Ben Flowers
Bennett Flowers
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 15, 1927 in Wilson, NC
High School: Charles L. Coon (Wilson, NC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1951
Final Game: September 21, 1956
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1951 24 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1953 26 BOS AL 32 20 19 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .158 .158 .263 .421 10 5 1 0 1 1
1955 28 TOT MLB 8 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 28 DET AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 28 STL NL 4 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1956 29 TOT NL 35 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 29 STL NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1956 29 PHI NL 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 76 38 36 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .111 .135 .167 .302 -20 6 2 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 81 77 0 9 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 32 .111 .135 .167 .302 -20 13 4 0 2
STL (2 yrs) 7 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 1 0 0 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 33 21 20 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .150 .150 .250 .400 4 5 1 0 1
PHI (1 yr) 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 39 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 1 0 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 37 22 21 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .143 .143 .238 .381 -1 5 1 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1951 24 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .278 .000 .361 .000 .407 .000 .768 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1953 26 BOS AL 20 18 1 1.5 107 .273 .158 .276 .158 .352 .263 .405 .421 .758 10 .118 -2.5 -0.2 .294 .105 .105
1955 28 TOT MLB 11 11 0 0.0 104 .167 .091 .264 .091 .336 .091 .416 .182 .752 -51 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .091 .000 .000
1955 28 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 101 .000 .264 .000 .343 .000 .393 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1955 28 STL NL 10 10 0 0.0 105 .167 .100 .264 .100 .335 .100 .418 .200 .754 -46 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1956 29 TOT NL 6 5 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .263 .167 .330 .000 .415 .167 .745 -49 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1956 29 STL NL 3 3 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .264 .000 .331 .000 .417 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1956 29 PHI NL 3 2 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .262 .333 .328 .000 .413 .333 .741 2 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
4 Seasons 38 35 1 0.8 105 .190 .111 .270 .135 .344 .167 .410 .302 .754 -20 .038 -6.2 -0.6 .206 .083 .056
162 Game Avg. 81 75 2 0.8 105 .190 .111 .270 .135 .344 .167 .410 .302 .754 -20 .038 -6.2 -0.6 .206 .083 .056
STL (2 yrs) 13 13 0 0.0 104 .111 .077 .264 .077 .334 .077 .418 .154 .752 -59 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .077 .000 .000
BOS (2 yrs) 21 19 1 1.4 107 .273 .150 .276 .150 .353 .250 .406 .400 .758 4 .109 -2.8 -0.3 .278 .100 .100
PHI (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .262 .333 .328 .000 .413 .333 .741 2 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
DET (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 101 .000 .264 .000 .343 .000 .393 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (2 yrs) 16 15 0 0.0 104 .100 .067 .264 .125 .333 .067 .417 .192 .750 -46 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .133 .067 .000
AL (3 yrs) 22 20 1 1.3 106 .273 .143 .275 .143 .352 .238 .405 .381 .757 -1 .100 -3.1 -0.3 .263 .095 .095

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1951 24 BOS AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1953 26 BOS AL 20 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 10.0% 67% 2.4 19.0 55%
1955 28 TOT MLB 11 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 55%
1955 28 DET AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1955 28 STL NL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 60%
1956 29 TOT NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 1.00 5.0 1.00 67%
1956 29 STL NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.00 100%
1956 29 PHI NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 1.00 2.0 0.00 33%
4 Seasons 38 0.0% 39.5% 2.6% 5.3% 50% 15.00 2.4 36.0 2.00 55%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 28 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 28 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 28 STL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 29 TOT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 29 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 29 PHI NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 28 TOT MLB 4 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 7
1955 28 DET AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 28 STL NL 3 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 7
1956 29 TOT NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1956 29 STL NL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1956 29 PHI NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 10 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 200% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1952 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1953 26 33 21 20 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .150 .150 .250 .400 4 5 1 0 1
1954 27 33 21 20 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .150 .150 .250 .400 4 5 1 0 1
1955 28 41 32 31 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .129 .129 .194 .323 -16 6 2 0 1 0 0
1956 29 76 38 36 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .111 .135 .167 .302 -20 6 2 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1953 26 33 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 32
1955 28 8 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1956 29 37 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 35
4 Seasons 79 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 .000 .026 .000 .026 1 76
162 Game Avg. 162 80 78 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 31 .000 .026 .000 .026 2 76

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