Patrick Joseph Flaherty (June 29, 1876 – January 23, 1968), born in Mansfield (now Carnegie), Pennsylvania, was a pitcher for the

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(1899),

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(1900 and 1904–05),

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(1903–1904),

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(1907–08),

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(1910) and Boston Rustlers (1911), who specialized in his spitball.''The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches''. Bill James and Rob Neyer. 2004. He led the

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in hits allowed (338) and losses (25) in 1903. He led the

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in earned runs allowed (88) in 1908. In 9 years Flaherty had a win–loss record of 67–84, 173 games, 150 games started, 125 complete games, 7 shutouts, 18 games finished, 2 saves, innings pitched, 1,292 hits allowed, 616 runs allowed, 449 earned runs allowed, 25 home runs allowed, 331 walks allowed, 271 strikeouts, 56 hit batsmen, 25 wild pitches, 5,156 batters faced, 2 balks and a 3.10 ERA. He died in

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, at the age of 91.

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