Players · F · Pitcher · 2024
Buck Farmer
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 243 lb
- Born
- February 20, 1991 in Conyers, GA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 13, 2014
- Drafted
- 2009, round 46
- College
- Georgia Tech
- High school
- Rockdale County
- Salary, 2024
- $2.25M
- dbWAR
- 1.2 11 season(s)
- IP
- 71.0
- ERA
- 3.04
- FIP
- 4.00
- K/9
- 8.9
- FIP−
- 98 100 = avg
Buck Farmer was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2024 he struck out 70 batters over 71.0 innings across 61 appearances, going 3-2. His ERA of 3.04 was 25.4% lower than the league average of 4.08 — 5th of 19 on his team, and 110th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.00 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.1% of swings (12.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.4%. His 0.6 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2024.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CIN | 61 | 1 | 71.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 24 | 70 | 29 | 3.04 | 4.00 | 1.20 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 75 | 98 | 0.6 | |
| 2023 | CIN | 71 | 0 | 75.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 35 | 70 | 29 | 4.20 | 4.62 | 1.16 | 8.4 | 3.5 | 97 | 107 | 0.2 | |
| 2022 | CIN | 44 | 0 | 47.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 54 | 25 | 3.83 | 3.03 | 1.30 | 10.3 | 4.8 | 97 | 76 | 0.9 | |
| 2021 | DET | 36 | 0 | 35.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 25 | 37 | 21 | 6.37 | 6.59 | 1.73 | 9.4 | 5.3 | 149 | 155 | -0.8 | |
| 2020 | DET | 23 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3.80 | 4.41 | 1.17 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 85 | 99 | 0.1 | |
| 2019 | DET | 73 | 1 | 67.2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 28 | 73 | 24 | 3.72 | 3.88 | 1.27 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 83 | 86 | 0.9 | |
| 2018 | DET | 66 | 1 | 69.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 32 | 57 | 41 | 4.15 | 4.46 | 1.56 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 100 | 107 | 0.1 | |
| 2017 | DET | 11 | 11 | 48.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 36 | 49 | 20 | 6.75 | 5.05 | 1.56 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 155 | 116 | 0.3 | |
| 2016 | DET | 14 | 1 | 29.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 27 | 20 | 4.60 | 5.23 | 1.53 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 110 | 125 | -0.2 | |
| 2015 | DET | 14 | 5 | 40.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 7.36 | 6.65 | 1.74 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 186 | 168 | -1.0 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | DET | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0% | 75.0% | .220 | -0.3 | 33 | 0.0 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 121 | 103 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 26 | .233 | .347 | .359 | .308 | 21.5% |
| vs RHB | 178 | 157 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 44 | .204 | .282 | .376 | .285 | 24.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Buck Farmer throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Slider | 407 | 82.2 | 2,790 | 51.4% | 37.6% | 80 | .138 | .499 | |
| Sinker | 278 | 92.5 | 2,356 | 47.5% | 14.8% | 68 | .265 | .797 | |
| Changeup | 245 | 86.8 | 1,792 | 44.1% | 32.6% | 61 | .262 | .679 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 240 | 92.7 | 2,361 | 42.5% | 15.5% | 51 | .216 | .722 |
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Nearest 2024 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.