Buck Farmer vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross 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 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. 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 Howard Ross

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.74
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Howard Ross

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Howard Ross

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
562.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
93.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.17
21.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.95
17.78
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA