Sid Farrar

Sidney Douglas Farrar

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 10, 1859 in Paris Hill, ME (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1883
Teams (by GP): Quakers/Athletics 1883-1890

Final Game: October 4, 1890
Died: May 7, 1935 in New York, NY
Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1883	PHI	NL	23	1B	99	1108	1038	31	39	45	.965	10.80	.961	10.58
1884	PHI	NL	24	1B	111	1226	1142	42	42	41	.966	10.67	.962	10.47
1885	PHI	NL	25	1B	111	1225	1153	41	31	50	.975	10.76	.970	10.85
1886	PHI	NL	26	1B	118	1291	1220	45	26	38	.980	10.72	.968	10.35
1887	PHI	NL	27	1B	116	1223	1149	46	28	55	.977	10.30	.974	10.53
1888	PHI	NL	28	1B	131	1428	1345	53	30	57	.979	10.67	.977	10.50
1889	PHI	NL	29	1B	130	1337	1265	42	30	66	.978	10.05	.974	10.36
1890	PHQ	PL	30	1B	127	1332	1238	58	36	79	.973	10.20	.973	10.45
	8 Seasons			1B	943	10170	9550	358	262	431	.974	10.51	.970	10.50
	8 Seasons			TOT	943	10170	9550	358	262	431	.974	10.51	.970	10.50

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	1B
1883	PHI	NL	23	99	99	99
1884	PHI	NL	24	111	111	111
1885	PHI	NL	25	111	111	111
1886	PHI	NL	26	118	118	118
1887	PHI	NL	27	116	116	116
1888	PHI	NL	28	131	131	131
1889	PHI	NL	29	130	130	130
1890	PHQ	PL	30	127	127	127
	8 Seasons			943	943	943

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y 1883 NL 1,038 (2nd) 1884 NL 1,142 (2nd) 1885 NL 1,153 (3rd) 1886 NL 1,220 (3rd) 1888 NL 1,345 (3rd) 1889 NL 1,265 (3rd) 1890 PL 1,238 (4th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1883 NL 99 (2nd) 1884 NL 111 (3rd) 1885 NL 111 (2nd) 1886 NL 118 (5th) 1887 NL 116 (5th) 1888 NL 131 (5th) 1889 NL 130 (3rd) 1890 PL 127 (1st)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1883 NL 1,038 (2nd) 1884 NL 1,142 (2nd) 1885 NL 1,153 (3rd) 1886 NL 1,220 (3rd) 1888 NL 1,345 (2nd) 1889 NL 1,265 (2nd) 1890 PL 1,238 (4th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1883 NL 31 (5th) 1884 NL 42 (1st) 1885 NL 41 (2nd) 1886 NL 45 (4th) 1887 NL 46 (3rd) 1888 NL 53 (3rd) 1890 PL 58 (3rd)
Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1884 NL 42 (4th) 1885 NL 31 (2nd) 1887 NL 28 (5th) 1888 NL 30 (4th) 1889 NL 30 (3rd) 1890 PL 36 (2nd) Career 262 (16th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1883 NL 10.80 (4th) 1884 NL 10.67 (3rd) 1885 NL 10.76 (4th) 1886 NL 10.72 (2nd) 1887 NL 10.30 (5th) 1888 NL 10.67 (4th) Career 10.51 (33rd)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1883 NL .965 (3rd) 1884 NL .966 (4th) 1885 NL .975 (5th) 1886 NL .980 (1st) 1887 NL .977 (3rd) 1888 NL .979 (5th) 1889 NL .978 (4th) 1890 PL .973 (4th)

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