Wes Flowers vs. Mike Paul — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Paul
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Paul 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. Mike Paul posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.435 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Mike Paul had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Mike Paul

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
3.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.69
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.77
33.77
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
3.91
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1883
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.88
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
3.53
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
6.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.27
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2701
38.73
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.85
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
4.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.32
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2397
34.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.73
38.73

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Mike Paul

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
3.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1884
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
628
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.36
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.96
95.96
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.415
0.415
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.62
33.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Mike Paul

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
14
840
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
858.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148
555
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
63.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
52.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.79
10.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
82.5
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
30
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
33.75
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.91
-7.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
56
210
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
2.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA