Harry Byrd vs. Wes Flowers — Career Comparison

Harry Byrd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Byrd 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. Harry Byrd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.35 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Harry Byrd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Byrd and Wes Flowers

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
2.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.59
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
4.35
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2483
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
827.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
890
9.68
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.77
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
3.86
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
4.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.45
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3675
39.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
4.81
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.504
1.504
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3279
35.66
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.96
39.96
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37

Fielding Stats for Harry Byrd and Wes Flowers

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.99
22.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Byrd and Wes Flowers

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
385.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
262
540.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
86.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
82.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.02
14.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
90.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
105.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
32.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
61.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.04
8.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
60
123.71
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA