Buck Farmer vs. Bobby Shantz — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bobby Shantz
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveMVPAll-Star

Bobby Shantz 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. Bobby Shantz led in skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 77), walk avoidance (BB%+ 106 vs 88), and home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 78). Role difference aside, Bobby Shantz holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Bobby Shantz

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
2.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.8
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.55
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.46
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.84
31.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
3.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5807
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1935.2
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
8.48
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1795
8.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
2.99
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.23
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072
4.98
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.19
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8045
37.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.89
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
3.8
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7361
34.23
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.41
37.41

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Bobby Shantz

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
4.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.6
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3011
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003.2
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
4.2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
5.91
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
5.77
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.57
97.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.45
12.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Bobby Shantz

Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
578
537.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
645
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
509.77
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
99.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
78.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
18.6
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
21.4
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.69
35.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
124.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
147.91
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
55.81
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
97.67
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.25
37.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
43.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
89.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.72
6.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
40.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.72
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Shantz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60