Ben Flowers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: June 15, 1927 in Goldsboro, NC us

Died: February 18, 2009 in Wilson, NC

Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, NC

High School: Charles L. Coon HS (Wilson, NC)

School: Barton College (Wilson, NC)

Debut: September 29, 1951 (Age 24-106d, 10,864th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1956 (Age 29-098d)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Bennett Flowers

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

ERA

4.49

168.1

WHIP

1.450

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	18 (15)	May 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6		4	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	22 (3)	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	55 (32)	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	56	Jun 14 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	58 (1)	Jun 16	BOS		DET	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	67 (8)	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	L,9-13		24	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	69 (1)	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,3-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	71 (1)	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	L,4-13		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	75 (3)	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	L,4-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	77 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-8		13	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	81 (3)	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	89 (7)	Jul 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3		17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	96 (6)	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	97	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	98	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8		17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	99	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	100	Jul 29	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	101	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,1-17	GF	23	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	102	Jul 31	BOS		DET	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	103	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,3-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	107 (3)	Aug 5	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
23	112 (4)	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS	29	7.1	0	3	0	3	1	P
24	113	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	118 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	GS	37	7.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	122 (3)	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	126 (3)	Aug 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	131 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS	26	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	135 (3)	Sep 3	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	143 (7)	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-6		8	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
31	145 (1)	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-10		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	150 (4)	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,8-10		6	1.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
							32gm		79.1	4	15	1	20	2