Cy Buker vs. Philip Humber — Career Comparison

Cy Buker
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Philip Humber
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Philip Humber built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Buker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Buker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 5.31 and 1.442 for Philip Humber. By the career numbers, Cy Buker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Buker and Philip Humber

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.33
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
2.35
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.72
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.03
41.03
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.3
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
5.31
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
27
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
9
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
9.65
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.64
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.13
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
4.95
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
6.6
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
40.19
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1630
39.54
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.23
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
5.41
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
35.45
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1470
35.66
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Cy Buker and Philip Humber

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1113
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
9
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.38
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.33
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.567
0.567
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Buker and Philip Humber

Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
42
1260
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
4476.92
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
480
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
507.69
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
5.86
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
3.73
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
5.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-18.27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
90
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA