Ben Flowers vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Ben Flowers
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau 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. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 4.49 and 1.461 for Ben Flowers. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ben Flowers and Claude Passeau

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.06
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.11
17.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.49
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
505
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.1
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
10.16
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
9.45
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.96
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.89
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
4.6
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.832
0.832
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.13
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
39.3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.66
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.97
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
36.3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Ben Flowers and Claude Passeau

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
7.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.45
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.71
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.11
91.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Flowers and Claude Passeau

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
1200
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
982
561.14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
16.57
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
26.86
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
9.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-17.85
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
236.84
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.43
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100