Ed Farmer
Edward Joseph Farmer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 18, 1949 in Evergreen Park, IL
High School: St. Rita (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1971
Final Game: October 2, 1983
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 CLE AL 21 P 43 4 78.2 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 1.60 0.33 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 CLE AL 22 P 46 1 61.1 17 4 12 1 0 .941 2.35 0.35 .953 1.86 0.75
1973 TOT AL 23 P 40 0 62.1 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 1.01 0.18 .943 1.86 0.86
1973 CLE AL 23 P 16 0 17.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.52 0.06 .900 1.87 0.86
1973 DET AL 23 P 24 0 45.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 1.20 0.25 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 PHI NL 24 P 14 3 31.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.16 0.29 .960 1.89 0.71
1977 BAL AL 27 P 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80
1978 MIL AL 28 P 3 0 11.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.67 .950 1.88 0.87
1979 TOT AL 29 P 53 5 114.1 24 9 15 0 1 1.000 1.89 0.45 .946 1.91 0.81
1979 TEX AL 29 P 11 2 33.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.55 .950 1.91 0.81
1979 CHW AL 29 P 42 3 81.1 18 7 11 0 1 1.000 1.99 0.43 .944 1.91 0.81
1980 CHW AL 30 P 64 0 99.2 22 5 17 0 4 1.000 1.99 0.34 .955 1.85 0.77 AS
1981 CHW AL 31 P 42 0 52.2 15 5 9 1 1 .933 2.39 0.33 .967 1.98 0.81
1982 PHI NL 32 P 47 4 76.0 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.54 0.28 .946 1.97 0.70
1983 TOT MLB 33 P 17 4 37.0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.95 0.47 .950 1.90 0.69
1983 PHI NL 33 P 12 3 26.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.36 0.58 .943 1.92 0.68
1983 OAK AL 33 P 5 1 10.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.20 1.000 1.83 0.72
11 Seasons P 370 21 624.0 127 34 90 3 10 .976 1.79 0.34 .953 1.91 0.77
11 Seasons TOT 370 21 624.0 127 34 90 3 10 .976 1.79 0.34 .929 1.91 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 CLE AL 21 43 4 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CLE AL 22 46 1 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 DET AL 23 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CLE AL 23 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 PHI NL 24 14 3 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MIL AL 28 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CHW AL 29 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 29 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHW AL 30 64 0 1 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHW AL 31 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 32 47 4 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 33 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 OAK AL 33 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 370 15 163 370 370 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1971 CLE AL 21 361 74% 31% 11 91% 0 2 0 0 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1972 CLE AL 22 266 77% 32% 15 100% 0 4 0 2 14 12 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1973 DET AL 23 218 74% 24% 3 100% 0 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1973 CLE AL 23 90 83% 28% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 PHI NL 24 173 73% 19% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL AL 27 2 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MIL AL 28 47 79% 26% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 CHW AL 29 363 77% 31% 13 92% 1 7 1 5 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1979 TEX AL 29 151 70% 25% 7 71% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 CHW AL 30 458 76% 32% 17 100% 2 4 0 4 17 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1981 CHW AL 31 250 69% 26% 12 83% 0 5 1 3 9 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0%
1982 PHI NL 32 353 70% 29% 12 100% 1 1 1 0 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1983 PHI NL 33 147 75% 25% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 OAK AL 33 45 84% 29% 2 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 2924 74% 28% 101 93% 4 32 3 22 90 65 11 3 0 2 1 1 9 6 7 2 15 93%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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