Monty Fariss

Monty Ted Fariss

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 13, 1967 in Cordell, OK
High School: Leedey HS (Leedey, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1991
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Marlins 1991-1993

Final Game: June 1, 1993
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1988	20	TEX-min	AA,Rk	66	266	218	37	58	7	6	7	53	4	0	42	46	.266	.385	.450	.834		98	2	2	1	3	2		TUL,BTE · TL,PION
1989	21	TEX-min	AA	132	575	497	72	135	27	2	5	52	12	6	64	112	.272	.351	.364	.715		181		0	8	6	0		TUL · TL
1990	22	TEX-min	AA,AAA	133	543	469	75	141	27	9	11	65	9	6	70	108	.301	.391	.467	.858		219		1	1	2	0		TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1991	23	TEX-min	AAA	137	590	494	84	134	31	9	13	73	5	7	91	143	.271	.383	.449	.833		222	11	0	3	2	1		OKC · AA
1991	23	TEX	AL	19	38	31	6	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	7	11	.258	.395	.387	.782	120	12	0	0	0	0	0	/74D
1992	24	TEX-min	AAA	49	219	187	28	56	13	3	9	38	5	4	31	42	.299	.397	.545	.943		102	5	0	0	1	1		OKC · AA
1992	24	TEX	AL	67	187	166	13	36	7	1	3	21	0	2	17	51	.217	.297	.325	.623	77	54	3	2	2	0	0	7498/D3
1993	25	FLA-min	AAA	74	302	254	32	65	11	4	6	37	1	5	43	74	.256	.365	.402	.767		102	3	2	1	2	0		EDM · PCL
1993	25	FLA	NL	18	34	29	3	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	5	13	.172	.294	.310	.604	60	9	2	0	0	0	0	/97
1994	26	FLA-min	AAA	129	479	414	83	118	32	4	20	60	2	4	55	99	.285	.374	.527	.900		218	10	6	0	4	1		EDM · PCL
1995	27	CHC-min	AAA	10	42	33	5	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	9	7	.182	.357	.273	.630		9	0	0	0	0	2		IWA,MTY · AA,MEX
3 Yrs				104	259	226	22	49	10	2	4	29	0	2	29	75	.217	.311	.332	.643	81	75	5	2	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	403	352	34	76	16	3	6	45	0	3	45	117	.217	.311	.332	.643	81	117	8	3	3	0	0

TEX (2 yrs)				86	225	197	19	44	8	1	4	27	0	2	24	62	.223	.314	.335	.649	84	66	3	2	2	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				18	34	29	3	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	5	13	.172	.294	.310	.604	60	9	2	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				86	225	197	19	44	8	1	4	27	0	2	24	62	.223	.314	.335	.649	84	66	3	2	2	0	0
NL (1 yr)				18	34	29	3	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	5	13	.172	.294	.310	.604	60	9	2	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1991	23	TEX	AL	19	38	1	-0	0	1	-1	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/74D
1992	24	TEX	AL	67	187	-3	-0	1	-6	-2	-11	-1.1	6	-5	-0.5	.482	.493	0.1	-0.8	1	$109,000	7498/D3
1993	25	FLA	NL	18	34	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.1	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$136,000	/97
3 Seasons				104	259	-3	-1	0	-5	-3	-11	-1.1	9	-2	-0.2	.489	.498	0.2	-0.7	3	$245,000

TEX (2 yrs)				86	225	-2	-1	1	-5	-2	-10	-1.0	8	-2	-0.3	.488	.497	0.2	-0.7	3	$109,000
FLA (1 yr)				18	34	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.1	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$136,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1991	23	TEX	AL	38	23	5	5.9	95	.368	.258	.258	.395	.326	.387	.391	.782	.718	120	.614	1.2	0.1	.826	.355	.129	.0
1992	24	TEX	AL	187	137	16	3.1	92	.295	.217	.256	.297	.324	.325	.380	.623	.704	77	.350	-5.1	-0.5	.526	.199	.108	.0
1993	25	FLA	NL	34	26	2	2.1	107	.313	.172	.276	.294	.342	.310	.420	.604	.762	60	.184	-1.7	-0.2	.538	.310	.138
3 Yrs				259	186	23	3.3	94	.306	.217	.259	.311	.327	.332	.387	.643	.713	81	.370	-5.6	-0.6	.565	.235	.115	.0
162 Game Avg.				403	290	36	3.3	94	.306	.217	.259	.311	.327	.332	.387	.643	.713	81	.370	-5.6	-0.6	.565	.235	.115

TEX (2 yrs)				225	160	21	3.5	92	.305	.223	.256	.314	.325	.335	.382	.649	.706	84	.398	-3.9	-0.4	.570	.223	.112	.0
FLA (1 yr)				34	26	2	2.1	107	.313	.172	.276	.294	.342	.310	.420	.604	.762	60	.185	-1.7	-0.2	.538	.310	.138

AL (2 yrs)				225	160	21	3.5	92	.305	.223	.256	.314	.325	.335	.382	.649	.706	84	.398	-3.9	-0.4	.570	.223	.112	.0
NL (1 yr)				34	26	2	2.1	107	.313	.172	.276	.294	.342	.310	.420	.604	.762	60	.185	-1.7	-0.2	.538	.310	.138

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1991	23	TEX	AL	38	2.6%	29.0%	18.4%	5.3%	25%	1.57	2.8	31.0	5.2	1.00	1.20	50%	20%	12.5%	20%
1992	24	TEX	AL	187	1.6%	27.3%	9.1%	5.9%	31%	3.00	3.3	55.3	7.9	0.78	1.10	60%	21%	5.8%	19%
1993	25	FLA	NL	34	0.0%	38.2%	14.7%	8.8%	60%	2.60	2.2		14.5	1.00	1.75	47%	19%	0.0%	13%
3 Yrs				259	1.5%	29.0%	11.2%	6.2%	33%	2.59	3.0	56.5	7.8	0.83	1.17	57%	20%	6.0%	18%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.74	5.9	42.2	8.3	0.80	1.06	73%	21%	6.1%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	23	TEX	AL	1.2	0.1	39	1.1	1.5	-0.4	1.01	0.2	0.8	5.4	0.5	0.94	2.4	0.93	6
1992	24	TEX	AL	-5.1	-0.5	193	-0.1	3.2	-3.3	1.02	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	-3.0	0.99	14
1993	25	FLA	NL	-1.7	-0.2	34	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	1.20	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.05	-0.6	1.56	10
3 Yrs				-5.6	-0.6	266	0.8	5.4	-4.6	1.04	-0.0	0.8	2.4	0.2	0.98	-1.3	1.17	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1991	23	TEX	AL	0	36%	14	0		0	1	1	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1992	24	TEX	AL	3	19%	66	2	0%	2	1	4	27%	8	6	2	5	4	1	2	1	1
1993	25	FLA	NL	2	30%	11	0		0	0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
3 Yrs				5	24%	91	2	0%	2	2	5	26%	12	9	3	6	5	1	5	3	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1991	23	TEX	AL	38	76%	8	4	0	6	1	0	1	0.93	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		19	5	26%	0	0		0	0		0
1992	24	TEX	AL	187	45%	36	13	0	14	1	0	1	0.99	3	0	3	1	2	0	3	0	3	2	67%	34	3	9%	21	8	38%	127	20	16%	7	4	57%	11	4	36%	0
1993	25	FLA	NL	34	68%	5	1	0	10	1	0	0	1.56	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	2	20%	3	0	0%	26	2	8%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				259	53%	49	18	0	30	3	0	2	1.17	4	0	6	1	3	1	3	0	3	2	67%	46	5	11%	24	8	33%	172	27	16%	9	4	44%	12	5	42%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			73%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	23	TEX	AL	38	158	4.16	88	56%	40%	17%	20%	23%	60%	0%	34%	72%	13%	0%	0	0	8%	3	0	13%	5	2	36%	0	0	0
1992	24	TEX	AL	187	721	3.86	447	62%	36%	17%	21%	26%	64%	0%	40%	73%	22%	4%	7	0	14%	27	10	10%	19	9	35%	0	0	0
1993	25	FLA	NL	34	170	5.00	101	59%	41%	12%	32%	16%	59%	0%	35%	80%	18%	3%	1	0	21%	7	1	15%	5	2	38%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				259	1049	4.05	636	61%	37%	16%	22%	24%	63%	0%	38%	74%	20%	3%	8	0	14%	37	11	11%	29	13	36%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1991	23	19	38	31	6	8	1	0	1	6	0	7	11	.258	.395	.387	.782	120	12	0	0	0
1992	24	86	225	197	19	44	8	1	4	27	2	24	62	.223	.314	.335	.649	84	66	3	2	2
1993	25	104	259	226	22	49	10	2	4	29	2	29	75	.217	.311	.332	.643	81	75	5	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1991	23	19	38	31	6	8	1	0	1	6	7	11	.258	.395	.387	.782	5	19
1992	24	67	191	169	15	39	8	1	3	24	18	51	.231	.312	.343	.655	18	67
1993	25	18	34	29	3	5	2	1	0	2	5	13	.172	.294	.310	.604	3	18
3 Yrs		104	263	229	24	52	11	2	4	32	30	75	.227	.322	.345	.667	26	104
162 Game Avg.		162	410	357	37	81	17	3	6	50	47	117	.227	.322	.345	.667	41	104

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