Wes Flowers vs. Ray Hayward — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ray Hayward
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ray Hayward 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. Wes Flowers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.878 compared to 6.75 and 1.691 for Ray Hayward. By the career numbers, Wes Flowers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Ray Hayward

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.95
78.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.4
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
6.75
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
10.41
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.41
10.41
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
40.39
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.34
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
7.67
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.691
1.691
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
34.55
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.39
40.39

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Ray Hayward

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.69
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.83
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.52
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.158
1.158
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.95
78.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Ray Hayward

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
14
840
Ray Hayward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
2400
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.83
-100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hayward
Career
Per 600 PA