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

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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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 22 (1)	STL		MLN	W,10-4	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	12 (6)	May 3	STL		BRO	L,3-7	GS	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	17 (4)	May 7	STL		NYG	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies
4	20	May 13 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,9-11		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	26 (5)	May 19	PHI		STL	L,5-11		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	27	May 20 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	31 (3)	May 25	PHI		PIT	L,5-8		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	32	May 26	PHI		PIT	L,2-6	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	41 (8)	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-9		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	50 (8)	Jun 13	PHI	@	MLN	L,6-8		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	52 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,5-8		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	60 (7)	Jun 24 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-8		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	79 (18)	Jul 15 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-9	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	86 (6)	Jul 20	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-10		11	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	88 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,7-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	89	Jul 22 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-16		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	91 (1)	Jul 25	PHI		STL	L,7-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	92	Jul 26	PHI		STL	L,9-14		6	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	106 (13)	Aug 11	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	107	Aug 12	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	110 (2)	Aug 15	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	113 (2)	Aug 18	PHI		BRO	L,2-9		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	115 (1)	Aug 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	117 (1)	Aug 23	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-11		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	124 (6)	Aug 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	126 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-10		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	127	Sep 2 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	130 (2)	Sep 4	PHI		NYG	L,2-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	131	Sep 5	PHI		NYG	L,4-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	133 (1)	Sep 8	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	136 (2)	Sep 11	PHI		STL	L,3-5		10	2.2	0	3	0	3	1	P
32	138 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	141 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	145 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	147 (1)	Sep 21	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							35gm		52.2	2	13	1	16	1