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Ed Farmer
Edward Joseph Farmer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 210 lb.

Debut June 9, 1971
  vs. CHW 0.3 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv
Final Game October 2, 1983
Born October 18, 1949 in Evergreen Park, IL

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1967. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1971 21 CLE AL   5   4  43   4   0   0  16  4   78.7   77   42   38   9   41   48   3   6   346   3   0  4.35  3.81   88 1.500
 1972 22 CLE AL   2   5  46   1   0   0  28  7   61.3   51   32   30  10   27   33   1   2   257   6   0  4.40  3.25   74 1.272
 1973 23 TOT AL   3   2  40   0   0   0  22  3   62.3   77   38   34   7   32   38   2   1   293   0   0  4.91  4.06   83 1.749
         CLE AL   0   2  16   0   0   0  10  1   17.3   25   12    9   4    5   10   0   1    84   0   0  4.67  3.98   85 1.731
         DET AL   3   0  24   0   0   0  12  2   45.0   52   26   25   3   27   28   2   0   209   0   0  5.00  4.09   82 1.756
 1974 24 PHI NL   2   1  14   3   0   0   5  0   31.0   41   32   29   5   27   20   0   5   159   0   0  8.42  3.77   45 2.194
 1977 27 BAL AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    1    1    0   0    1    0   0   0     2   0   0 undef  0.00 undef   inf
 1978 28 MIL AL   1   0   3   0   0   0   2  1   11.0    7    1    1   1    4    6   0   0    45   0   0  0.82  3.78  462 1.000
 1979 29 TOT AL   5   7  53   5   0   0  35 14  114.3   96   57   38   4   53   73   3   9   491  10   0  2.99  4.24  142 1.303
         TEX AL   2   0  11   2   0   0   5  0   33.0   30   21   16   2   19   25   2   3   144   2   0  4.36  4.15   95 1.485
         CHW AL   3   7  42   3   0   0  30 14   81.3   66   36   22   2   34   48   1   6   347   8   0  2.43  4.27  176 1.230
 1980 30 CHW AL   7   9  64   0   0   0  55 30   99.7   92   37   37   6   56   54   1   7   438  11   0  3.34  4.04  121 1.485 AS
 1981 31 CHW AL   3   3  42   0   0   0  25 10   52.7   53   33   27   5   34   42   1   3   243   1   0  4.61  3.59   78 1.652
 1982 32 PHI NL   2   6  47   4   0   0  14  6   76.0   66   44   41   2   50   58   0   3   336  11   0  4.86  3.68   76 1.526
 1983 33 TOT      0   6  17   4   0   0   4  0   37.0   50   26   22   3   20   23   1   3   179   8   0  5.35  3.67   68 1.892
         PHI NL   0   6  12   3   0   0   3  0   26.7   35   22   18   2   20   16   1   3   137   8   0  6.08  3.60   59 2.063
         OAK AL   0   0   5   1   0   0   1  0   10.3   15    4    4   1    0    7   0   0    42   0   0  3.48  3.83  110 1.452
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .411  30  43 370  21   0   0 206 75  624.0  611  343  297  52  345  395  12  39  2789  50   0  4.28  3.85   90 1.532
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   7  64   3   0   0  35 13  108.3  106   59   51   9   60   68   2   6   485   8   0  4.28  3.85   90 1.532
 Career High      7   9  64   5   0   0  55 30  114.3   96   57   41  10   56   73   3   9   491  11   0  2.99  4.24  142 1.272
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 CLE AL  43   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .071  .133  .071  -42    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1972 22 CLE AL  46    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .143  .143  .143  -16    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1974 24 PHI NL  14    9    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .111  .111  .111  -38    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 32 PHI NL  47   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1983 33 TOT     12    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   -7    1   1   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  12    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   -7    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     163   47    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  22  .085  .104  .085  -47    4   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         47    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  22  .085  .104  .085  -47    4   5   0   0   0   0
 Career High     47   14    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   6                           1   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 21 CLE AL   16   14    0   0.0    99| .071  .265| .133  .339| .071  .393| .204  .732| -42  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1972 22 CLE AL    8    7    0   0.0    86| .143  .251| .143  .320| .143  .362| .286  .682| -16  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1974 24 PHI NL    9    8    0   0.0    98| .111  .267| .111  .340| .111  .386| .222  .725| -38  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1982 32 PHI NL   13   13    0   0.0    97| .000  .269| .000  .333| .000  .391| .000  .724|-100  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1983 33 TOT       7    6    0   0.0    96| .167  .262| .167  .330| .167  .388| .334  .719|  -7  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         PHI NL    7    6    0   0.0    96| .167  .262| .167  .330| .167  .388| .334  .719|  -7  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons       53   48    0   0.0    96| .085  .264| .104  .334| .085  .386| .189  .720| -47  .000  -9.4  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 21 CLE AL P 43 2 12 0 2 1.000 .959 0.33 0.77 1.60 1.98 4 78.7 1972 22 CLE AL P 46 4 12 1 0 .941 .952 0.35 0.75 2.35 1.86 1 61.3 1973 23 TOT AL P 40 4 3 0 1 1.000 .946 0.17 0.86 1.01 1.86 0 62.3 CLE AL P 16 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.06 0.86 0.52 1.87 0 17.3 DET AL P 24 4 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.25 0.86 1.20 1.86 0 45.0 1974 24 PHI NL P 14 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.29 0.71 1.16 1.89 3 31.0 1977 27 BAL AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 1978 28 MIL AL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.87 1.64 1.88 0 11.0 1979 29 TOT AL P 53 9 15 0 1 1.000 .949 0.45 0.81 1.89 1.91 5 114.3 TEX AL P 11 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.55 0.81 1.64 1.91 2 33.0 CHW AL P 42 7 11 0 1 1.000 .947 0.43 0.81 1.99 1.92 3 81.3 1980 30 CHW AL P 64 5 17 0 4 1.000 .957 0.34 0.77 1.99 1.85 0 99.7 AS 1981 31 CHW AL P 42 5 9 1 1 .933 .966 0.33 0.81 2.39 1.98 0 52.7 1982 32 PHI NL P 47 1 12 0 1 1.000 .949 0.28 0.70 1.54 1.97 4 76.0 1983 33 TOT P 17 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.47 0.69 1.95 1.90 4 37.0 PHI NL P 12 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 0.58 0.68 2.36 1.92 3 26.7 OAK AL P 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.72 0.87 1.83 1 10.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1971 21 CLE AL P 43 2 12 0 2 1.000 .959 0.33 0.77 1.60 1.98 4 78.7 1972 22 CLE AL P 46 4 12 1 0 .941 .952 0.35 0.75 2.35 1.86 1 61.3 1973 23 TOT AL P 40 4 3 0 1 1.000 .946 0.17 0.86 1.01 1.86 0 62.3 CLE AL P 16 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.06 0.86 0.52 1.87 0 17.3 DET AL P 24 4 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.25 0.86 1.20 1.86 0 45.0 1974 24 PHI NL P 14 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.29 0.71 1.16 1.89 3 31.0 1977 27 BAL AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 1978 28 MIL AL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.87 1.64 1.88 0 11.0 1979 29 TOT AL P 53 9 15 0 1 1.000 .949 0.45 0.81 1.89 1.91 5 114.3 TEX AL P 11 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.55 0.81 1.64 1.91 2 33.0 CHW AL P 42 7 11 0 1 1.000 .947 0.43 0.81 1.99 1.92 3 81.3 1980 30 CHW AL P 64 5 17 0 4 1.000 .957 0.34 0.77 1.99 1.85 0 99.7 1981 31 CHW AL P 42 5 9 1 1 .933 .966 0.33 0.81 2.39 1.98 0 52.7 1982 32 PHI NL P 47 1 12 0 1 1.000 .949 0.28 0.70 1.54 1.97 4 76.0 1983 33 TOT P 17 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.47 0.69 1.95 1.90 4 37.0 PHI NL P 12 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 0.58 0.68 2.36 1.92 3 26.7 OAK AL P 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.72 0.87 1.83 1 10.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 370 34 90 3 10 .976 .954 0.34 0.77 21 624.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 370 34 90 3 10 .976 .954 0.34 0.77
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1980   CHW AL      0  0  0   0.2   1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1980   CHW AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1980 *

Games
1979 AL-53-10
1980 AL-64-5
1981 AL-42-7

Saves
1979 AL-14-7
1980 AL-30-3
1981 AL-10-8

Games Finished
1980 AL-55-5
1981 AL-25-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1023) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1967.

June 15, 1973: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Tom Timmermann and Kevin Collins.

March 19, 1974: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim Perry to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to the New York Yankees.

March 21, 1974: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Yankees.

December 3, 1974: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Steve McCartney (minors).

April 4, 1976: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

March 2, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

March 28, 1978: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

April 1, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 15, 1978: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Gary Holle and cash to the Texas Rangers for Reggie Cleveland.

June 15, 1979: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Gary Holle to the Chicago White Sox for Eric Soderholm.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

January 28, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 13, 1983: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 23, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

March 26, 1984: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

February 13, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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