Huck Flener

Gregory Alan Flener

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 25, 1969 in Austin, TX
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted
by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 9th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1993
Team: BlueJays 1993-1997

Final Game: July 28, 1997
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Standard Pitching

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
1993 24 TOR AL 0 0 4.05 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 30 113 1.650 9.5 0.0 5.4 2.7 0.50
1996 27 TOR AL 3 2 .600 4.58 15 11 0 0 0 0 70.2 68 40 36 9 33 1 44 1 0 1 309 110 1.429 8.7 1.1 4.2 5.6 1.33
1997 28 TOR AL 0 1 .000 9.87 8 1 3 0 0 0 17.1 40 19 19 3 6 0 9 0 0 2 97 47 2.654 20.8 1.6 3.1 4.7 1.50
3 Yrs 3 3 .500 5.51 29 12 4 0 0 0 94.2 115 62 58 12 43 2 55 1 0 4 436 89 1.669 10.9 1.1 4.1 5.2 1.28
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 5.51 48 20 7 0 0 0 157 191 103 96 20 71 3 91 2 0 7 723 89 1.669 10.9 1.1 4.1 5.2 1.28

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1993 24 TOR AL 6.2 6 0 3 4.05 4.78 0.07 -0.37 102.3 4.44 0 0.0 1.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .506 .500 $
1996 27 TOR AL 70.2 15 11 40 5.09 5.47 -0.12 0.11 98.6 5.62 3 0.3 .6 -0.1 0.9 14 .519 .502 $109,000
1997 28 TOR AL 17.1 8 1 19 9.87 5.16 0.11 -0.32 101.9 4.82 -10 -0.9 .6 0.1 -0.6 -8 .392 .495 $
3 Seasons 94.2 29 12 62 5.89 5.36 -0.07 0.00 99.5 5.39 -6 -0.5 .8 0.0 0.4 8 .481 .499 $109,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1993 24 TOR AL 6 30 26 3 7 2 1 0 1 0 4 2 .269 .367 .423 .790 .292 11 1 0 0 0 1 0
1996 27 TOR AL 15 309 271 40 68 18 1 9 2 0 33 44 .251 .330 .424 .754 .266 115 7 1 0 4 1 4
1997 28 TOR AL 8 97 90 19 40 7 1 3 1 0 6 9 .444 .474 .644 1.119 .468 58 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs 29 436 387 62 115 27 3 12 4 0 43 55 .297 .365 .475 .840 .317 184 9 1 0 5 2 4
162 Game Avg. 48 723 642 103 191 45 5 20 7 0 71 91 .297 .365 .475 .840 .317 305 15 2 0 8 3 7
MLB Averages .268 .337 .418 .755 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1993 24 TOR AL 0.5 0.0 32 0.3 0.4 -0.1 .52 0.0 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.52 -0.8 1 1 4
1996 27 TOR AL 3.0 0.3 313 0.4 5.7 -5.3 1.01 0.1 0.3 1.7 0.2 1.01 1.3 0 2 2
1997 28 TOR AL -9.4 -0.8 100 -0.7 0.6 -1.2 .43 -1.0 -0.5 -8.8 -0.8 0.43 -10.4 1 1 5
3 Yrs -6.0 -0.5 445 -0.0 6.7 -6.7 .85 -0.9 0.9 -6.2 -0.6 0.85 -9.9 2 4 11

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1996 27 TOR AL 15 11 2 1 8 0 0 4 7 .364 3 5 0 0 5 45% 47.6 64 15 11 3 0 4 4.6 4.7 5.5 92 4 1 4 1 139
1997 28 TOR AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 6 4 0 1 3.0 6.0 2.0 52 1 0 0 0 52
2 Yrs 23 12 2 2 8 0 0 4 8 .333 3 5 0 0 5 42% 46 64 15 17 7 0 5 4.4 4.7 5.2 88 5 1 4 1 139
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 99 -11 4.9 4.8 6.0 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1993 24 TOR AL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0% 7 .516 1 1 4 3 0 3 2 4 2 2 2 0 3.3 18
1996 27 TOR AL 15 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.012 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 2 0 8.0 43
1997 28 TOR AL 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 .434 1 1 5 0 1 6 2 5 4 2 4 0 6.6 46
3 Yrs 29 17 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 20% .849 2 4 11 4 1 12 4 13 8 4 8 0 5.8 36

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1993 24 TOR AL 30 50% 0.0% 6.7% 13.3% 10.0% 43% 1.18 2.00 80% 17% 0.0% 9% 5 1 20%
1996 27 TOR AL 309 22% 2.9% 14.2% 10.7% 9.1% 41% 0.53 0.82 72% 26% 7.8% 22% 68 7 10%
1997 28 TOR AL 97 26% 3.1% 9.3% 6.2% 11.3% 28% 0.41 0.43 81% 24% 6.0% 11% 23 1 4%
3 Yrs 436 25% 2.8% 12.6% 9.9% 9.6% 37% 0.53 0.78 75% 25% 6.8% 18% 96 9 9%
MLB Averages 44% 2.6% 16.2% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 0.83 1.10 71% 21% 7.9% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1993 24 TOR AL 25 92 3.68 53 58% 28% 9% 25% 38% 72% 0% 41% 87% 48% 12% 3 2 20% 5 3 0 100% 0 1 5 0 0
1996 27 TOR AL 284 1090 3.84 646 59% 30% 15% 23% 33% 70% 1% 41% 79% 58% 5% 15 8 19% 53 25 3 22% 11 6 25 0 1
1997 28 TOR AL 95 327 3.44 194 59% 28% 9% 22% 41% 72% 0% 43% 88% 44% 8% 8 6 6% 6 3 0 56% 1 2 2 0 0
3 Yrs 404 1509 3.74 893 59% 29% 13% 23% 35% 71% 1% 42% 81% 54% 6% 26 16 16% 64 31 3 31% 12 9 32 0 1
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1993 24 TOR AL 30 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 27 TOR AL 309 68 2 0 9 0 8 8 1 4 5 21 13 1 62% 4 1 0 115 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1997 28 TOR AL 97 40 5 1 3 0 4 3 0 0 3 8 5 1 63% 0 2 0 50 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Yrs 436 115 8 1 12 0 12 11 1 4 8 30 18 2 60% 4 4 0 182 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1993 24 0 0 4.05 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 30 113 1.650 9.5 0.0 5.4 2.7 0.50 113
1994 25 0 0 4.05 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 30 113 1.650 9.5 0.0 5.4 2.7 0.50 113
1995 26 0 0 4.05 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 30 113 1.650 9.5 0.0 5.4 2.7 0.50 113
1996 27 3 2 .600 4.54 21 11 1 0 0 0 77.1 75 43 39 9 37 2 46 1 0 2 339 110 1.448 8.7 1.0 4.3 5.4 1.24 110
1997 28 3 3 .500 5.51 29 12 4 0 0 0 94.2 115 62 58 12 43 2 55 1 0 4 436 89 1.669 10.9 1.1 4.1 5.2 1.28 89

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1993 24 0 0 4.50 6.0 7 3 3 0 4 2 0 1.833 10.5 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 6
1996 27 3 4 .429 4.06 71.0 64 36 32 8 31 44 1 1.338 8.1 3.9 5.6 1.42 1.0 15
1997 28 0 1 .000 10.06 17.0 40 21 19 3 6 9 0 2.706 21.2 3.2 4.8 1.50 1.6 8
3 Yrs 3 5 .375 5.17 94.0 111 60 54 11 41 55 1 1.617 10.6 5.3 1.34 1.1 29

* 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.

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