James Cooper vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

James Cooper
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati-Cleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

James Cooper 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 9 and 2.167 for James Cooper. By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for James Cooper and Buck Farmer

James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
6.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.208
1.208
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
47.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
11.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.74
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.167
2.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
41.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.407
0.407
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for James Cooper and Buck Farmer

James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for James Cooper and Buck Farmer

James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
5
250
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
3.7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-26.09
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
James Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA