MLB / Players

Mike Flanagan

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb

BornDecember 16, 1951 · Manchester, NH, USA

MLB debutSeptember 5, 1975

Final gameSeptember 27, 1992

Seasons18 (1975–1992)

Baltimore Orioles 1975–1987; Toronto Blue Jays 1987–1990; Baltimore Orioles 1991–1992

Percentile snapshot

1989 season — qualified pitchers

11.7

19.5

5.2

57.1

1.3

SHO

24.7

186

64.9

89.6

90.9

171.7

7.8

ERA

3.93

20.8

WHIP

1.357

28.6

K/9

2.46

FIP

3.97

22.1

FIP-

103.7

28.6

ERA+

97.3

24.7

sWAR

1.5

20.8

of 78 qualified 1989 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

100.4

40.1

sWAR

27.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1975	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
1976	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1978	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2
1979	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.5
1980	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1981	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3
1982	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5
1983	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1984	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.2
1985	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2
1986	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1987	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1988	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1989	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1990	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1
1991	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1992	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1975	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	3	6	7	0	9.7	2.79	1.552	6.52	2.97	83.6	127.2	0.2
1976	20	10	3	5	0	4	0	83	39	33	56	7	85.0	4.13	1.365	5.93	3.54	107.0	80.0	0.0
1977	36	33	15	10	1	15	2	235	95	70	149	17	235.0	3.64	1.298	5.71	3.33	87.0	105.3	2.8
1978	40	40	19	15	0	17	2	271	126	87	167	22	281.3	4.03	1.273	5.34	3.34	94.3	87.9	1.2
1979	39	38	23	9	0	16	5	245	91	70	190	23	265.7	3.08	1.186	6.44	3.29	81.1	131.5	5.5
1980	37	37	16	13	0	12	2	278	115	71	128	27	251.3	4.12	1.389	4.58	4.01	101.2	96.2	2.0
1981	20	20	9	6	0	3	2	108	54	37	72	11	116.0	4.19	1.250	5.59	3.54	97.6	86.6	0.3
1982	36	35	15	11	0	11	1	233	104	76	103	24	236.0	3.97	1.309	3.93	4.16	102.9	101.9	2.5
1983	20	20	12	4	0	3	1	135	46	31	50	10	125.3	3.30	1.324	3.59	3.85	96.9	120.5	2.2
1984	34	34	13	13	0	10	2	213	89	81	115	24	226.7	3.53	1.297	4.57	4.19	107.4	110.5	3.2
1985	15	15	4	5	0	1	0	101	49	28	42	14	86.0	5.13	1.500	4.40	4.93	121.4	79.2	-0.2
1986	29	28	7	11	0	2	0	179	81	66	96	15	172.0	4.24	1.424	5.02	3.98	95.7	98.1	1.5
1987	23	23	6	8	0	4	0	148	65	51	93	12	144.0	4.06	1.382	5.81	3.73	84.0	109.4	2.0
1988	34	34	13	13	0	2	1	220	98	80	99	23	211.0	4.18	1.422	4.22	4.52	116.4	93.0	1.4
1989	30	30	8	10	0	1	1	186	75	47	47	10	171.7	3.93	1.357	2.46	3.97	103.7	97.3	1.5
1990	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	28	12	8	5	3	20.3	5.31	1.770	2.21	5.41	137.8	74.0	-0.1
1991	64	1	2	7	3	0	0	84	26	25	55	6	98.3	2.38	1.108	5.03	3.44	85.5	168.9	2.8
1992	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	31	23	17	3	34.7	8.05	2.106	4.41	5.36	135.5	49.1	-1.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

529

RBI

Pitching

G (P)

526

387th-most career G (P)

404

137th-most career GS

167

202nd-most career W

143

195th-most career L

101

409th-most career CG

SHO

274th-most career SHO

2,770

183rd-most career IP

SO (P)

1,491

240th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

890

170th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.896

WHIP

1.3343

K/9

4.84

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	BB
1979-10-10	PIT @ BAL Gameday	4	0
1979-10-14	BAL @ PIT Gameday	1	1
1979-10-17	PIT @ BAL Gameday	0	0
1980-09-13	BAL @ TOR Gameday	0	0
1980-09-14	BAL @ TOR Gameday	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1977-09-27	DET @ BAL Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	3	13	0
1978-06-30	BOS @ BAL Gameday	9.0	10	2	2	0	13	1
1979-08-15	CWS @ BAL Gameday	12.0	5	1	1	1	12	1
1979-09-29	BAL @ CLE Gameday	7.0	4	3	3	2	11	1
1977-05-29	MIN @ BAL Gameday	9.0	6	3	3	4	10	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× Cy Young Award1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.