Kyle Farnsworth

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 230lb (193cm, 104kg)

Born: April 14, 1976 in Wichita, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 47th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Milton HS (Milton, GA).

High School: Milton HS (Milton, GA)

School: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Tifton, GA)

Debut: April 29, 1999 (Age 23-015d, 15,054th in MLB history)
vs. FLA 6.0 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: June 25, 2014 (Age 38-072d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Barry Meister

Full Name: Kyle Lynn Farnsworth

Twitter: @24_7Farnsworth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

W

L

ERA

4.26

G

893

GS

SV

IP

988.2

SO

963

WHIP

1.372

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1995	19	CHC-min	Rk	3	2	.600	0.87	16	0	6	0	0	1	31.0	22	8	3	0	11	0	18	1	1	1	120			1.065	6.4	0.0	3.2	5.2	1.64	CBF GULF
1996	20	CHC-min	A	9	6	.600	3.70	20	20	0	1	0	0	112.0	122	62	46	7	35	0	82	9	1	8	495			1.402	9.8	0.6	2.8	6.6	2.34	RFD MIDW
1997	21	CHC-min	A+	10	10	.500	4.09	27	27	0	2	0	0	156.1	178	91	71	13	47	1	105	6	1	5	684			1.439	10.2	0.7	2.7	6.0	2.23	DYT FLOR
1998	22	CHC-min	AAA,AA	13	11	.542	5.09	31	31	0	0	0	0	184.0	199	120	104	24	57	0	152	3	3	6	799			1.391	9.7	1.2	2.8	7.4	2.67	IWA,WTN PCL,SOUL
1999	23	CHC-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.20	6	6	0	0	0	0	39.1	38	16	14	5	9	0	29	0	0	1	157			1.195	8.7	1.1	2.1	6.6	3.22	IWA PCL
1999	23	CHC	NL	5	9	.357	5.05	27	21	1	1	1	0	130.0	140	80	73	28	52	1	70	3	1	7	579	89	6.13	1.477	9.7	1.9	3.6	4.8	1.35
2000	24	CHC-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.20	22	0	22	0	0	9	25.1	24	10	9	1	18	2	22	0	1	4	115			1.658	8.5	0.4	6.4	7.8	1.22	IWA PCL
2000	24	CHC	NL	2	9	.182	6.43	46	5	8	0	0	1	77.0	90	58	55	14	50	8	74	4	0	3	371	71	5.68	1.818	10.5	1.6	5.8	8.6	1.48
2001	25	CHC	NL	4	6	.400	2.74	76	0	24	0	0	2	82.0	65	26	25	8	29	2	107	1	2	2	339	152	2.81	1.146	7.1	0.9	3.2	11.7	3.69
2002	26	CHC-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11			1.000	9.0	3.0	0.0	6.0		IWA PCL
2002	26	CHC	NL	4	6	.400	7.33	45	0	17	0	0	1	46.2	53	47	38	9	24	7	46	1	0	1	213	55	5.10	1.650	10.2	1.7	4.6	8.9	1.92
2003	27	CHC	NL	3	2	.600	3.30	77	0	13	0	0	0	76.1	53	31	28	6	36	1	92	0	0	6	312	132	3.06	1.166	6.2	0.7	4.2	10.8	2.56
2004	28	CHC	NL	4	5	.444	4.73	72	0	25	0	0	0	66.2	67	39	35	10	33	1	78	2	0	1	298	94	4.23	1.500	9.0	1.4	4.5	10.5	2.36
2005	29	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	2.19	72	0	34	0	0	16	70.0	44	18	17	5	27	0	87	3	1	3	277	196	2.75	1.014	5.7	0.6	3.5	11.2	3.22
2005	29	DET	AL	1	1	.500	2.32	46	0	16	0	0	6	42.2	29	12	11	1	20	0	55	1	0	2	174	184	2.22	1.148	6.1	0.2	4.2	11.6	2.75
2005	29	ATL	NL	0	0		1.98	26	0	18	0	0	10	27.1	15	6	6	4	7	0	32	2	1	1	103	217	3.57	0.805	4.9	1.3	2.3	10.5	4.57
2006	30	NYY	AL	3	6	.333	4.36	72	0	24	0	0	6	66.0	62	34	32	8	28	3	75	1	1	5	289	104	3.77	1.364	8.5	1.1	3.8	10.2	2.68
2007	31	NYY	AL	2	1	.667	4.80	64	0	11	0	0	0	60.0	60	35	32	9	27	2	48	2	2	4	266	95	5.04	1.450	9.0	1.4	4.1	7.2	1.78
2008	32	TOT	AL	2	3	.400	4.48	61	0	11	0	0	1	60.1	70	32	30	15	22	4	61	1	1	1	261	100	5.49	1.525	10.4	2.2	3.3	9.1	2.77
2008	32	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	3.65	45	0	6	0	0	1	44.1	43	18	18	11	17	3	43	1	1	1	185	121	5.64	1.353	8.7	2.2	3.5	8.7	2.53
2008	32	DET	AL	1	1	.500	6.75	16	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	27	14	12	4	5	1	18	0	0	0	76	67	5.07	2.000	15.2	2.3	2.8	10.1	3.60
2009	33	KCR-min	AA,AAA	0	0		0.00	5	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	19			0.353	1.6	0.0	1.6	7.9	5.00	NTA,OMA TL,PCL
2009	33	KCR	AL	1	5	.167	4.58	41	0	18	0	0	0	37.1	43	22	19	3	14	2	42	1	1	2	168	97	3.10	1.527	10.4	0.7	3.4	10.1	3.00
2010	34	TOT	MLB	3	2	.600	3.34	60	0	15	0	0	0	64.2	55	25	24	4	19	1	61	4	0	3	267	124	3.06	1.144	7.7	0.6	2.6	8.5	3.21
2010	34	KCR	AL	3	0	1.000	2.42	37	0	9	0	0	0	44.2	40	13	12	2	12	0	36	4	0	2	185	174	3.12	1.164	8.1	0.4	2.4	7.3	3.00
2010	34	ATL	NL	0	2	.000	5.40	23	0	6	0	0	0	20.0	15	12	12	2	7	1	25	0	0	1	82	74	2.93	1.100	6.8	0.9	3.2	11.3	3.57
2011	35	TBR	AL	5	1	.833	2.18	63	0	51	0	0	25	57.2	45	15	14	5	12	1	51	3	0	2	231	173	3.16	0.988	7.0	0.8	1.9	8.0	4.25
2012	36	TBR-min	A+,AAA	0	0		1.50	6	5	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	22			0.833	7.5	0.0	0.0	9.0		POE,DHM FLOR,IL
2012	36	TBR	AL	1	6	.143	4.00	34	0	8	0	0	0	27.0	22	13	12	1	14	2	25	1	0	2	120	97	3.39	1.333	7.3	0.3	4.7	8.3	1.79
2013	37	PIT-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.05	6	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	7	3	3	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	29			1.650	9.5	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75	INA IL
2013	37	TOT	MLB	3	1	.750	4.70	48	0	17	0	0	2	38.1	43	20	20	5	10	0	28	1	1	0	162	82	4.14	1.383	10.1	1.2	2.3	6.6	2.80
2013	37	TBR	AL	2	0	1.000	5.76	39	0	10	0	0	0	29.2	37	19	19	4	7	0	19	1	1	0	129	67	4.33	1.483	11.2	1.2	2.1	5.8	2.71
2013	37	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	1.04	9	0	7	0	0	2	8.2	6	1	1	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	33	359	3.51	1.038	6.2	1.0	3.1	9.3	3.00
2014	38	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	4.40	35	0	16	0	0	3	28.2	32	14	14	2	15	2	18	0	0	1	128	85	4.35	1.640	10.0	0.6	4.7	5.7	1.20
2014	38	NYM	NL	0	3	.000	3.18	19	0	10	0	0	3	17.0	18	6	6	2	6	1	10	0	0	0	71	111	4.54	1.412	9.5	1.1	3.2	5.3	1.67
2014	38	HOU	AL	0	0		6.17	16	0	6	0	0	0	11.2	14	8	8	0	9	1	8	0	0	1	57	65	4.07	1.971	10.8	0.0	6.9	6.2	0.89
16 Yrs				43	66	.394	4.26	893	26	293	1	1	57	988.2	944	509	468	132	412	37	963	28	10	43	4281	101	4.21	1.372	8.6	1.2	3.8	8.8	2.34
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.394	4.26	66	2	22	0	0	4	73	70	38	35	10	30	3	71	2	1	3	317	101	4.21	1.372	8.6	1.2	3.8	8.8	2.34
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CHC (6 yrs)				22	37	.373	4.78	343	26	88	1	1	4	478.2	468	281	254	75	224	20	467	11	3	20	2112	92	4.63	1.446	8.8	1.4	4.2	8.8	2.08
TBR (3 yrs)				8	7	.533	3.54	136	0	69	0	0	25	114.1	104	47	45	10	33	3	95	5	1	4	480	108	3.52	1.198	8.2	0.8	2.6	7.5	2.88
NYY (3 yrs)				6	9	.400	4.33	181	0	41	0	0	7	170.1	165	87	82	28	72	8	166	4	4	10	740	104	4.70	1.391	8.7	1.5	3.8	8.8	2.31
KCR (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	3.40	78	0	27	0	0	0	82.0	83	35	31	5	26	2	78	5	1	4	353	127	3.11	1.329	9.1	0.5	2.9	8.6	3.00
ATL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	3.42	49	0	24	0	0	10	47.1	30	18	18	6	14	1	57	2	1	2	185	121	3.30	0.930	5.7	1.1	2.7	10.8	4.07
DET (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	3.53	62	0	21	0	0	6	58.2	56	26	23	5	25	1	73	1	0	2	250	123	3.00	1.381	8.6	0.8	3.8	11.2	2.92
NYM (1 yr)				0	3	.000	3.18	19	0	10	0	0	3	17.0	18	6	6	2	6	1	10	0	0	0	71	111	4.54	1.412	9.5	1.1	3.2	5.3	1.67
PIT (1 yr)				1	1	.500	1.04	9	0	7	0	0	2	8.2	6	1	1	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	33	359	3.51	1.038	6.2	1.0	3.1	9.3	3.00
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		6.17	16	0	6	0	0	0	11.2	14	8	8	0	9	1	8	0	0	1	57	65	4.07	1.971	10.8	0.0	6.9	6.2	0.89

AL (10 yrs)				20	23	.465	3.89	473	0	164	0	0	38	437.0	422	203	189	48	165	15	420	15	6	21	1880	110	3.85	1.343	8.7	1.0	3.4	8.6	2.55
NL (10 yrs)				23	43	.348	4.55	420	26	129	1	1	19	551.2	522	306	279	84	247	22	543	13	4	22	2401	95	4.50	1.394	8.5	1.4	4.0	8.9	2.20

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