Turk Farrell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: April 8, 1934 in Boston, MA us

Died: June 10, 1977 in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

Buried: Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: St. Mary's HS (Brookline, MA)

Debut: September 21, 1956 (Age 22-166d, 9,007th in MLB history)
vs. NYG 4.1 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: September 19, 1969 (Age 35-164d)
vs. MON 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Richard Joseph Farrell

Nicknames: Turk

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5x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.2

W

106

L

111

ERA

3.45

G

590

GS

134

SV

IP

1704.2

SO

1177

WHIP

1.230

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1953	19	PHI-min	A	7	3	.700	3.39	16	11					93.0	88	47	35	2	47									1.452	8.5	0.2	4.5			SDY EL
1954	20	PHI-min	A	11	15	.423	3.21	40	27		15	2		216.0	199	93	77	8	86		115	5	0	6				1.319	8.3	0.3	3.6	4.8	1.34	SDY EL
1955	21	PHI-min	AAA	12	12	.500	3.94	33	30		11	2		185.0	196	93	81	5	69		69	8	1	9				1.432	9.5	0.2	3.4	3.4	1.00	SYR IL
1956	22	PHI-min	AAA	12	6	.667	2.50	23	17		7	1		144.0	128	47	40	4	56		64	3	0	3				1.278	8.0	0.3	3.5	4.0	1.14	MIA IL
1956	22	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	12.46	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	6	6	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	21	33	5.14	2.077	12.5	0.0	6.2	0.0	0.00
1957	23	PHI	NL	10	2	.833	2.38	52	0	32	0	0	10	83.1	74	29	22	2	36	9	54	2	1	2	353	161	2.84	1.320	8.0	0.2	3.9	5.8	1.50
1958	24	PHI	NL	8	9	.471	3.35	54	0	35	0	0	11	94.0	84	41	35	7	40	7	73	0	0	3	400	120	3.17	1.319	8.0	0.7	3.8	7.0	1.83	AS
1959	25	PHI-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.86	9						28.0	29	14	12		8		26							1.321	9.3		2.6	8.4	3.25	BFL IL
1959	25	PHI	NL	1	6	.143	4.74	38	0	27	0	0	6	57.0	61	30	30	9	25	7	31	0	0	3	252	86	4.82	1.509	9.6	1.4	3.9	4.9	1.24
1960	26	PHI	NL	10	6	.625	2.70	59	0	50	0	0	11	103.1	88	36	31	3	29	6	70	4	1	4	415	144	2.51	1.132	7.7	0.3	2.5	6.1	2.41
1961	27	TOT	NL	8	7	.533	5.20	55	0	31	0	0	10	98.2	117	64	57	15	49	15	90	2	0	10	460	82	4.28	1.682	10.7	1.4	4.5	8.2	1.84
1961	27	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	6.52	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	10	8	7	3	6	1	10	1	0	0	46	64	6.71	1.655	9.3	2.8	5.6	9.3	1.67
1961	27	LAD	NL	6	6	.500	5.06	50	0	28	0	0	10	89.0	107	56	50	12	43	14	80	1	0	10	414	85	4.01	1.685	10.8	1.2	4.3	8.1	1.86
1962	28	HOU	NL	10	20	.333	3.02	43	29	9	11	2	4	241.2	210	91	81	21	55	2	203	5	0	9	981	124	2.81	1.097	7.8	0.8	2.0	7.6	3.69	AS,AS
1963	29	HOU	NL	14	13	.519	3.02	34	26	5	12	0	1	202.1	161	76	68	12	35	2	141	2	1	2	792	105	2.40	0.969	7.2	0.5	1.6	6.3	4.03
1964	30	HOU	NL	11	10	.524	3.27	32	27	3	7	0	0	198.1	196	80	72	21	52	4	117	3	0	1	822	105	3.63	1.250	8.9	1.0	2.4	5.3	2.25	AS
1965	31	HOU	NL	11	11	.500	3.50	33	29	3	8	3	1	208.1	202	94	81	18	35	8	122	3	0	1	855	95	3.02	1.138	8.7	0.8	1.5	5.3	3.49	AS
1966	32	HOU	NL	6	10	.375	4.60	32	21	7	3	0	2	152.2	167	84	78	23	28	4	101	0	1	1	645	75	3.74	1.277	9.8	1.4	1.7	6.0	3.61
1967	33	TOT	NL	10	6	.625	2.34	57	1	36	0	0	12	103.2	87	33	27	6	22	6	78	2	0	4	413	146	2.48	1.051	7.6	0.5	1.9	6.8	3.55
1967	33	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	4.63	7	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	11	7	6	0	7	1	10	1	0	1	53	74	2.88	1.543	8.5	0.0	5.4	7.7	1.43
1967	33	PHI	NL	9	6	.600	2.05	50	1	34	0	0	12	92.0	76	26	21	6	15	5	68	1	0	3	360	167	2.43	0.989	7.4	0.6	1.5	6.7	4.53
1968	34	PHI	NL	4	6	.400	3.48	54	0	36	0	0	12	82.2	83	40	32	7	32	6	57	2	0	3	357	87	3.34	1.391	9.0	0.8	3.5	6.2	1.78
1969	35	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	4.00	46	0	27	0	0	3	74.1	92	33	33	8	27	6	40	1	0	2	333	90	3.96	1.601	11.1	1.0	3.3	4.8	1.48
1970	36	ATL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.27	15	2		0	0	3	33.0	40	23	23	4	11	0	17	0	0	1				1.545	10.9	1.1	3.0	4.6	1.55	RMD IL
1971	37	STL-min	AAA	0	0		5.14	5	0		0	0	1	7.0	6	4	4	0	3	1	4	0	0	0				1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	5.1	1.33	TUL AA
14 Yrs				106	111	.488	3.45	590	134	301	41	5	83	1704.2	1628	737	653	152	468	82	1177	27	4	45	7099	104	3.18	1.230	8.6	0.8	2.5	6.2	2.52
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.488	3.45	55	13	28	4	0	8	160	153	69	61	14	44	8	111	3	0	4	667	104	3.18	1.230	8.6	0.8	2.5	6.2	2.52
				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
PHI (9 yrs)				47	41	.534	3.25	359	2	244	0	0	65	600.2	574	249	217	45	213	47	403	12	2	20	2537	114	3.25	1.310	8.6	0.7	3.2	6.0	1.89
HOU (6 yrs)				53	64	.453	3.42	181	132	29	41	5	8	1015.0	947	432	386	95	212	21	694	14	2	15	4148	100	3.07	1.142	8.4	0.8	1.9	6.2	3.27
LAD (1 yr)				6	6	.500	5.06	50	0	28	0	0	10	89.0	107	56	50	12	43	14	80	1	0	10	414	85	4.01	1.685	10.8	1.2	4.3	8.1	1.86

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