Wes Flowers vs. Ad Lankford — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ad Lankford
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln StarsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Ad Lankford 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. Ad Lankford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.616 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Ad Lankford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Ad Lankford

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.67
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
4.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
11.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.07
11.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
4.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.871
0.871
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988
41.42
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
6.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.617
1.617
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
868
36.39
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.42
41.42

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Ad Lankford

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.74
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.5
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.46
91.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.974
1.974
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Ad Lankford

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
164.89
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
517.56
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.656
0.656
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
119.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
96.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.58
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.63
53.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
146.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
174.05
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
82.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
82.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
164.89
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
59.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
54.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ad Lankford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100