Wes Flowers vs. Eric Lauer — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Lauer
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Lauer 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. Eric Lauer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Eric Lauer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Eric Lauer

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
1.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.58
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
4.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2104
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
8.66
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.17
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.42
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.29
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
8.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3003
38.54
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.54
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2699
34.64
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Eric Lauer

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2104
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
701.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.85
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.21
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.26
91.26
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.635
0.635
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.81
85.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Eric Lauer

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
743.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
476.03
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.88
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.83
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.13
15.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
79.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
79.34
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
53
262.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
2.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Lauer
Career
Per 600 PA