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Cole Tyler Flowers (born January 24, 1986) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Chicago White Sox from 2009 to 2015.
Flowers attended Blessed Trinity Catholic High School a prep high school, in Roswell, Georgia before later attending Chipola College, a state college in Marianna, Florida. Jose Bautista, Russell Martin, and Steve Clevenger also are alumni of Chipola. Flowers was inducted into the Blessed Trinity school Hall of Fame.
Flowers was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 33rd round of the 2005 MLB Draft.
In 2006 Flowers played 34 games played in his first professional season for the Rookie League Danville Braves. He hit .279 with 36 hits, 5 home runs and 16 RBIs playing 22 games at first and 8 as a catcher.
In 2007 he was the everyday first baseman/DH for the A-ball Rome Braves. He played in 106 games with a batting average of .298 with 116 hits (led the team), 12 homers (third most) 70 RBIs (tops on the club) and a .488 slugging percentage (third highest on the team). He started off slow in May (.238) and June (.257) before heating up in July (.352), August (.317) and September (.444)
With two outs in the 9th inning, Tyler Flowers turns and lets the home-plate umpire know he is unhappy with a call and is ejected Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New Yor...
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Daily Recap: Tyler Flowers hit a two-out, game-tying homer in the 9th inning and followed it up with a walk-off shot in the 12th Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York ...
5/26/14: Tyler Flowers is thrown out of the game by the home-plate umpire after a dispute on a called third strike Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced...
The Kid Reporter Haley Smilow interviews Tyler Flowers #21 of the Chicago White Sox during Spring Training in Arizona.
Fields and Faith host Bob Dolan sits with Tyler Flowers, Catcher for the Chicago White Sox to discuss baseball, his devotion to the Little Flower, and living the Catholic faith.