Jim Cosman vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Jim Cosman
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Cosman 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. Jim Cosman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.05 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Jim Cosman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Cosman and Buck Farmer

Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.66
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.23
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.48
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.31
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.58
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
38.1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
30.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Jim Cosman and Buck Farmer

Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.74
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.74
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Cosman and Buck Farmer

Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
550
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
4.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.45
-22.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA