Brian Anderson vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Buck Farmer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Anderson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 88), run prevention (ERA+ 94 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 87 vs 77). Buck Farmer held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 84 vs 66). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Brian Anderson.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Buck Farmer

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.7
49.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.24
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.74
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Buck Farmer

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Buck Farmer

Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
72.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.25
17.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
102.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
20.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.73
5.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA