Wes Flowers vs. Mike Lynch — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Lynch
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Lynch 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. Mike Lynch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.05 and WHIP 1.338 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Mike Lynch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Mike Lynch

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.59
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.33
57.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.23
74.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.73
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
8.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
4.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2722
37.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.32
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
4.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2412
33.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Mike Lynch

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1968
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
2.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.83
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.124
2.124
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.23
74.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Mike Lynch

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
220.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
267
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
552.81
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.524
0.524
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
112.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
89.89
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.73
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.74
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
22.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.5
34.83
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
141.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
139.33
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
51.69
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
40.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
92.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.32
36.68
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
59
132.58
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
4.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
20.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA