Wally Bunker vs. Wes Flowers — Career Comparison

Wally Bunker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wally Bunker 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. Wally Bunker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.222 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Wally Bunker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wally Bunker and Wes Flowers

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.43
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
3.51
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
8.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.94
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
2.77
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
4.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4472
37.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
3.92
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4115
34.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.08
37.08
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37

Fielding Stats for Wally Bunker and Wes Flowers

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3256
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1085.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
1.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
2.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
2.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.89
96.89
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Wally Bunker and Wes Flowers

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
321.76
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
386
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
331
514.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
48.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
35.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.89
12.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
60.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
104.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
31.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
57.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.44
-2.23
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
55.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
145
225.39
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
2.66
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA