Mike Flanagan career strikeouts (pitching)
1,491Career Regular Season
Mike Flanagan has recorded 1,491 strikeouts (pitching) over 18 regular seasons, 239th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 190 in 1979.
- Most recent: 17 in 1992.
Sum of 18 regular seasons, 1975 through 1992. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 |  BAL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.79 | 9.2 | 7 | 6 | 1.55 | 0 |
| 1976 | BAL | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4.13 | 85.0 | 56 | 33 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1977 | BAL | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3.64 | 235.0 | 149 | 70 | 1.30 | 1 |
| 1978 | BAL | 40 | 19 | 15 | 4.03 | 281.1 | 167 | 87 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1979 | BAL | 39 | 23 | 9 | 3.08 | 265.2 | 190 | 70 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 1980 | BAL | 37 | 16 | 13 | 4.12 | 251.1 | 128 | 71 | 1.39 | 0 |
| 1981 | BAL | 20 | 9 | 6 | 4.19 | 116.0 | 72 | 37 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1982 | BAL | 36 | 15 | 11 | 3.97 | 236.0 | 103 | 76 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 1983 | BAL | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3.30 | 125.1 | 50 | 31 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1984 | BAL | 34 | 13 | 13 | 3.53 | 226.2 | 115 | 81 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 1985 | BAL | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5.13 | 86.0 | 42 | 28 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 1986 | BAL | 29 | 7 | 11 | 4.24 | 172.0 | 96 | 66 | 1.42 | 0 |
| 1987 |  BAL/TOR | 23 | 6 | 8 | 4.06 | 144.0 | 93 | 51 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1988 | TOR | 34 | 13 | 13 | 4.18 | 211.0 | 99 | 80 | 1.42 | 0 |
| 1989 | TOR | 30 | 8 | 10 | 3.93 | 171.2 | 47 | 47 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1990 | TOR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5.31 | 20.1 | 5 | 8 | 1.77 | 0 |
| 1991 | BAL | 64 | 2 | 7 | 2.38 | 98.1 | 55 | 25 | 1.11 | 3 |
| 1992 | BAL | 42 | 0 | 0 | 8.05 | 34.2 | 17 | 23 | 2.11 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV