Buck Farmer vs. Butch Metzger — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Butch Metzger
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the Year

The numbers give Butch Metzger a clear advantage over Buck Farmer across the core pitching metrics. Butch Metzger led in run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 76), home run suppression (HR9+ 97 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 77). Buck Farmer held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 88 vs 88). Butch Metzger was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Butch Metzger

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
5.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.74
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
293.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
8.87
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
4.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.23
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
5.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.074
1.074
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
39.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.51
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.32
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.68
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
33.87
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Butch Metzger

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
5.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
293.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Butch Metzger

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
191
5457.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-2.89
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-33.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
228.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
2.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA