Wes Flowers vs. Armando López — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Armando López
Greatest GenerationCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars EastAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Armando López 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 6.62 and 1.918 for Armando López. 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 Armando López

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.4
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
6.62
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.42
6.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
11.5
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
11.94
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.5
11.5
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
44.37
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
45.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.34
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
8.96
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.878
1.878
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.918
1.918
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
37.51
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.37
44.37
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.3
45.3

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Armando López

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Armando López
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Armando López

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
243.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
551.35
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
97.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
22.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
113.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
113.51
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
97.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
1.27
20.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Armando López
Career
Per 600 PA