Wes Flowers vs. Dick Newsome — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Newsome
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Newsome 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. Dick Newsome posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Dick Newsome had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Dick Newsome

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.6
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.47
51.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.06
87.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
4.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1578
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
9.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.84
9.84
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.66
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.58
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
2.36
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.669
0.669
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
39.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
5.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2108
36.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.94
39.94

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Dick Newsome

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.788
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Dick Newsome

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
257.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
534.98
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.537
0.537
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
115.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
100.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.15
29.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
130.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
138.92
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.492
0.492
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
23.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
67.98
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.36
33.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
23.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
43
127.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
41.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA