Tyler Flowers (born January, 24, 1986 in Roswell, Georgia) is a catcher/infielder in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Tyler 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)
In 2008 Flowers played for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of high-A. He played 122 games, all at catcher. He had a .288 batting average, .427 on base percentage, and .494 slugging percentage.
On December 4, 2008, Flowers and fellow Braves prospects Brent Lillibridge, Jonathan Gilmore and Santos Rodriguez were traded to the Chicago White Sox for Javier Vázquez and Boone Logan.[1]
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube