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John Farrell

John Edward Farrell

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Angels/Tigers 1987-1996

Final Game: May 22, 1996
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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
1984	21	CLE-min	A,AAA	2	6	.250	5.43	14	14	0	2	0	0	69.2	79	45	42	6	53	2	41	2	2	5			1.895	10.2	0.8	6.8	5.3	0.77	WLO,MAI · MIDW,IL
1985	22	CLE-min	AA	7	13	.350	5.19	25	25	0	5	1	0	149.0	161	106	86	8	76	1	75	5	1	7			1.591	9.7	0.5	4.6	4.5	0.99	WBY · EL
1986	23	CLE-min	AA	9	10	.474	3.06	26	26	0	9	3	0	173.1	158	82	59	15	54	2	104	10	0	3			1.223	8.2	0.8	2.8	5.4	1.93	WBY · EL
1987	24	CLE-min	AAA	6	12	.333	5.83	25	24	1	2	0	0	156.0	155	109	101	26	64	2	91	8	1	9			1.404	8.9	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.42	BFL · AA
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	134	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-min	AA	1	1	.500	7.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	13	8	8	1	2	0	5	1	0	1			1.500	11.7	0.9	1.8	4.5	2.50	CAK · EL
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	92	1.459	10.1	0.9	3.1	4.1	1.33

1993	30	ANA-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.99	12	12	0	2	0	0	85.2	83	44	38	7	28	1	71	8	0	4	363		1.296	8.7	0.7	2.9	7.5	2.54	VAN · PCL
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	62	1.699	10.9	2.2	4.4	4.5	1.02
1994	31	CLE-ANA-min	AAA	8	11	.421	4.58	23	22	1	5	2	0	139.2	132	75	71	15	37	1	90	8	0	2	573		1.210	8.5	1.0	2.4	5.8	2.43	CHR,VAN · IL,PCL
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	55	1.846	11.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	1.25
1995	32	CLE-min	AAA	11	9	.550	4.54	29	28	1	2	0	0	184.1	198	97	93	17	61	1	92	16	1	11	792		1.405	9.7	0.8	3.0	4.5	1.51	BFL · AA
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	130	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	7.7
1996	33	DET-CLE-min	AAA	5	4	.556	6.00	10	10	0	1	0	0	57.0	58	40	38	10	16	0	35	5	0	2	241		1.298	9.2	1.6	2.5	5.5	2.19	TOL,BFL · IL,AA
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	38	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	92	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	92	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	61	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	38	2.526	15.6	2.8	7.1	0.0	0.00

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
1987	24	CLE	AL	69.0	9	29	50	-2	1.0	21	1.9	$62,500
1988	25	CLE	AL	210.1	30	106	132	-7	1.0	26	2.7	$72,000
1989	26	CLE	AL	208.0	31	97	124	0	1.0	27	2.8	$175,000
1990	27	CLE	AL	96.2	17	49	54	1	1.0	5	0.6	$320,000

1993	30	CAL	AL	90.2	17	74	65	-3	1.0	-9	-0.9	$200,000
1994	31	CAL	AL	13.0	3	14	9	0	.9	-5	-0.4	$
1995	32	CLE	AL	4.2	0	4	3	0	.7	-1	-0.1	$
1996	33	DET	AL	6.1	2	10	5	0	.9	-5	-0.5	$
8 Seasons				698.2	109	383	442	-11	1.0	59	6.1	$829,500

CLE (5 yrs)				588.2	87	285	363	-8	1.0	78	7.9	$629,500
CAL (2 yrs)				103.2	20	88	74	-3	1.0	-14	-1.3	$200,000
DET (1 yr)				6.1	2	10	5	0	.9	-5	-0.5	$

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1984	21	CLE-min	A,AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	WLO,MAI · MIDW,IL
1985	22	CLE-min	AA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	WBY · EL
1986	23	CLE-min	AA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	WBY · EL
1987	24	CLE-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	BFL · AA
1987	24	CLE	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	25	CLE	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	26	CLE	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	27	CLE-min	AA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	CAK · EL
1990	27	CLE	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1993	30	ANA-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN · PCL
1993	30	CAL	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	31	ANA-CLE-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN,CHR · PCL,IL
1994	31	CAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1995	32	CLE-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BFL · AA
1995	32	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	33	DET-CLE-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	TOL,BFL · IL,AA
1996	33	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Seasons				116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

CLE (5 yrs)				90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (2 yrs)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1987	CLE	AL	24	P	10	9	1	69.0	17	8	7	2	1	.882	1.96	1.50	.955	1.84	1.82	2	3	60%	0
1988	CLE	AL	25	P	31	30	4	210.1	44	21	23	0	2	1.000	1.88	1.42	.961	1.78	1.77	6	11	65%	1
1989	CLE	AL	26	P	31	31	7	208.0	40	18	20	2	1	.950	1.64	1.23	.960	1.87	1.85	20	3	13%	0
1990	CLE	AL	27	P	17	17	1	96.2	22	8	12	2	1	.909	1.86	1.18	.953	1.78	1.76	6	4	40%	0
1993	CAL	AL	30	P	21	17	0	90.2	16	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.59	0.76	.953	1.79	1.78	14	3	18%	0
1994	CAL	AL	31	P	3	3	0	13.0	8	1	6	1	1	.875	4.85	2.33	.956	1.73	1.70	3	0	0%	1
1995	CLE	AL	32	P	1	0	0	4.2	2	1	0	1	1	.500	1.93	1.00	.960	1.74	1.80	0	0		0
1996	DET	AL	33	P	2	2	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.50	.960	1.71	1.75	3	3	50%	0
	8 Seasons			P	116	109	13	698.2	150	63	79	8	7	.947	1.83	1.22	.958	1.81	1.79	54	27	33%	2
	8 Seasons			TOT	116	109	13	698.2	150	63	79	8	7	.947	1.83	1.22	.958	1.81	1.79	54	27	33%	2

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1988 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Garrett Stephenson (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft.
November 22, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
February 12, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
June 7, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
June 22, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
November 1, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
January 17, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
March 20, 1996: Released by the Seattle Mariners.
April 8, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
May 14, 1996: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Greg Granger (minors).

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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	Notes
1987	24	Cleveland Indians	$62,500	1987 USA Today survey
1988	25	Cleveland Indians	$72,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	26	Cleveland Indians	$175,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	27	Cleveland Indians	$320,000	USA Today
1991	28	Cleveland Indians	$410,000	USA Today survey	Missed entire season with injury

1993	30	California Angels	$200,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,239,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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