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Jake Flowers
D'Arcy Raymond Flowers

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.
School Washington College

Debut September 7, 1923
Final Game August 2, 1934
Born March 16, 1902 in Cambridge, MD
Died December 27, 1962 in Clearwater, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 21 STL NL  13   32    0    3   1  0   0    2   1  2   2   7  .094  .147  .125  -27    4   1           0    
 1926 24 STL NL  40   74   13   20   1  0   3    9   1      5   9  .270  .325  .405   92   30   1           1    
 1927 25 BRO NL  67  231   26   54   5  5   2   20   3     21  25  .234  .300  .325   67   75   6           1    
 1928 26 BRO NL 103  339   51   93  11  6   2   44  10     47  30  .274  .366  .360   91  122  18           2     MVP-18
 1929 27 BRO NL  46  130   16   26   6  0   1   16   9     22   6  .200  .316  .269   48   35   7           0    
 1930 28 BRO NL  89  253   37   81  18  3   2   50   5     21  18  .320  .372  .439   96  111  12           0    
 1931 29 TOT NL  67  168   22   41  11  1   2   20   8     16  10  .244  .310  .357   77   60   1           0    
         BRO NL  22   31    3    7   0  0   0    1   1      7   4  .226  .368  .226   64    7   0           0    
         STL NL  45  137   19   34  11  1   2   19   7      9   6  .248  .295  .387   79   53   1           0    
 1932 30 STL NL  67  247   35   63  11  1   2   18   7     31  18  .255  .341  .332   80   82   2           1    
 1933 31 BRO NL  78  210   28   49  11  2   2   22  13     24  15  .233  .312  .333   87   70   9           0   5
 1934 32 CIN NL  13    9    1    3   0  0   0    0   1      1   1  .333  .455  .333  116    3   0           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     583 1693  229  433  75 18  16  201  58  2 190 139  .256  .333  .350   80  592  57   0   0   6   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        470   64  120  21  5   4   56  16  1  53  39  .256  .333  .350   80  165  16   0   0   2   1
 Career High    103  339   51   93  18  6   3   50  13  2  47  30  .320  .372  .439   96  122  18   0   0   2   5
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 21 STL NL   35   32    0   0.0   105| .094  .290| .147  .348| .125  .403| .272  .751| -27  .000  -5.8  -0.6  33%
 1926 24 STL NL   81   55    9   4.4   106| .270  .292| .325  .352| .405  .404| .730  .757|  92  .482  -1.1  -0.1     
 1927 25 BRO NL  259  183   22   3.2   104| .234  .290| .300  .349| .325  .400| .625  .749|  67  .344 -11.3  -1.1     
 1928 26 BRO NL  406  264   44   4.5   108| .274  .289| .366  .354| .360  .411| .726  .764|  91  .467  -3.1  -0.3     
 1929 27 BRO NL  159  111   11   2.6   119| .200  .302| .316  .366| .269  .439| .585  .805|  48  .208 -10.1  -0.9     
 1930 28 BRO NL  286  184   41   5.9   126| .320  .310| .372  .369| .439  .462| .811  .831|  96  .504  -1.0  -0.1     
 1931 29 TOT NL  185  128   19   4.0   106| .244  .289| .310  .348| .357  .408| .667  .756|  77  .431  -5.5  -0.5     
         BRO NL   38   24    3   3.3   102| .226  .284| .368  .343| .226  .401| .594  .744|  64  .356  -1.2  -0.1     
         STL NL  147  104   16   4.1   107| .248  .290| .295  .349| .387  .409| .682  .759|  79  .446  -4.4  -0.4     
 1932 30 STL NL  281  186   28   4.1   106| .255  .288| .341  .341| .332  .417| .673  .758|  80  .432  -6.3  -0.6     
 1933 31 BRO NL  243  175   22   3.4    88| .233  .270| .312  .322| .333  .369| .645  .690|  87  .414  -2.6  -0.3     
 1934 32 CIN NL   11    6    1   4.4   103| .333  .285| .455  .340| .333  .405| .788  .744| 116  .470   0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1946 1324  197   4.0   108| .256  .291| .333  .350| .350  .414| .683  .764|  80  .411 -46.5  -4.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1923 21 STL NL SS 7 10 24 1 1 .971 .939 4.86 5.46 3B 2 3 1 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.95 2B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 5.55 1926 24 STL NL 2B 11 17 43 1 4 .984 .965 5.45 5.29 1B 3 20 2 1 1 .957 .991 7.33 10.03 SS 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.30 1927 25 BRO NL SS 65 137 184 19 29 .944 .944 4.94 5.18 2B 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 5.60 1928 26 BRO NL 2B 94 260 270 16 46 .971 .970 5.64 5.71 SS 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.22 1929 27 BRO NL 2B 39 96 109 8 17 .962 .968 5.26 5.46 1930 28 BRO NL 2B 65 153 200 19 42 .949 .963 5.43 5.59 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 0 0 1 1931 29 TOT NL 2B 27 51 64 1 15 .991 .964 4.26 5.22 TOT NL SS 25 37 71 3 14 .973 .954 4.32 5.06 BRO NL 2B 6 17 13 0 2 1.000 .965 5.00 5.22 SS 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 7.00 5.10 STL NL SS 24 35 66 3 14 .971 .954 4.21 5.06 2B 21 34 51 1 13 .988 .964 4.05 5.22 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.70 1932 30 STL NL 3B 54 59 91 3 10 .980 .945 2.78 2.74 SS 7 10 8 1 2 .947 .947 2.57 5.07 2B 2 6 7 0 2 1.000 .970 6.50 5.45 1933 31 BRO NL SS 36 79 90 8 13 .955 .949 4.69 4.94 2B 19 44 56 2 5 .980 .968 5.26 5.41 3B 8 7 12 1 1 .950 .950 2.38 2.89 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1926 24 STL NL 1B 3 20 2 1 1 .957 .991 7.33 10.03 1923 21 STL NL 2B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 5.55 1926 24 STL NL 2B 11 17 43 1 4 .984 .965 5.45 5.29 1927 25 BRO NL 2B 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 5.60 1928 26 BRO NL 2B 94 260 270 16 46 .971 .970 5.64 5.71 1929 27 BRO NL 2B 39 96 109 8 17 .962 .968 5.26 5.46 1930 28 BRO NL 2B 65 153 200 19 42 .949 .963 5.43 5.59 1931 29 TOT NL 2B 27 51 64 1 15 .991 .964 4.26 5.22 BRO NL 2B 6 17 13 0 2 1.000 .965 5.00 5.22 STL NL 2B 21 34 51 1 13 .988 .964 4.05 5.22 1932 30 STL NL 2B 2 6 7 0 2 1.000 .970 6.50 5.45 1933 31 BRO NL 2B 19 44 56 2 5 .980 .968 5.26 5.41 1923 21 STL NL 3B 2 3 1 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.95 1931 29 STL NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.70 1932 30 STL NL 3B 54 59 91 3 10 .980 .945 2.78 2.74 1933 31 BRO NL 3B 8 7 12 1 1 .950 .950 2.38 2.89 1930 28 BRO NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 0 0 1 1933 31 BRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0 0 1 1923 21 STL NL SS 7 10 24 1 1 .971 .939 4.86 5.46 1926 24 STL NL SS 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.30 1927 25 BRO NL SS 65 137 184 19 29 .944 .944 4.94 5.18 1928 26 BRO NL SS 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.22 1931 29 TOT NL SS 25 37 71 3 14 .973 .954 4.32 5.06 BRO NL SS 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 7.00 5.10 STL NL SS 24 35 66 3 14 .971 .954 4.21 5.06 1932 30 STL NL SS 7 10 8 1 2 .947 .947 2.57 5.07 1933 31 BRO NL SS 36 79 90 8 13 .955 .949 4.69 4.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 260 631 757 47 131 .967 .967 5.34 5.55 SS 147 277 380 33 59 .952 .947 4.47 5.11 3B 65 70 104 5 11 .972 .946 2.68 2.76 1B 3 20 2 1 1 .957 .991 7.33 10.03 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 0 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 477 999 1243 86 202 .963 .960 4.70 5.05
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1926   WS    STL NYY     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   5  11   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   0  .091  .167  .182   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   8  14   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   1  .071  .133  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1928-NL-18-0.04
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Stolen Bases
1933 NL-13-6

Youngest Player
1923 NL-21-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 3, 1927: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Brooklyn Robins for Bob McGraw.

June 15, 1931: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Robins.

February 8, 1933: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Ownie Carroll to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Dazzy Vance and Gordon Slade.

February 6, 1934: Purchased by the Buffalo (International) from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

March 23, 1934: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Buffalo (International).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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