Jim Farr vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Jim Farr
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Farr as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Farr posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.5 and WHIP 1.611 compared to 3.24 and 1.230 for Dazzy Vance. By the career numbers, Jim Farr had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Farr and Dazzy Vance

Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1068
3.24
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.23
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
40
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
36
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Jim Farr and Dazzy Vance

Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Farr and Dazzy Vance

Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
442
238.49
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1112
600
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
971
523.92
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
62.05
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
125.18
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
36.69
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
73.38
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.96
20.48
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Farr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jim Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100