# Jake Flowers
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{{Short description|American baseball player (1902–1962)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jake Flowers
|position=[Infielder](/source/Infielder)
|image=JakeFlowersGoudeycard.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1902|3|16}}
|birth_place=[Cambridge, Maryland](/source/Cambridge%2C_Maryland), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1962|12|27|1902|3|16}}
|death_place=[Clearwater, Florida](/source/Clearwater%2C_Florida), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= September 7
|debutyear= 1923
|debutteam= St. Louis Cardinals
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 2
|finalyear=1934
|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.256
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=16
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=201
|teams=
* [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) (1923, 1926)
* [Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers](/source/Brooklyn_Dodgers) (1927–1931)
* [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) (1931–1932)
* [Brooklyn Dodgers](/source/Brooklyn_Dodgers) (1933)
* [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) (1934)
|highlights=
* 2× [World Series champion](/source/World_Series_champion) ({{wsy|1926}}, {{wsy|1931}})
}}
'''D'Arcy Raymond "Jake" Flowers''' (March 16, 1902 – December 27, 1962) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player, [coach](/source/coach_(baseball)) and [manager](/source/manager_(baseball)). A reserve [infielder](/source/infielder), primarily a [second baseman](/source/second_baseman) and [shortstop](/source/shortstop), he appeared in 583 [Major League](/source/Major_League_Baseball) games over ten seasons between {{baseball year|1923}} and {{baseball year|1934}} for the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals), [Brooklyn Robins and Dodgers](/source/Brooklyn_Dodgers), and [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds). The native of [Cambridge, Maryland](/source/Cambridge%2C_Maryland), attended [Washington College](/source/Washington_College), where he played [football](/source/American_football) and [basketball](/source/basketball) in addition to baseball.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.washcoll.edu/live/profiles/5705 |title=Washington College web site |access-date=2015-07-22 |archive-date=2016-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720162036/http://www.washcoll.edu/live/profiles/5705 |url-status=dead }}] He batted and threw right-handed and was listed at {{convert|5|ft|11|in}} tall and {{convert|170|lb}}.
==Baseball career==
===As a player===
In the majors, Flowers played in over 100 games only once: in {{baseball year|1927}}, for the Robins. He also had his finest offensive season for Brooklyn during the lively-ball {{baseball year|1930}} season, when Flowers [batted](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) .320 and reached career highs in [doubles](/source/double_(baseball)) (18) and [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in) (50) in only 86 games played. During his two terms with the Cardinals he was a member of two world championship teams, in [1926](/source/1926_World_Series) and [1931](/source/1931_World_Series), collecting one [hit](/source/hit_(baseball)) and one [base on balls](/source/base_on_balls) in 15 [World Series](/source/World_Series) [plate appearances](/source/plate_appearances). During his regular-season big-league career, Flowers batted .256; his 433 hits included 75 doubles, 18 [triples](/source/triple_(baseball)) and 16 home runs.
===As a manager, coach, executive and scout===
After his professional playing career ended in 1936, Flowers returned to the [Eastern Shore of Maryland](/source/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland) and turned to managing. In his first season, 1937, he won ''[The Sporting News](/source/The_Sporting_News)''' [Minor League](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) Manager of the Year Award. His [Salisbury Indians](/source/Salisbury_Indians) won the Class D [Eastern Shore League](/source/Eastern_Shore_League) regular-season [pennant](/source/pennant_(sports)) with a 59–37 [win–loss record](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record), then prevailed over the [Centreville Colts](/source/Centreville_Colts) in the league playoffs for the undisputed league championship. Salisbury roared off to a 21–5 record during the season's early weeks, but when an ineligible player was discovered on the Indians' roster, the team was forced to [forfeit](/source/forfeit_(baseball)) all 21 wins.[[http://www.esbhalloffame.org/index.cfm?ref=30200&ref2=157 Eastern Shore Baseball Foundation Hall of Fame website]] Undeterred, Flowers' club then won 59 of its last 70 games without the banned player to finish 3{{fraction|1|2}} games ahead of the second-place [Easton Browns](/source/Easton_Browns). Had the 21 early-season wins not been forfeited, Salisbury would have compiled a [winning percentage](/source/winning_percentage) of .833, good for 135 wins during a 162-game season.
After three seasons in the Eastern Shore League, Flowers returned to the majors to coach under two former Cardinal teammates: [Frankie Frisch](/source/Frankie_Frisch) with the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) (1940–45) and [Billy Southworth](/source/Billy_Southworth) with the [Boston Braves](/source/Boston_Braves_(baseball)) (1946). Flowers then was [general manager](/source/general_manager_(baseball)) of the Braves' top [farm system](/source/farm_system) affiliate, the [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers_(minor_league_baseball_team)) of the [American Association](/source/American_Association_(20th_century)), from 1947 to 1950 and a [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) coach in 1951–52. He later [scouted](/source/scout_(sport)) for the [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles). He suffered a fatal [heart attack](/source/heart_attack) at age 60 in [Clearwater, Florida](/source/Clearwater%2C_Florida).
Jake Flowers is a member of the Washington College