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

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-24 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 13

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2	2	Apr 17	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	5-7		99	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.59	9	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.030	.42	0.05%	1.54	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	3	18	May 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	7-7		18	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.64	-0.041	2.03	-0.08%	-1.08	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 123 1 out d2
3	4	22	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	10-GF(10)		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.05	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.018	1.80	0.03%	0.51	10t 1-3 2 out d2	10t end d 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	5	55	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		31	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.74	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.007	.23	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
5	6	56	Jun 14(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.35	3.77	12	4	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.004	.07	0.00%	-0.46	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
6	7	58	Jun 16	BOS		DET	L,3-5	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.79	3.94	10	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.017	.62	-0.01%	0.04	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
7	8	67	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	L,9-13	3-8		7	5.1	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.00	3.59	24	4	10	0	2	6		2	2	0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.089	.20	-0.06%	-0.79	3t -23 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
8	9	69	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	8-9		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.41	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.006	.73	0.00%	-0.48	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 0 out d1
9	10	71	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	L,4-13	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.24	3.55	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.059	.79	0.03%	1.20	6t 1-3 1 out d3	6t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	11	75	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	L,4-9	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.06	3.44	5	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
11	12	77	Jul 4(2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	4-7		0	3.1	3	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.43	3.55	13	4	2	0	1	3		1	1	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	-0.121	.11	-0.05%	-1.11	4t -2- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d6
12	13	81	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	3.50	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.19	0.01%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
13	14	89	Jul 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	2-6		9	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.67	3.19	17	4	9	0	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.079	.29	0.03%	2.28	2b 123 0 out d1	6b 3 out d3
14	15	96	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	3.18	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	0.144	9.23	0.16%	0.33	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
15	16	97	Jul 26(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.54	3.02	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	0.444	8.89	0.49%	2.00	9b -23 0 out a2	9b end a 2
16	17	98	Jul 26(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	1-4		-1	4.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	2.90	17	6	5	1	1	5		2	2	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.046	1.04	-0.06%	0.03	1b 12- 0 out d2	4b 3 out d4
17	18	99	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.10	2.77	7	2	2	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.028	.44	0.03%	1.39	8t 1-3 0 out d3	9t end d 2
18	19	100	Jul 29	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	2.77	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.11	9t --- 2 out d7	9t end d 7
19	20	101	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,1-17	6-GF		0	4.0	9	6	6	2	0	1	0	3.26	3.24	23	8	4	0	1	9		2	2	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	.00	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-4.92	6t 12- 0 out d8	9t end d16
20	21	102	Jul 31	BOS		DET	L,3-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	3.17	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.019	.18	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	22	103	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,3-4	2-2		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.17	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						9t 1-- 2 out a2	9t 12- 2 out a2
22	23	107	Aug 5	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.59	3.15	35	15	9	2	4	8	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	4	0	3	.93	0.341	.15	0.03%	4.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
23	24	112	Aug 10	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.1	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.57	3.08	29	13	5	1	1	6	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.194	.07	0.01%	2.21	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
24	25	113	Aug 11(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-6	9-GF	S(3)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.56	3.04	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.69	0.173	.56	0.01%	0.44	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
25	26	118	Aug 15(2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	GS-8	L(1-2)	3	7.1	9	4	2	3	0	0	1	2.54	3.17	37	9	17	2	2	7	45			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.50	-0.239	.04	0.00%	-1.27	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d2
26	27	122	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	GS-6		3	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	3	0	2.88	3.69	22	6	5	1	1	8	36			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-1.41	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d1
27	28	126	Aug 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	8-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.87	3.77	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.74	-0.170	.03	0.00%	-1.07	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 123 1 out tie
28	29	131	Aug 30(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS-6	L(1-3)	6	5.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	0	3.41	3.69	26	6	6	0	1	9	26			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	-0.434	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	30	135	Sep 3	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-1	L(1-4)	3	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.87	3.72	5	0	1	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.44	1b start tie	1b --3 1 out d3
30	31	143	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	7-8		8	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.91	3.71	8	3	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.106	.00	0.00%	0.59	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
31	32	145	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-10	7-8		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	3.92	3.67	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.04	7t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d8
32	33	150	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,8-10	3-4		5	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.97	3.65	6	1	2	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.30	3t 123 2 out d3	4t 3 out d3
							8-24		W-L:1-4,Sv:3	2.6	79.1	87	39	35	24	36	6	2	3.97	3.65	346	1.02		5%	10%	84	44	24	42%	1	3	0	311	15	3	2	9	0	8	.83	-0.100	.31	0.63%	0.75

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