Wes Flowers vs. Barry Lersch — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Lersch
Silent GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barry Lersch 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. Barry Lersch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.276 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Barry Lersch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Barry Lersch

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
2.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.5
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.36
31.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
8.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
37.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.74
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
4.02
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2149
33.91
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Barry Lersch

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1711
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.29
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.83
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.31
94.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.686
0.686
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.36
31.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Barry Lersch

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
676.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
508.28
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
57.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
53.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.03
11.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
61.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
103.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
34.39
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
45.86
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
1.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
56
214.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA