Cy Buker vs. Rick Langford — Career Comparison

Cy Buker
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Langford 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 4.01 and 1.351 for Rick Langford. 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 Rick Langford

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.72
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
4.01
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.64
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.95
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.11
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
40.19
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.23
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
4.5
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
35.45
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5796
34.99
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Cy Buker and Rick Langford

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.57
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4482
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1494
9
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.27
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.19
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
2.15
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Buker and Rick Langford

Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
42
1260
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
480
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
90
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
5.86
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
90
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.63
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA