Ed Farmer vs. Ben Rivera — Career Comparison

Ed Farmer
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ben Rivera
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ben Rivera 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. Ben Rivera led in run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 74), home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 74), and strikeout rate (K%+ 110 vs 97). Ed Farmer held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 85 vs 76). Role difference aside, Ben Rivera holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ed Farmer and Ben Rivera

Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.34
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.89
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.39
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.65
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.62
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.48
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
41.1
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.5
57.5
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.13
73.13
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.08
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
4.3
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
4.52
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
8.81
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
8.88
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.75
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.9
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
4.98
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.3
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.72
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
395
5.7
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.19
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.19
6.19
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.165
1.165
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.56
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.59
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2789
40.23
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1405
39.72
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.97
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
4.95
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
4.75
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.45
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.464
1.464
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2373
34.23
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1218
34.44
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Ed Farmer and Ben Rivera

Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.34
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.89
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.39
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.49
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.3
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.1
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.83
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.47
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.79
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.44
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.08
98.08
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.13
73.13
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Farmer and Ben Rivera

Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
4188.68
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
67
343.59
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
600
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
532.08
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
476.92
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
4.41
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
5.96
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
71.79
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.64
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.26
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
35.9
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.73
-19.58
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.72
-8.8
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
30.77
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
249.06
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
205.13
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
2.93
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
92.31
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA