Buck Farmer vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Smith 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. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Fred Smith

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.85
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.49
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
37.55
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
4.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
34.59
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Fred Smith

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.64
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.49
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.67
93.67
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.722
1.722
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Fred Smith

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
18
372.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
579.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.38
7.87
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.67
-13.91
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100