Wes Flowers vs. Gentry Jessup — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gentry Jessup
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Gentry Jessup 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. Gentry Jessup posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.281 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Gentry Jessup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Gentry Jessup

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.28
45.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.71
79.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.76
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
3.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
8.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.5
8.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
3.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
4.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1949
38.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.76
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.281
1.281
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
34.53
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Gentry Jessup

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1407
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
2.92
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
3.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.04
97.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Gentry Jessup

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
247.76
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
582.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
113.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
89.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
20.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
23.88
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.54
28.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
140.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
122.39
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
41.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
29.85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
71.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.35
27.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.25
50.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Gentry Jessup
Career
Per 600 PA