John Flaherty

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: October 21, 1967 in New York, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 25th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from George Washington University (Washington, DC).

High School: St. Joseph Regional HS (Montvale, NJ)

School: George Washington University (Washington, DC)

Debut: April 12, 1992 (Age 24-174d, 13,721st in MLB history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2005 (Age 37-345d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Full Name: John Timothy Flaherty

Nicknames: Flash

Pronunciation: \FLAY-er-tee\

Twitter: @flash17yes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

AB

3372

H

849

HR

BA

.252

R

319

RBI

395

SB

OBP

.290

SLG

.377

OPS

.667

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1988	20	BOS-min	A-	46	180	162	17	38	3	0	3	16	2	1	12	23	.235	.294	.309	.602		50		2	3	1	0		ELM · NYPL
1989	21	BOS-min	A	95	361	334	31	87	14	2	4	28	1	0	20	44	.260	.306	.350	.657		117	19	3	2	2	1		WHV · FLOR
1990	22	BOS-min	AAA,A+	100	352	321	35	72	18	0	4	33	1	1	24	44	.224	.280	.318	.598		102		2	2	3	0		PAW,LBG · IL,CARL
1991	23	BOS-min	AA,AAA	112	434	381	45	94	16	0	6	31	0	3	46	36	.247	.328	.336	.664		128	6	1	4	2	1		NBR,PAW · EL,IL
1992	24	BOS-min	AAA	31	111	104	11	26	3	0	0	7	0	0	5	8	.250	.291	.279	.570		29	6	1	1	0	0		PAW · IL
1992	24	BOS	AL	35	71	66	3	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.197	.229	.227	.456	26	15	0	0	1	1	0	2/H
1993	25	BOS-min	AAA	105	400	365	29	99	22	0	6	35	0	2	26	41	.271	.327	.381	.707		139	9	5	2	2	1		PAW · IL
1993	25	BOS	AL	13	29	25	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.120	.214	.200	.414	10	5	0	1	1	0	0	2
1994	26	DET-min	AAA	44	158	151	20	39	10	2	7	17	3	1	6	21	.258	.285	.490	.775		74	1	0	0	1	1		TOL · IL
1994	26	DET	AL	34	44	40	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	11	.150	.167	.175	.342	-11	7	1	0	2	1	0	2/DH
1995	27	DET	AL	112	385	354	39	86	22	1	11	40	0	0	18	47	.243	.284	.404	.688	77	143	8	3	8	2	0	*2/H
1996	28	TOT	MLB	119	444	416	40	118	24	0	13	64	3	3	17	61	.284	.314	.435	.749	96	181	13	3	4	4	2	*2/H
1996	28	DET	AL	47	165	152	18	38	12	0	4	23	1	0	8	25	.250	.290	.408	.698	74	62	5	1	3	1	1	2/H
1996	28	SDP	NL	72	279	264	22	80	12	0	9	41	2	3	9	36	.303	.327	.451	.778	109	119	8	2	1	3	1	2/H
1997	29	SDP	NL	129	476	439	38	120	21	1	9	46	4	4	33	62	.273	.323	.387	.710	91	170	11	0	2	2	7	*2/H
1998	30	TBD-min	AAA	6	25	23	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.130	.160	.174	.334		4	1	0	0	1	0		DHM · IL
1998	30	TBD	AL	91	334	304	21	63	11	0	3	24	0	5	22	46	.207	.261	.273	.534	39	83	9	1	4	3	0	2
1999	31	TBD	AL	117	482	446	53	124	19	0	14	71	0	2	19	64	.278	.310	.415	.725	83	185	14	6	1	10	0	*2/DH
2000	32	TBD	AL	109	418	394	36	103	15	0	10	39	0	0	20	57	.261	.296	.376	.671	71	148	11	0	2	2	2	2/H
2001	33	TBD	AL	78	265	248	20	59	17	1	4	29	1	0	10	33	.238	.269	.363	.632	67	90	9	1	5	1	1	2
2002	34	TBD	AL	76	303	281	27	73	20	0	4	33	2	2	15	50	.260	.296	.374	.669	79	105	6	1	2	4	0	2/H
2003	35	NYY	AL	40	116	105	16	28	8	0	4	14	0	0	4	19	.267	.297	.457	.754	97	48	6	1	5	1	1	2/H
2004	36	NYY	AL	47	135	127	11	32	9	0	6	16	0	2	5	25	.252	.286	.465	.750	93	59	5	1	2	0	2	2/H
2005	37	NYY	AL	47	138	127	10	21	5	0	2	11	0	0	6	26	.165	.206	.252	.458	23	32	4	1	2	2	0	2/3H
14 Yrs				1047	3640	3372	319	849	176	3	80	395	10	19	175	514	.252	.290	.377	.667	74	1271	97	19	41	33	15
162 Game Avg.				162	563	522	49	131	27	0	12	61	2	3	27	80	.252	.290	.377	.667	74	197	15	3	6	5	2

TBD (5 yrs)				471	1802	1673	157	422	82	1	35	196	3	9	86	250	.252	.289	.365	.654	69	611	49	9	14	20	3
NYY (3 yrs)				134	389	359	37	81	22	0	12	41	0	2	15	70	.226	.261	.387	.648	69	139	15	3	9	3	3
DET (3 yrs)				193	594	546	59	130	35	1	15	67	1	1	27	83	.238	.277	.388	.665	70	212	14	4	13	4	1
SDP (2 yrs)				201	755	703	60	200	33	1	18	87	6	7	42	98	.284	.324	.411	.736	98	289	19	2	3	5	8
BOS (2 yrs)				48	100	91	6	16	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	13	.176	.224	.220	.444	21	20	0	1	2	1	0

AL (13 yrs)				846	2885	2669	259	649	143	2	62	308	4	12	133	416	.243	.281	.368	.649	68	982	78	17	38	28	7
NL (2 yrs)				201	755	703	60	200	33	1	18	87	6	7	42	98	.284	.324	.411	.736	98	289	19	2	3	5	8

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