Buck Farmer vs. Wilmer Fields — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilmer Fields
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilmer Fields 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. Wilmer Fields posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.299 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Wilmer Fields had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Wilmer Fields

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.6
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.67
76.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
3.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
709
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
236.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
8.83
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
4.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1009
38.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
4.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.74
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
911
34.69
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Wilmer Fields

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1444
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
481.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.24
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.51
69.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Wilmer Fields

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
95
230.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
573.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
153.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
114.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.87
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.48
61.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
213.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
172.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.664
0.664
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
82.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
106.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
184.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
39.91
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.04
70.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.5
123.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100