Ben Flowers vs. Mel Nelson — Career Comparison

Ben Flowers
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Nelson
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Ben Flowers and Mel Nelson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ben Flowers had the edge in WHIP (1.461 vs 1.526). By the career numbers, Ben Flowers had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ben Flowers and Mel Nelson

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.06
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
4.82
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.7
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.57
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.52
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.11
17.11
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.83
11.83
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.49
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.4
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
505
27
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.1
9
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173.2
9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
10.16
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
9.54
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.96
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.98
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.89
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
3.58
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.62
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
4.6
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.08
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.41
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
39.3
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
776
40.21
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.66
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.61
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.97
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
4.92
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.457
1.457
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
36.3
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
36.43
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22

Fielding Stats for Ben Flowers and Mel Nelson

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
7.95
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.82
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.57
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173.2
9
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.36
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.45
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.71
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.71
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.07
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.29
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.07
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.83
11.83
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Flowers and Mel Nelson

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
76
1200
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
1600
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
9.64
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
13.46
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-17.85
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
4.29
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
15
236.84
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
216.67
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Mel Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA