How Buck Farmer's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Buck Farmer posted a career ERA of 4.71, above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 2024, posting 3.04, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.85 that year. The highest point came in 2014 at 11.57, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.61 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.83 in 2022 to 4.2 in 2023 and 3.04 in 2024. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 3.04 to 11.57 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Buck Farmer Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Buck Farmer
| Buck Farmer
ERA | Buck Farmer
Component ERA | Buck Farmer
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.71 | 4.48 | 4.48 |
| Season Avg. | 4.71 | 4.48 | 4.48 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.71 | 4.48 | 4.48 |
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Buck Farmer ERA Per Season
Buck Farmer's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Buck Farmer ERA by Team
Buck Farmer's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Buck Farmer ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Buck Farmer's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Buck Farmer ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Buck Farmer's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Buck Farmer ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Buck Farmer's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
