  70  .311 -19.5  -1.8   0%
 2001 33 TBD AL  265  204   22   2.9   105| .238  .265| .269  .332| .363  .425| .632  .757|  67  .264 -12.3  -1.2 100%
 2002 34 TBD AL  303  222   30   3.6   103| .260  .261| .296  .328| .374  .420| .670  .747|  79  .360  -7.9  -0.8  50%
 2003 35 NYY AL  116   89   12   3.6   105| .267  .265| .297  .331| .457  .425| .754  .756|  97  .352  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 2004 36 NYY AL  135  104   14   3.6   108| .252  .268| .286  .336| .465  .431| .751  .766|  93  .340  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 2005 37 NYY AL  138  114    6   1.4   103| .165  .266| .206  .328| .252  .421| .458  .750|  23  .092 -14.2  -1.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     3640 2713  350   3.4   108| .252  .269| .290  .339| .377  .427| .667  .766|  74  .325 -135.8 -12.9  34%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 24 BOS AL C 34 102 7 2 2 .982 .989 3.21 5.26 5.02 6.20 21 195.3 0 4 16 7 1993 25 BOS AL C 13 35 9 0 1 1.000 .991 3.38 5.46 5.14 6.56 10 77.0 1 1 9 5 1994 26 DET AL C 33 78 9 0 0 1.000 .991 2.64 5.73 6.17 6.79 12 127.0 0 8 15 5 DH 1 1995 27 DET AL C 112 569 33 11 5 .982 .990 5.38 5.64 5.91 6.74 104 916.3 0 45 78 24 1996 28 TOT C 118 714 42 10 4 .987 .989 6.41 6.14 7.06 7.27 107 963.6 5 41 77 32 DET AL C 46 243 13 5 1 .981 .990 5.57 5.84 6.24 6.91 42 369.3 1 18 22 9 SDP NL C 72 471 29 5 3 .990 .989 6.94 6.33 7.57 7.50 65 594.3 4 23 55 23 1997 29 SDP NL C 124 753 65 11 13 .987 .990 6.60 6.58 7.15 7.68 119 1030.3 6 34 125 50 1998 30 TBD AL C 91 542 45 4 2 .993 .990 6.45 6.17 6.92 7.13 86 763.0 5 22 48 29 1999 31 TBD AL C 115 726 87 6 12 .993 .991 7.07 6.11 7.39 6.98 112 990.7 4 39 78 52 DH 1 2000 32 TBD AL C 108 611 51 5 9 .993 .991 6.13 6.02 6.56 6.93 101 907.7 4 39 79 29 2001 33 TBD AL C 78 458 28 7 4 .986 .990 6.23 6.12 7.09 7.17 69 617.3 4 44 57 16 2002 34 TBD AL C 75 450 33 4 8 .992 .993 6.44 6.16 6.50 6.96 74 669.0 7 23 48 26 2003 35 NYY AL C 40 200 10 2 0 .991 .991 5.25 5.88 6.65 6.79 31 284.0 0 3 19 9 2004 36 NYY AL C 46 255 19 3 3 .989 .992 5.96 6.19 7.51 7.12 35 328.3 3 7 23 7 2005 37 NYY AL C 45 291 19 2 3 .994 .992 6.89 5.96 8.09 6.80 39 345.0 3 4 35 11 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.10 3.00 9.60 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 37 NYY AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.10 3.00 9.60 0 3.0 1992 24 BOS AL C 34 102 7 2 2 .982 .989 3.21 5.26 5.02 6.20 21 195.3 0 4 16 7 1993 25 BOS AL C 13 35 9 0 1 1.000 .991 3.38 5.46 5.14 6.56 10 77.0 1 1 9 5 1994 26 DET AL C 33 78 9 0 0 1.000 .991 2.64 5.73 6.17 6.79 12 127.0 0 8 15 5 1995 27 DET AL C 112 569 33 11 5 .982 .990 5.38 5.64 5.91 6.74 104 916.3 0 45 78 24 1996 28 TOT C 118 714 42 10 4 .987 .989 6.41 6.14 7.06 7.27 107 963.6 5 41 77 32 DET AL C 46 243 13 5 1 .981 .990 5.57 5.84 6.24 6.91 42 369.3 1 18 22 9 SDP NL C 72 471 29 5 3 .990 .989 6.94 6.33 7.57 7.50 65 594.3 4 23 55 23 1997 29 SDP NL C 124 753 65 11 13 .987 .990 6.60 6.58 7.15 7.68 119 1030.3 6 34 125 50 1998 30 TBD AL C 91 542 45 4 2 .993 .990 6.45 6.17 6.92 7.13 86 763.0 5 22 48 29 1999 31 TBD AL C 115 726 87 6 12 .993 .991 7.07 6.11 7.39 6.98 112 990.7 4 39 78 52 2000 32 TBD AL C 108 611 51 5 9 .993 .991 6.13 6.02 6.56 6.93 101 907.7 4 39 79 29 2001 33 TBD AL C 78 458 28 7 4 .986 .990 6.23 6.12 7.09 7.17 69 617.3 4 44 57 16 2002 34 TBD AL C 75 450 33 4 8 .992 .993 6.44 6.16 6.50 6.96 74 669.0 7 23 48 26 2003 35 NYY AL C 40 200 10 2 0 .991 .991 5.25 5.88 6.65 6.79 31 284.0 0 3 19 9 2004 36 NYY AL C 46 255 19 3 3 .989 .992 5.96 6.19 7.51 7.12 35 328.3 3 7 23 7 2005 37 NYY AL C 45 291 19 2 3 .994 .992 6.89 5.96 8.09 6.80 39 345.0 3 4 35 11 1994 26 DET AL DH 1 1999 31 TBD AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1032 5784 457 67 66 .989 .991 6.05 6.06 6.84 7.06 920 8214.7 42 314 707 302 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.10 3.00 9.60 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1033 5785 457 67 66 .989 .991 6.04 6.06 6.84 7.06 920 8218
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1996   NLDS  SDP STL     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   WS    NYY FLA     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  NYY LAA     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .200  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3   4   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .143  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1999 AL-10-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1251) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 25th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1988.

April 1, 1994: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Rowland.

June 18, 1996: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Chris Gomez to the San Diego Padres for Brad Ausmus, Andujar Cedeno, and Russ Spear (minors).

November 18, 1997: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brian Boehringer and Andy Sheets.

October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 28, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

March 7, 2006: Retired from the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Boston Red Sox$125,000
1994Detroit Tigers$140,000
1995Detroit Tigers$172,500
1996Detroit Tigers$275,000
1997San Diego Padres$900,000
1998Tampa Bay Devil Rays$1,600,000
1999Tampa Bay Devil Rays$1,280,000
2000Tampa Bay Devil Rays$2,947,410
2001Tampa Bay Devil Rays$3,000,000
2002Tampa Bay Devil Rays$3,250,000
2003New York Yankees$750,000
2004New York Yankees$775,000
2005New York Yankees$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,014,910

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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