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Bob Farley
Robert Jacob Farley

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 15, 1961
  vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 26, 1962
Born November 15, 1937 in Watsontown, PA

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 23 SFG NL  13   20    3    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   5  .100  .217  .100  -11    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 24 TOT AL  71  103   16   18   3  1   2    8   0  1  27  23  .175  .344  .282   70   29   0   1   0   0   0
         CHW AL  35   53    7   10   1  1   1    4   0  1  13  13  .189  .348  .302   78   16   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  36   50    9    8   2  0   1    4   0  0  14  10  .160  .338  .260   62   13   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       84  123   19   20   3  1   2    9   0  1  30  28  .163  .325  .252   58   31   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        237   37   39   6  2   4   17   0  2  58  54  .163  .325  .252   58   60   0   2   0   0   0
 Career High     71  103   16   18   3  1   2    8   0  1  27  23                          29   0   1   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 23 SFG NL   23   18    1   1.5   103| .100  .266| .217  .333| .100  .415| .317  .747| -11  .109  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1962 24 TOT AL  131   87   12   3.7   104| .175  .265| .344  .337| .282  .412| .626  .750|  70  .407  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         CHW AL   66   44    6   3.7   103| .189  .263| .348  .335| .302  .410| .650  .745|  78  .402  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         DET AL   65   43    6   3.8   105| .160  .266| .338  .339| .260  .415| .598  .754|  62  .411  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       154  105   13   3.3   104| .163  .265| .325  .337| .252  .413| .577  .749|  58  .359  -6.6  -0.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 23 SFG NL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.50 1.08 1.87 3 25.0 1B 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.60 9.00 9.90 1 4.0 1962 24 TOT AL 1B 20 105 7 3 11 .974 .990 5.60 8.76 8.90 9.44 10 113.3 CHW AL 1B 14 85 5 1 8 .989 .990 6.43 8.76 9.31 9.44 9 87.0 DET AL RF 11 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 0.55 1.71 0.67 2.00 10 81.0 1B 6 20 2 2 3 .917 .991 3.67 8.77 7.53 9.44 1 26.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 23 SFG NL 1B 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.60 9.00 9.90 1 4.0 1962 24 TOT AL 1B 20 105 7 3 11 .974 .990 5.60 8.76 8.90 9.44 10 113.3 CHW AL 1B 14 85 5 1 8 .989 .990 6.43 8.76 9.31 9.44 9 87.0 DET AL 1B 6 20 2 2 3 .917 .991 3.67 8.77 7.53 9.44 1 26.3 1961 23 SFG NL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.50 1.08 1.87 3 25.0 1961 23 SFG NL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.87 1.08 2.16 3 25.0 1962 24 DET AL OF 11 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 0.55 1.92 0.67 2.19 10 81.0 1962 24 DET AL RF 11 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 0.55 1.71 0.67 2.00 10 81.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 21 109 7 3 12 .975 .991 5.52 8.75 8.90 9.46 11 117.3 OF* 14 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 0.64 1.91 0.76 2.18 13 106.0 3 0 11# RF* 11 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 0.55 1.71 0.67 2.00 10 81.0 LF* 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.50 1.08 1.87 3 25.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 35 118 7 4 12 .969 .990 3.57 6.01 5.04 6.01 24 223
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1957 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

November 30, 1961: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later, Eddie Fisher, and Dom Zanni to the Chicago White Sox for Billy Pierce and Don Larsen. The San Francisco Giants sent Verle Tiefenthaler (August 17, 1962) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

June 25, 1962: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Charlie Maxwell.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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