Kyle Farnsworth vs. Albert Overton — Career Comparison

Kyle Farnsworth
Gen XKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Albert Overton
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightNorth AmericaLittle Rock GraysNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Albert Overton built a career as a starting pitcher and Kyle Farnsworth as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kyle Farnsworth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.26 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.68 and 1.592 for Albert Overton. By the career numbers, Kyle Farnsworth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Albert Overton

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
8.13
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.48
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.24
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.39
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.6
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.52
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
4.26
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.68
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966
27
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.2
9
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
8.59
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
11.02
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.02
11.02
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.2
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
412
3.75
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.31
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963
8.77
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.48
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.25
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4281
38.97
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
42.7
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.67
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
4.63
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
7.16
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.36
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.41
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.592
1.592
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3771
34.33
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
38.02
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.97
38.97
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.7
42.7

Fielding Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Albert Overton

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
8.13
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.32
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.24
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.05
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966
27
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
27
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.2
9
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.2
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.55
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.63
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.95
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.32
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.63
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
1.63
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.59
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.49
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.95
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.62
91.62
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
82.35
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.184
0.184
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Albert Overton

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
893
8118.18
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
12
378.95
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
490.91
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
36.36
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.68
6.19
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
19.57
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
45.45
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-13.43
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
19.11
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
18
163.64
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
72.73
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA