Buck Farmer vs. Jim Merritt — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Merritt
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Merritt 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 Merritt led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 150 vs 88), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 77), and run prevention (ERA+ 89 vs 76). Buck Farmer held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 84 vs 84). Role difference aside, Jim Merritt holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Jim Merritt

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.34
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1468
8.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.95
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.23
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
5.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6168
37.43
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.29
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
3.99
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5782
35.09
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Jim Merritt

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.8
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4449
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.23
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.65
64.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Jim Merritt

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
298
387.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
515.58
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
72.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
55.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.19
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.76
21.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
101.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
110.39
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
27.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
48.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.19
11.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
231.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.6
2.6
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
42.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0