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Mike Flanagan

Michael Kendall Flanagan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 16, 1951 in Manchester, NH
High School: Memorial HS (Manchester, NH)
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1975
Teams (by GP): Orioles/BlueJays 1975-1992
Agents: Jerry Kapstein, previously: Ed Flanagan [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1992
Died: August 24, 2011 in Monkton, MD
Cremated
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1975 23 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1976 24 BAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 25 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 26 BAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1979 27 BAL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-6
1980 28 BAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1981 29 BAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 30 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 31 BAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 32 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 33 BAL AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 34 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 35 TOT AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 35 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 35 TOR AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1988 36 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 37 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 38 TOR AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1991 39 BAL AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 40 BAL AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Yrs 529 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BAL (15 yrs) 453 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (4 yrs) 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 23 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1976 24 BAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 25 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1978 26 BAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1 AS
1979 27 BAL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1 CYA-1,MVP-6
1980 28 BAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1/D
1981 29 BAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 30 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $500,000 1
1983 31 BAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 32 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 33 BAL AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $641,667 1
1986 34 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $639,791 1
1987 35 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $625,000 1
1987 35 TOR AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1988 36 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $550,000 1
1989 37 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $887,500 1
1990 38 TOR AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,037,500 /1
1991 39 BAL AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $250,000 1
1992 40 BAL AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $600,000 1
18 Seasons 529 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.4 -0 $5,731,458
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BAL (15 yrs) 453 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.3 -0 $3,256,458
TOR (4 yrs) 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $2,475,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 27 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 BAL AL WS PIT L 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 31 BAL AL ALCS CHW W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 31 BAL AL WS PHI W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 37 TOR AL ALCS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 BAL AL 26 DNP

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 23 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1976 24 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1977 25 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1978 26 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1979 27 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1980 28 BAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 29 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1982 30 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1983 31 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1984 32 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1985 33 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1986 34 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1987 35 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1987 35 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1987 35 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1988 36 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1989 37 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1990 38 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1991 39 BAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 40 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
18 Yrs 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1998 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1978

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 AL Cy Young
1979 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (6, 26%)
0.26 Career Shares (652nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (1, 97%)
1 Cy Young
0.97 Career Shares (54th)

Oldest s c a p y
1992 AL  born 1951-12-16 (9th)

                           

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