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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: 6-2 / in Starts: 4-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 2

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	34	3	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,3-5	9-GF		99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.37	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.014	1.46	0.02%	0.43	9t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
2	35	15	Apr 30	DET		WSH	W,11-7	3-4		15	1.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	16.20	4.17	6	2	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.06	-0.030	3.52	-0.06%	-0.93	3t 12- 1 out tie	4t -2- 2 out a2
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
3	36	36	May 24	DET	@	KCA	W,9-6	6-6		23	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.50	3.87	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.017	1.65	0.03%	0.10	6b --- 2 out tie	6b 3 out tie
4	37	39	May 28	DET		CHW	L,4-16	5-8		3	4.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	6.00	4.87	16	5	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.95	5t --- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d7
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
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Cardinals
5	38	141	Sep 11	STL		PIT	W,6-5	GS-7		99	7.0	11	5	4	3	3	0	0	5.54	3.75	35	16	2	0	0	11	37			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.32	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	39	145	Sep 15	STL		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8		3	7.0	7	2	2	3	9	0	0	4.50	2.82	31	7	11	4	0	1	61			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.52	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
7	40	150	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	6.0	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.46	2.87	26	7	7	1	1	4	64			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a2
8	41	154	Sep 25	STL		MLN	W,8-5	GS-8		4	7.1	5	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.05	3.15	28	14	4	0	1	5	49			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.92	0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a2
							6-2		W-L:1-0	3.5	33.1	32	16	15	14	21	2	0	4.05	3.15	144	1.59		6%	2%	26	53	4	0%	0	0	0	127	5	3	0	3	2	1	1.06	-0.269	.20	-0.01%	0.37

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