Jeff Farnsworth

Jeffrey Ellis Farnsworth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 6, 1975 in Wichita, KS
High School: Pensacola Catholic (Pensacola, FL)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2002
Team: Tigers 2002

Final Game: September 28, 2002
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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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
1996	20	SEA-min	A-	3	3	.500	4.12	10	7	1	0	0	0	39.1	33	19	18	4	13	0	42	0	5	6	158		1.169	7.6	0.9	3.0	9.6	3.23	EVR · NORW
1997	21	SEA-min	A+	1	1	.500	6.97	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.2	24	20	16	2	8	0	18	3	0	2	93		1.548	10.5	0.9	3.5	7.8	2.25	LNR · CALL
1999	23	SEA-min	A+	3	6	.333	6.50	26	9	6	0	0	3	72.0	91	61	52	7	43	1	43	15	0	10	351		1.861	11.4	0.9	5.4	5.4	1.00	LNR · CALL
2000	24	SEA-min	AA	9	3	.750	3.46	39	8	6	0	0	2	101.1	91	40	39	6	25	1	70	9	1	3	414		1.145	8.1	0.5	2.2	6.2	2.80	NHV · EL
2001	25	SEA-min	AA	11	10	.524	4.35	27	27	0	0	0	0	155.1	182	92	75	10	47	0	113	8	3	3	688		1.474	10.5	0.6	2.7	6.5	2.40	SAN · TL
2002	26	DET	AL	2	3	.400	5.79	44	0	15	0	0	0	70.0	100	47	45	6	29	8	28	2	1	6	331	74	1.843	12.9	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.97
2003	27	DET-min	AA	3	3	.500	3.21	8	8	0	2	2	0	53.1	59	21	19	6	10	0	35	2	2	1	219		1.294	10.0	1.0	1.7	5.9	3.50	ERI · EL
2004	28	MIL-min	AAA	2	6	.250	8.18	11	8	2	0	0	0	47.1	64	46	43	7	19	0	26	2	0	1	224		1.754	12.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	1.37	INA · IL
2006	30	CHW-min	AAA	7	3	.700	4.71	48	0	27	0	0	14	49.2	57	27	26	8	9	1	40	1	0	4	211		1.329	10.3	1.4	1.6	7.2	4.44	CHR · IL
2007	31	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	10		1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	4.5		PAW · IL
1 Season				2	3	.400	5.79	44	0	15	0	0	0	70.0	100	47	45	6	29	8	28	2	1	6	331	74	1.843	12.9	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.97
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.400	5.79	68	0	23	0	0	0	108	155	73	70	9	45	12	43	3	2	9	512	74	1.843	12.9	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.97

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2002	26	DET	AL	70.0	0	47	47	-2	.6	0	-0.5	$200,000
1 Season				70.0	0	47	47	-2	.6	0	-0.5	$200,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1996	20	SEA-min	A-	10	0	0					EVR · NORW
1997	21	SEA-min	A+	5	0	0					LNR · CALL
1999	23	SEA-min	A+	26	0	0					LNR · CALL
2000	24	SEA-min	AA	39	0	0					NHV · EL
2001	25	SEA-min	AA	27	0	0					SAN · TL
2002	26	DET	AL	44	0	0					1
2003	27	DET-min	AA	8	0	0					ERI · EL
2004	28	MIL-min	AAA	11	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	INA · IL
2006	30	CHW-min	AAA	48	0	0					CHR · IL
2007	31	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	0					PAW · IL
1 Season				44	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%
2002	DET	AL	26	P	44	70.0	16	6	8	2	.875	1.80	0.32	.957	1.68	1.67	4	0%
	1 Season			P	44	70.0	16	6	8	2	.875	1.80	0.32	.957	1.68	1.67	4	0%
	1 Season			TOT	44	70.0	16	6	8	2	.875	1.80	0.32	.957	1.68	1.67	4	0%

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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1996.
December 13, 2001: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the Seattle Mariners in the 2001 rule 5 draft.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 28, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
March 31, 2004: Released by the Montreal Expos.
June 1, 2004: Purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from Atlantic City (Atlantic).
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
March 13, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
April 29, 2005: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
March 5, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
March 31, 2007: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
September 1, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2002	26	Detroit Tigers	$200,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$200,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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