#14 Ben Flowers, Reliever, 34 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Ben Flowers
6/15/1927 34 USA,NC,WILSON 6"4 195
Reliever R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 900,000 1962 9 Year(s), 108 Days (1656 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 108 Days (1656 total Days) 10 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 6 | 3 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 6 | 3 | |
Talent | 5 | 6 | 3 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 4 67 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 3 5 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .953 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/13 | @NYY | W 8-7 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
9/21 | BAL | W 6-2 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
9/22 | DET | L 1-2 | | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
9/23 | DET | L 7-9 | | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
9/27 | MIN | L 7-9 | | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | L | | | | |
9/29 | @WS2 | L 5-7 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
10/1 | BAL | L 2-9 | | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
10/4 | @LAA | L 1-2 | | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | L | | | | |
10/9 | NYY | W 6-5 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
10/10 | @WS2 | L 8-9 | | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 58 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5.29 | 63.0 | 66 | 43 | 37 | 18 | 33 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 58 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5.29 | 63.0 | 66 | 43 | 37 | 18 | 33 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 10 | 3 | 50.0 | 58 | 28 | 12.0 | 9.4 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 4.69 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 104 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .298 | .500 | .798 |
vs. RHB | 146 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .316 | .493 | .810 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 29 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6.21 | 33.1 | 37 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 16 |
Road | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4.25 | 29.2 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 17 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
May | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
June | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 12.0 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
July | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.60 | 15.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
August | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.18 | 11.0 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
Sept./Oct. | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.27 | 13.2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1951 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.94 | 23.2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | .313 | DET |
1952 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.37 | 55.2 | 64 | 34 | 27 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 | .291 | DET |
1953 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 33.0 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | .248 | DET |
1954 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5.80 | 49.2 | 63 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.71 | .323 | DET |
1955 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5.96 | 48.1 | 60 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.78 | .305 | DET |
1956 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.61 | 52.2 | 54 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .274 | DET |
1957 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 26.2 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | .250 | BOS |
1958 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.16 | 22.2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | .284 | BOS |
1959 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | .500 | BOS |
1960 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.71 | 11.1 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 | .389 | BAL |
1961 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5.29 | 63.0 | 66 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .252 | KC |
Total | 302 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 5.27 | 387.1 | 430 | 248 | 227 | 62 | 182 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 1.58 | .287 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1951 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET |
1952 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | DET |
1953 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET |
1954 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET |
1955 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET |
1956 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 | DET |
1957 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
1958 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | BOS |
1959 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BOS |
1960 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | BAL |
1961 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | KC |
Total | 302 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | .175 | .195 | .250 | .445 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 58 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1.000 | 63.0 | 3.29 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Detroit in 1951... Milestones Earned first career win on 6/13/1951... Had first career hit on 6/25/1952, off Stu Miller (WS1)... Injured on 4/2/1953 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week... Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/17/1957 to a 3-year deal worth $2,600,000 per year... Released by Boston on 5/26/1959... Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/17/1960 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year... Released by Baltimore on 7/8/1960... Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/27/1961 to a 2-year deal worth $900,000 per year...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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