Jim Davis vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Jim Davis
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Davis 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 Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.01 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Jim Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Davis and Buck Farmer

Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.32
25.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1219
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
406.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
8.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
4.36
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.925
0.925
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1744
38.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.383
1.383
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1554
34.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Jim Davis and Buck Farmer

Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1219
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
406.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.94
96.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.617
0.617
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.32
25.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Davis and Buck Farmer

Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
154
796.55
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
512.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.64
8.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
103.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.93
-4.8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
56.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
279.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.15
2.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA