Wes Flowers vs. Juan Nieves — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Juan Nieves
Gen XP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Juan Nieves 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. Juan Nieves posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.514 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Juan Nieves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Juan Nieves

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.59
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.14
56.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.17
86.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
4.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
9.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.99
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
4.16
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
6.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.46
6.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2159
39.6
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
5.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.496
1.496
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907
34.98
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.6
39.6

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Juan Nieves

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.72
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1472
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.01
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.41
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.27
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.61
89.61
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.734
0.734
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.17
86.17
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Juan Nieves

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Juan Nieves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Nieves
Career
Per 600 PA