Ben Flowers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBen Flowers
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1927
Place of Birth: Wilson, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 18-Feb-2009
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Ben Flowers
- Bennett Flowers (June 15, 1927 – February 18, 2009) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for four teams between 1951 and 1956.
- During his playing days, Flowers stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall, weighed 195 pounds (88 kg) and batted and threw right-handed.
- He was a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Flowers, a knuckleball pitcher, debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox, appearing in 33 games pitched, one in 1951 and 32 during the full season of 1953.
- Then, during 1955 and 1956, he worked in 43 total games for three MLB teams: the Detroit Tigers (1955), St.
- Louis Cardinals (1955–1956) and Philadelphia Phillies (1956).
- His most productive season came for the 1953 Red Sox, when he posted career-bests in earned run average (ERA) (3.86), strikeouts (36), and innings pitched (87?1/3), in 32 games, including six starts, and one shutout, while recording all three of his career saves.
- His lone big-league shutout and complete game happened on August 5, when he blanked the St.
- Louis Browns, 5–0, at Fenway Park, allowing eight hits and two bases on balls.
- The losing pitcher in that contest was Don Larsen, later to be immortalized as a New York Yankee by his perfect game during the 1956 World Series. Over all or parts of four MLB seasons, Flowers posted a career 3–7 won–lost record record, with a 4.49 ERA and three saves in 76 games, including 13 starts.
- He recorded one shutout and 31 games finished.
- In 168?1/3 innings of work, he allowed 190 hits and 54 bases on balls, with 86 strikeouts.
- His entire pro career lasted for 15 years (1945–1946; 1948–1960).
Read more at Wikipedia