John Farrell
John Edward Farrell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 4, 1962 in Monmouth Beach, NJ
High School: Shore Regional (West Long Branch, NJ)
School: Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1987
Final Game: May 22, 1996
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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
1987 24 CLE AL 5 1 .833 3.39 10 9 1 1 0 0 69.0 68 29 26 7 22 1 28 5 1 1 297 133 1.304 8.9 0.9 2.9 3.7 1.27
1988 25 CLE AL 14 10 .583 4.24 31 30 0 4 0 0 210.1 216 106 99 15 67 3 92 9 3 2 895 97 1.345 9.2 0.6 2.9 3.9 1.37
1989 26 CLE AL 9 14 .391 3.63 31 31 0 7 2 0 208.0 196 97 84 14 71 4 132 7 0 4 895 109 1.284 8.5 0.6 3.1 5.7 1.86
1990 27 CLE AL 4 5 .444 4.28 17 17 0 1 0 0 96.2 108 49 46 10 33 1 44 1 0 1 418 91 1.459 10.1 0.9 3.1 4.1 1.33
1993 30 CAL AL 3 12 .200 7.35 21 17 1 0 0 0 90.2 110 74 74 22 44 3 45 7 0 3 420 61 1.699 10.9 2.2 4.4 4.5 1.02
1994 31 CAL AL 1 2 .333 9.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 16 14 13 2 8 0 10 1 0 0 61 54 1.846 11.1 1.4 5.5 6.9 1.25
1995 32 CLE AL 0 0 3.86 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 121 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 7.7
1996 33 DET AL 0 2 .000 14.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 11 10 10 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 33 36 2.526 15.6 2.8 7.1 0.0 0.00
8 Seasons 36 46 .439 4.56 116 109 2 13 2 0 698.2 732 383 354 72 250 12 355 31 4 12 3040 91 1.406 9.4 0.9 3.2 4.6 1.42
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .439 4.56 35 33 1 4 1 0 211 221 116 107 22 76 4 107 9 1 4 919 91 1.406 9.4 0.9 3.2 4.6 1.42
CLE (5 yrs) 32 30 .516 3.93 90 87 1 13 2 0 588.2 595 285 257 46 193 9 300 22 4 8 2526 104 1.339 9.1 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.55
CAL (2 yrs) 4 14 .222 7.55 24 20 1 0 0 0 103.2 126 88 87 24 52 3 55 8 0 3 481 60 1.717 10.9 2.1 4.5 4.8 1.06
DET (1 yr) 0 2 .000 14.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 11 10 10 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 33 36 2.526 15.6 2.8 7.1 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1987 24 CLE AL 10 297 266 29 68 14 2 7 2 3 22 28 .256 .323 .402 .725 .263 107 5 5 3 1 1
1988 25 CLE AL 31 895 804 106 216 42 6 15 6 11 67 92 .269 .330 .392 .721 .286 315 14 9 9 6 3
1989 26 CLE AL 31 895 803 97 196 28 4 14 20 3 71 132 .244 .309 .341 .650 .275 274 5 7 8 6 4
1990 27 CLE AL 17 418 377 49 108 24 3 10 6 4 33 44 .286 .344 .446 .789 .302 168 10 1 5 2 1
1993 30 CAL AL 21 420 365 74 110 23 2 22 14 3 44 45 .301 .385 .556 .941 .293 203 6 7 2 2 3
1994 31 CAL AL 3 61 52 14 16 3 0 2 3 0 8 10 .308 .410 .481 .891 .350 25 1 1 0 0 0
1995 32 CLE AL 1 21 19 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .368 .350 .421 .771 .438 8 1 0 1 1 0
1996 33 DET AL 2 33 27 10 11 4 0 2 3 3 5 0 .407 .515 .778 1.293 .360 21 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 116 3040 2713 383 732 139 17 72 54 27 250 355 .270 .336 .413 .750 .286 1121 42 31 28 18 12
162 Game Avg. 35 919 820 116 221 42 5 22 16 8 76 107 .270 .336 .413 .750 .286 339 13 9 8 5 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1987 24 CLE AL 10 9 4 1 4 1 0 4 5 .444 1 0 1 0 5 56% 53 86 27 7 3 1 3 6.4 6.6 7.6
1988 25 CLE AL 31 30 14 10 6 4 2 14 16 .467 3 1 4 0 16 53% 49 78 23 27 13 0 12 4.5 5.0 6.9 108 2 6 13 7 134
1989 26 CLE AL 31 31 9 14 8 0 4 13 18 .419 2 2 7 2 18 58% 53 84 15 28 11 1 14 3.6 3.8 6.7 104 4 7 12 8 159
1990 27 CLE AL 17 17 4 5 8 2 1 9 8 .529 2 1 1 0 6 35% 47 73 14 18 1 0 5 4.4 4.9 5.7 90 6 7 3 1 148
1993 30 CAL AL 21 17 3 11 3 1 1 3 14 .176 1 1 0 0 5 29% 39 66 15 16 4 0 8 3.8 3.8 5.0 84 6 7 3 0 113
1994 31 CAL AL 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 37 63 18 6 2 0 2 4.8 3.2 4.3 78 2 0 1 0 114
1996 33 DET AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 33 21 4 3 1 1 4.0 3.0 3.2 55 1 1 0 0 84
7 Seasons 115 109 35 45 29 8 8 44 65 .404 9 5 13 2 51 47% 48 86 14 106 37 3 45 4.3 4.6 6.3 97 21 28 32 16 159
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1987 24 CLE AL 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.952 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1988 25 CLE AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.010 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0 49
1993 30 CAL AL 21 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.007 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 2 0 2 1 4.5 24
1995 32 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.721 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14.0 70
4 Seasons 63 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.995 2 2 3 0 2 5 1 6 4 0 4 1 6.7 36

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1987 24 CLE AL 297 55% 2.4% 9.4% 7.4% 7.7% 34% 0.96 78% 45 5 11%
1988 25 CLE AL 895 56% 1.7% 10.3% 7.5% 7.0% 29% 0.69 0.81 79% 22% 6.3% 43% 166 14 8%
1989 26 CLE AL 895 53% 1.6% 14.8% 7.9% 5.1% 24% 0.69 0.85 74% 22% 4.5% 21% 144 5 3%
1990 27 CLE AL 418 55% 2.4% 10.5% 7.9% 8.9% 34% 0.72 0.96 78% 20% 5.9% 12% 72 10 14%
1993 30 CAL AL 420 53% 5.2% 10.7% 10.5% 11.2% 43% 0.62 0.87 71% 22% 13.0% 13% 79 6 8%
1994 31 CAL AL 61 70% 3.3% 16.4% 13.1% 8.2% 31% 0.90 1.00 66% 21% 13.3% 25% 14 1 7%
1995 32 CLE AL 21 67% 0.0% 19.1% 0.0% 4.8% 14% 1.29 1.00 76% 12% 0.0% 14% 4 1 25%
1996 33 DET AL 33 76% 6.1% 0.0% 15.2% 18.2% 55% 0.59 0.78 76% 30% 14.3% 18% 3 0 0%
8 Seasons 3040 55% 2.4% 11.7% 8.2% 7.5% 31% 0.69 0.87 76% 22% 7.0% 25% 527 42 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1988 25 CLE AL 838 3062 3.65 1913 63% 24% 12% 28% 36% 76% 1% 47% 84% 60% 4% 34 19 16% 136 62 9 23% 8 13 57 3 0
1989 26 CLE AL 895 3223 3.60 2037 63% 21% 17% 28% 34% 79% 1% 50% 78% 61% 5% 44 26 22% 198 107 7 15% 26 14 0 1 4
1990 27 CLE AL 418 1529 3.66 929 61% 26% 12% 26% 37% 74% 1% 45% 84% 54% 7% 28 16 17% 69 31 5 27% 3 11 0 0 0
1993 30 CAL AL 399 1441 3.61 837 58% 21% 14% 28% 37% 79% 1% 46% 82% 51% 8% 33 14 11% 43 20 2 14% 6 16 21 0 2
1994 31 CAL AL 61 235 3.85 140 60% 26% 10% 34% 30% 74% 0% 44% 87% 52% 7% 4 4 11% 7 2 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0
1995 32 CLE AL 21 70 3.33 49 70% 27% 16% 22% 35% 73% 0% 51% 78% 76% 0% 0 0 24% 5 5 0 25% 2 0 0 0 0
1996 33 DET AL 33 110 3.33 65 59% 25% 3% 31% 42% 75% 0% 45% 96% 64% 3% 1 0 9% 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2665 9670 3.63 5970 62% 23% 14% 28% 35% 77% 1% 47% 82% 58% 5% 144 79 17% 461 228 23 20% 47 55 78 4 6
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1987 24 CLE AL 297 68 7 0 3 4 3 4 3 10 5 2 50% 4 1 0 112 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 25 CLE AL 895 216 38 5 15 0 13 10 5 9 6 47 22 7 47% 6 2 1 336 6 11 35% 6 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 0
1989 26 CLE AL 895 196 24 4 14 1 11 8 6 5 9 49 29 3 59% 13 4 4 308 20 3 87% 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1990 27 CLE AL 418 108 14 2 10 0 8 6 4 2 8 24 17 3 71% 2 1 0 138 6 4 60% 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1993 30 CAL AL 420 110 14 3 22 0 7 12 10 10 12 21 8 6 38% 1 3 1 161 14 3 82% 13 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1994 31 CAL AL 61 16 5 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 50% 0 0 1 23 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
1995 32 CLE AL 21 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 33 DET AL 33 11 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 3 3 50% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 3040 732 96 17 72 1 44 42 30 32 40 155 84 21 54% 28 12 7 1097 54 27 67% 50 24 3 3 1 0 4 1 49 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1987 24 5 1 .833 3.39 10 9 1 1 0 0 69.0 68 29 26 7 22 1 28 5 1 1 297 133 1.304 8.9 0.9 2.9 3.7 1.27 133
1988 25 19 11 .633 4.03 41 39 1 5 0 0 279.1 284 135 125 22 89 4 120 14 4 3 1192 104 1.335 9.2 0.7 2.9 3.9 1.35 104
1989 26 28 25 .528 3.86 72 70 1 12 2 0 487.1 480 232 209 36 160 8 252 21 4 7 2087 106 1.313 8.9 0.7 3.0 4.7 1.58 106
1990 27 32 30 .516 3.93 89 87 1 13 2 0 584.0 588 281 255 46 193 9 296 22 4 8 2505 104 1.337 9.1 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.53 104
1991 28 32 30 .516 3.93 89 87 1 13 2 0 584.0 588 281 255 46 193 9 296 22 4 8 2505 104 1.337 9.1 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.53 104
1992 29 32 30 .516 3.93 89 87 1 13 2 0 584.0 588 281 255 46 193 9 296 22 4 8 2505 104 1.337 9.1 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.53 104
1993 30 35 42 .455 4.39 110 104 2 13 2 0 674.2 698 355 329 68 237 12 341 29 4 11 2925 94 1.386 9.3 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.44 94
1994 31 36 44 .450 4.48 113 107 2 13 2 0 687.2 714 369 342 70 245 12 351 30 4 11 2986 93 1.395 9.3 0.9 3.2 4.6 1.43 93
1995 32 36 44 .450 4.47 114 107 2 13 2 0 692.1 721 373 344 70 245 12 355 30 4 11 3007 93 1.395 9.4 0.9 3.2 4.6 1.45 93
1996 33 36 46 .439 4.56 116 109 2 13 2 0 698.2 732 383 354 72 250 12 355 31 4 12 3040 91 1.406 9.4 0.9 3.2 4.6 1.42 91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1987 24 4 3 .571 3.31 68.0 67 28 25 7 22 28 5 1.309 8.9 2.9 3.7 1.27 0.9 10
1988 25 9 13 .409 4.70 199.0 221 116 104 15 69 87 9 1.457 10.0 3.1 3.9 1.26 0.7 31
1989 26 11 11 .500 3.99 203.0 205 100 90 15 74 129 7 1.374 9.1 3.3 5.7 1.74 0.7 31
1990 27 3 6 .333 5.10 90.0 113 57 51 10 35 41 1 1.644 11.3 3.5 4.1 1.17 1.0 17
1993 30 2 7 .222 7.45 87.0 109 80 72 22 44 43 7 1.759 11.3 4.6 4.4 0.98 2.3 21
1994 31 0 2 .000 8.00 18.0 21 18 16 3 10 14 1 1.722 10.5 5.0 7.0 1.40 1.5 3
1995 32 0 0 2.25 8.0 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 7.9 0.0 1
1996 33 0 0 12.00 6.0 10 9 8 2 5 0 1 2.500 15.0 7.5 0.0 0.00 3.0 2
8 Seasons 29 42 .408 4.88 679.0 746 410 368 74 259 349 31 1.480 9.9 4.6 1.35 1.0 116

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y
1989 AL--7--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1989 AL--2--7th

Losses s c a p y
1989 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1988 AL--99--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 AL--9--7th
1989 AL--7--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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