Buck Farmer vs. Sandy Koufax — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sandy Koufax
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Sandy Koufax 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. Sandy Koufax led in strikeout rate (K%+ 181 vs 84), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 77), and run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 76). Buck Farmer held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 88 vs 67). Role difference aside, Sandy Koufax holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Sandy Koufax

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.54
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.64
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.48
65.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
6.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
0.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
3.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
8.52
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2396
9.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.382
1.382
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9497
36.77
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.17
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8662
33.54
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Sandy Koufax

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.54
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.3
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
1.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Sandy Koufax

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
397
277.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
858
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
776
542.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
52.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
44.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
9.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
62.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
83.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
18.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
36.36
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.49
-11.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
30.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PAverified
386
269.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.22
2.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
24.48
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.99
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0