John Flinn

John Richard Flinn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 2, 1954 in Merced, CA
High School: Monroe HS (Sepulveda, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1978
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Brewers 1978-1982

Final Game: September 30, 1982
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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
1973	18	BAL-min	Rk	4	2	.667	2.14	23	1					42.0	29	15	10	0	22								1.214	6.2	0.0	4.7			BLD · APPY
1974	19	BAL-min	A,AA	14	11	.560	1.90	37	23		11	6	2	185.0	145	50	39	3	66	3	153	14	1	9			1.141	7.1	0.1	3.2	7.4	2.32	MIA,AVL · FLOR,SOUL
1975	20	BAL-min	AA,A	1	11	.083	5.33	24	12		2	0	0	98.0	114	66	58	9	46	3	67	7	0	3			1.633	10.5	0.8	4.2	6.2	1.46	AVL,MIA · SOUL,FLOR
1976	21	BAL-min	AA	9	8	.529	2.86	24	21		10	0	0	148.0	151	62	47	4	28	0	76	7	0	2			1.209	9.2	0.2	1.7	4.6	2.71	CHR · SOUL
1977	22	BAL-min	AAA	10	7	.588	3.55	48	2		0	0	4	119.0	110	63	47	7	54	12	80	11	1	9			1.378	8.3	0.5	4.1	6.1	1.48	ROC · IL
1978	23	BAL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.21	24	1		0	0	6	38.0	42	25	22	2	14	0	36	5	0	6			1.474	9.9	0.5	3.3	8.5	2.57	ROC · IL
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	45	2.362	13.8	1.7	7.5	4.6	0.62
1979	24	BAL-min	AAA	6	6	.500	2.70	26	10		3	0	1	100.0	92	36	30	4	22	4	71	8	0	2			1.140	8.3	0.4	2.0	6.4	3.23	ROC · IL
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-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.40	17	5		0	0	5	43.0	46	24	21	1	15	1	28	4	0	1			1.419	9.6	0.2	3.1	5.9	1.87	VAN · PCL
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	101	1.378	7.5	0.7	4.9	3.6	0.75

1981	26	MIL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.02	31	7	10	0	0	1	85.0	82	44	38	6	27	0	55	5	0	5			1.282	8.7	0.6	2.9	5.8	2.04	VAN · PCL
1982	27	BAL-min	AAA	9	3	.750	3.61	39	2	24	0	0	10	87.1	92	45	35	8	34	8	59	2	0	6			1.443	9.5	0.8	3.5	6.1	1.74	ROC · IL
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	315	1.171	8.6	0.7	2.0	8.6	4.33
1983	28	BAL-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.89	49	1	29	0	0	5	88.1	93	55	48	15	45	5	60	4	0	3			1.562	9.5	1.5	4.6	6.1	1.33	ROC · IL
1984		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1985	30	BAL-min	AA,A	3	6	.333	3.60	24	0	14	0	0	2	50.0	55	22	20	4	10	0	44	1	0	1			1.300	9.9	0.7	1.8	7.9	4.40	CHR,HGR · SOUL,CARL
4 Yrs				5	2	.714	4.17	42	1	20	0	0	2	69.0	70	41	32	7	37	6	36	0	0	3	312	94	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	94	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	87	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	101	1.378	7.5	0.7	4.9	3.6	0.75

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
1978	23	BAL	AL	15.2	13	0	18	10.34	4.21	0.27	-0.34	94.6	3.40	-12	-1.2	1.1	-0.1	-1.1	-10	.407	.493	$
1979	24	BAL	AL	2.2	4	0	0	0.00	4.70	0.55	-0.38	90.0	3.39	1	0.1	.1	-0.1	0.1	1	.526	.501	$
1980	25	MIL	AL	37.0	20	1	20	4.86	4.53	0.15	-0.33	97.6	3.94	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.2	0	.480	.498	$

1982	27	BAL	AL	13.2	5	0	3	1.98	4.50	0.21	-0.35	97.7	3.84	3	0.3	.4	-0.1	0.3	4	.563	.502	$
4 Seasons				69.0	42	1	41	5.35	4.45	0.20	-0.34	96.6	3.78	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.4	-0.9	-5	.472	.498	$

BAL (3 yrs)				32.0	22	0	21	5.91	4.37	0.27	-0.35	95.5	3.59	-8	-0.8	.7	-0.2	-0.7	-5	.464	.498	$
MIL (1 yr)				37.0	20	1	20	4.86	4.53	0.15	-0.33	97.6	3.94	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.2	0	.480	.498	$

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
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	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	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	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	0
4 Yrs				42	312	269	41	70	10	1	7	1	0	37	36	.260	.345	.383	.728	.274	103	7	0	2	4	6	5
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	8
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.385	.710	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	23	BAL	AL	-9.4	-0.9	84	-1.1	0.9	-2.1	1.02	-0.9	-0.3	-13.9	-1.4	1.02	-9.6	5	1	6
1979	24	BAL	AL	1.4	0.1	11	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.07	0.1	-0.2	1.1	0.1	0.07	0.8	0	0	4
1980	25	MIL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	168	-0.0	1.8	-1.8	.65	-0.0	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.65	1.1	4	6	8

1982	27	BAL	AL	4.0	0.4	54	0.3	0.6	-0.3	.47	0.2	0.3	2.7	0.3	0.47	3.7	0	1	3
4 Yrs				-4.8	-0.5	317	-0.9	3.4	-4.2	.70	-0.6	-0.7	-11.8	-1.2	0.70	-4.0	9	8	21

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
1980	25	MIL	AL	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	38	38	6	3	0	1	14.0	31.5	2.0
1 Yr				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													.500						52%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1978	23	BAL	AL	13	13	5	1	1	1	0	1	0%	3	1	13	4	31%	8	1.018	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	.069	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	.651	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	.467	0	1	3	0	0	5	2	3	2	1	3	0	8.2
4 Yrs				42	41	20	5	2	4	2	2	50%	8	3	38	15	39%		.698	9	8	21	11	3	27	23	18	20	11	24	7	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	23	BAL	AL	84	40%	3.6%	9.5%	15.5%	7.1%	25%	2.00	70%	24	3	13%
1979	24	BAL	AL	11	73%	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	91%	5	0	0%
1980	25	MIL	AL	164	54%	1.8%	9.2%	12.2%	4.9%	26%	0.81	76%	31	1	3%

1982	27	BAL	AL	53	70%	1.9%	24.5%	5.7%	7.6%	31%	5.75	68%	6	3	50%
4 Yrs				312	54%	2.2%	11.5%	11.9%	5.8%	26%	1.30	74%	66	7	11%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

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
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 Yrs				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																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	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	15.2	24	18	14	3	13	3	8	0	84	45	2.362	13.8	1.7	7.5	4.6	0.62	45
1979	24	1	1	.500	6.87	17	0	9	0	18.1	26	18	14	3	14	3	8	0	95	55	2.182	12.8	1.5	6.9	3.9	0.57	55
1980	25	3	2	.600	4.88	37	1	17	2	55.1	57	38	30	6	34	5	23	2	259	79	1.645	9.3	1.0	5.5	3.7	0.68	79
1981	26	3	2	.600	4.88	37	1	17	2	55.1	57	38	30	6	34	5	23	2	259	79	1.645	9.3	1.0	5.5	3.7	0.68	79
1982	27	5	2	.714	4.17	42	1	20	2	69.0	70	41	32	7	37	6	36	3	312	94	1.551	9.1	0.9	4.8	4.7	0.97	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978	23	0	1	.000	10.20	15.0	26	19	17	3	14	7	0	2.667	15.6	8.4	4.2	0.50	1.8	13
1979	24	0	0		0.00	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	6.0	3.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	4
1980	25	2	2	.500	4.14	37.0	32	19	17	3	21	15	0	1.432	7.8	5.1	3.6	0.71	0.7	20

1982	27	1	0	1.000	1.50	12.0	13	2	2	1	3	12	0	1.333	9.8	2.3	9.0	4.00	0.8	5
4 Yrs		3	3	.500	4.84	67.0	73	40	36	7	39	34	0	1.672	9.8		4.6	0.87	0.9	42

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