Mike Buddie vs. Rick Langford — Career Comparison

Mike Buddie
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Buddie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 105), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 91), and strikeout rate (K%+ 86 vs 70). Mike Buddie held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 142 vs 96). Role difference aside, Rick Langford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Buddie and Rick Langford

Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
5.98
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.44
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
4.67
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
9.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.41
9.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.89
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
3.57
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.76
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
5.22
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.977
0.977
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
39.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.58
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
5.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.28
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.89
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.67
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
34.63
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Mike Buddie and Rick Langford

Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
5.98
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.96
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
0.88
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.79
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.89
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Buddie and Rick Langford

Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
87
8700
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Buddie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
4.42
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Buddie
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA