Buck Farmer vs. Chris Zachary — Career Comparison

Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Zachary
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chris Zachary 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. Chris Zachary posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.57 and WHIP 1.491 compared to 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. By the career numbers, Chris Zachary had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Farmer and Chris Zachary

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
3.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.81
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.64
25.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.04
37.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
4.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
321.1
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
9.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.42
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.23
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
5.15
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
39.33
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1415
39.63
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.94
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
5.13
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
34.1
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
35.51
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Buck Farmer and Chris Zachary

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
3.02
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.12
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
27
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
321.1
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.53
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.38
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.04
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.3
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.15
93.15
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.04
37.04
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Farmer and Chris Zachary

Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
110
750
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
565.91
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
102.27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
88.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
19.78
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
115.91
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
122.73
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
54.55
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.98
13.51
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
211.36
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.84
2.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.45
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA