Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1975
- College
- Massachusetts
- AL Cy Young
- 1979
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1975
- College
- Massachusetts
- AL Cy Young
- 1979
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 526
- W
- 167
- L
- 143
- ERA
- 3.90
- IP
- 2770.0
- K
- 1,491
- BB
- 890
- WHIP
- 1.33
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | BAL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.79 | 9.2 | 7 | 6 | 1.55 |
| 1976 | BAL | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4.13 | 85.0 | 56 | 33 | 1.36 |
| 1977 | BAL | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3.64 | 235.0 | 149 | 70 | 1.30 |
| 1978 | BAL | 40 | 19 | 15 | 4.03 | 281.1 | 167 | 87 | 1.27 |
| 1979 | BAL | 39 | 23 | 9 | 3.08 | 265.2 | 190 | 70 | 1.19 |
| 1980 | BAL | 37 | 16 | 13 | 4.12 | 251.1 | 128 | 71 | 1.39 |
| 1981 | BAL | 20 | 9 | 6 | 4.19 | 116.0 | 72 | 37 | 1.25 |
| 1982 | BAL | 36 | 15 | 11 | 3.97 | 236.0 | 103 | 76 | 1.31 |
| 1983 | BAL | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3.30 | 125.1 | 50 | 31 | 1.32 |
| 1984 | BAL | 34 | 13 | 13 | 3.53 | 226.2 | 115 | 81 | 1.30 |
| 1985 | BAL | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5.13 | 86.0 | 42 | 28 | 1.50 |
| 1986 | BAL | 29 | 7 | 11 | 4.24 | 172.0 | 96 | 66 | 1.42 |
| 1987 |  BAL/TOR | 23 | 6 | 8 | 4.06 | 144.0 | 93 | 51 | 1.38 |
| 1988 | TOR | 34 | 13 | 13 | 4.18 | 211.0 | 99 | 80 | 1.42 |
| 1989 | TOR | 30 | 8 | 10 | 3.93 | 171.2 | 47 | 47 | 1.36 |
| 1990 | TOR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5.31 | 20.1 | 5 | 8 | 1.77 |
| 1991 | BAL | 64 | 2 | 7 | 2.38 | 98.1 | 55 | 25 | 1.11 |
| 1992 | BAL | 42 | 0 | 0 | 8.05 | 34.2 | 17 | 23 | 2.11 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- W
- 3
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 4.37
- IP
- 35.0
- K
- 20
- BB
- 5
- WHIP
- 1.34
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 101
- SHO
- 19
- K/9
- 4.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | BAL | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | BAL | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | BAL | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | BAL | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | BAL | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | BAL | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | BAL | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | BAL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | BAL | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | BAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | BAL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | BAL/TOR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | TOR | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | TOR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Mike Flanagan's career stats?
Mike Flanagan played 18 seasons for the Orioles and the Blue Jays. He had 167 wins and 1,491 strikeouts with a 3.90 ERA over 2,770.0 innings. His best season was 1979: 23 wins, a 3.08 ERA and 190 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1975 to 1992
Mike Flanagan led MLB in wins (1979); finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.
Championships
- 1983 World Series with the Baltimore Orioles
Awards
All-time career rank
- 239th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,491)
- 192nd in wins (pitching) (167)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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