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Mike Flanagan
Michael Kendall Flanagan
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 16, 1951 in Manchester, NH
High School: Memorial (Manchester, NH)
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1975
Final Game: September 27, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 23 BAL AL 0 1 .000 2.79 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 9 4 3 0 6 1 7 0 0 0 42 126 1.552 8.4 0.0 5.6 6.5 1.17
1976 24 BAL AL 3 5 .375 4.13 20 10 7 4 0 0 85.0 83 41 39 7 33 0 56 0 1 2 358 79 1.365 8.8 0.7 3.5 5.9 1.70
1977 25 BAL AL 15 10 .600 3.64 36 33 2 15 2 1 235.0 235 100 95 17 70 5 149 2 0 5 974 105 1.298 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.7 2.13
1978 26 BAL AL 19 15 .559 4.03 40 40 0 17 2 0 281.1 271 128 126 22 87 2 167 3 1 8 1160 87 1.273 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.3 1.92 AS
1979 27 BAL AL 23 9 .719 3.08 39 38 0 16 5 0 265.2 245 107 91 23 70 1 190 3 0 6 1085 130 1.186 8.3 0.8 2.4 6.4 2.71 CYA-1,MVP-6
1980 28 BAL AL 16 13 .552 4.12 37 37 0 12 2 0 251.1 278 121 115 27 71 3 128 2 1 12 1065 96 1.389 10.0 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.80
1981 29 BAL AL 9 6 .600 4.19 20 20 0 3 2 0 116.0 108 55 54 11 37 1 72 2 0 6 482 87 1.250 8.4 0.9 2.9 5.6 1.95
1982 30 BAL AL 15 11 .577 3.97 36 35 1 11 1 0 236.0 233 110 104 24 76 5 103 4 2 9 991 102 1.309 8.9 0.9 2.9 3.9 1.36
1983 31 BAL AL 12 4 .750 3.30 20 20 0 3 1 0 125.1 135 53 46 10 31 2 50 2 0 1 528 121 1.324 9.7 0.7 2.2 3.6 1.61
1984 32 BAL AL 13 13 .500 3.53 34 34 0 10 2 0 226.2 213 103 89 24 81 5 115 1 0 8 947 110 1.297 8.5 1.0 3.2 4.6 1.42
1985 33 BAL AL 4 5 .444 5.13 15 15 0 1 0 0 86.0 101 49 49 14 28 0 42 2 0 3 379 78 1.500 10.6 1.5 2.9 4.4 1.50
1986 34 BAL AL 7 11 .389 4.24 29 28 0 2 0 0 172.0 179 95 81 15 66 4 96 1 1 8 747 98 1.424 9.4 0.8 3.5 5.0 1.45
1987 35 TOT AL 6 8 .429 4.06 23 23 0 4 0 0 144.0 148 72 65 12 51 4 93 0 0 3 619 109 1.382 9.3 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.82
1987 35 BAL AL 3 6 .333 4.94 16 16 0 4 0 0 94.2 102 57 52 9 36 1 50 0 0 1 410 89 1.458 9.7 0.9 3.4 4.8 1.39
1987 35 TOR AL 3 2 .600 2.37 7 7 0 0 0 0 49.1 46 15 13 3 15 3 43 0 0 2 209 190 1.236 8.4 0.5 2.7 7.8 2.87
1988 36 TOR AL 13 13 .500 4.18 34 34 0 2 1 0 211.0 220 106 98 23 80 1 99 6 4 3 916 94 1.422 9.4 1.0 3.4 4.2 1.24
1989 37 TOR AL 8 10 .444 3.93 30 30 0 1 1 0 171.2 186 82 75 10 47 0 47 5 0 4 726 93 1.357 9.8 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
1990 38 TOR AL 2 2 .500 5.31 5 5 0 0 0 0 20.1 28 14 12 3 8 0 5 0 0 0 94 77 1.770 12.4 1.3 3.5 2.2 0.63
1991 39 BAL AL 2 7 .222 2.38 64 1 24 0 0 3 98.1 84 27 26 6 25 6 55 3 2 2 391 167 1.108 7.7 0.5 2.3 5.0 2.20
1992 40 BAL AL 0 0 8.05 42 0 15 0 0 0 34.2 50 34 31 3 23 1 17 5 0 4 180 50 2.106 13.0 0.8 6.0 4.4 0.74
18 Seasons 167 143 .539 3.90 526 404 49 101 19 4 2770.0 2806 1301 1199 251 890 41 1491 41 12 84 11684 100 1.334 9.1 0.8 2.9 4.8 1.68
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .539 3.90 38 30 4 7 1 0 203 205 95 88 18 65 3 109 3 1 6 854 100 1.334 9.1 0.8 2.9 4.8 1.68
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BAL (15 yrs) 141 116 .549 3.89 450 328 49 98 17 4 2317.2 2326 1084 1001 212 740 37 1297 30 8 75 9739 100 1.323 9.0 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.75
TOR (4 yrs) 26 27 .491 3.94 76 76 0 3 2 0 452.1 480 217 198 39 150 4 194 11 4 9 1945 99 1.393 9.6 0.8 3.0 3.9 1.29

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 27 BAL AL ALCS W CAL 1 0 1.000 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 6 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 29 1.000 7.7 1.3 1.3 2.6 2.00
1979 27 BAL AL WS L PIT 1 1 .500 3.00 3 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 18 7 5 1 2 0 13 0 0 0 67 1.333 10.8 0.6 1.2 7.8 6.50
1983 31 BAL AL ALCS W CHW 1 0 1.000 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.8
1983 31 BAL AL WS W PHI 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 1.750 13.5 4.5 2.3 2.3 1.00
1989 37 TOR AL ALCS L OAK 0 1 .000 10.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 5 5 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 19 1.846 14.5 6.2 2.1 6.2 3.00
3 Seasons (5 Series) 3 2 .600 4.33 7 6 0 1 0 0 35.1 42 21 17 7 5 0 20 1 0 0 153 1.330 10.7 1.8 1.3 5.1 4.00
3 ALCS 2 1 .667 5.51 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 18 12 10 4 2 0 6 1 0 0 68 1.224 9.9 2.2 1.1 3.3 3.00
2 WS 1 1 .500 3.32 4 3 0 1 0 0 19.0 24 9 7 3 3 0 14 0 0 0 85 1.421 11.4 1.4 1.4 6.6 4.67

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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
1980 28 BAL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 39 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Seasons 4 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

Postseason Batting

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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 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 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
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 BAL AL 23 P 2 1 9.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 1.00 .950 1.86 0.85
1976 BAL AL 24 P 20 10 85.0 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.85 .947 1.87 0.85
1977 BAL AL 25 P 36 33 235.0 43 7 36 0 3 1.000 1.65 1.19 .944 1.95 0.84
1978 BAL AL 26 P 40 40 281.1 46 6 38 2 1 .957 1.41 1.10 .954 1.90 0.85 AS
1979 BAL AL 27 P 39 38 265.2 47 4 41 2 2 .957 1.52 1.15 .949 1.92 0.81 CYA-1,MVP-6
1980 BAL AL 28 P 37 37 251.1 49 6 42 1 2 .980 1.72 1.30 .955 1.85 0.77
1981 BAL AL 29 P 20 20 116.0 29 4 24 1 1 .966 2.17 1.40 .962 1.98 0.81
1982 BAL AL 30 P 36 35 236.0 45 7 38 0 1 1.000 1.72 1.25 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 BAL AL 31 P 20 20 125.1 23 6 15 2 1 .913 1.51 1.05 .961 1.80 0.73
1984 BAL AL 32 P 34 34 226.2 36 3 33 0 2 1.000 1.43 1.06 .956 1.79 0.70
1985 BAL AL 33 P 15 15 86.0 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.57 1.00 .953 1.86 0.70
1986 BAL AL 34 P 29 28 172.0 21 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.10 0.72 .957 1.83 0.68
1987 TOT AL 35 P 23 23 144.0 26 8 17 1 2 .962 1.56 1.09 .958 1.84 0.67
1987 BAL AL 35 P 16 16 94.2 19 5 13 1 1 .947 1.71 1.13 .958 1.84 0.67
1987 TOR AL 35 P 7 7 49.1 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.28 1.00 .957 1.84 0.67
1988 TOR AL 36 P 34 34 211.0 41 6 35 0 2 1.000 1.75 1.21 .959 1.78 0.67
1989 TOR AL 37 P 30 30 171.2 41 8 33 0 4 1.000 2.15 1.37 .959 1.87 0.66
1990 TOR AL 38 P 5 5 20.1 7 0 6 1 0 .857 2.66 1.20 .957 1.77 0.58
1991 BAL AL 39 P 64 1 98.1 29 6 23 0 2 1.000 2.65 0.45 .955 1.80 0.58
1992 BAL AL 40 P 42 0 34.2 13 6 6 1 2 .923 3.12 0.29 .954 1.71 0.56
18 Seasons P 526 404 2770.0 530 89 430 11 26 .979 1.69 0.99 .955 1.86 0.71
18 Seasons TOT 526 404 2770.0 530 89 430 11 26 .979 1.69 0.99 .934 1.86 0.71
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (640th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (1, 97%)
1 Cy Young
0.97 Career Shares (51st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1979 AL  3.083 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  19 (7th)
1979 AL  23 (1st)
1980 AL  16 (10th)
Career  167 (186th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 AL  .719 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1979 AL  1.186 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  8.300 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  5.342 (10th)
1979 AL  6.437 (3rd)
1981 AL  5.586 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1978 AL  281.3 (4th)
1979 AL  265.7 (3rd)
1980 AL  251.3 (8th)
Career  2770.0 (172nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 AL  167 (4th)
1979 AL  190 (3rd)
Career  1491 (172nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL  40 (1st)
1979 AL  38 (2nd)
1980 AL  37 (2nd)
1982 AL  35 (8th)
1988 AL  34 (10th)
Career  404 (116th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 AL  15 (10th)
1978 AL  17 (5th)
1979 AL  16 (5th)
1982 AL  11 (9th)
1984 AL  10 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1979 AL  5 (1st)
1980 AL  2 (10th)
1981 AL  2 (8th)
1984 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  27 (4th)
Career  251 (94th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  87 (8th)
Career  890 (159th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  271 (4th)
1980 AL  278 (1st)
Career  2806 (157th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1979 AL  2.714 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  .651 (7th)
1986 AL  .785 (9th)
1989 AL  .524 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1978 AL  15 (5th)
Career  143 (183rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  126 (1st)
1980 AL  115 (4th)
1988 AL  98 (10th)
Career  1199 (121st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1980 AL  12 (3rd)
1981 AL  6 (8th)
1982 AL  9 (5th)
1984 AL  8 (10th)
Career  84 (142nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 AL  1160 (4th)
1979 AL  1085 (6th)
1980 AL  1065 (8th)
Career  11684 (145th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1979 AL  130 (5th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 57 (436), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 49 (264), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 15th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

August 31, 1987: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later and Oswaldo Peraza. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Jose Mesa (September 4, 1987) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 24, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

May 8, 1990: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 2, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Baltimore Orioles$641,667
1986Baltimore Orioles$639,791
1987Baltimore Orioles$625,000
1988Toronto Blue Jays$550,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$887,500
1990Toronto Blue Jays$1,037,500
1991Baltimore Orioles$250,000
1992Baltimore Orioles$600,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,231,458
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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