Buck Farmer vs. Walt Masterson — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walt Masterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Walt Masterson 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. Walt Masterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Walt Masterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Walt Masterson

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
2.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.43
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.55
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.82
43.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.12
46.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
4.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4949
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.2
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1613
8.8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
4.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
4.45
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7281
39.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
888
4.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6367
34.74
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Walt Masterson

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
7.31
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
72.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
16.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
50.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
73.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
67.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
92.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Walt Masterson

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
402
435.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
486
526.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
73.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
61.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.91
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.16
17.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
87.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
110.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
40.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
68.23
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.62
9.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
221
239.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
2.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
36.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Walt Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50