Wes Flowers vs. Jim Lewis — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Lewis
UnknownThrows LeftPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Lewis 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. Wes Flowers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.878 compared to 5.79 and 1.482 for Jim Lewis. By the career numbers, Wes Flowers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Jim Lewis

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
5.79
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
10.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.82
10.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.58
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.522
0.522
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
40.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.34
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
6.89
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
36.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Jim Lewis

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Jim Lewis

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
331.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
517.24
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.552
0.552
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
82.76
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.01
41.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
38.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA