Wes Flowers vs. Ossie Orwoll — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ossie Orwoll
Lost GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ossie Orwoll 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. Ossie Orwoll posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.63 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Ossie Orwoll had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Ossie Orwoll

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
2.58
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21.43
21.43
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.51
20.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
9.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
39.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
5.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.456
1.456
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
36.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.97
39.97

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Ossie Orwoll

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4.793
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Ossie Orwoll

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
231.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
221
543.44
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.756
0.756
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
159.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
115.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
36.89
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
44.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.98
76.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
211.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
204.1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.736
0.736
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
83.61
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
68.85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
152.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33.61
82.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
44.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
35
86.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.97
6.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.46
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.84
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ossie Orwoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75