Clay Buchholz vs. Tony Faeth — Career Comparison

Clay Buchholz
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tony Faeth
Lost GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Clay Buchholz built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Faeth as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Faeth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.708 compared to 3.98 and 1.307 for Clay Buchholz. By the career numbers, Tony Faeth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Buchholz and Tony Faeth

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.95
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.47
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.61
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.47
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.37
92.37
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.98
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.7
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.59
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
9.14
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.94
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
3.09
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.23
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1024
6.92
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
4.36
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.112
1.112
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.2
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.33
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5607
37.88
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
37.8
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.49
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
4.35
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.78
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.99
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5034
34.01
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
31.36
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8

Fielding Stats for Clay Buchholz and Tony Faeth

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.48
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3997
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1332.1
9
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.95
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.91
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
1.97
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.86
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.52
94.52
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.526
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.8
92.8
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Buchholz and Tony Faeth

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
2644.44
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
19
1140
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
511.11
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
44.44
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
7.45
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
55.56
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.16
-12.94
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-37.83
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
24
266.67
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA