John Flinn
John Richard Flinn
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 2, 1954 in Merced, CA
High School: Monroe (Sepulveda, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1978
Final Game: September 30, 1982
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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
1978 23 BAL AL 1 1 .500 8.04 13 0 5 0 0 0 15.2 24 18 14 3 13 3 8 0 0 0 84 44 2.362 13.8 1.7 7.5 4.6 0.62
1979 24 BAL AL 0 0 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
1980 25 MIL AL 2 1 .667 3.89 20 1 8 0 0 2 37.0 31 20 16 3 20 2 15 0 0 2 164 100 1.378 7.5 0.7 4.9 3.6 0.75
1982 27 BAL AL 2 0 1.000 1.32 5 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 13 3 2 1 3 1 13 0 0 1 53 307 1.171 8.6 0.7 2.0 8.6 4.33
4 Seasons 5 2 .714 4.17 42 1 20 0 0 2 69.0 70 41 32 7 37 6 36 0 0 3 312 92 1.551 9.1 0.9 4.8 4.7 0.97
162 Game Avg. 8 3 .714 4.17 66 2 32 0 0 3 109 111 65 51 11 59 9 57 0 0 5 493 92 1.551 9.1 0.9 4.8 4.7 0.97
BAL (3 yrs) 3 1 .750 4.50 22 0 12 0 0 0 32.0 39 21 16 4 17 4 21 0 0 1 148 84 1.750 11.0 1.1 4.8 5.9 1.24
MIL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.89 20 1 8 0 0 2 37.0 31 20 16 3 20 2 15 0 0 2 164 100 1.378 7.5 0.7 4.9 3.6 0.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1978 23 BAL AL 13 84 69 18 24 3 0 3 0 0 13 8 .348 .446 .522 .968 .356 36 3 0 1 1 3
1979 24 BAL AL 4 11 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .273 .222 .495 .200 2 0 0 0 1 0
1980 25 MIL AL 20 164 141 20 31 4 1 3 1 0 20 15 .220 .313 .326 .639 .224 46 1 0 1 2 2
1982 27 BAL AL 5 53 50 3 13 3 0 1 0 0 3 13 .260 .302 .380 .682 .333 19 3 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 42 312 269 41 70 10 1 7 1 0 37 36 .260 .345 .383 .728 .274 103 7 0 2 4 6
162 Game Avg. 66 493 425 65 111 16 2 11 2 0 59 57 .260 .345 .383 .728 .274 163 11 0 3 6 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1980 25 MIL AL 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 6 3 0 1 14.0 31.5 2.0
1 Season 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 6 3 0 1 14.0 31.5 2.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1978 23 BAL AL 13 13 5 1 1 1 0 1 0% 3 1 13 4 31% 8 1.050 5 1 6 3 2 8 8 5 5 5 6 4 3.6
1979 24 BAL AL 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 9 0.080 0 0 4 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 2.0
1980 25 MIL AL 20 19 8 2 1 3 2 1 67% 5 2 16 6 38% 8 0.681 4 6 8 7 1 11 10 9 13 3 15 3 5.5
1982 27 BAL AL 5 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 0.511 0 1 3 0 0 5 2 3 2 1 3 0 8.2
4 Seasons 42 41 20 5 2 4 2 2 50% 8 3 38 15 39% 0.730 9 8 21 11 3 27 23 18 20 11 24 7 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1978 23 BAL AL 84 60% 3.6% 9.5% 15.5% 7.1% 25% 2.00 70% 24 3 13%
1979 24 BAL AL 11 27% 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 91% 5 0 0%
1980 25 MIL AL 164 46% 1.8% 9.2% 12.2% 4.9% 26% 0.81 76% 31 1 3%
1982 27 BAL AL 53 30% 1.9% 24.5% 5.7% 7.6% 31% 5.75 68% 6 3 50%
4 Seasons 312 46% 2.2% 11.5% 11.9% 5.8% 26% 1.30 74% 66 7 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1978 23 BAL AL 84 24 3 0 5 2 1 0 3 5 2 1 40% 3 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 24 BAL AL 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 25 MIL AL 164 31 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 8 3 3 38% 2 2 1 68 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 27 BAL AL 53 13 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 33% 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 312 70 7 0 12 5 2 2 5 18 7 4 39% 5 3 1 137 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1978 23 1 1 .500 8.04 13 0 5 0 0 0 15.2 24 18 14 3 13 3 8 0 0 0 84 44 2.362 13.8 1.7 7.5 4.6 0.62 44
1979 24 1 1 .500 6.87 17 0 9 0 0 0 18.1 26 18 14 3 14 3 8 0 0 0 95 52 2.182 12.8 1.5 6.9 3.9 0.57 52
1980 25 3 2 .600 4.88 37 1 17 0 0 2 55.1 57 38 30 6 34 5 23 0 0 2 259 78 1.645 9.3 1.0 5.5 3.7 0.68 78
1981 26 3 2 .600 4.88 37 1 17 0 0 2 55.1 57 38 30 6 34 5 23 0 0 2 259 78 1.645 9.3 1.0 5.5 3.7 0.68 78
1982 27 5 2 .714 4.17 42 1 20 0 0 2 69.0 70 41 32 7 37 6 36 0 0 3 312 92 1.551 9.1 0.9 4.8 4.7 0.97 92

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978 23 0 1 .000 10.93 14.0 27 19 17 3 15 7 0 3.000 17.4 9.6 4.5 0.47 1.9 13
1979 24 0 0 0.00 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 4
1980 25 2 2 .500 4.38 37.0 33 20 18 3 21 15 0 1.459 8.0 5.1 3.6 0.71 0.7 20
1982 27 1 0 1.000 1.50 12.0 13 2 2 1 3 11 0 1.333 9.8 2.3 8.3 3.67 0.8 5
4 Seasons 3 3 .500 5.12 65.0 76 41 37 7 41 33 0 1.800 10.5 4.6 0.80 1.0 42

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