Ben Flowers

Bennett Flowers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 15, 1927 in Wilson, NC
High School: Charles L. Coon HS (Wilson, NC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1951
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Phillies/Cardinals/Tigers 1951-1956

Final Game: September 21, 1956
Died: February 18, 2009 in Wilson, NC
Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, NC
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Standard Batting

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
1945	18	BOS-min	B	34	64	64		10	2	0	0						.156	.156	.188	.344		12							ROA · PIED
1946	19	BOS-min	B,D																										ROA,WLS · PIED,COPL
1948	21	BOS-min	B	37	85	85		12	1	0	0						.141	.141	.153	.294		13							ROA · PIED
1949	22	BOS-min	A	32	59	59		10	3	0	0						.169	.169	.220	.390		13							SCR · EL
1950	23	BOS-min	AAA	33	17	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.000	.071	.000	.071		0	0	0	3				LOU · AA
1951	24	BOS-min	A	33	88	88		15	7	0	0						.170	.170	.250	.420		22							SCR · EL
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

1952	25	BOS-min	Opn,AA	36	80	75	3	7	1	0	1	4	0		2	29	.093	.117	.147	.264		11		0	3				SDG,BIR · PCL,SOUA
1953	26	PHI-min	AAA	5																									BLT · IL
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

1954	27	BOS-min	AAA	32	67	63	7	10	1	2	0	6	0		2	23	.159	.185	.238	.423		15	1	0	2	0			LOU · AA
1955	28	DET-min	AAA	28	62	57	4	9	1	0	0	3	0		2	29	.158	.183	.175	.359		10		0	2	1			BFL · IL
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
1957	30	NYY-LAD-min	AAA,Opn	33	79	68	3	9	1	0	0	2	0		2	30	.132	.157	.147	.304		10	0	0	9	0	0		DEN,LOS · AA,PCL
1958	31	NYY-min	AAA	37	70	63	3	3	0	0	1	2	0		2	34	.048	.077	.095	.172		6		0	5	0	0		DEN · AA
1959	32	NYY-min	AAA	35	37	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	15	.129	.206	.129	.335		4		0	3	0	0		RMD · IL
1960	33	NYY-min	AAA	31	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400		1		0	1	0			RMD · IL
4 Yrs				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	5	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	-0	5	1	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1951	24	BOS	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1953	26	BOS	AL	32	20	-2	0	-0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1955	28	DET	AL	4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1955	28	STL	NL	4	10	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.466	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/1
1956	29	STL	NL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.482	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1956	29	PHI	NL	32	3	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	1
4 Seasons				76	38	-6	-0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$

STL (2 yrs)				7	13	-3	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.473	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
BOS (2 yrs)				33	21	-2	0	-0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
PHI (1 yr)				32	3	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$
DET (1 yr)				4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1951	24	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	110		.000	.279	.000	.362	.000	.409	.000	.771	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1953	26	BOS	AL	20	18	1	1.5	106	.273	.158	.274	.158	.351	.263	.404	.421	.755	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	.419	.200	.754	-46	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
1956	29	TOT	NL	6	5	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.262	.167	.329	.000	.415	.167	.744	-49	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
1956	29	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.263	.000	.330	.000	.415	.000	.745	-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	.414	.333	.742	2	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
4 Yrs				38	35	1	0.8	105	.190	.111	.270	.135	.343	.167	.409	.302	.753	-20	.038	-6.2	-0.6	.206	.083	.056
162 Game Avg.				81	75	2	0.8	105	.190	.111	.270	.135	.343	.167	.409	.302	.753	-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	106	.273	.150	.275	.150	.352	.250	.404	.400	.756	5	.109	-2.8	-0.3	.278	.100	.100
PHI (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.262	.333	.328	.000	.414	.333	.742	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	.274	.143	.351	.238	.404	.381	.755	-0	.100	-3.0	-0.3	.263	.095	.095

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	1.00	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 Yrs				38	0.0%	39.5%	2.6%	5.3%	50%	15.00	2.4		36.0	1.43	55%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.9%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.16	8.1	41.8	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1951	24	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.92	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0

1953	26	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	20	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.69	-0.3	-0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.87	-4.2	0

1955	28	TOT	MLB	-2.4	-0.2	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.01	-0.1	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	1.16	-1.4	0
1955	28	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.17	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
1955	28	STL	NL	-2.1	-0.2	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.18	-0.1	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.23	-1.1	0
1956	29	TOT	NL	-1.1	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.70	-0.1	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.65	-1.1	0
1956	29	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.04	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.80	-0.9	0
1956	29	PHI	NL	-0.2	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.35	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.50	-0.2	0
4 Yrs				-6.3	-0.6	33	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	.76	-0.5	-0.3	-7.2	-0.7	0.88	-6.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	24	BOS	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

1953	26	BOS	AL	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 Yrs				1	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						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
1951	24	BOS	AL	1	100%	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

1953	26	BOS	AL	20	10%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	6	1	17%	14	1	7%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

1955	28	TOT	MLB	11	17%	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		0
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	10	20%	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		0
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 Yrs				38	15%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	2	40%	8	1	13%	21	1	5%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			85%			11%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1952	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1953	26	33	21	20	3	2	1	0	9	.150	.150	.250	.400	5	5	1	1
1954	27	33	21	20	3	2	1	0	9	.150	.150	.250	.400	5	5	1	1
1955	28	41	32	31	4	2	1	0	14	.129	.129	.194	.323	-15	6	2	1	0	0
1956	29	76	38	36	4	2	1	1	15	.111	.135	.167	.302	-20	6	2	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	22	21	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	8	.190	.190	.333	.524	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 Yrs		79	41	39	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	15	.103	.125	.179	.304	1	76
162 Game Avg.		162	84	80	0	8	6	0	0	2	0	2	31	.103	.125	.179	.304	2	76

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