Wes Flowers vs. Leroy Matlock — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leroy Matlock
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Leroy Matlock 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. Leroy Matlock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.312 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Leroy Matlock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Leroy Matlock

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.61
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.63
64.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.17
74.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
3.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2340
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
780
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
9.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
2.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3312
38.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3006
34.68
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Leroy Matlock

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2939
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
979.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.03
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
3.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
3.24
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.263
2.263
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.87
69.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Leroy Matlock

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
222.58
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
518.43
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.624
0.624
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
114.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
92.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.76
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.15
47.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
147.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
161.75
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.503
0.503
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
80.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
129.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.48
53.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144.67
144.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
34.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100