Virgil Cheeves vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Virgil Cheeves
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Virgil Cheeves 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 4.73 and 1.557 for Virgil Cheeves. By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Virgil Cheeves and Buck Farmer

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.06
49.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.45
50.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
4.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1376
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
458.2
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
10.32
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.624
0.624
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2035
39.93
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
5.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.557
1.557
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
35.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.93
39.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Virgil Cheeves and Buck Farmer

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
27
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513.2
9
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.3
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.928
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.178
0.178
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Cheeves and Buck Farmer

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
111
432.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
549.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.497
0.497
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
101.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
77.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.88
30.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
136.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
124.68
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.11
27.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
151.95
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA