Buck Farmer vs. Jay Franklin — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jay Franklin
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jay Franklin 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 6.35 and 1.588 for Jay Franklin. By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Jay Franklin

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
4.76
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.24
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.76
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
6.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.412
1.412
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
42.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.51
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
7.94
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.94
7.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
31.76
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.154
0.154
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.88
42.88

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Jay Franklin

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
4.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Jay Franklin

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1800
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jay Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA