Buck Farmer vs. Lázaro Medina — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lázaro Medina
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats LeftCaribbeanCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lázaro Medina 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. Buck Farmer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.427 compared to 5.18 and 1.384 for Lázaro Medina. By the career numbers, Buck Farmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Lázaro Medina

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.23
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
10.36
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
5.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.863
0.863
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
39.95
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.53
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
37.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Lázaro Medina

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.23
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.96
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Lázaro Medina

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
10
206.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
579.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
103.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.42
29.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
144.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.53
31.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Lázaro Medina
Career
Per 600 PA