Ed Farmer vs. Marty Pattin — Career Comparison

Ed Farmer
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Marty Pattin
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Marty Pattin built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Farmer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Marty Pattin led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 85), run prevention (ERA+ 94 vs 74), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 85). Role difference aside, Marty Pattin holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ed Farmer and Marty Pattin

Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.34
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
2.1
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.99
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.5
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.62
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.48
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
41.1
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.12
51.12
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.16
47.16
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.28
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.08
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
4.3
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
820
3.62
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6116
27
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2038.2
9
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
611
8.81
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1933
8.53
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.75
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.92
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
4.98
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
2.66
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.72
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.33
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
5.7
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179
5.2
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.16
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.2
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2789
40.23
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8501
37.53
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.97
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.53
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
4.95
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
905
4
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.28
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.25
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.56
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.37
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2373
34.23
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7732
34.13
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.53
37.53

Fielding Stats for Ed Farmer and Marty Pattin

Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.34
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
2.1
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.99
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6116
27
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2038.2
9
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.49
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.54
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.3
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.21
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.83
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
1.81
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.79
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.75
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.59
96.59
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.836
0.836
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.16
47.16
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Farmer and Marty Pattin

Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
370
4188.68
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
487
842.07
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
47
532.08
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
534.29
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
65.71
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
51.87
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.37
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.83
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
4.41
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.01
13.84
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
86.46
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
81.27
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
25.94
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
34.58
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
57.06
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.73
-19.58
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.4
-2.43
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.83
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
249.06
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
188.47
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
3.18
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
48.41
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.92
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA