Danny Darwin vs. Wes Flowers — Career Comparison

Danny Darwin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Darwin 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. Danny Darwin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.301 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Danny Darwin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Darwin and Wes Flowers

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
716
2.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.44
48.44
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
3.84
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
8.8
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
0.96
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
2.61
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1942
5.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.16
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.24
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12716
37.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.27
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.37
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.33
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11526
34.39
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37

Fielding Stats for Danny Darwin and Wes Flowers

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
2.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9050
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3016.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.08
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
1.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
1.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.3
95.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Darwin and Wes Flowers

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
722
1297.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
14
840
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
547.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
70.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
43.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.76
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.27
18.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
107.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
82.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
39.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
62.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1.06
1.9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
171
307.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
1.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.8
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA