Kyle Farnsworth vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Kyle Farnsworth
Gen XKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young 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. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 4.26 and 1.409 for Kyle Farnsworth. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Cy Young

Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
8.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.6
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.52
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.02
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
468
4.26
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2966
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
988.2
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
8.59
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.2
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
3.75
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
963
8.77
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4281
38.97
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.67
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509
4.63
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.36
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.41
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3771
34.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Cy Young

Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
8.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2966
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
988.2
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.55
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.95
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.63
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
1.49
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.62
91.62
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.184
0.184
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle Farnsworth and Cy Young

Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
893
8118.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
66
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
54
490.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
36.36
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
6.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
5
45.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-13.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
1.93
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
163.64
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
72.73
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
9.67
Kyle Farnsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Kyle Farnsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100