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Brian Flynn

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 29
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 245 lb

Born: April 19, 1990 in Tulsa, OK, United States
MLB debut: September 4, 2013

dbWAR: 1.1
IP: 29.1
ERA: 5.22
FIP: 4.65
K/9: 6.8
FIP−: 103

Brian Flynn was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2019 he struck out 22 batters over 29.1 innings across 11 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 5.22 was 15.8% higher than the league average of 4.51 — 10th of 18 on his team, and 374th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.65 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.8% of swings (8.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.8%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2019.

FIP4.65

K/96.8

WHIP1.88

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	KC	11	1	29.1	2	2	0	38	17	22	17	5.22	4.65	1.88	6.8	5.2	116	103	0.2
2018	KC	48	0	75.2	3	5	1	87	34	47	35	4.04	4.28	1.61	5.6	4.2	97	103	0.4
2017	KC	1	0	2.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.86	3.16	1.29	0.0	0.0	89	72	0.0
2016	KC	36	1	55.1	1	2	0	38	16	44	23	2.60	4.03	1.10	7.2	3.7	62	96	0.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2018	KC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-118	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	55	47	14	0	6	10	.298	.389	.362	.331	18.2%
vs RHB	84	67	24	2	11	12	.358	.451	.537	.416	14.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Brian Flynn throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	41.4%	212	82.5	2,324	36.3%	26.6%	46	.283	.725
Sinker	36.1%	185	90.4	2,227	43.2%	17.4%	46	.413	1.112
Four-Seam Fastball	20.7%	106	90.7	2,261	45.3%	5.7%	23	.261	.705

Brian Flynn's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Génesis CabreraSTL

ERA: 4.87
FIP: 4.54
SO: 19
WAR: 0.1

Joe RossWSH

ERA: 5.48
FIP: 4.59
SO: 57
WAR: 0.5

Burch SmithSF

ERA: 5.48
FIP: 5.28
SO: 20
WAR: -0.1

Tyler OlsonCLE

ERA: 4.40
FIP: 4.42
SO: 28
WAR: 0.2

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.