Dave Burba vs. Ben Flowers — Career Comparison

Dave Burba
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ben Flowers
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dave Burba 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. Dave Burba posted a career ERA of 4.49 against Ben Flowers's 4.49, with WHIP of 1.458 and 1.461 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Burba and Ben Flowers

Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
2.59
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.06
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.18
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.58
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.44
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.93
56.93
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.79
45.79
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.11
17.11
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
4.49
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.49
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5333
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
505
27
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777.2
9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.1
9
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1777
9
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
10.16
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
1.02
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.96
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
3.86
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.89
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.27
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1398
7.08
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
4.6
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.38
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.29
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7749
39.23
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
39.3
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.36
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.66
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
961
4.87
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.97
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.26
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.28
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.66
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6823
34.54
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
36.3
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Dave Burba and Ben Flowers

Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
2.59
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
7.95
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.18
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.73
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5333
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777.2
9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
0.69
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.04
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.45
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
1.79
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.71
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
1.74
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.29
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.89
96.89
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.671
0.671
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.79
45.79
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Burba and Ben Flowers

Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
511
1344.74
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
76
1200
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
600
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
510.53
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
68.42
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
57.89
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.63
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.53
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.38
19.42
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
9.64
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
94.74
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
100
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.32
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
31.58
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
50
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
7.14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-17.85
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.26
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.32
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
221.05
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
236.84
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
2.71
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Dave Burba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
57.89
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.16
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Burba
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA