Jack Farrell

John A. Farrell (Moose)

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 5, 1857 in Newark, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879
Teams (by GP): Grays/Orioles/Nationals/Stars/Quakers 1879-1889

Final Game: June 11, 1889
Died: February 9, 1914 in Cedar Grove, NJ
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, NJ
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1879	TOT	NL	21	2B	66				506	204	241	61	24	.879		6.74	.897		6.82
1879	SYR	NL	21	2B	54				400	162	186	52	16	.870		6.44	.897		6.82
1879	PRO	NL	21	2B	12				106	42	55	9	8	.915		8.08	.897		6.82
1880	PRO	NL	22	2B	80				542	207	274	61	26	.887		6.01	.897		6.39
1881	PRO	NL	23	2B	82				539	204	271	64	40	.881		5.79	.903		6.24
1881	PRO	NL	23	OF	3				8	2	2	4	0	.500		1.33	.871		2.07	0-3-0
1882	PRO	NL	24	2B	84				566	212	283	71	41	.875		5.89	.896		6.11
1883	PRO	NL	25	2B	95				674	258	365	51	51	.924		6.56	.890		6.15
1884	PRO	NL	26	2B	109				651	249	351	51	36	.922		5.50	.890		5.78
1884	PRO	NL	26	3B	3				7	2	2	3	0	.571		1.33	.849		3.13
1885	PRO	NL	27	2B	68				391	158	194	39	16	.900		5.18	.899		5.76
1886	TOT	NL	28	2B	64				349	121	189	39	14	.888		4.84	.908		5.54
1886	PHI	NL	28	2B	17				97	22	58	17	2	.825		4.71	.908		5.54
1886	WHS	NL	28	2B	47				252	99	131	22	12	.913		4.89	.908		5.54
1887	WHS	NL	29	SS	48				282	91	156	35	14	.876		5.15	.890		5.01
1887	WHS	NL	29	2B	40				221	70	131	20	5	.910		5.03	.911		5.87
1888	BAL	AA	30	SS	54				275	75	173	27	11	.902		4.59	.863		4.61
1888	BAL	AA	30	2B	52				296	95	181	20	25	.932		5.31	.916		5.64
1889	BAL	AA	31	SS	42				220	65	131	24	13	.891		4.67	.873		5.13
	10 Seasons			2B	740				4735	1778	2480	477	278	.899		5.75	.898		6.05
	3 Seasons			SS	144				777	231	460	86	38	.889		4.80	.876		4.90
	1 Season			OF	3				8	2	2	4	0	.500		1.33	.871		2.07	0-3-0
	1 Season			3B	3				7	2	2	3	0	.571		1.33	.849		3.13
	11 Seasons			TOT	890				5527	2013	2944	570	316	.897		5.57	.895		5.84	0-3-0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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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.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	3B	SS	CF	OF
1879	SYR	NL	21	54	54	54	0	0	0	0
1879	PRO	NL	21	12	12	12	0	0	0	0
1880	PRO	NL	22	80	80	80	0	0	0	0
1881	PRO	NL	23	84	84	82	0	0	3	3
1882	PRO	NL	24	84	84	84	0	0	0	0
1883	PRO	NL	25	95	95	95	0	0	0	0
1884	PRO	NL	26	111	111	109	3	0	0	0
1885	PRO	NL	27	68	68	68	0	0	0	0
1886	WHS	NL	28	47	47	47	0	0	0	0
1886	PHI	NL	28	17	17	17	0	0	0	0
1887	WHS	NL	29	87	87	40	0	48	0	0
1888	BAL	AA	30	103	103	52	0	54	0	0
1889	BAL	AA	31	42	42	0	0	42	0	0
	11 Seasons			884	884	740	3	144	3	3

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

Assists† s c a p y 1881 NL 273 (3rd) 1882 NL 283 (3rd) 1883 NL 365 (1st) 1884 NL 353 (2nd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1879 NL 61 (5th) 1880 NL 61 (5th) 1881 NL 68 (2nd) 1882 NL 71 (3rd) Career 570 (56th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1879 NL 66 (5th) 1881 NL 82 (2nd) 1882 NL 84 (1st) 1883 NL 95 (2nd) 1884 NL 109 (2nd) 1885 NL 68 (5th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1883 NL 258 (5th) 1884 NL 249 (2nd)
Assists as 2B s c a p y 1880 NL 274 (3rd) 1881 NL 271 (1st) 1882 NL 283 (2nd) 1883 NL 365 (1st) 1884 NL 351 (2nd)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1879 NL 61 (2nd) 1880 NL 61 (3rd) 1881 NL 64 (1st) 1882 NL 71 (1st) 1884 NL 51 (5th) 1885 NL 39 (5th) Career 477 (10th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1883 NL 6.56 (3rd) 1884 NL 5.50 (5th) Career 5.75 (26th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1883 NL .924 (1st) 1884 NL .922 (2nd) 1885 NL .900 (4th)

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