Wes Flowers vs. Elam Vangilder — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elam Vangilder
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elam Vangilder 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. Elam Vangilder posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.511 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Elam Vangilder had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Elam Vangilder

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
1.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
0.98
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.52
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.25
49.25
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.95
50.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
4.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5147
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1894
9.94
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.94
9.94
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
3.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.58
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
474
2.49
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7694
40.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.63
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1012
5.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.511
1.511
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6953
36.47
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Elam Vangilder

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.229
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Elam Vangilder

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
343.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
651
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
601
553.92
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
134.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
95.85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
27.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.69
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.37
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57.9
53.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
191.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
158.53
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
0.62
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.513
0.513
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
56.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
48.85
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
97.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.33
57.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.61
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.35
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
98
90.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.64
6.64
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
22.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0