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Ben Flowers

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Full Name: Bennett Flowers Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/195 First Game: September 29, 1951
Birthdate: June 15, 1927 Final Game: September 21, 1956
Birthplace: Wilson, North Carolina MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 15, 1927 in Wilson, North Carolina, Ben Flowers (Bennett Flowers) played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 4 year career. Flowers broke into the bigs on September 29, 1951 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.86 ERA in 79.1 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1951 BOS A 1 0 0 0 .00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
1953 BOS A 32 6 1 4 3.86 36 39 34 1 1 3 79.1 87 6 24 0 2 1
1955 STL N 4 4 1 0 3.62 19 12 11 0 0 0 27.1 27 1 12 0 0 0
1955 DET A 4 0 0 0 6.00 2 4 4 0 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
1955 Total 8 4 1 0 4.05 21 16 15 0 0 0 33.1 32 2 14 0 0 0
1956 STL N 3 3 1 1 6.94 5 9 9 0 0 0 11.2 15 1 5 1 0 0
1956 PHI N 32 0 0 2 5.71 22 29 26 0 0 0 41 54 9 10 1 2 1
1956 TOT N 35 3 1 3 5.98 27 38 35 0 0 0 52.2 69 10 15 2 2 1
Total NL 39 7 2 3 5.18 46 50 46 0 0 0 80 96 11 27 2 2 1
Total AL 37 6 1 4 3.87 40 43 38 1 1 3 88.1 94 7 27 0 2 1
Total 76 13 3 7 4.49 86 93 84 1 1 3 168.1 190 18 54 2 4 2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1951 BOS A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1953 BOS A P 32 0 0 4 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1955 STL N P 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1955 DET A P 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1955 Total P 8 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .778
1956 STL N P 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 PHI N P 32 0 0 0 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1956 TOT N P 35 0 0 2 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total P 76 0 0 8 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .911

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1951 BOS A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS A 32 19 0 3 0 1 .158 .158 .263 2 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 1
1955 STL N 4 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
1955 DET A 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 Total 8 11 0 1 0 0 .091 .091 .091 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1
1956 STL N 3 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PHI N 32 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 TOT N 35 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 39 15 0 1 0 0 .067 .125 .067 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1
Total AL 37 21 0 3 0 1 .143 .143 .238 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1
Total 76 36 0 4 0 1 .111 .135 .167 2 0 1 15 0 1 0 0 2

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1945).
  • Selected by Detroit Tigers from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 22, 1954).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bobby Tiefenauer (September 8, 1955).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Harvey Haddix and Stu Miller to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Murry Dickson and Herm Wehmeier (May 11, 1956).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Kansas City Athletics (October 15, 1956).
  • Returned to Philadelphia Phillies (@April 1, 1957).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Dodgers (April 8, 1957) completing trade in which Philadelphia Phillies traded Ron Negray, Tim Harkness, Elmer Valo, Mel Geho, $75000 and a player to be named later to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Chico Fernandez (April 5, 1957).

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