Fred Archer vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred 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. Buck Farmer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.427 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Buck Farmer

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Buck Farmer

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.178
0.178
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Buck Farmer

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
39.91
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA