Doug Flynn

Doug Flynn
Second baseman / Shortstop
Born: April 18, 1951 (1951-04-18) (age 60) Albany, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 9, 1975 for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
October 5, 1985 for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics
Batting average	.238
Hits	918
Runs batted in	284
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1975–1977) New York Mets (1977–1981) Texas Rangers (1982) Montreal Expos (1982–1985) Detroit Tigers (1985)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1975, 1976) Gold Glove Award winner (1980)

Robert Douglas Flynn Jr. (born April 18, 1951 in Albany, New York) is a former Major League Baseball infielder from 1975-1985. He is best remembered for being one of the players the New York Mets acquired in the infamous "Midnight Massacre."

Cincinnati Reds

Flynn grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Bryan Station High School. He signed as an amateur free agent with the Cincinnati Reds in 1971, and was part of the "Big Red Machine" team that won the 1975 and 1976 World Series. However, his only post season appearance came as a defensive replacement in the 1976 National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.^[1]

New York Mets

Tom Seaver was in a contract dispute with New York Mets chairman M. Donald Grant when on Wednesday, June 15, 1977 Grant traded Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for Pat Zachry, Steve Henderson, Dan Norman and Flynn.^[2] Dave Kingman was also traded to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Paul Siebert and Bobby Valentine. Somewhat more quietly that day, they also acquired Joel Youngblood from the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Phillips.

His role with the Mets became more defined when Felix Millan retired following the 1977 season, and Flynn assumed the job of their everyday second baseman for the 1978 season. He won the National League Gold Glove Award at second base for the Mets in 1980.

On August 5, 1980, Flynn tied a Mets record by hitting three triples in one game in a 11-5 loss to the Expos in Montreal.^[3]

Following the 1981 season, he was traded to the Texas Rangers with Dan Boitano for Jim Kern (who was then packaged with Greg Harris and Alex Trevino for George Foster from the Cincinnati Reds).

Rangers, Expos & Tigers

With the Rangers, Flynn reassumed the back-up middle infielder role he had in his early career. Midway through the 1982 season, the Montreal Expos purchased Flynn's contract from Texas, and used him in this role through June 11, 1985, when he was released. He signed with the Detroit Tigers for the remainder of that season, and retired from baseball when the Tigers released him in Spring training the following season.

Games	AB	Runs	Hits	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	Avg.	Slg.	Fld%
1308	3853	288	918	115	39	7	284	20	20	151	320	.238	.294	.982

References

1. ^ "1976 National League Championship Series, Game One". Baseball-Reference.com. October 9, 1976. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI197610090.shtml. 
2. ^ "Mets Trade 'Franchise'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 16, 1977. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tH9IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6728,1890274&dq=doug+flynn&hl=en. 
3. ^ "Montreal Expos 11, New York Mets 5". Baseball-Reference.com. August 5, 1980. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON198008050.shtml. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Persondata
Name	Flynn, Doug
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Date of birth	April 18, 1951
Place of birth	Albany, New York
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