Mike Farmer

Michael Anthony Farmer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: July 3, 1968 in Gary, IN
School: Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1996
Team: Rockies 1996

Final Game: June 8, 1996
Relatives: Brother of Howard Farmer
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1992	23	PHI-min	A+	3	3	.500	1.87	11	9	2	1	1	0	53.0	33	16	11	1	13	1	41	1	5	2	209		0.868	5.6	0.2	2.2	7.0	3.15	CLW · FLOR
1993	24	PHI-min	AA	5	10	.333	5.03	22	18	3	0	0	0	102.0	125	62	57	18	34	2	64	1	4	8	455		1.559	11.0	1.6	3.0	5.6	1.88	REA · EL
1994	25	COL-min	A+,AA	1	4	.200	3.59	24	3	8	0	0	3	42.2	35	19	17	5	16	1	41	3	1	4	179		1.195	7.4	1.1	3.4	8.6	2.56	CNV,NHV · CALL,EL
1995	26	COL-min	AA	10	5	.667	4.89	40	12	7	0	0	0	110.1	117	63	60	8	35	4	77	5	3	5	475		1.378	9.5	0.7	2.9	6.3	2.20	NHV · EL
1996	27	COL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.30	9	9	0	2	1	0	57.1	51	27	21	4	25	2	28	2	0	2	245		1.326	8.0	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.12	CSP · PCL
1996	27	COL	NL	0	1	.000	7.71	7	4	1	0	0	0	28.0	32	25	24	8	13	0	16	0	0	1	127	68	1.607	10.3	2.6	4.2	5.1	1.23
1997	28	COL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	6.75	18	8	3	0	0	0	54.2	70	42	41	14	18	0	29	5	1	4	243		1.610	11.5	2.3	3.0	4.8	1.61	CSP · PCL
1998	29	COL-min	AAA	7	7	.500	5.61	28	23	2	0	0	0	126.2	173	107	79	19	56	5	74	7	1	6	608		1.808	12.3	1.4	4.0	5.3	1.32	CSP · PCL
1999	30	COL-min	AAA	8	10	.444	7.86	25	20	1	2	0	0	113.1	170	111	99	24	44	3	75	2	3	1	532		1.888	13.5	1.9	3.5	6.0	1.70	CSP · PCL
1 Yr				0	1	.000	7.71	7	4	1	0	0	0	28.0	32	25	24	8	13	0	16	0	0	1	127	68	1.607	10.3	2.6	4.2	5.1	1.23
162 Game Avg.				0	6	.000	7.71	43	25	6	0	0	0	173	198	155	148	49	80	0	99	0	0	6	785	68	1.607	10.3	2.6	4.2	5.1	1.23

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1996	27	COL	NL	28.0	7	4	25	8.04	4.56	-0.03	0.05	120.0	5.57	-7	-0.7	.6	0.0	-0.5	-5	.402	.496	$
1 Season				28.0	7	4	25	8.04	4.56	-0.03	0.05	120.0	5.57	-7	-0.7	.6	0.0	-0.5	-5	.402	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1996	27	COL	NL	7	127	112	25	32	5	0	8	3	1	13	16	.286	.360	.545	.905	.273	61	1	0	2	0	0	1
1 Yr				7	127	112	25	32	5	0	8	3	1	13	16	.286	.360	.545	.905	.273	61	1	0	2	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				43	785	692	155	198	31	0	49	19	6	80	99	.286	.360	.545	.905	.273	377	6	0	12	0	0	6
MLB Averages																.270	.340	.427	.767	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	27	COL	NL	-5.4	-0.5	132	-0.9	2.1	-3.0	.94	-0.7	-0.3	-7.6	-0.6	0.94	-7.9	0	1	1
1 Yr				-5.4	-0.5	132	-0.9	2.1	-3.0	.94	-0.7	-0.3	-7.6	-0.6	0.94	-7.9	0	1	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1996	27	COL	NL	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	.500	2	1	0	0	1	25%	38.2	67	16	4	3	1	1	9.0	9.4	5.3	87	0	4	0	0	91
1 Yr				7	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	.500	2	1	0	0	1	25%	38	67	16	4	3	1	1	9.0	9.4	5.3	87	0	4	0	0	91
MLB Averages													.500						46%	48	97	-11					5.1	5.0	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1996	27	COL	NL	7	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	4	.944	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	6.7	29
1 Yr				7	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%		.944	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	6.7	29

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1996	27	COL	NL	127	30%	6.3%	12.6%	10.2%	10.2%	41%	0.48	0.60	69%	22%	15.7%	20%	25	1	4%
1 Yr				127	30%	6.3%	12.6%	10.2%	10.2%	41%	0.48	0.60	69%	22%	15.7%	20%	25	1	4%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.5%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.10	70%	22%	8.6%	18%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	27	COL	NL	127	435	3.43	261	60%	25%	9%	29%	38%	75%	0%	45%	88%	50%	6%	7	3	20%	26	20	0	38%	4	4	0	0	0
1 Yr				127	435	3.43	261	60%	25%	9%	29%	38%	75%	0%	45%	88%	50%	6%	7	3	20%	26	20	0	38%	4	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1996	27	COL	NL	127	32	2	0	8	0	0	7	1	4	4	3	1	0	33%	1	1	0	52	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
1 Yr				127	32	2	0	8	0	0	7	1	4	4	3	1	0	33%	1	1	0	52	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
MLB Averages																		54%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1996	27	0	1	.000	7.71	7	4	1	0	0	0	28.0	32	25	24	8	13	0	16	0	0	1	127	68	1.607	10.3	2.6	4.2	5.1	1.23	68

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1996	27	1	2	.333	5.90	29.0	28	21	19	7	11	17	0	1.345	8.7	3.4	5.3	1.55	2.2	7
1 Yr		1	2	.333	5.90	29.0	28	21	19	7	11	17	0	1.345	8.7		5.3	1.55	2.2	7

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