Wes Flowers vs. Buck Freeman — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Buck Freeman
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Buck Freeman built a career as a starting pitcher and Wes Flowers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Buck Freeman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.7 and WHIP 1.557 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Buck Freeman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Buck Freeman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
2.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
609
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
10.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.46
10.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.58
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
2.31
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
39.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.75
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
5.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.557
1.557
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
812
36
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.99
39.99

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Buck Freeman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.163
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Buck Freeman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
445.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
554.55
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
109.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
90.91
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.57
32.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
127.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
145.45
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
36.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.54
32.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
29
263.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
2.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA