Ad Brennan vs. Ben Flowers — Career Comparison

Ad Brennan
Lost GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ben Flowers
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ad Brennan built a career as a starting pitcher and Ben Flowers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ad Brennan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.312 compared to 4.49 and 1.461 for Ben Flowers. By the career numbers, Ad Brennan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ad Brennan and Ben Flowers

Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.71
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.06
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.02
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.49
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.68
50.68
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.69
59.69
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.11
17.11
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.53
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
3.11
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.49
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2031
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
505
27
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.1
9
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.23
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
10.16
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.96
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.58
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.89
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
3.76
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
4.6
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.705
0.705
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.832
0.832
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2922
38.84
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
39.3
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.51
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.66
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
4.2
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.97
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2705
35.96
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
36.3
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Ad Brennan and Ben Flowers

Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
14.56
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
7.95
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.89
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.84
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
19.44
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.45
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.22
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
23.56
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
4.71
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
22.33
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.29
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.81
94.81
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ad Brennan and Ben Flowers

Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
323.27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
1200
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
600
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
538.78
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
117.55
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
95.51
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.69
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.04
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.06
41.79
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
9.64
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
149.39
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
151.84
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
36.73
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
29.39
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
63.67
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.87
46.22
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-17.85
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
29.39
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
97.96
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
236.84
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.13
6.13
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.94
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA