Ben Flowers vs. Eric Nolte — Career Comparison

Ben Flowers
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Nolte
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Nolte 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. Ben Flowers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.49 and WHIP 1.461 compared to 5.63 and 1.692 for Eric Nolte. By the career numbers, Ben Flowers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ben Flowers and Eric Nolte

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.06
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.25
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.64
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.11
17.11
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
4.49
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.63
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
505
27
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168.1
9
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
10.16
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
9.95
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.95
9.95
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.96
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.21
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.89
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
5.02
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
4.6
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.97
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
735
39.3
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
41.63
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.66
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
4.97
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
6.06
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.664
1.664
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
36.3
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
412
35.65
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63

Fielding Stats for Ben Flowers and Eric Nolte

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
7.95
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.25
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.73
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.64
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.45
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.13
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.71
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.29
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.692
0.692
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Flowers and Eric Nolte

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
1200
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
26
410.53
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
32
505.26
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
9.64
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
5.47
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-17.85
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.86
-13.54
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
236.84
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
18
284.21
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
2.53
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Eric Nolte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Nolte
Career
Per 600 PA