1B Jim Flowers #2
Newark Aces (DET) UL
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
01/01/1955
BNN Index | UL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
1B JIM FLOWERS #2 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
17 11 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 .273 .429 .364 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/17/1954 SYR Win, 4-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/12/1954 @ RIC Win, 11-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/08/1954 @ BUF Loss, 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/06/1954 @ BUF Win, 11-9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/02/1954 RIC Loss, 4-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/27/1954 REA Win, 2-1 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
08/26/1954 REA Loss, 1-17 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/23/1954 DAY Loss, 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/17/1954 @ HAR Loss, 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/11/1954 YOU Win, 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:08/31/1926
Born in:New Eagle, PA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 4"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$16,000
Signed Through:1955 Season
Major Service:None, 119 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:2 Years, 82 Days
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1944, 5th Pick in Round 1
EASTERN ASSOCIATION 1954 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 21 29 10 2 0 2 7 3 6 8 .345 .457 .621 1.078 .497 .276 194
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 2 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 0 0 0.0 8.9 12.71 .5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   13 5 2 0 1 5 2 2 3 0 0 0 .385 .467 .769 1.236
Versus Right   16 5 0 0 1 2 1 4 5 0 0 0 .312 .450 .500 .950
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
June   5 3 1 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 .600 .667 2.000 2.667
July   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
August   21 6 1 0 0 2 1 3 7 0 0 0 .286 .375 .333 .708
Last Year   29 10 2 0 2 7 3 6 8 0 0 0 .345 .457 .621 1.078
2 Years Ago   83 14 1 0 5 19 14 15 28 2 0 1 .169 .297 .361 .658
Career   437 117 13 2 31 88 80 56 109 2 2 2 .268 .352 .519 .872
Home   16 4 1 0 0 3 0 4 5 0 0 0 .250 .400 .312 .713
Road   13 6 1 0 2 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 .462 .533 1.000 1.533
Grass   29 10 2 0 2 7 3 6 8 0 0 0 .345 .457 .621 1.078
Day   9 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 .333 .538 .444 .983
Night   20 7 1 0 2 6 2 2 5 0 0 0 .350 .409 .700 1.109
As Starter   12 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 .167 .167 .250 .417
As Reliever / Substitution   17 8 1 0 2 5 3 6 4 0 0 0 .471 .609 .882 1.491
UNION LEAGUE 1954 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 17 11 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 4 .273 .429 .364 .792 .395 .091 124
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.0 2.0 6.91 .0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400
Versus Right   8 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .375 .444 .500 .944
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
May   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
June   1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
July   4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
September   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Last Year   11 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 .273 .429 .364 .792
2 Years Ago   8 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 .250 .455 .250 .705
Career   29 7 1 0 1 3 6 7 8 0 0 0 .241 .389 .379 .768
Home   7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714
Road   4 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 .250 .571 .250 .821
Grass   11 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 .273 .429 .364 .792
Day   7 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 .429 .556 .571 1.127
Night   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
As Reliever / Substitution   11 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 .273 .429 .364 .792
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1948 Pittsburgh - FABL 21 18 52 10 2 0 2 12 6 4 0 3 11 0 0 .192 .237 .346 .583 56 40 -0.4
1949 Pittsburgh - FABL 22 7 17 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .235 .235 .235 .471 27 20 -0.1
1951 Detroit - FABL 24 7 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429 13 4 -0.0
Total FABL 32 76 15 3 0 2 15 6 4 0 3 17 0 0 .197 .229 .316 .545 46 33 -0.6
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1943 Total - 16 24 103 46 10 0 1 28 33 18 3 0 6 9 4 .447 .540 .573 1.113 100 100 1.9
1944 Total - 17 24 103 50 12 2 10 35 50 17 3 1 4 5 2 .485 .565 .932 1.497 100 100 3.2
1944 Jackson - C 17 61 191 43 6 1 1 19 9 17 5 2 31 1 0 .225 .302 .283 .585 72 80 -0.0
1945 Spokane - B 18 46 179 45 3 1 9 25 25 10 1 0 55 3 0 .251 .295 .430 .725 111 112 1.0
1945 Gary - A 18 82 270 71 10 0 11 43 41 19 0 5 62 0 1 .263 .306 .422 .728 96 93 0.2
1946 Gary - A 19 59 202 50 11 0 9 39 27 18 0 2 46 0 3 .248 .306 .436 .742 115 111 0.5
1946 Birmingham - AA 19 80 289 72 6 0 3 27 30 14 1 1 62 1 2 .249 .285 .301 .586 67 65 -1.1
1947 Birmingham - AA 20 132 479 136 18 3 8 52 53 28 4 4 87 1 4 .284 .326 .384 .710 87 85 -0.5
1947 St. Paul - AAA 20 7 25 9 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 7 0 0 .360 .407 .360 .767 101 109 0.1
1948 Matanzas - DL 21 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 51 56 -0.0
1948 St. Paul - AAA 21 106 413 118 22 2 15 60 57 30 3 2 84 0 0 .286 .337 .458 .795 106 106 0.7
1949 Matanzas - DL 22 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 198 230 0.1
1949 St. Paul - AAA 22 112 368 85 13 2 16 54 47 42 3 2 96 1 1 .231 .313 .408 .721 92 93 0.3
1950 Birmingham - AA 23 116 350 84 13 1 18 55 43 34 2 0 66 2 0 .240 .311 .437 .748 106 104 0.5
1951 Havana - DL 24 42 182 48 12 0 5 27 23 16 1 0 40 0 0 .264 .327 .412 .739 91 89 0.1
1951 Akron - AA 24 75 296 83 10 2 19 53 53 24 1 0 66 1 0 .280 .336 .520 .857 132 133 1.9
1952 Akron - AA 25 31 29 10 0 0 5 9 10 11 0 0 7 0 0 .345 .525 .862 1.387 271 260 0.8
1952 Newark - AAA 25 12 10 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .273 .500 .773 96 83 0.0
1953 Akron - AA 26 54 83 14 1 0 5 19 14 15 1 2 28 0 0 .169 .297 .361 .658 79 76 -0.0
1953 Newark - AAA 26 10 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .455 .250 .705 77 105 0.0
1954 Akron - AA 27 21 29 10 2 0 2 7 3 6 0 0 8 0 0 .345 .457 .621 1.078 185 194 0.5
1954 Newark - AAA 27 17 11 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 .273 .429 .364 .792 105 124 0.0
Total DIX 328 1118 292 37 4 29 134 126 76 7 5 215 4 6 .261 .311 .379 .690 88 86
Total CL 225 806 212 35 4 31 117 106 74 6 4 187 1 1 .263 .328 .432 .760 100 100
Total EA 181 437 117 13 2 31 88 80 56 2 2 109 1 0 .268 .352 .519 .872 136 136
Total HL 141 472 121 21 0 20 82 68 37 0 7 108 0 4 .256 .306 .428 .734 104 101
Total UL 39 29 7 1 0 1 3 6 7 0 0 8 0 0 .241 .389 .379 .768 94 106
Total COW 46 179 45 3 1 9 25 25 10 1 0 55 3 0 .251 .295 .430 .725 111 112
Total GSL 61 191 43 6 1 1 19 9 17 5 2 31 1 0 .225 .302 .283 .585 72 80
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1944 Jackson - C 1B 61 61 452 27 55 480 1 .998 489.0 8.82 +0.5 1.006
1945 Gary - A 1B 82 82 546 53 47 602 3 .995 623.1 8.65 +2.0 1.043
1945 Spokane - B 1B 46 46 317 30 26 348 1 .997 401.0 7.79 +3.6 1.110
1946 Birmingham - AA 1B 80 80 674 59 72 742 9 .988 659.0 10.01 -1.8 .997
1946 Gary - A 1B 59 59 452 29 45 486 5 .990 477.0 9.08 +0.2 .975
1947 St. Paul - AAA 1B 7 7 60 6 7 66 0 1.000 63.0 9.43 +0.4 1.061
1947 Birmingham - AA 1B 133 132 1041 61 92 1115 13 .988 1046.1 9.48 -2.7 .979
1947 Birmingham - AA 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1947 Birmingham - AA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1948 Pittsburgh - MLB 1B 17 17 146 6 17 155 3 .981 137.1 9.96 -0.2 .947
1948 St. Paul - AAA 1B 106 106 884 73 79 960 3 .997 911.0 9.45 -0.8 1.008
1948 Matanzas - DL 1B 5 1 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 12.2 7.82 +0.0 1.031
1949 Pittsburgh - MLB 1B 7 5 47 2 4 50 1 .980 42.0 10.50 +0.1 1.054
1949 St. Paul - AAA 1B 111 107 894 54 126 952 4 .996 897.0 9.51 +2.3 1.053
1949 Matanzas - DL 1B 11 0 14 0 2 14 0 1.000 12.1 10.22 +0.3 .000
1950 Birmingham - AA 1B 105 101 770 47 80 832 15 .982 804.0 9.15 -2.4 .978
1951 Detroit - MLB 1B 3 0 6 1 1 7 0 1.000 5.0 12.60 -0.1 1.050
1951 Akron - AA 1B 73 73 617 43 83 664 4 .994 570.1 10.41 +1.7 1.017
1951 Havana - DL 1B 42 42 369 30 39 401 2 .995 373.0 9.63 +1.4 1.037
1952 Newark - AAA 1B 3 0 6 0 1 6 0 1.000 5.1 10.12 +0.0 1.044
1952 Akron - AA 1B 12 2 49 0 6 50 1 .980 42.0 10.50 -0.2 .930
1953 Newark - AAA 1B 3 1 10 2 1 12 0 1.000 10.0 10.80 +0.1 1.038
1953 Akron - AA 1B 28 15 162 9 16 174 3 .983 161.1 9.54 +0.2 .992
1954 Newark - AAA 1B 3 0 3 1 1 4 0 1.000 2.2 13.50 +0.0 1.013
1954 Akron - AA 1B 4 2 31 2 5 33 0 1.000 37.1 7.96 +0.2 1.021
1954 Akron - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Newark - AAA C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 1001 939 7561 535 805 8164 68 .992 7782.0 9.36 +4.9 1.011
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1944 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/27/1944 Drafted in the 1944 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick) by the Pittsburgh Miners, out of high school New Eagle (New Eagle; New Eagle, PA).
07/10/1944 Signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Miners organization with a signing bonus of $30,000.
01/01/1945 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/16/1945 Named the #17 prospect in the FABL
07/08/1945 Named the #22 prospect in the FABL
10/12/1945 Named the #22 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1946 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/16/1946 Named the #33 prospect in the FABL
09/23/1946 Wins the 1946 Championship with the Gary Steelmen!
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/14/1947 Named the #37 prospect in the FABL
07/06/1947 Named the #45 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/19/1948 Named the #32 prospect in the FABL
07/11/1948 Named the #57 prospect in the FABL
11/23/1948 Named to the 1948 Cuban Winter League for the Matanzas Buccaneers.
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
11/22/1949 Named to the 1949 Cuban Winter League for the Matanzas Buccaneers.
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/19/1950 Wins the DIX Player of the Week Award.
04/29/1951 Was claimed off waivers by Brooklyn while with Pittsburgh.
05/13/1951 Was claimed off waivers by Detroit while with Brooklyn.
09/24/1951 Wins the 1951 Championship with the Akron Wheels!
11/20/1951 Named to the 1951 Cuban Winter League for the Havana Sharks.
09/21/1953 Wins the 1953 Championship with the Newark Aces!
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year AB Rank
1951 182 1
Year K Rank
1951 40 3
Year 2B Rank
1951 12 3
Year EBH Rank
1951 17 9
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