Ben Flowers Trades and Transactions

The Ben Flowers trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Ben Flowers has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Ben Flowers
 
 
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Birth Name:   Bennett Flowers
Nickname:   Ben
Born On:   06-15-1927  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Wilson, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-18-2009
Place of Death Data Died In:   Wilson, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, North Carolina
High School:   Charles L. Coon High School (Wilson, NC)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-29-1951 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-21-1956
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ben Flowers

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1945: Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox.
11-22-1954: Selected by Detroit Tigers from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft.
09-08-1955: Traded by Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Cardinals for Bobby Tiefenauer.
05-11-1956: Traded by St. Louis Cardinals (with Harvey Haddix and Stu Miller) to Philadelphia Phillies for Murry Dickson and Herm Wehmeier.
10-15-1956: Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Kansas City Athletics.
04-01-1957: Returned to Philadelphia Phillies.
04-08-1957: Traded by Philadelphia Phillies (with Ron Negray, Tim Harkness and Elmer Valo) to Brooklyn Dodgers for Chico Fernandez.


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Baseball trades & transactions, like the Ben Flowers trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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