Merle Adkins vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Merle Adkins
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Merle Adkins and Buck Farmer are fairly close on the surface numbers. Buck Farmer posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.71 vs 5) and WHIP (1.427 vs 1.926). Merle Adkins had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.67 per nine innings vs 1.24). By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Merle Adkins and Buck Farmer

Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
13.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
43.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.926
1.926
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
39
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.33
43.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Merle Adkins and Buck Farmer

Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Merle Adkins and Buck Farmer

Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.3
14.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
8.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Merle Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merle Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA