Will Flynt

William Arthur Flynt

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 5", Weight 215 lb.
• School Fort Hays State University, Palomar College

• Born November 23, 1967 in Escondido, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Will Flynt pitched in the minor leagues, Mexico, Taiwan and Japan.

Flynt was signed by the Seattle Mariners in 1991, and he had a 4.50 ERA in 22 games for the class-A+ San Bernardino Spirit. After missing the 1992 season, the Jungo Bears of the CPBL signed him, and he was 3-5 with a 2.82 ERA in 1993. Flynt became the ace of the Bears in 1994, and he was selected into the 1994 CPBL All-Star Game; he pitched 2 2/3 shutout innings. He ended up 11-13 with a 3.19 ERA, leading the CPBL in starts, hits, walks and strikeouts. He was also 7th in wins, 11 behind Yi-Hsin Chen. Flynt was the first pitcher to reach 200 strikeouts in a season, and he held the CPBL single season strikeouts record until Ying-Chieh Lin broke it in 2004.

The Pittsburgh Pirates then signed him in 1995, and he was a strike replacement player. He had a 5.40 ERA in 12 appearances with AAA Calgary Cannons. He jumped to the Baltimore Orioles in 1996, and he only pitched 4 games for the Rochester Red Wings with a 8.27 ERA. He went back to Taiwan again in 1997; this time, he signed with the Brother Elephants. He ended up 11-9 with a 3.89 ERA, and he became the first CPBL player to get more than 10 wins for 2 different teams. He was 6th in wins (5 behind Chun-Liang Wu) and 2nd in strikeouts (33 behind Enrique Burgos).

However, Flynt only pitched one game in 1998, and the Elephants released him. He then went to the Bend Bandits of Western League, and he was 9-8 with a 5.18 ERA. Jumping to the Tri-City Posse in 1999, Flynt had a 7-8 record with a 5.08 ERA there. He split his 2000 season between the Mexican League and Atlantic League, having a 13-4 record with a 2.68 ERA for the Saraperos de Saltillo, but his ERA was 9.00 in 6 appearances with the Nashua Pride. He tied Ángel Moreno and two others for the LMB lead in wins, while he was second to Luis Fernando Morales in ERA. The Kintetsu Buffaloes then signed him, but Flynt only pitched one game for them, and he was released on June 15. He was 2-6 with a 2.86 ERA in 2002 with the Langosteros de Cancun in Mexico, and he was 3-6 with a 5.82 ERA with the Solano Steelheads.