Bill Barnes vs. Wes Flowers — Career Comparison

Bill Barnes
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Barnes built a career as a starting pitcher and Wes Flowers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Barnes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.27 and WHIP 1.458 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Bill Barnes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Barnes and Wes Flowers

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.98
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
5.27
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
9.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.8
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
3.88
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.39
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
900
40.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
6.11
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.453
1.453
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
796
35.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.17
40.17
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37

Fielding Stats for Bill Barnes and Wes Flowers

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.83
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.83
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Barnes and Wes Flowers

Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
314.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
564.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
57.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
50
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.23
8.76
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
64.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
78.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
14.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
42.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.29
-9.2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.14
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA