Joe Coleman vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Joe Coleman
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Coleman 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. Joe Coleman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.38 and WHIP 1.533 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Joe Coleman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Coleman and Buck Farmer

Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.77
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.63
40.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.78
62.78
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
4.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3402
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1134
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1172
9.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.73
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
4.49
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
3.52
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.891
0.891
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4993
39.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
4.89
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4414
35.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Joe Coleman and Buck Farmer

Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
7.77
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
7.31
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
258.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
5.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
6.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.97
94.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.848
0.848
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.25
15.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Coleman and Buck Farmer

Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
223
328.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
407
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
363
535.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
97.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
67.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
29.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.62
31.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
138.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
129.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
29.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
38.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
61.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.5
25.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
32.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
196.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
32.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.74
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Coleman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA