Spoon Carter vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Spoon Carter
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spoon Carter 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. Buck Farmer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.427 compared to 4.86 and 1.483 for Spoon Carter. By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spoon Carter and Buck Farmer

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.69
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.98
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
63.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
4.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
10.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
3.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
3.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3348
39.95
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
5.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2986
35.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Spoon Carter and Buck Farmer

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.82
92.82
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.18
59.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spoon Carter and Buck Farmer

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
147
262.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
302
539.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
107.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
89.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.31
32.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
130.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
137.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
57.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
96.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.12
35.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
28.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
336
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA