Ben Flowers vs. Alan Foster — Career Comparison

Ben Flowers
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alan Foster
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alan Foster 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. Alan Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 4.49 and 1.461 for Ben Flowers. By the career numbers, Alan Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ben Flowers and Alan Foster

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.06
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.42
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.55
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.11
17.11
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.49
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.74
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
505
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3076
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.1
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025.1
9
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
10.16
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
988
8.67
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.96
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.87
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.89
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
3.36
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
4.6
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
4.4
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.23
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.18
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
39.3
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4364
38.31
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.66
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.97
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
4.22
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.33
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.23
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.38
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
36.3
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3896
34.2
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Ben Flowers and Alan Foster

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
7.95
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
1.9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.73
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3079
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1026.1
9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.68
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.45
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.01
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.71
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.82
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.29
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
1.69
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.24
93.24
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.2
68.2
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Flowers and Alan Foster

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
1200
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
389.05
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
510.09
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
60.52
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
57.06
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
9.64
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.81
10.04
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
63.98
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
88.18
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-17.85
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-0.7
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
27.67
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
236.84
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
145.24
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA