Wes Flowers vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan 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. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Doc Scanlan

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.47
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
608
4.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Doc Scanlan

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.43
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3414
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Doc Scanlan

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
232.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
100.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
83.51
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.71
33.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
119.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
145.18
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
59.1
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.97
34.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100