Wes Flowers vs. Diamond Pipkins — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Diamond Pipkins
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Diamond Pipkins 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. Diamond Pipkins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.97 and WHIP 1.414 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Diamond Pipkins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Diamond Pipkins

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.58
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.33
63.33
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
9.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.797
0.797
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
631
40.76
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.34
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
6.52
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
560
36.17
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.76
40.76

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Diamond Pipkins

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.45
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.24
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.74
67.74
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Diamond Pipkins

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
327.27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
590.91
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.773
0.773
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
209.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
172.73
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.88
80.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
240
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
245.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
209.09
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.769
0.769
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.643
0.643
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
81.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
81.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
163.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.53
95.77
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Diamond Pipkins
Career
Per 600 PA