Fred Caligiuri vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Fred Caligiuri
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Caligiuri built a career as a starting pitcher and Buck Farmer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Caligiuri posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Fred Caligiuri had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Caligiuri and Buck Farmer

Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
10.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
3.05
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
41.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.02
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
5.54
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.531
1.531
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
37.28
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.12
41.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Fred Caligiuri and Buck Farmer

Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
27
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513.2
9
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.3
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.722
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.178
0.178
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Caligiuri and Buck Farmer

Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
18
317.65
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
564.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.87
32.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
176.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
105.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.41
24.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
141.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Caligiuri
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA