Wes Flowers vs. Lefty Holmes — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Holmes
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Holmes 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. Lefty Holmes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.48 and WHIP 1.398 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Lefty Holmes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Lefty Holmes

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1049
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
8.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
5.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1527
39.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
5.61
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.69
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1324
34.08
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Lefty Holmes

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.29
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Lefty Holmes

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
277.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
554.43
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.706
0.706
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
163.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
132.91
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
62.61
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
201.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
178.48
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.676
0.676
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
64.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
144.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.65
74.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100