Dick Burton vs. Wes Flowers — Career Comparison

Dick Burton
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Burton 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. Dick Burton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.376 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Dick Burton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Burton and Wes Flowers

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.48
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
41.12
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.34
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
36.91
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.12
41.12
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37

Fielding Stats for Dick Burton and Wes Flowers

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burton and Wes Flowers

Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
8.32
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-17.41
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA