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Tyler Flowers

Cole Tyler Flowers (twitter: @TFlowers17)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: January 24, 1986 in Roswell, GA
High School: Blessed Trinity HS (Roswell, GA)
School: Chipola College (Marianna, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed May 26, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2009 (Age 23)
Team: WhiteSox 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$510k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.148, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: O'Connell Sports Management [*]
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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
2009 23 CHW AL 10 20 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .188 .350 .250 .600 59 4 1 1 0 0 0 /2D
2010 24 CHW AL 8 15 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .091 .333 .091 .424 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2011 25 CHW AL 38 129 110 13 23 5 1 5 16 0 1 14 38 .209 .310 .409 .719 91 45 2 3 0 2 0 2/3D
2012 26 CHW AL 52 153 136 19 29 6 0 7 13 2 1 12 56 .213 .296 .412 .708 88 56 2 4 1 0 0 2/3D
2013 27 CHW AL 36 127 116 10 23 5 0 4 12 0 1 9 38 .198 .268 .345 .613 62 40 4 2 0 0 1 *2
5 Yrs 144 444 389 47 79 17 1 16 41 2 3 42 145 .203 .296 .375 .671 78 146 9 10 1 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 500 438 53 89 19 1 18 46 2 3 47 163 .203 .296 .375 .671 78 164 10 11 1 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
2009 23 CHW AL 10 20 -1 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .491 .499 -0.0 0.0 -0 /2D
2010 24 CHW AL 8 15 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .490 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /2
2011 25 CHW AL 38 129 -2 -1 0 4 2 2 0.3 5 7 0.7 .507 .502 0.3 0.6 3 2/3D
2012 26 CHW AL 52 153 -3 1 0 4 3 5 0.5 6 10 1.0 .509 .503 0.6 0.7 6 $483,000 2/3D
2013 27 CHW AL 36 127 -7 -1 -1 2 2 -4 -0.4 5 0 0.0 .488 .497 -0.2 0.5 -2 $510,000 *2
5 Seasons 144 444 -14 -1 -1 10 7 1 0.2 16 18 1.8 .501 .500 0.7 1.8 8 $993,000

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 PwrSpd
2009 23 CHW AL 20 14 2 3.8 112 .375 .188 .273 .350 .343 .250 .438 .600 .781 59 .373 -0.8 -0.1 .571 .250 .063
2010 24 CHW AL 15 10 1 2.7 102 .167 .091 .264 .333 .332 .091 .413 .424 .745 22 .264 -1.0 -0.1 .500 .364 .000
2011 25 CHW AL 129 92 14 4.1 104 .261 .209 .265 .310 .331 .409 .419 .719 .750 91 .443 -1.3 -0.1 .678 .318 .200 .0
2012 26 CHW AL 153 111 17 4.1 103 .301 .213 .262 .296 .327 .412 .421 .708 .748 88 .450 -2.6 -0.2 .664 .294 .199 3.1
2013 27 CHW AL 127 98 10 2.7 105 .257 .198 .263 .268 .330 .345 .426 .613 .756 62 .270 -6.7 -0.6 .510 .216 .147 .0
5 Yrs 444 325 44 3.6 104 .274 .203 .263 .296 .330 .375 .422 .671 .752 78 .388 -12.4 -1.2 .612 .278 .172 3.6
162 Game Avg. 500 366 50 3.6 104 .274 .203 .263 .296 .330 .375 .422 .671 .752 78 .388 -12.4 -1.2 .612 .278 .172 4

Ratio Batting*

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
2009 23 CHW AL 20 0.0% 40.0% 15.0% 5.0% 33% 2.67 2.0 1.00 2.00 40% 13% 0.0% 25%
2010 24 CHW AL 15 0.0% 33.3% 26.7% 0.0% 0% 1.25 2.2 0.50 0.25 40% 0% 0.0% 25%
2011 25 CHW AL 129 3.9% 29.5% 10.9% 8.5% 48% 2.71 2.9 22.0 6.9 0.54 0.69 53% 16% 11.4% 8%
2012 26 CHW AL 153 4.6% 36.6% 7.8% 8.5% 45% 4.67 2.4 19.4 10.5 1.32 2.24 48% 16% 26.9% 24%
2013 27 CHW AL 127 3.2% 29.9% 7.1% 7.1% 39% 4.22 3.1 29.0 9.7 0.70 0.85 58% 19% 10.8% 20%
5 Yrs 444 3.6% 32.7% 9.5% 7.7% 43% 3.45 2.7 24.3 9.5 0.80 1.06 52% 17% 14.2% 17%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 2.25 4.8 34.5 8.1 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 23 CHW AL -0.8 -0.1 21 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .83 -0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.05 -1.2 0.08 2
2010 24 CHW AL -1.0 -0.1 16 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .69 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.88 -0.4 0.02 2
2011 25 CHW AL -1.3 -0.1 132 -0.7 1.9 -2.6 1.03 -0.4 -0.3 -6.0 -0.6 1.01 -4.4 0.00 3
2012 26 CHW AL -2.7 -0.3 163 0.0 2.7 -2.7 .93 0.1 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.88 0.3 0
2013 27 CHW AL -6.7 -0.6 131 -1.3 2.1 -3.4 1.18 -0.8 -0.3 -11.9 -1.1 0.95 -8.8 0
5 Yrs -12.6 -1.2 463 -2.0 7.1 -9.1 1.02 -1.1 -0.9 -21.8 -2.1 0.94 -14.6 0.03 7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 23 CHW AL 0 0 43% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2010 24 CHW AL 0 0 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2011 25 CHW AL 0 0 23% 33 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 38% 2 2 0 3 1 2 3 1 1
2012 26 CHW AL 0 0 32% 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 27% 4 2 2 3 3 0 4 3 1
2013 27 CHW AL 0 0 20% 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 33% 8 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
5 Yrs 0 0 27% 126 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 17 30% 17 12 5 7 5 2 9 5 3

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2009 23 CHW AL 20 50% 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 2 0 0% 15 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2010 24 CHW AL 15 20% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 25 CHW AL 129 33% 23 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.00 5 1 5 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 27 2 7% 14 2 14% 94 11 12% 7 3 43% 1 0 0% 0
2012 26 CHW AL 153 37% 29 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 2 5 5 2 0 2 1 50% 21 2 10% 6 3 50% 74 6 8% 4 2 50% 5 3 60% 0
2013 27 CHW AL 127 29% 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 23 4 17% 11 2 18% 83 9 11% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
5 Yrs 444 33% 79 11 1 7 0 0 0 0.03 16 1 13 9 7 10 6 0 2 1 50% 80 9 11% 34 7 21% 274 26 9% 17 7 41% 10 5 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2009 23 CHW AL 20 83 4.15 48 58% 23% 35% 25% 17% 77% 0% 45% 54% 45% 5% 1 0 15% 3 0 10% 2 2 13% 0 0 0
2010 24 CHW AL 15 62 4.13 32 52% 31% 31% 19% 19% 69% 0% 35% 55% 33% 13% 2 0 13% 2 0 7% 1 1 40% 0 0 0
2011 25 CHW AL 130 523 4.02 314 60% 24% 26% 26% 24% 76% 0% 46% 65% 34% 5% 7 0 18% 23 11 11% 14 10 24% -1 0 0
2012 26 CHW AL 155 651 4.20 426 65% 23% 27% 31% 19% 77% 0% 50% 65% 38% 1% 2 0 9% 14 8 3% 5 2 32% -2 0 0
2013 27 CHW AL 127 448 3.53 296 66% 21% 29% 23% 26% 79% 3% 52% 63% 39% 4% 5 1 10% 13 6 7% 9 6 24% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 447 1767 3.95 1116 63% 23% 28% 27% 22% 77% 1% 48% 64% 37% 4% 17 1 12% 55 25 7% 31 21 27% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 14% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2009 23 10 20 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .188 .350 .250 .600 59 4 1 1 0 0 0
2010 24 18 35 27 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 .148 .343 .185 .528 45 5 1 1 0 0 0
2011 25 56 164 137 18 27 6 1 5 16 0 1 21 51 .197 .317 .365 .682 82 50 3 4 0 2 0
2012 26 108 317 273 37 56 12 1 12 29 2 2 33 107 .205 .307 .388 .695 85 106 5 8 1 2 0
2013 27 144 444 389 47 79 17 1 16 41 2 3 42 145 .203 .296 .375 .671 78 146 9 10 1 2 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2009 23 10 20 16 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .188 .350 .250 .600 1 10
2010 24 8 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .000 .267 .000 .267 0 8
2011 25 38 129 110 13 23 5 1 5 15 0 14 38 .209 .310 .409 .719 13 38
2012 26 52 154 137 20 30 6 0 7 13 2 12 56 .219 .301 .416 .717 16 52
2013 27 36 127 116 10 23 5 0 4 12 0 9 38 .198 .268 .345 .613 10 36
5 Yrs 144 445 390 45 79 17 1 16 40 2 42 145 .203 .295 .374 .669 40 144
162 Game Avg. 162 501 439 51 89 19 1 18 45 2 47 163 .203 .295 .374 .669 45 144

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