John Flaherty
John Timothy Flaherty (Flash)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 21, 1967 in New York, NY
School: George Washington University
Drafted
by the Boston Red Sox in the 25th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1992
Final Game: October 1, 2005
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1992 BOS AL 24 C 34 21 195.1 111 102 7 2 2 .982 0.0 0.0 0 5.02 3.21 .989 6.20 5.26 0 4 16 7 30%
1993 BOS AL 25 C 13 10 77.0 44 35 9 0 1 1.000 1.0 15.6 1 5.14 3.38 .991 6.56 5.46 1 1 9 5 36%
1994 DET AL 26 C 33 12 127.0 87 78 9 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -9.4 -1 6.17 2.64 .991 6.79 5.73 0 8 15 5 25%
1994 DET AL 26 DH 1
1995 DET AL 27 C 112 104 916.1 613 569 33 11 5 .982 -6.0 -7.9 -6 5.91 5.38 .990 6.74 5.64 0 45 78 24 24%
1996 TOT MLB 28 C 118 107 963.2 766 714 42 10 4 .987 0.0 0.0 0 7.06 6.41 .989 7.27 6.14 5 41 77 32 29%
1996 DET AL 28 C 46 42 369.1 261 243 13 5 1 .981 -1.0 -3.2 -1 6.24 5.57 .990 6.91 5.84 1 18 22 9 29%
1996 SDP NL 28 C 72 65 594.1 505 471 29 5 3 .990 1.0 2.0 1 7.57 6.94 .989 7.50 6.33 4 23 55 23 29%
1997 SDP NL 29 C 124 119 1030.1 829 753 65 11 13 .987 -3.0 -3.5 -3 7.15 6.60 .990 7.68 6.58 6 34 125 50 29%
1998 TBD AL 30 C 91 86 763.0 591 542 45 4 2 .993 6.0 9.4 6 6.92 6.45 .990 7.13 6.17 5 22 48 29 38%
1999 TBD AL 31 C 115 112 990.2 819 726 87 6 12 .993 11.0 13.3 11 7.39 7.07 .991 6.98 6.11 4 39 78 52 40%
1999 TBD AL 31 DH 1
2000 TBD AL 32 C 108 101 908.2 667 611 51 5 9 .993 -2.0 -2.6 -2 6.56 6.13 .991 6.93 6.02 4 39 79 29 27%
2001 TBD AL 33 C 78 69 617.1 493 458 28 7 4 .986 -9.0 -17.5 -9 7.09 6.23 .990 7.17 6.12 4 44 57 16 22%
2002 TBD AL 34 C 75 74 669.0 487 450 33 4 8 .992 2.0 3.6 2 6.50 6.44 .993 6.96 6.16 7 23 48 26 35%
2003 NYY AL 35 C 40 31 284.0 212 200 10 2 0 .991 3.0 12.7 3 6.65 5.25 .991 6.79 5.88 0 3 19 9 32%
2004 NYY AL 36 C 46 35 328.1 277 255 19 3 3 .989 0.0 0.0 0 7.51 5.96 .992 7.12 6.19 3 7 23 7 23%
2005 NYY AL 37 C 45 39 345.0 312 291 19 2 3 .994 0.0 0.0 0 8.09 6.89 .992 6.80 5.96 3 4 35 11 24%
2005 NYY AL 37 1B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 9.60 8.10
14 Seasons C 1032 920 8215.2 6308 5784 457 67 66 .989 2.0 0.3 2 6.84 6.05 .991 7.06 6.06 42 314 707 302 30%
2 Seasons DH 2
1 Season 1B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 9.60 8.10
14 Seasons TOT 1033 920 8218.2 6309 5785 457 67 66 .989 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2 6.84 6.04 .980 7.06 6.06 42 314 707 302 30%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1992 BOS AL 24 35 21 35 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 BOS AL 25 13 10 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 DET AL 26 34 12 34 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 DET AL 27 112 104 112 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 SDP NL 28 72 65 72 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 DET AL 28 47 42 47 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 SDP NL 29 129 119 129 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1998 TBD AL 30 91 86 91 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TBD AL 31 117 113 117 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2000 TBD AL 32 109 101 109 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 TBD AL 33 78 69 78 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TBD AL 34 76 74 76 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 NYY AL 35 40 31 40 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2004 NYY AL 36 47 35 47 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2005 NYY AL 37 47 39 47 46 0 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Seasons 1047 921 1047 1033 0 1032 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1992 BOS AL 24 867 4.19 4.65 8 100% 0 0 102 6 0 3 93 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1993 BOS AL 25 360 4.79 5.49 3 100% 0 0 35 0 0 0 35 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1994 DET AL 26 593 5.60 5.67 3 100% 0 0 77 3 0 1 73 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 DET AL 27 4277 5.41 5.92 22 91% 0 0 571 13 2 20 536 32 7 1 0 4 11 0 1 10 0 5 0 1 3 3 100%
1996 SDP NL 28 2626 4.07 4.39 19 95% 0 1 472 13 1 8 450 27 4 0 0 6 5 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 75%
1996 DET AL 28 1796 7.04 7.63 8 100% 1 1 244 4 2 8 230 12 3 0 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 100%
1997 SDP NL 29 4812 5.11 5.71 29 90% 0 0 753 16 6 24 707 64 8 1 1 10 11 0 2 9 0 13 0 2 2 8 88%
1998 TBD AL 30 3443 4.40 4.67 20 95% 0 0 545 13 1 11 520 44 4 1 0 9 4 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 2 6 83%
1999 TBD AL 31 4705 5.28 6.09 29 100% 1 0 726 17 4 13 690 87 13 1 1 19 6 2 1 3 0 12 0 2 2 3 100%
2000 TBD AL 32 4157 4.82 5.22 31 94% 0 0 615 21 3 14 577 48 9 0 0 11 5 0 0 5 0 9 0 1 1 7 71%
2001 TBD AL 33 2875 4.85 5.57 24 96% 0 0 458 19 4 10 425 28 4 0 0 5 7 0 1 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
2002 TBD AL 34 3040 4.55 4.95 28 100% 0 0 455 25 3 10 417 26 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 2 4 100%
2003 NYY AL 35 1230 3.71 4.40 9 78% 0 0 200 5 1 1 193 10 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 NYY AL 36 1465 4.93 5.24 17 94% 1 0 255 8 0 3 244 19 7 1 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
2005 NYY AL 37 1484 4.12 4.30 17 88% 0 0 291 8 2 4 277 19 6 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 50%
14 Seasons 37730 4.90 5.40 267 94% 3 2 5799 171 29 130 5467 442 75 6 3 80 67 2 11 54 0 66 1 7 13 47 87%
MLB Averages 4.40 4.82 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1992 BOS AL 24 0 4 325 16 7 4 30% 14 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 29 8 0.98 1.50
1993 BOS AL 25 1 1 130 9 5 4 36% 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 1.25 0.77
1994 DET AL 26 0 8 214 15 5 5 25% 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 30 6 1.45 1.03
1995 DET AL 27 0 45 1614 78 24 18 24% 64 22 11 2 3 0 0 0 153 26 1.34 1.06
1996 SDP NL 28 4 23 919 55 23 17 29% 44 18 9 2 2 3 1 1 100 24 1.28 1.34
1996 DET AL 28 1 18 686 22 9 7 29% 19 4 2 2 1 3 0 0 52 10 1.16 0.61
1997 SDP NL 29 6 34 1756 125 50 40 29% 103 40 22 5 0 5 0 0 206 50 1.33 1.45
1998 TBD AL 30 5 22 1312 48 29 24 38% 43 26 4 2 1 1 1 0 94 33 1.38 0.98
1999 TBD AL 31 4 39 1917 78 52 48 40% 72 47 5 3 1 2 2 0 161 59 1.40 1.21
2000 TBD AL 32 4 39 1553 79 29 27 27% 75 27 4 2 0 0 1 0 148 32 1.23 1.23
2001 TBD AL 33 4 44 1048 57 16 15 22% 47 15 10 1 0 0 1 0 125 21 1.14 0.99
2002 TBD AL 34 7 23 1145 48 26 20 35% 39 23 9 3 0 0 0 0 107 28 1.18 1.18
2003 NYY AL 35 0 3 442 19 9 6 32% 14 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 25 11 1.17 0.92
2004 NYY AL 36 4 7 520 23 7 5 23% 21 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 37 8 1.44 1.31
2005 NYY AL 37 3 4 496 35 11 9 24% 31 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 48 11 1.09 1.28
14 Seasons 43 314 14077 707 302 249 30% 605 261 93 27 9 14 7 1 1326 332 1.28 1.19
MLB Averages 31% 1.28 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2005 NYY AL 37 11 36% 82% 9% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 11 36% 82% 9% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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