Wes Flowers vs. Edinson Volquez — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Edinson Volquez
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Edinson Volquez 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. Edinson Volquez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.45 and WHIP 1.467 compared to 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Edinson Volquez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Edinson Volquez

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.55
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.63
51.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
4.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4639
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1546.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1507
8.77
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
4.28
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1323
7.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.331
1.331
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.44
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6797
39.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
829
4.82
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.34
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.73
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5878
34.21
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Edinson Volquez

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
1.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4639
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1546.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
1.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
1.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.8
95.8
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.854
0.854
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Edinson Volquez

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
488.95
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
510.5
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
46.41
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
41.44
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.27
7.07
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
54.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
59.67
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
24.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
38.12
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.7
-14.42
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.26
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
156
258.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
74.59
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.66
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Edinson Volquez
Career
Per 600 PA