Rafael Cruz vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Rafael Cruz
UnknownP.R.CaribbeanCuban Stars EastAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rafael Cruz 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 5.06 and 2.063 for Rafael Cruz. By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rafael Cruz and Buck Farmer

Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.53
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.53
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
14.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.34
14.34
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
4.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.563
0.563
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.58
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
46.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
39.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Rafael Cruz and Buck Farmer

Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.53
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rafael Cruz and Buck Farmer

Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-9.95
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA