Buck Farmer vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel 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. Tom Sunkel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Tom Sunkel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Tom Sunkel

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
2.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.03
46.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
4.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
8.9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.13
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
4.57
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.112
1.112
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
5.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
35.37
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Tom Sunkel

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513.2
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.3
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.178
0.178
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Tom Sunkel

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
63
547.83
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
573.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.45
29.97
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
139.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
130.43
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
78.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.56
30.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
191.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA