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Michael Kendall Flanagan (December 16, 1951 – August 24, 2011)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wbaltv.com/sports/28967968/detail.html )〕 was an American left-handed pitcher, front office executive, and color commentator. With the exception of four years with the Toronto Blue Jays (1987–90), he was with the Baltimore Orioles for his entire career in Major League Baseball (MLB). Flanagan was a starting pitcher for the Orioles from 1975 through 1987. He was named to the American League (AL) All-Star Team once in 1978. The following year, the first of two times he would play on an AL pennant winner, his 23 victories led the circuit and earned him the league's Cy Young Award. He was a member of the Orioles' World Series Championship team in 1983. He returned to Baltimore to close out his playing career as a reliever in 1991 and 1992. During this second tour, he contributed to the most recent no-hitter thrown by the club. He was also the last Orioles pitcher to appear in a major-league contest at Memorial Stadium. In an 18-season career, Flanagan posted a 167–143 record with 1491 strikeouts and a 3.90 ERA in 2770.0 innings pitched. He served in three different positions with the Orioles after his retirement as an active player. He was the pitching coach in 1995 and 1998 and the executive vice president of baseball operations from 2006 through 2008. At the time of his death, he was one of the team's broadcasters, a role he had previously held three times (1994, 1996–97, 1999–2002). ==Early years== Born and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, he was one of Ed and Lorraine Flanagan's four children and the younger of their two sons. Under the coaching of his father and grandfather Ed Sr., who both played in the Boston Red Sox organization, Flanagan once struck out 18 batters in a six-inning Little League game.〔Keaney, Bob. ("Orioles/UMass pitching legend Flanagan had links to Lynn, Swampscott" ), ''The Daily Item'' (Lynn, Massachusetts), Friday, August 26, 2011〕〔(Star, Jon & Schelling, Jordan. "Longtime Oriole Flanagan dead at 59" ) MLB.com, Thursday, August 25, 2011〕 Flanagan graduated from Manchester (NH) Memorial High School, where he was on the baseball and basketball teams that each won consecutive New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) Class L titles in 1970 and 1971.〔(Habib, John. "NH native Mike Flanagan recalled as top athlete" ) ''New Hampshire Union Leader'' (Manchester, New Hampshire), Friday, August 26, 2011〕 His pitching was limited in 1971 due to an arm injury he had sustained while playing American Legion Baseball for the local Henry J. Sweeney Post the previous summer.〔(Brown, Garry. "Former coach Dick Bergquist: Mike Flanagan never forgot UMass" ) MassLive.com, Thursday, August 25, 2011〕 This factored into him not signing a contract after he was picked by the Houston Astros in the 15th round (346th overall) of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft.〔〔(1971 Major League Baseball Draft, Rounds 11–20 ) Pro Sports Transactions〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Flanagan (baseball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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