Gene Collins vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Gene Collins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Collins 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 5.21 and 1.829 for Gene Collins. By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Collins and Buck Farmer

Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.78
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.189
0.189
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
10.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
10.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
8.52
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.07
10.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.237
2.237
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.58
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
45.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
7.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.7
7.7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
33.87
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.47
45.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Gene Collins and Buck Farmer

Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.78
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Collins and Buck Farmer

Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
20
342.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
531.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
85.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
70.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
205.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.698
0.698
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
73.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
39.91
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA