Bob Farley

Robert Jacob Farley

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 15, 1937 in Watsontown, PA
High School: Montgomery HS (Montgomery, PA)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1961
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Giants 1961-1962

Final Game: September 26, 1962
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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
1957	19	SFG-min	D	125	431	431		117	14	7	13						.271	.271	.427	.698		184							MIC · MIDW
1958	20	SFG-min	C	137	473	473		151	24	12	6						.319	.319	.459	.778		217							FRE · CALL
1959	21	SFG-min	A	125	500	403	82	126	31	9	3	73	3		89	58	.313	.431	.457	.887		184		0	1	7	4		SPF · EL
1960	22	SFG-min	AAA	133	476	406	71	113	13	7	12	53	9	4	70	74	.278	.384	.433	.818		176							TAC · PCL
1961	23	SFG-min	AAA	114	452	368	75	113	17	4	20	71	2	0	84	56	.307	.436	.538	.974		198							TAC · PCL
1961	23	SFG	NL	13	23	20	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.100	.217	.100	.317	-10	2	0	0	0	0	0	/73
1962	24	TOT	AL	71	131	103	16	18	3	1	2	8	0	1	27	23	.175	.344	.282	.625	70	29	0	0	0	1	0	39
1962	24	CHW	AL	35	66	53	7	10	1	1	1	4	0	1	13	13	.189	.348	.302	.650	78	16	0	0	0	0	0	3
1962	24	DET	AL	36	65	50	9	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	14	10	.160	.338	.260	.598	62	13	0	0	0	1	0	9/3
1963	25	ANA-TEX-min	AAA	19	60	42	4	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	18	13	.167	.417	.167	.583		7							HAW,TTO · PCL,IL
1964	26	NYM-min	AA	46	145	118	9	29	5	1	1	12	1	1	27	21	.246	.386	.331	.717		39							WPT · EL
1965	27	DET-NYM-min	AAA,AA	18	53	41	6	11	2	0	2	5	0	0	12	7	.268	.434	.463	.897		19		0	0	0			SYR,WPT · IL,EL
2 Yrs				84	154	123	19	20	3	1	2	9	0	1	30	28	.163	.325	.252	.577	57	31	0	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	297	237	37	39	6	2	4	17	0	2	58	54	.163	.325	.252	.577	57	60	0	0	0	2	0

SFG (1 yr)				13	23	20	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.100	.217	.100	.317	-10	2	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				36	65	50	9	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	14	10	.160	.338	.260	.598	62	13	0	0	0	1	0
CHW (1 yr)				35	66	53	7	10	1	1	1	4	0	1	13	13	.189	.348	.302	.650	78	16	0	0	0	0	0

AL (1 yr)				71	131	103	16	18	3	1	2	8	0	1	27	23	.175	.344	.282	.625	70	29	0	0	0	1	0
NL (1 yr)				13	23	20	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.100	.217	.100	.317	-10	2	0	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
1961	23	SFG	NL	13	23	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.474	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	/73
1962	24	CHW	AL	35	66	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.489	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	3
1962	24	DET	AL	36	65	-3	-0	0	-3	-1	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.481	.496	-0.2	-0.4	-2	$	9/3
2 Seasons				84	154	-8	-1	1	-4	-2	-13	-1.5	4	-9	-1.0	.483	.497	-0.6	-0.7	-5	$

SFG (1 yr)				13	23	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.474	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$
DET (1 yr)				36	65	-3	-0	0	-3	-1	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.481	.496	-0.2	-0.4	-2	$
CHW (1 yr)				35	66	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.489	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

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
1961	23	SFG	NL	23	18	1	1.5	102	.133	.100	.265	.217	.331	.100	.413	.317	.744	-10	.109	-3.1	-0.3	.278	.150	.000
1962	24	TOT	AL	131	87	12	3.7	104	.203	.175	.265	.344	.338	.282	.413	.625	.751	70	.407	-3.5	-0.3	.640	.359	.107	.0
1962	24	CHW	AL	66	44	6	3.7	103	.231	.189	.263	.348	.335	.302	.410	.650	.745	78	.402	-1.3	-0.1	.636	.340	.113	.0
1962	24	DET	AL	65	43	6	3.8	106	.175	.160	.268	.338	.341	.260	.417	.598	.758	62	.413	-2.1	-0.2	.643	.380	.100	.0
2 Yrs				154	105	13	3.3	104	.191	.163	.265	.325	.337	.252	.413	.577	.750	57	.359	-6.6	-0.6	.577	.325	.089	.0
162 Game Avg.				297	203	25	3.3	104	.191	.163	.265	.325	.337	.252	.413	.577	.750	57	.359	-6.6	-0.6	.577	.325	.089

SFG (1 yr)				23	18	1	1.5	102	.133	.100	.265	.217	.331	.100	.413	.317	.744	-10	.110	-3.1	-0.3	.278	.150	.000
DET (1 yr)				65	43	6	3.8	106	.175	.160	.268	.338	.341	.260	.417	.598	.758	62	.412	-2.1	-0.2	.643	.380	.100	.0
CHW (1 yr)				66	44	6	3.7	103	.231	.189	.263	.348	.335	.302	.410	.650	.745	78	.402	-1.3	-0.1	.636	.340	.113	.0

AL (1 yr)				131	87	12	3.7	104	.203	.175	.265	.344	.338	.282	.413	.625	.751	70	.407	-3.5	-0.3	.640	.359	.107	.0
NL (1 yr)				23	18	1	1.5	102	.133	.100	.265	.217	.331	.100	.413	.317	.744	-10	.110	-3.1	-0.3	.278	.150	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	23	SFG	NL	23	0.0%	21.7%	13.0%	0.0%	0%	1.67	4.0		20.0	0.44	65%
1962	24	TOT	AL	131	1.5%	17.6%	20.6%	4.6%	33%	0.85	4.5	51.5	12.9	0.60	60%
1962	24	CHW	AL	66	1.5%	19.7%	19.7%	4.6%	30%	1.00	4.1	53.0	13.3	0.67	59%
1962	24	DET	AL	65	1.5%	15.4%	21.5%	4.6%	38%	0.71	5.0	50.0	12.5	0.55	62%
2 Yrs				154	1.3%	18.2%	19.5%	3.9%	30%	0.93	4.4	61.5	13.7	0.57	61%
MLB Averages					2.5%	13.9%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.56	6.4	36.2	8.1	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1961	23	SFG	NL	-3.2	-0.3	23	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.00	-0.3	-0.1	-3.6	-0.4	0.98	-3.6	0.98	8
1962	24	TOT	AL	-3.4	-0.3	132	-1.0	1.8	-2.8	1.17	-0.4	-0.4	-7.4	-0.7	1.01	-3.5	1.66	33
1962	24	CHW	AL	-1.3	-0.1	67	-0.3	1.2	-1.4	1.24	-0.2	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	1.09	-1.6	1.72	20
1962	24	DET	AL	-2.1	-0.2	65	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	1.09	-0.3	-0.4	-3.8	-0.4	0.93	-1.9	1.58	13
2 Yrs				-6.6	-0.6	155	-1.4	1.9	-3.3	1.14	-0.7	-0.5	-11.0	-1.1	1.01	-7.1	1.53	41

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	PCS	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	23	SFG	NL	60%	6	0		0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1962	24	TOT	AL	33%	40	1	0%	1	1	1	2	47%	9	6	3	2	1	1	4	1	3
1962	24	CHW	AL	27%	17	1	0%	1	1	1	2	57%	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1962	24	DET	AL	38%	23	0		0	0	0	0	38%	3	3	0	2	1	1	3	1	2
2 Yrs				35%	46	1	0%	1	1	1	2	53%	9	6	3	3	1	2	5	1	4

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
1961	23	SFG	NL	23	96%	2			8	1	0	0	0.98	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	17	1	6%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1962	24	TOT	AL	131	89%	18			33	4	0	3	1.66	2	0	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		25	0	0%	13	4	31%	90	6	7%	11	4	36%	5	2	40%	0
1962	24	CHW	AL	66	80%	10			20	1	0	1	1.72	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		16	0	0%	7	1	14%	53	3	6%	6	2	33%	4	1	25%	0
1962	24	DET	AL	65	97%	8			13	3	0	2	1.58	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		9	0	0%	6	3	50%	37	3	8%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				154	90%	20			41	5	0	3	1.53	2	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		28	0	0%	15	4	27%	107	7	7%	12	5	42%	7	3	43%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	23	13	23	20	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.100	.217	.100	.317	-10	2	0	0	0	0	0
1962	24	84	154	123	19	20	3	1	2	9	0	1	30	28	.163	.325	.252	.577	57	31	0	0	0	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	23	14	24	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	13
1962	24	71	131	103	16	18	3	1	2	8	27	23	.175	.344	.282	.625	10	71
2 Yrs		85	155	124	16	18	3	1	2	8	30	28	.145	.310	.234	.544	10	84
162 Game Avg.		162	295	236	30	34	6	2	4	15	57	53	.145	.310	.234	.544	19	84

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