Buck Farmer vs. Jim McDonald — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McDonald
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim McDonald 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. Jim McDonald posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.543 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Jim McDonald had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Jim McDonald

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
2.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.44
40.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1404
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
489
9.4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
3.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.831
0.831
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2064
39.69
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
5.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.539
1.539
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1825
35.1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.69
39.69

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Jim McDonald

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
7.31
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
7.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
6.13
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
8.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.24
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.2
96.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.118
1.118
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.44
15.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Jim McDonald

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
139
545.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
501.96
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
90.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
66.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.61
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.8
38.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
117.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
160.78
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
39.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
94.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.07
39.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
188.24
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.19
3.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA