Buck Farmer vs. Tom Johnson — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Johnson
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Johnson 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. Tom Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Tom Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Tom Johnson

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.64
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.35
62.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.18
80.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.68
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
8.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
3.72
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3099
37.24
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
4.31
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.61
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2761
33.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.24
37.24

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Tom Johnson

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2250
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
2.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.43
95.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.866
1.866
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.93
33.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Tom Johnson

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
112
227.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
296
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
512.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
52.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
48.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.42
13.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
56.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
103.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
40.54
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
64.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.04
4.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
46.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.33
49.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.83
3.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
36.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100