Joe Cowley vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Joe Cowley
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Cowley 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 Cowley led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 84), run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 86 vs 77). Buck Farmer held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 88 vs 69). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Joe Cowley.

Pitching Stats for Joe Cowley and Buck Farmer

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.82
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.9
56.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
4.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
7.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.24
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
4.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
6.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.202
1.202
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2026
38.85
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
4.66
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1759
33.73
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Joe Cowley and Buck Farmer

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.82
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Cowley and Buck Farmer

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
96
3031.58
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
568.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.06
33.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.11
34.98
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.75
4.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA