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Kyle Farnsworth
Kyle Lynn Farnsworth

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.

Debut April 29, 1999

Born April 14, 1976 in Wichita, KS

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 47th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed May 12, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1999 23 CHC NL   5   9  27  21   1   1   1  0  130.0  140   80   73  28   52   70   3   7   579   1   1  5.05  4.48   89 1.477
 2000 24 CHC NL   2   9  46   5   0   0   8  1   77.0   90   58   55  14   50   74   4   3   371   8   0  6.43  4.54   71 1.818
 2001 25 CHC NL   4   6  76   0   0   0  24  2   82.0   65   26   25   8   29  107   1   2   339   2   2  2.74  4.14  151 1.146
 2002 26 CHC NL   4   6  45   0   0   0  17  1   46.7   53   47   38   9   24   46   1   1   213   7   0  7.33  4.03   55 1.650
 2003 27 CHC NL   3   2  77   0   0   0  13  0   76.3   53   31   28   6   36   92   0   6   312   1   0  3.30  4.33  131 1.166
 2004 28 CHC NL   4   5  72   0   0   0  25  0   66.7   67   39   35  10   33   78   2   1   298   1   0  4.73  4.40   93 1.500
 2005 29 TOT      1   1  72   0   0   0  34 16   70.0   44   18   17   5   27   87   3   3   277   0   1  2.19  4.26  195 1.014
         DET AL   1   1  46   0   0   0  16  6   42.7   29   12   11   1   20   55   1   2   174   0   0  2.32  4.27  184 1.148
         ATL NL   0   0  26   0   0   0  18 10   27.3   15    6    6   4    7   32   2   1   103   0   1  1.98  4.23  214 0.805
 2006 30 NYY AL   3   6  72   0   0   0  24  6   66.0   62   34   32   8   28   75   1   5   289   3   1  4.36  4.52  104 1.364
 2007 31 NYY AL   2   1  64   0   0   0  11  0   60.0   60   35   32   9   27   48   2   4   266   2   2  4.80  4.47   93 1.450
 2008 32 TOT AL   2   3  61   0   0   0  11  1   60.3   70   32   30  15   22   61   1   1   261   4   1  4.48  4.44   99 1.525
         NYY AL   1   2  45   0   0   0   6  1   44.3   43   18   18  11   17   43   1   1   185   3   1  3.65  4.44  122 1.353
         DET AL   1   1  16   0   0   0   5  0   16.0   27   14   12   4    5   18   0   0    76   1   0  6.75  4.44   66 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .385  30  48 612  26   1   1 168 27  735.0  704  400  365 112  328  738  18  33  3205  29   8  4.47  4.38   98 1.404
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   5  65   2   0   0  17  2   78.3   75   42   38  11   34   78   1   3   341   3   0  4.47  4.38   98 1.404
 Career High      5   9  77  21   1   1  34 16  130.0  140   80   73  28   52  107   4   7   579   8   2  2.19  4.54  195 1.014

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 23 CHC NL  27   35    3    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  10  .086  .158  .086  -35    3   6   0   0   1   0
 2000 24 CHC NL  46   14    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .071  .071  .143  -47    2   2   0   0   0   0
 2001 25 CHC NL  72    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 26 CHC NL  43    1    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   1   0   0   0
 2003 27 CHC NL  73    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 28 CHC NL  67    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     376   54    3    4   1  0   0    3   0  0   2  18  .074  .121  .093  -44    5   8   1   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         23    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .074  .121  .093  -44    2   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     73   35    3    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  10                           3   6   1   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 23 CHC NL   44   38    1   0.7   113| .086  .272| .158  .347| .086  .438| .244  .785| -35  .024  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 2000 24 CHC NL   16   15    0   0.0   114| .071  .270| .071  .346| .143  .440| .214  .787| -47  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 2001 25 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   107| .000  .262| .000  .333| .000  .430| .000  .763|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2002 26 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   105| .000  .264| .000  .337| .000  .419| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2003 27 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .433| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2004 28 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   114| .000  .273| .000  .345| .000  .443| .000  .788|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons       66   59    1   0.4   113| .074  .271| .121  .346| .093  .438| .214  .784| -44  .011 -12.0  -1.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1999 23 CHC NL P 27 9 13 4 1 .846 .952 0.81 0.48 1.52 1.72 21 130.0 2000 24 CHC NL P 46 4 6 2 1 .833 .962 0.22 0.48 1.17 1.74 5 77.0 2001 25 CHC NL P 76 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.09 0.46 0.77 1.75 0 82.0 2002 26 CHC NL P 45 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.11 0.48 0.96 1.83 0 46.7 2003 27 CHC NL P 77 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.22 0.48 2.01 1.85 0 76.3 2004 28 CHC NL P 72 7 10 1 0 .944 .966 0.24 0.47 2.29 1.84 0 66.7 2005 29 TOT P 72 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.15 0.46 1.41 1.71 0 70.0 DET AL P 46 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.46 1.26 1.69 0 42.7 ATL NL P 26 1 4 1 1 .833 .962 0.19 0.46 1.65 1.75 0 27.3 2006 30 NYY AL P 72 3 7 0 0 1.000 .962 0.14 0.41 1.36 1.55 0 66.0 2007 31 NYY AL P 64 3 7 3 0 .769 .952 0.16 0.42 1.50 1.60 0 60.0 2008 32 TOT AL P 61 4 5 0 0 1.000 .947 0.15 0.42 1.34 1.60 0 60.3 NYY AL P 45 4 5 0 0 1.000 .947 0.20 0.42 1.83 1.60 0 44.3 DET AL P 16 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.42 0.00 1.57 0 16.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1999 23 CHC NL P 27 9 13 4 1 .846 .952 0.81 0.48 1.52 1.72 21 130.0 2000 24 CHC NL P 46 4 6 2 1 .833 .962 0.22 0.48 1.17 1.74 5 77.0 2001 25 CHC NL P 76 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.09 0.46 0.77 1.75 0 82.0 2002 26 CHC NL P 45 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.11 0.48 0.96 1.83 0 46.7 2003 27 CHC NL P 77 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.22 0.48 2.01 1.85 0 76.3 2004 28 CHC NL P 72 7 10 1 0 .944 .966 0.24 0.47 2.29 1.84 0 66.7 2005 29 TOT P 72 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.15 0.46 1.41 1.71 0 70.0 DET AL P 46 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.46 1.26 1.69 0 42.7 ATL NL P 26 1 4 1 1 .833 .962 0.19 0.46 1.65 1.75 0 27.3 2006 30 NYY AL P 72 3 7 0 0 1.000 .962 0.14 0.41 1.36 1.55 0 66.0 2007 31 NYY AL P 64 3 7 3 0 .769 .952 0.16 0.42 1.50 1.60 0 60.0 2008 32 TOT AL P 61 4 5 0 0 1.000 .947 0.15 0.42 1.34 1.60 0 60.3 NYY AL P 45 4 5 0 0 1.000 .947 0.20 0.42 1.83 1.60 0 44.3 DET AL P 16 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.42 0.00 1.57 0 16.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 612 42 76 11 3 .915 .957 0.19 0.45 1.44 1.72 26 735.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 612 42 76 11 3 .915 .957 0.19 0.45 1.44 1.72 26 735
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  CHC ATL     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.2   1   0   1   2 
        NLCS  CHC FLA     L   5   0  10.12  0  0  0  0   5.1   6   6   2   7 
 2005   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   2   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   3     2   3   1   4 
 2006   ALDS  NYY DET     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   1   1 
 2007   ALDS  NYY CLE     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     1   0   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       1-3   8   0   3.12  0  0  0  0   8.2   5   3   3   9 
  5 Postseason Ser      1-4  13   0   5.79  0  0  0  0  14    11   9   5  16 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  CHC ATL     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  CHC FLA     L   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2  10   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Games
2003 NL-77-9
2006 AL-72-5

Shutouts
1999 NL-1-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (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 2, 1994: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 47th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed May 12, 1995.

February 9, 2005: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Detroit Tigers for Roberto Novoa, Scott Moore, and Bo Flowers (minors).

July 31, 2005: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Atlanta Braves for Roman Colon and Zach Miner.

October 31, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 30, 2008: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Ivan Rodriguez.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Chicago Cubs$200,000
2000Chicago Cubs$235,000
2001Chicago Cubs$245,000
2002Chicago Cubs$410,000
2003Chicago Cubs$600,000
2004Chicago Cubs$1,400,000
2005Detroit Tigers$1,975,000
2006New York Yankees$5,416,666
2007New York Yankees$5,666,667
2008New York Yankees$5,916,666
Career (may be incomplete)$22,064,999

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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