Kyle Farnsworth

Position: Relief 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)

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

ERA

4.26

893

988.2

963

WHIP

1.372

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1995	19	-0.1	Cubs	GULF	Rk	CHC	3	2	.600	0.87	2.32	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
1996	20	-1.3	Rockford	MIDW	A	CHC	9	6	.600	3.70	4.98	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
1997	21	-1.5	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	10	10	.500	4.09	5.24	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
1998	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHC	13	11	.542	5.09	5.87	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
1998	22	-4.5	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	5	9	.357	6.93	7.71	18	18	0	0	0	0	102.2	129	88	79	18	36	0	79	2	1	4	469	1.607	11.3	1.6	3.2	6.9	2.19
1998	22	-1.6	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	CHC	8	2	.800	2.77	3.54	13	13	0	0	0	0	81.1	70	32	25	6	21	0	73	1	2	2	330	1.119	7.7	0.7	2.3	8.1	3.48
1999	23	-3.6	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	2	2	.500	3.20	3.66	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
1999	23	-5.4	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	5	9	.357	5.05	5.54	27	21	1	1	1	0	130.0	140	80	73	28	52	1	70	3	1	7	579	1.477	9.7	1.9	3.6	4.8	1.35
2000	24	-3.0	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	2	.000	3.20	3.55	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
2000	24	-4.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	9	.182	6.43	6.78	46	5	8	0	0	1	77.0	90	58	55	14	50	8	74	4	0	3	371	1.818	10.5	1.6	5.8	8.6	1.48
2001	25	-3.9	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	4	6	.400	2.74	2.85	76	0	24	0	0	2	82.0	65	26	25	8	29	2	107	1	2	2	339	1.146	7.1	0.9	3.2	11.7	3.69
2002	26	-0.9	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	0	1	.000	6.00	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
2002	26	-2.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	4	6	.400	7.33	9.06	45	0	17	0	0	1	46.2	53	47	38	9	24	7	46	1	0	1	213	1.650	10.2	1.7	4.6	8.9	1.92
2003	27	-1.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	2	.600	3.30	3.66	77	0	13	0	0	0	76.1	53	31	28	6	36	1	92	0	0	6	312	1.166	6.2	0.7	4.2	10.8	2.56
2004	28	-1.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	4	5	.444	4.73	5.27	72	0	25	0	0	0	66.2	67	39	35	10	33	1	78	2	0	1	298	1.500	9.0	1.4	4.5	10.5	2.36
2005	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	2.19	2.31	72	0	34	0	0	16	70.0	44	18	17	5	27	0	87	3	1	3	277	1.014	5.7	0.6	3.5	11.2	3.22
2005	29	-0.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	2.32	2.53	46	0	16	0	0	6	42.2	29	12	11	1	20	0	55	1	0	2	174	1.148	6.1	0.2	4.2	11.6	2.75
2005	29	-0.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		1.98	1.98	26	0	18	0	0	10	27.1	15	6	6	4	7	0	32	2	1	1	103	0.805	4.9	1.3	2.3	10.5	4.57
2006	30	1.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	6	.333	4.36	4.64	72	0	24	0	0	6	66.0	62	34	32	8	28	3	75	1	1	5	289	1.364	8.5	1.1	3.8	10.2	2.68
2007	31	2.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	4.80	5.25	64	0	11	0	0	0	60.0	60	35	32	9	27	2	48	2	2	4	266	1.450	9.0	1.4	4.1	7.2	1.78
2008	32		2 Teams	AL	Maj	DET-NYY	2	3	.400	4.48	4.77	61	0	11	0	0	1	60.1	70	32	30	15	22	4	61	1	1	1	261	1.525	10.4	2.2	3.3	9.1	2.77
2008	32	3.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	2	.333	3.65	3.65	45	0	6	0	0	1	44.1	43	18	18	11	17	3	43	1	1	1	185	1.353	8.7	2.2	3.5	8.7	2.53
2008	32	3.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	6.75	7.88	16	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	27	14	12	4	5	1	18	0	0	0	76	2.000	15.2	2.3	2.8	10.1	3.60
2009	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	KCR	0	0		0.00	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
2009	33	6.0	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2009	33	9.0	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	0.545	2.5	0.0	2.5	7.4	3.00
2009	33	4.9	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	5	.167	4.58	5.30	41	0	18	0	0	0	37.1	43	22	19	3	14	2	42	1	1	2	168	1.527	10.4	0.7	3.4	10.1	3.00
2010	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	KCR	3	2	.600	3.34	3.48	60	0	15	0	0	0	64.2	55	25	24	4	19	1	61	4	0	3	267	1.144	7.7	0.6	2.6	8.5	3.21
2010	34	6.0	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	3	0	1.000	2.42	2.62	37	0	9	0	0	0	44.2	40	13	12	2	12	0	36	4	0	2	185	1.164	8.1	0.4	2.4	7.3	3.00
2010	34	5.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	2	.000	5.40	5.40	23	0	6	0	0	0	20.0	15	12	12	2	7	1	25	0	0	1	82	1.100	6.8	0.9	3.2	11.3	3.57
2011	35	6.8	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	5	1	.833	2.18	2.34	63	0	51	0	0	25	57.2	45	15	14	5	12	1	51	3	0	2	231	0.988	7.0	0.8	1.9	8.0	4.25
2012	36		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	TBR	0	0		1.50	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
2012	36	8.8	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2012	36	13.0	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	0		2.25	2.25	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	4.5
2012	36	7.8	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	1	6	.143	4.00	4.33	34	0	8	0	0	0	27.0	22	13	12	1	14	2	25	1	0	2	120	1.333	7.3	0.3	4.7	8.3	1.79
2013	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PIT	3	1	.750	4.70	4.70	48	0	17	0	0	2	38.1	43	20	20	5	10	0	28	1	1	0	162	1.383	10.1	1.2	2.3	6.6	2.80
2013	37	9.8	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	1	1	.500	4.05	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
2013	37	8.3	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	2	0	1.000	5.76	5.76	39	0	10	0	0	0	29.2	37	19	19	4	7	0	19	1	1	0	129	1.483	11.2	1.2	2.1	5.8	2.71
2013	37	8.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	1	.500	1.04	1.04	9	0	7	0	0	2	8.2	6	1	1	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	33	1.038	6.2	1.0	3.1	9.3	3.00
2014	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	0	3	.000	4.40	4.40	35	0	16	0	0	3	28.2	32	14	14	2	15	2	18	0	0	1	128	1.640	10.0	0.6	4.7	5.7	1.20
2014	38	9.5	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	3	.000	3.18	3.18	19	0	10	0	0	3	17.0	18	6	6	2	6	1	10	0	0	0	71	1.412	9.5	1.1	3.2	5.3	1.67
2014	38	9.5	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	0		6.17	6.17	16	0	6	0	0	0	11.2	14	8	8	0	9	1	8	0	0	1	57	1.971	10.8	0.0	6.9	6.2	0.89
2015	39	10.2	Puebla	MEX	AAA		1	0	1.000	2.04	3.06	17	0	1	0	0	0	17.2	12	6	4	1	4	0	12	0	0	1	69	0.906	6.1	0.5	2.0	6.1	3.00
2016	40	11.3	Reynosa	MEX	AAA		1	3	.250	6.92	7.85	18	5	8	0	0	2	39.0	54	34	30	4	14	1	11	4	0	8	182	1.744	12.5	0.9	3.2	2.5	0.79
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		43	66	.394	4.26	4.63	893	26	293	1	1	57	988.2	944	509	468	132	412	37	963	28	10	43	4281	1.372	8.6	1.2	3.8	8.8	2.34
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		38	35	.521	4.00	4.95	141	90	32	3	0	10	569.1	599	313	253	51	182	4	424	19	7	26	2451	1.372	9.5	0.8	2.9	6.7	2.33
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		2	3	.400	5.40	6.35	35	5	9	0	0	2	56.2	66	40	34	5	18	1	23	4	0	9	251	1.482	10.5	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.28
All Levels (22 Seasons)							83	104	.444	4.21	4.80	1069	121	334	4	1	69	1614.2	1609	862	755	188	612	42	1410	51	17	78	6983	1.376	9.0	1.0	3.4	7.9	2.30

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		8	15	.348	5.32	5.92	58	26	26	0	0	9	181.0	203	119	107	25	67	3	141	2	2	9	795	1.492	10.1	1.2	3.3	7.0	2.10
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		8	2	.800	2.65	3.39	16	13	0	0	0	0	85.0	71	32	25	6	22	0	76	1	2	2	343	1.094	7.5	0.6	2.3	8.0	3.45
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		10	10	.500	4.04	5.16	31	31	0	2	0	0	160.1	181	92	72	13	47	1	107	6	1	6	698	1.422	10.2	0.7	2.6	6.0	2.28
A (1 season)					Minors		9	6	.600	3.70	4.98	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
Rk (1 season)					Minors		3	2	.600	0.87	2.32	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