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Tyler Flowers

Cole Tyler Flowers (twitter: @TFlowers17)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
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
Team: WhiteSox 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$483k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.148, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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 92 45 2 3 0 2 0 2/3D
2012 26 CHW AL 11 35 31 5 6 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 12 .194 .286 .452 .737 96 14 0 2 0 0 0 2
4 Yrs 67 199 168 23 33 8 1 7 18 1 1 23 63 .196 .312 .381 .693 85 64 3 6 0 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 481 406 56 80 19 2 17 44 2 2 56 152 .196 .312 .381 .693 85 155 7 15 0 5 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 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 0 -0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
2011 25 CHW AL 38 129 -2 -2 0 4 2 2 0.3 4 7 0.7 .506 .501 0.3 0.6 3 $ 2/3D
2012 26 CHW AL 11 35 -0 0 0 4 1 4 0.5 1 6 0.6 .543 .503 0.1 0.5 2 $ 2
4 Seasons 67 199 -4 -1 -0 8 2 5 0.6 7 12 1.3 .508 .501 0.4 1.2 4 $

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 4.1 103 .261 .209 .264 .310 .330 .409 .418 .719 .747 92 .443 -1.2 -0.1 .678 .318 .200 .0
2012 26 CHW AL 35 25 4 4.3 102 .235 .194 .258 .286 .326 .452 .418 .737 .744 96 .471 -0.3 -0.0 .760 .355 .258 1.3
4 Yrs 199 141 21 4.0 103 .260 .196 .264 .312 .330 .381 .419 .693 .750 85 .430 -3.3 -0.3 .669 .321 .185 1.8
162 Game Avg. 481 341 51 4.0 103 .260 .196 .264 .312 .330 .381 .419 .693 .750 85 .430 -3.3 -0.3 .669 .321 .185 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 35 5.7% 34.3% 5.7% 11.4% 67% 6.00 2.6 15.5 15.5 1.38 3.33 49% 16% 33.3% 25%
4 Yrs 199 3.5% 31.7% 11.6% 8.0% 49% 2.74 2.7 24.0 9.3 0.67 0.90 50% 15% 12.5% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 35.0 8.1 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 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 -0.9 -0.1 132 -0.6 1.9 -2.6 1.03 -0.4 -0.3 -5.8 -0.6 1.07 -3.9 0.00 3
2012 26 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 36 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .98 0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.80 0.3 0
4 Yrs -3.0 -0.3 205 -0.8 2.9 -3.7 .97 -0.3 -0.5 -6.7 -0.6 1.01 -5.3 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 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 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 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 2 38% 2 2 0 3 1 2 3 1 1
2012 26 CHW AL 0 0 38% 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
4 Yrs 0 0 29% 52 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 27% 5 5 0 5 3 2 5 2 2

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
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 35 43% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 15 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 199 35% 33 3 0 7 0 0 0 0.03 7 1 6 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 39 3 8% 17 2 12% 132 11 8% 8 3 38% 2 0 0% 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 36 143 3.97 96 67% 30% 24% 26% 20% 70% 0% 47% 66% 42% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 0% 0 0 25% -1 0 0
4 Yrs 201 811 4.03 490 60% 26% 27% 25% 22% 74% 0% 45% 63% 36% 5% 10 0 14% 29 12 8% 17 13 24% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 15% 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 83 50 3 4 0 2 0
2012 26 67 199 168 23 33 8 1 7 18 1 1 23 63 .196 .312 .381 .693 85 64 3 6 0 2 0

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 38 131 111 14 24 5 1 5 17 0 15 38 .216 .321 .414 .735 14 38
2012 26 11 35 31 4 6 2 0 2 2 1 2 12 .194 .286 .452 .737 3 11
4 Yrs 67 201 169 20 33 8 1 7 19 1 24 63 .195 .313 .379 .692 18 67
162 Game Avg. 162 486 409 48 80 19 2 17 46 2 58 152 .195 .313 .379 .692 44 67

* 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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