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John
Flynn		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 7, 1883 in Usa, RI, PROVIDENCE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1910 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1911 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1912 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1913 29 CHA AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1914 30 CHA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1915 31 CHA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1916 32 CHA AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1917 33 WAS AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1910 26 CIN NL 33 96 6 31 3 1 1 13 2 1 4 21 .323 .353 .406 .759 13.4 3.7
1911 27 CIN NL 130 468 52 116 10 4 8 64 15 8 55 92 .248 .325 .338 .663 54.4 7.3
1912 28 CIN NL 65 211 30 52 1 1 6 26 13 2 25 48 .246 .329 .346 .675 28.1 5.0
1913 29 CIN NL 12 14 2 7 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .571 1.071 2.7 1.1
  CHA AL 24 96 8 17 2 1 0 11 3 3 7 11 .177 .231 .219 .450 3.6 0.0
  TOT   36 110 10 24 3 1 0 19 3 3 7 13 .218 .263 .264 .526 6.3 1.1
1914 30 CHA AL 39 138 16 39 1 4 3 16 4 3 15 29 .283 .353 .413 .766 19.7 4.3
    AAA   22 56 11 16 1 0 1 8 2 4 14 13 .286 .429 .357 .786 9.2  
1915 31 CHA AL 31 111 11 31 0 0 0 6 8 3 11 18 .279 .344 .279 .624 11.8 3.0
1916 32 CHA AL 14 34 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .176 .263 .206 .469 1.6 0.0
1917 33 AAA   129 516 89 145 21 4 6 56 17 8 79 98 .281 .376 .372 .749 76.7  
7 Years Sim 348 1168 126 299 19 11 18 145 45 20 121 229 .256 .326 .337 .663 135.3 24.5
2 Years AAA 151 572 100 161 22 4 7 64 19 12 93 111 .281 .380 .371 .750 85.8  
162 Game Average 543 58 139 8 5 8 67 20 9 56 106 .256 .326 .337 .663 63.0  
Career Highs 130 468 52 116 10 4 8 64 15 8 55 92 .323 .353 .413 .766 54.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   534 61 121 10 4 7 69 21 4 76 110 .227 .321 .300 .621 60.1
vs LH   634 65 178 9 7 11 76 24 16 45 119 .281 .330 .369 .699 75.8
Home 158 516 55 132 8 8 7 55 17 9 53 104 .256 .326 .343 .669 60.0
Away 190 652 71 167 11 3 11 90 28 11 68 125 .256 .326 .333 .658 76.0
RISP   314 0 94 9 5 8 130 0 0 35 59 .299 .362 .436 .799 50.0
Pinch Hitting   34 6 15 1 0 2 9 0 0 5 6 .441 .513 .647 1.160 9.5
Close/Late   164 20 46 4 0 3 29 0 0 19 31 .280 .351 .360 .711 21.8
Mar/Apr 28 89 10 19 0 1 0 6 8 1 11 22 .213 .300 .236 .536 8.2
May 54 183 19 45 5 1 7 37 6 1 19 45 .246 .316 .399 .714 24.7
June 50 157 22 48 3 3 2 15 5 5 18 36 .306 .377 .401 .778 23.1
July 67 229 34 63 3 3 6 38 9 4 20 52 .275 .335 .393 .728 30.6
August 76 265 26 67 5 1 2 27 9 6 28 40 .253 .324 .302 .626 27.2
Sep/Oct 73 245 15 57 3 2 1 22 8 3 25 34 .233 .303 .273 .576 22.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1910 26 CIN NL 1B 25 25 223.0 274 9 1 19 .996 11.42   0.3
1911 27 CIN NL 1B 128 126 1124.3 1388 101 6 98 .996 11.92   3.0
1912 28 CIN NL 1B 54 54 471.0 586 45 14 47 .978 12.06   0.7
1913 29 CIN NL 1B 9 8 27.1 36 2 0 2 1.000 12.62   0.0
  CHA AL 1B 18 17 205.2 270 15 2 19 .993 12.50   0.4
  TOT   1B 27 25 232.3 306 17 2 21 .994 12.51   0.5
1914 30 CHA AL 1B 37 37 330.7 460 32 6 27 .988 13.39   0.6
1915 31 CHA AL 1B 31 27 256.3 333 26 2 20 .994 12.60   0.1
1916 32 CHA AL 1B 8 8 68.0 82 9 0 5 1.000 12.04   0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 310 302 2705.6 3429 239 31 237 .992 12.20   5.3
  LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   311 302 2706.6 3430 239 31 237 .992 12.20   5.3
Career Highs   128 126 1124.3 1388 101 14 98 1.000 13.39    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
1911-5-8
 Strikeouts
1911-5-92
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  5. Babe Twombly (967)
  6. Bert Daniels (967)
  7. Claude Rossman (966)
  8. Adam Comorosky (966)
  9. Vin Campbell (966)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1910
Had first career hit on 4/26/1910, off Rip Vowinkel (SLN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/3/1910, off Charlie Case (BRO)
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Chicago (A) on 7/31/1913 (Going to CIN: 2B Larry Doyle, 1B Tim Jordan. Going to CHA: 1B John Flynn, RF Pete Compton)
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Chicago (A) on 7/16/1916
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/12/1917 to a minor league contract
 
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