Buck Farmer vs. Al Sima — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Sima
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Sima 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. Al Sima posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.61 and WHIP 1.539 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Al Sima had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Al Sima

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
2.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.87
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.38
34.38
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
4.61
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
926
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
308.2
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
10
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.85
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
3.24
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.787
0.787
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1376
40.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.87
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
5.45
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.539
1.539
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
36.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Al Sima

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
7.31
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
10.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.83
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.57
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
6.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.65
93.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Al Sima

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
100
645.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
529.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.06
13.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
83.87
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.52
-9.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
283.87
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.11
2.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
51.61
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0