Jim Buchanan vs. Greg Harris — Career Comparison

Jim Buchanan
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Buchanan built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Harris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Buchanan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 3.69 and 1.409 for Greg Harris. By the career numbers, Jim Buchanan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Buchanan and Greg Harris

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.45
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.55
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.12
45.12
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
3.69
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141.1
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.72
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.44
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
36.68
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6293
38.61
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.84
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
34.83
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Jim Buchanan and Greg Harris

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.62
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.2
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
2.21
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.51
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
2.02
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.3
87.3
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.14
91.14
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Buchanan and Greg Harris

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
253.85
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
46
530.77
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
126.76
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
69.23
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
26.52
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
135.21
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
57.69
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
69.23
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.1
24.28
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
43.55
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA