Tom Cheney vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Tom Cheney
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Cheney 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. Tom Cheney led in run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 76), strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 84), and home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 78). Buck Farmer held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 88 vs 88). Role difference aside, Tom Cheney holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tom Cheney and Buck Farmer

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.56
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
7.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.38
7.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
4.73
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
6.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.266
1.266
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1981
38.26
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
4.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1730
33.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Tom Cheney and Buck Farmer

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.678
0.678
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cheney and Buck Farmer

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
121
474.51
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
521.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
70.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
62.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
11.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
78.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
90.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
66.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.61
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
125.49
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
4.78
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA