Buck Farmer vs. Dickey Kerr — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dickey Kerr
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dickey Kerr 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. Dickey Kerr posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.388 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Dickey Kerr had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Dickey Kerr

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.6
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
3.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2434
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
811.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
876
9.72
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
2.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
2.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3443
38.19
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3175
35.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Dickey Kerr

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
27
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513.2
9
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.3
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.178
0.178
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.893
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Dickey Kerr

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
143
264.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
324
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
509.26
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
111.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
87.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.5
47.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
144.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
166.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
74.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
38.89
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
112.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
39.91
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.5
52.78
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
51.85
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
48.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.46
12.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.08
1.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
11.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dickey Kerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67