Wes Flowers vs. Phil Leftwich — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Phil Leftwich
Gen XVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Phil Leftwich 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. Phil Leftwich posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.460 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Phil Leftwich had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Phil Leftwich

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.62
34.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
606
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
9.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.98
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
3.21
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
4.54
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.861
0.861
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
877
39.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.58
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.446
1.446
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
789
35.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.07
39.07

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Phil Leftwich

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.11
91.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.206
1.206
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Phil Leftwich

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Phil Leftwich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Leftwich
Career
Per 600 PA