Lorenzo Dow vs. Wes Flowers — Career Comparison

Lorenzo Dow
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lorenzo Dow 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. Lorenzo Dow posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.35 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Lorenzo Dow had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lorenzo Dow and Wes Flowers

Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.17
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.59
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.35
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
27
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
9.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.35
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.93
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.587
0.587
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
38.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.76
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
33.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37

Fielding Stats for Lorenzo Dow and Wes Flowers

Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.17
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lorenzo Dow and Wes Flowers

Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
230.77
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
47.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.539
0.539
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
49.32
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lorenzo Dow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA