Buck Farmer vs. Pat Ragan — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pat Ragan
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pat Ragan 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. Pat Ragan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.99 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Pat Ragan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Pat Ragan

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
1.58
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.43
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.58
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.54
42.54
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.31
64.31
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
2.99
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4825
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1608.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1555
8.7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
2.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
3.81
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6660
37.27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
3.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6165
34.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Pat Ragan

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
7.31
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
212.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
308.25
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
365.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
350.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.89
95.89
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Pat Ragan

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
286
296.89
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
578
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
544
564.71
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
87.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
71.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.71
19.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
106.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
103.81
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
31.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
29.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.25
10.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
165.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33