Ben Flowers vs. Jason Vargas — Career Comparison

Ben Flowers
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Vargas
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jason Vargas 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. Jason Vargas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.29 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 4.49 and 1.461 for Ben Flowers. By the career numbers, Jason Vargas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ben Flowers and Jason Vargas

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.06
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.63
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.52
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.54
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.54
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.11
17.11
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.95
92.95
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.49
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
4.29
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
505
27
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4929
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
168.1
9
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1643
9
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
10.16
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
9.12
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.96
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.18
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.89
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
2.78
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.15
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
4.6
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1147
6.28
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.007
1.007
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.14
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.26
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
39.3
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
38.36
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.66
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4.97
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
4.52
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.22
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.26
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.76
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.322
1.322
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
36.3
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
34.83
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.36
38.36

Fielding Stats for Ben Flowers and Jason Vargas

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
7.95
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.63
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.73
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.52
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4929
27
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1643
9
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.32
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.45
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.13
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.71
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.5
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.29
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
1.45
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.95
92.95
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Flowers and Jason Vargas

Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
76
1200
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
300
1232.88
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
542.47
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
98.63
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
86.3
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.33
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.33
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
9.64
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
21.6
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
110.96
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
115.07
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
32.88
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.44
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
49.32
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.13
-17.85
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
18.91
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.44
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
236.84
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
193.15
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.11
3.11
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA