Chris Carpenter vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Chris Carpenter
Gen XNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Carpenter 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. Chris Carpenter led in run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 76), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 77), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 115 vs 88). Role difference aside, Chris Carpenter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Chris Carpenter and Buck Farmer

Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
1.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.5
60.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
927
3.76
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6658
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2219.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2205
8.94
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.89
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
2.54
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1697
6.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.047
1.047
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.21
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.34
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9305
37.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
4.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.74
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8470
34.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Chris Carpenter and Buck Farmer

Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
1.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6658
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2219.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
1.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
1.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
1.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Carpenter and Buck Farmer

Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
350
419.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
501
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
439
525.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
62.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
50.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
9.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.98
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.02
12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
79.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
79.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
21.56
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
25.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
44.31
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.39
-4.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
172.46
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.48
3.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
56.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.99
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA