Chris Archer vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Chris Archer
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Archer 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. Chris Archer led in home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 77). Buck Farmer held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 88 vs 86). Role difference aside, Chris Archer holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Chris Archer and Buck Farmer

Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
1.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.45
41.45
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
3.93
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
8.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.09
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
3.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1454
9.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
8.52
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.48
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
37.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
4.34
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5152
34.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Chris Archer and Buck Farmer

Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
1.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.74
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
1.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.3
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.47
92.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.708
0.708
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Archer and Buck Farmer

Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
245
1689.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
551.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
55.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
48.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.9
6.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
62.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
82.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.49
-17.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
262.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA