Wes Flowers vs. Fred Norman — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Norman
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Norman 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. Fred Norman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.384 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Fred Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Fred Norman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.48
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.24
50.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.5
66.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
3.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5819
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1939.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1790
8.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
3.78
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
6.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.41
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8279
38.41
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
4.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.47
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7285
33.8
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.41
38.41

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Fred Norman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
1.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5820
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1940
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.08
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.37
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.5
66.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Fred Norman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
364.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
674
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
574
510.98
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
64.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
60.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.81
11.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
67.66
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
97.03
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
25.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
49.85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.79
2.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
32.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
177
157.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
3.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
55.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
5.34
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Norman
Career
Per 600 PA