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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1945	18	BOS-min	B	15	8	.652	3.36	34						169.0	167	74	63		59								1.337	8.9		3.1			ROA · PIED
1946	19	BOS-min	B,D	5	5	.500	3.40	13						98.0	83	44	37		40								1.255	7.6		3.7			ROA,WLS · PIED,COPL
1948	21	BOS-min	B	11	13	.458	3.13	37						236.0	185	102	82		153								1.432	7.1		5.8			ROA · PIED
1949	22	BOS-min	A	11	9	.550	3.35	32	20					164.0	141	72	61		112								1.543	7.7		6.1			SCR · EL
1950	23	BOS-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.39	33	1		1	0		77.0	68	38	29		46		49	1	0	3			1.481	7.9		5.4	5.7	1.07	LOU · AA
1951	24	BOS-min	A	17	8	.680	3.26	22	27					218.0	200	97	79		79								1.280	8.3		3.3			SCR · EL
1951	24	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	11		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00

1952	25	BOS-min	Opn,AA	13	16	.448	3.62	36	30		13	3		226.0	211	94	91		89		114	2	0	3			1.327	8.4		3.5	4.5	1.28	SDG,BIR · PCL,SOUA
1953	26	BOS	AL	1	4	.200	3.86	32	6	13	1	1	3	79.1	87	39	34	6	24		36	1	0	2	345	108	1.399	9.9	0.7	2.7	4.1	1.50

1954	27	BOS-min	AAA	11	12	.478	3.57	32	22		12	2		179.0	187	89	71	15	49		97	2	0	1			1.318	9.4	0.8	2.5	4.9	1.98	LOU · AA
1955	28	DET-min	AAA	12	9	.571	2.24	27	20		17	3		173.0	145	53	43	8	58		126	5	0	4			1.173	7.5	0.4	3.0	6.6	2.17	BFL · IL
1955	28	TOT	MLB	1	0	1.000	4.05	8	4	1	0	0	0	33.1	32	16	15	2	14	0	21	0	0	0	144	101	1.380	8.6	0.5	3.8	5.7	1.50
1955	28	DET	AL	0	0		6.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	24	69	1.167	7.5	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.00
1955	28	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	3.62	4	4	0	0	0	0	27.1	27	12	11	1	12	0	19	0	0	0	120	113	1.427	8.9	0.3	4.0	6.3	1.58
1956	29	TOT	NL	1	3	.250	5.98	35	3	17	0	0	0	52.2	69	38	35	10	15	2	27	1	0	2	235	63	1.595	11.8	1.7	2.6	4.6	1.80
1956	29	STL	NL	1	1	.500	6.94	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	15	9	9	1	5	1	5	0	0	0	53	56	1.714	11.6	0.8	3.9	3.9	1.00
1956	29	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	5.71	32	0	17	0	0	0	41.0	54	29	26	9	10	1	22	1	0	2	182	65	1.561	11.9	2.0	2.2	4.8	2.20
1957	30	NYY-LAD-min	AAA,Opn	11	12	.478	3.76	32	27		11	1		191.1	201	98	80	10	49	9	120	4	1	6			1.307	9.5	0.5	2.3	5.6	2.45	DEN,LOS · AA,PCL
1958	31	NYY-min	AAA	6	14	.300	5.49	37	28		8	1		182.0	222	129	111	19	62	10	106	4	0	8			1.560	11.0	0.9	3.1	5.2	1.71	DEN · AA
1959	32	NYY-min	AAA	2	6	.250	3.64	35	15		2	1		131.0	115	65	53	12	41	4	72	4	0	5			1.191	7.9	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.76	RMD · IL
1960	33	NYY-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.21	31	0		0	0		56.0	49	23	20	5	15	1	46	2	0	2			1.143	7.9	0.8	2.4	7.4	3.07	RMD · IL
4 Yrs				3	7	.300	4.49	76	13	31	1	1	3	168.1	190	93	84	18	54	2	86	2	0	4	735	90	1.450	10.2	1.0	2.9	4.6	1.59
162 Game Avg.				2	5	.300	4.49	58	10	24	1	1	2	129	145	71	64	14	41		66	2	0	3	562	90	1.450	10.2	1.0	2.9	4.6	1.59

STL (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	4.62	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.0	42	21	20	2	17	1	24	0	0	0	173	87	1.513	9.7	0.5	3.9	5.5	1.41
BOS (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	3.72	33	6	13	1	1	3	82.1	89	39	34	6	25		38	1	0	2	356	113	1.385	9.7	0.7	2.7	4.2	1.52
PHI (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.71	32	0	17	0	0	0	41.0	54	29	26	9	10	1	22	1	0	2	182	65	1.561	11.9	2.0	2.2	4.8	2.20
DET (1 yr)				0	0		6.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	24	69	1.167	7.5	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.00

NL (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	5.18	39	7	17	0	0	0	80.0	96	50	46	11	27	2	46	1	0	2	355	75	1.538	10.8	1.2	3.0	5.2	1.70
AL (3 yrs)				1	4	.200	3.87	37	6	14	1	1	3	88.1	94	43	38	7	27	0	40	1	0	2	380	108	1.370	9.6	0.7	2.8	4.1	1.48

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1951	24	BOS	AL	3.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.57	0.01	0.00	86.0	4.78	2	0.2	.4	-0.1	0.1	2	.677	.501	$

1953	26	BOS	AL	79.1	32	6	39	4.42	4.43	0.29	0.00	104.3	4.32	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.4	6	.496	.499	$

1955	28	DET	AL	6.0	4	0	4	6.00	4.50	-0.01	0.00	96.6	4.36	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.471	.499	$
1955	28	STL	NL	27.1	4	4	12	3.95	4.61	0.15	0.00	100.0	4.45	2	0.2		-0.0	0.5	5	.555	.501	$
1956	29	STL	NL	11.2	3	3	9	6.94	4.30	0.24	0.00	98.0	3.98	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.384	.498	$
1956	29	PHI	NL	41.0	32	0	29	6.37	4.36	-0.19	0.00	95.5	4.34	-8	-0.9	.4	0.2	-0.3	-5	.472	.495	$
4 Seasons				168.1	76	13	93	4.97	4.46	0.13	0.00	100.4	4.33	-11	-1.1	.8	0.0	0.4	5	.486	.499	$

STL (2 yrs)				39.0	7	7	21	4.85	4.52	0.18	0.00	99.4	4.31	-2	-0.1		-0.0	0.3	2	.482	.500	$
BOS (2 yrs)				82.1	33	6	39	4.26	4.47	0.28	0.00	103.6	4.34	1	0.1	1.2	-0.2	0.5	8	.502	.500	$
PHI (1 yr)				41.0	32	0	29	6.37	4.36	-0.19	0.00	95.5	4.34	-8	-0.9	.4	0.2	-0.3	-5	.472	.495	$
DET (1 yr)				6.0	4	0	4	6.00	4.50	-0.01	0.00	96.6	4.36	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.471	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1951	24	BOS	AL	1	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.200	.273	.200	.473	.250	2	1	0	0	0		1

1953	26	BOS	AL	32	346	311	39	87	15	3	6	1	3	24	36	.280	.333	.405	.738	.301	126	9	1	9	0		9

1955	28	DET	AL	4	24	21	4	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	.238	.292	.429	.720	.211	9	1	0	0	1	0	0
1955	28	STL	NL	4	57	106	12	27	3	1	1	0	0	12	19	.255	.328	.330	.658	.299	35	0	0	1	1	0	0
1955	28	TOT	MLB	8	81	127	16	32	4	1	2	0	0	14	21	.252	.322	.346	.668	.283	44	1	0	1	2	0	0
1956	29	PHI	NL	32	182	164	29	54	1	3	9	2	0	10	22	.329	.367	.537	.904	.333	88	7	1	5	2	1	1
1956	29	STL	NL	3	53	44	9	15	4	1	1	1	0	5	5	.341	.392	.545	.938	.350	24	0	0	2	2	1	0
1956	29	TOT	NL	35	235	208	38	69	5	4	10	3	0	15	27	.332	.373	.538	.911	.337	112	7	1	7	4	2	1
4 Yrs				76	673	656	93	190	24	8	18	5	3	54	86	.290	.343	.433	.776	.308	284	18	2	17	6	2	11
162 Game Avg.				58	514	501	71	145	18	6	14	4	2	41	66	.290	.343	.433	.776	.308	217	14	2	13	5		8
MLB Averages																.259	.333	.384	.717	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1951	24	BOS	AL	1.5	0.2	13	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.32	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.2	0.32	1.0	0	0	1

1953	26	BOS	AL	2.6	0.3	353	-0.1	5.0	-5.1	.83	-0.0	-0.1	1.0	0.1	0.83	-0.7	7	7	11

1955	28	TOT	MLB	0.6	0.1	84	-0.0	1.4	-1.4	1.02	0.1	-0.1	2.2	0.2	1.00	0.4	1	0	3
1955	28	DET	AL	-1.0	-0.1	26	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.36	-0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.35	-1.2	1	0	3
1955	28	STL	NL	1.6	0.2	58	-0.0	1.2	-1.3	1.30	0.1	-0.2	1.7	0.2	1.30	1.6	0	0	0
1956	29	TOT	NL	-12.0	-1.2	240	-1.4	2.0	-3.4	.58	-1.4	-1.1	-11.6	-1.2	0.58	-14.3	1	4	26
1956	29	STL	NL	-3.4	-0.3	55	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	.95	-0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.95	-2.5	0	0	0
1956	29	PHI	NL	-8.6	-0.9	185	-1.1	1.3	-2.3	.47	-1.1	-1.2	-8.9	-0.9	0.47	-11.8	1	4	26
4 Yrs				-7.3	-0.7	690	-1.5	8.5	-10.0	.76	-1.2	-0.7	-6.8	-0.7	0.76	-13.7	9	11	41

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1953	26	BOS	AL	32	6	1	4	1	0	2	2	4	.333	0	1	1	1	3	50%	43.7	70	26	17	8	4	1	3.6	3.6	5.7

1955	28	TOT	MLB	8	4	1	0	3	0	0	4	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2	50%		64	37	6	1	1	1	4.7	3.3	6.8
1955	28	STL	NL	4	4	1	0	3	0	0	4	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2	50%	52.8	64	37	5	0	1	1	4.7	3.3	6.8
1956	29	TOT	NL	35	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	2	0	0	1	33%		53	30	10	4	1	2	6.8	1.0	3.9
1956	29	STL	NL	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	2	0	0	1	33%	41.7	53	30	1	1	1	2	6.8	1.0	3.9
3 Yrs				39	13	3	5	5	0	2	8	5	.615	0	3	1	1	6	46%	46	70	26	23	9	6	4	4.7	3.1	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.5	4.4	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1951	24	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.325	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0

1953	26	BOS	AL	32	26	13	0	0	3	3	0	100%	3	0	24	10	42%	8	.832	7	7	11	4	2	20	13	13	12	8	13	9	5.2

1955	28	TOT	MLB	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%		1.019	1	0	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	4.5
1955	28	DET	AL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%	3	.360	1	0	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	4.5
1956	29	TOT	NL	35	32	17	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	19	4	21%		.580	1	4	26	1	1	30	15	17	12	10	13	7	3.8
1956	29	PHI	NL	32	32	17	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	19	4	21%	7	.472	1	4	26	1	1	30	15	17	12	10	13	7	3.8
4 Yrs				69	63	31	0	2	4	3	1	75%	4	0	47	14	30%		.686	9	11	41	5	5	53	30	33	27	20	29	16	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	24	BOS	AL	11	55%	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	0.50	73%	1	1	100%

1953	26	BOS	AL	346	64%	1.7%	10.4%	6.9%	6.9%	28%	0.98	78%	93	9	10%

1955	28	TOT	MLB	144	62%	2.5%	25.9%	17.3%	8.6%	22%	1.00	131%	15	1	7%
1955	28	DET	AL	24	63%	4.2%	8.3%	8.3%	8.3%	40%	1.00	79%	4	1	25%
1955	28	STL	NL	120	61%	1.8%	33.3%	21.1%	8.8%	19%	1.00	153%	11	0	0%
1956	29	TOT	NL	235	68%	4.3%	11.5%	6.4%	8.1%	28%	1.40	74%	62	7	11%
1956	29	STL	NL	53	66%	1.9%	9.4%	9.4%	11.3%	40%	1.64	75%	11	0	0%
1956	29	PHI	NL	182	69%	5.0%	12.1%	5.5%	7.1%	24%	1.33	74%	51	7	14%
4 Yrs				736	65%	2.7%	12.8%	8.0%	7.4%	26%	1.10	83%	171	18	11%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	11.9%	10.3%	6.7%	27%	0.95	83%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1951	24	BOS	AL	11	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	1	0	0	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	26	BOS	AL	346	87			6	0	10	2	4	5	1	24	13	3	54%	9	2	0	158	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0

1955	28	TOT	MLB	81	32			2	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	100%	0	0	1	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	63
1955	28	DET	AL	24	5			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1955	28	STL	NL	57	27			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	1	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	63
1956	29	TOT	NL	235	69			10	0	6	6	4	4	6	18	9	1	50%	1	2	0	107	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1956	29	STL	NL	53	15			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1956	29	PHI	NL	182	54			9	0	6	6	3	3	6	15	7	1	47%	1	2	0	81	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4 Yrs				673	190			18	0	16	9	8	10	7	46	25	4	54%	11	4	1	297	5	3	63%	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	63
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1951	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	11		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1952	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	11		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1953	26	1	4	.200	3.72	33	6	13	1	1	3	82.1	89	39	34	6	25		38	1	2	356	113	1.385	9.7	0.7	2.7	4.2	1.52	113
1954	27	1	4	.200	3.72	33	6	13	1	1	3	82.1	89	39	34	6	25		38	1	2	356	113	1.385	9.7	0.7	2.7	4.2	1.52	113
1955	28	2	4	.333	3.81	41	10	14	1	1	3	115.2	121	55	49	8	39	0	59	1	2	500	109	1.383	9.4	0.6	3.0	4.6	1.51	109
1956	29	3	7	.300	4.49	76	13	31	1	1	3	168.1	190	93	84	18	54	2	86	2	4	735	90	1.450	10.2	1.0	2.9	4.6	1.59	90

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1951	24	0	0		0.00	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	2.500	13.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1

1953	26	5	4	.556	3.73	82.0	89	38	34	6	25	37	1	1.390	9.8	2.7	4.1	1.48	0.7	32

1955	28	2	1	.667	3.86	35.0	33	17	15	2	14	22	0	1.343	8.5	3.6	5.7	1.57	0.5	8
1956	29	1	4	.200	6.88	51.0	75	43	39	11	16	26	1	1.784	13.2	2.8	4.6	1.63	1.9	35
4 Yrs		8	9	.471	4.66	170.0	200	98	88	19	57	87	2	1.512	10.6		4.6	1.53	1.0	76

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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