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Ben Flowers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: June 15, 1927 in Goldsboro, NC us

Died: February 18, 2009 in Wilson, NC

Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, NC

High School: Charles L. Coon HS (Wilson, NC)

School: Barton College (Wilson, NC)

Debut: September 29, 1951 (Age 24-106d, 10,864th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1956 (Age 29-098d)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Bennett Flowers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

ERA

4.49

168.1

WHIP

1.450

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-33 / in Starts: 2-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 15

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	42	5	Apr 22(1)	STL		MLN	W,10-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.00	3.20	26	11	5	0	1	5	53			1	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	1	0	.89	0.023	2.35	0.04%	0.83	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	43	12	May 3	STL		BRO	L,3-7	GS-1	L(1-1)	10	0.2	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	8.10	3.27	6	1	2	1	0	1	30			0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.270	4.03	-0.49%	-2.88	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d3
3	44	17	May 7	STL		NYG	W,6-3	GS-5		3	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	6.94	3.91	21	6	5	1	1	7	42			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.119	3.05	-0.23%	-0.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies
4	45	20	May 13(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,9-11	7-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	3.87	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.010	.35	0.01%	0.21	7b 1-- 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
5	46	26	May 19	PHI		STL	L,5-11	1-2		5	0.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	8.76	4.07	6	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.168	.65	-0.13%	-3.24	1t --- 2 out d4	2t 1-3 0 out d4
6	47	27	May 20(1)	PHI		CIN	L,1-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.10	3.95	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
7	48	31	May 25	PHI		PIT	L,5-8	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.53	3.70	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.004	.65	0.00%	0.44	7t 12- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
8	49	32	May 26	PHI		PIT	L,2-6	7-GF		0	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	7.27	4.74	12	3	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	-0.054	.16	-0.02%	-0.60	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	50	41	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-9	5-6		9	2.0	5	5	5	0	0	2	0	8.84	5.84	11	2	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.164	.25	-0.09%	-4.00	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d7
10	51	50	Jun 13	PHI	@	MLN	L,6-8	5-5		7	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.41	5.67	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.45	5b --- 0 out d6	5b 3 out d6
11	52	52	Jun 15(2)	PHI		CHC	L,5-8	7-8		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	7.66	5.59	10	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.023	.14	0.01%	0.93	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d3
12	53	60	Jun 24(1)	PHI		STL	L,4-8	7-8		8	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.40	5.25	8	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.57	-0.045	.31	-0.02%	-0.07	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	54	79	Jul 15(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		20	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.01	5.02	5	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.78	7b -2- 2 out d8	8b end d 8
14	55	86	Jul 20	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-10	4-7		4	3.1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	6.21	4.30	11	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.55	4b 1-- 2 out d8	7b 3 out d8
15	56	88	Jul 22(1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,7-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	6.10	4.40	7	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.006	.04	0.00%	-0.11	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
16	57	89	Jul 22(2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-16	4-5		-1	1.1	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	6.68	4.32	9	2	3	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.216	.14	-0.02%	-3.01	4b --- 0 out d3	5b --3 1 out d4
17	58	91	Jul 25	PHI		STL	L,7-8	10-GF(10)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.61	4.30	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.013	.05	0.00%	0.42	10t 12- 2 out d2	10t end d 2
18	59	92	Jul 26	PHI		STL	L,9-14	7-7		0	0.2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.48	4.35	6	3	0	0	0	2		2	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.79	-0.104	.04	0.00%	-3.03	7t 12- 0 out d2	7t 1-3 2 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	60	106	Aug 11	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		15	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.29	4.18	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	.02	0.00%	0.91	8b 1-- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
20	61	107	Aug 12	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.37	4.44	5	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
21	62	110	Aug 15	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.44	4.46	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.13	-0.014	.01	0.00%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
22	63	113	Aug 18	PHI		BRO	L,2-9	6-8		2	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.57	4.38	11	2	6	3	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.20	6t --3 2 out d5	8t 1-3 2 out d7
23	64	115	Aug 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.64	4.66	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
24	65	117	Aug 23	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-11	5-5		1	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	7.32	4.99	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-3.79	5b -2- 2 out d3	5b --- 2 out d7
25	66	124	Aug 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		7	1.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.02	4.96	8	3	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.006	.00	0.00%	1.11	7b -2- 1 out d5	8b end d 4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	67	126	Sep 2(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-10	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.97	4.93	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.21	6b 1-- 2 out d7	6b 3 out d7
27	68	127	Sep 2(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.80	4.87	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
28	69	130	Sep 4	PHI		NYG	L,2-7	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	4.85	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.22	9t 1-- 2 out d5	9t end d 5
29	70	131	Sep 5	PHI		NYG	L,4-5	10-GF(10)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.65	4.82	2	0	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.15	10t 1-3 1 out d1	10t end d 1
30	71	133	Sep 8	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	6-GF	BL(1-2)	2	4.0	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	6.46	4.95	15	7	1	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.00	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-0.13	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
31	72	136	Sep 11	PHI		STL	L,3-5	3-5		2	2.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.12	4.81	10	6	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.061	.00	0.00%	1.59	3t -2- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d4
32	73	138	Sep 13(2)	PHI		MLN	L,3-4	12-12	L(1-3)	1	0.1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6.26	4.91	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.41	12t --- 0 out tie	12t 12- 1 out tie
33	74	141	Sep 16(1)	PHI		CHC	L,4-7	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.22	4.90	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.35	9t --3 2 out d5	9t end d 5
34	75	145	Sep 19(1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.10	4.85	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
35	76	147	Sep 21	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.98	4.72	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
							2-33		W-L:1-3,BSv:1	2.4	52.2	69	38	35	15	27	10	1	5.98	4.72	235	1.22		8%	7%	63	42	19	21%	3	1	0	208	5	4	2	7	4	1	.58	-1.451	.72	-0.96%	-11.63

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