Wes Flowers vs. Rudy May — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy May 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. Rudy May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Rudy May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Rudy May

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.35
49.35
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.68
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
3.29
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.14
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.4
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Rudy May

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
1.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7865
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2621.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.31
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
1.74
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.61
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Rudy May

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
536
839.69
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
534.2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
51.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.27
14.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
79.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
103.39
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
18.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
40.73
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
1.68
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
34.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.34
2.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA