Kyle Farnsworth vs. Jack Russell — Career Comparison

Kyle Farnsworth
Gen XKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Russell
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jack Russell 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 4.46 and 1.475 for Jack Russell. 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 Jack Russell

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
8.13
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
2.44
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.24
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.8
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.39
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.37
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.6
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.62
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.68
32.68
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.31
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.52
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
4.26
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1017
4.46
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2966
27
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6152
27
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
988.2
9
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050.2
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
8.59
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2454
10.77
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.77
10.77
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.2
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.36
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
3.75
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.51
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963
8.77
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.83
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.482
0.482
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4281
38.97
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9020
39.59
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.67
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.92
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
4.63
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1187
5.21
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.36
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.41
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.475
1.475
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3771
34.33
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8420
36.95
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.97
38.97
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.59
39.59

Fielding Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Jack Russell

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
8.13
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.24
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2966
27
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
988.2
9
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.55
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.95
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
1.63
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
770
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.49
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
742
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.62
91.62
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.36
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.184
0.184
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.332
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Jack Russell

Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
893
8118.18
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
580
510.26
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
66
600
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
682
600
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
54
490.91
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
617
542.82
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
36.36
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
90.62
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
66.86
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.96
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.92
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.88
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
23.75
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
6.19
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.89
28.06
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
5
45.45
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
124.05
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
122.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
57.18
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
35.19
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
91.5
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-13.43
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.98
23.73
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
31.67
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
163.64
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
213
187.39
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
72.73
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
25.51
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.76
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.88
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.88
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100