Luke Farrell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-6, 200lb (198cm, 90kg)

Born: June 7, 1991 in Westlake, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).

High School: St. Ignatius HS (Cleveland, OH)

School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2023 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2023): 2.133 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Luke Thomas Farrell

Pronunciation: \FAIR-ull\

Twitter: @elFarrell52

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Relatives: Son of John Farrell

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

0.0

-0.3

ERA

5.40

5.00

15.0

102.2

107

WHIP

1.667

1.490

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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
2011	20	-0.4	Northwestern	BTen	NCAA		6	3	.667	3.33	4.44	13	13			0	0	81.0	81	40	30		31		65					1.383	9.0		3.4	7.2	2.10
2011	20	-0.1	Wareham	CCBL	Summ		4	4	.500	4.46	5.45	8	7	0	2	0	0	36.1	35	22	18	1	25	0	33	2	0	6	167	1.651	8.7	0.2	6.2	8.2	1.32
2012	21	0.5	Northwestern	BTen	NCAA		2	4	.333	6.10	7.14	19	7			0	3	51.2	65	41	35	0	26		50	0	0	0	0	1.761	11.3	0.0	4.5	8.7	1.92
2012	21		2 Teams	CCBL	Summ		1	0	1.000	8.78	8.78	9	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	19	13	13	2	9	0	14	1	0	1	68	2.100	12.8	1.4	6.1	9.5	1.56
2012	21	0.9	Wareham	CCBL	Summ		0	0		13.50	13.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	11	9	9	0	5	0	5	0	0	1	34	2.667	16.5	0.0	7.5	7.5	1.00
2012	21	0.9	Falmouth	CCBL	Summ		1	0	1.000	4.91	4.91	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	4	4	2	4	0	9	1	0	0	34	1.636	9.8	2.5	4.9	11.0	2.25
2013	22	1.6	Northwestern	BTen	NCAA		3	4	.429	2.13	3.09	12	12			1	0	84.1	68	29	20	2	26		80	3	2	1	349	1.115	7.3	0.2	2.8	8.5	3.08
2013	22	1.0	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	1	3	.250	6.65	6.65	10	10	0	0	0	0	43.1	52	32	32	5	15	0	45	5	0	5	192	1.546	10.8	1.0	3.1	9.3	3.00
2014	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	KCR	2	13	.133	5.34	6.32	25	21	2	0	0	1	119.2	128	84	71	15	49	0	113	2	0	14	532	1.479	9.6	1.1	3.7	8.5	2.31
2014	23	-1.4	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	1	.000	6.17	6.17	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	11	8	8	2	2	0	11	0	0	0	47	1.114	8.5	1.5	1.5	8.5	5.50
2014	23	1.3	Lexington	SALL	A	KCR	2	12	.143	5.25	6.33	23	19	2	0	0	1	108.0	117	76	63	13	47	0	102	2	0	14	485	1.519	9.8	1.1	3.9	8.5	2.17
2015	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	KCR	7	3	.700	3.07	3.66	26	19	4	0	0	2	123.0	116	50	42	7	35	0	106	7	3	9	514	1.228	8.5	0.5	2.6	7.8	3.03
2015	24	-0.4	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	5	3	.625	3.09	3.66	19	16	1	0	0	0	93.1	89	38	32	7	29	0	65	4	1	4	393	1.264	8.6	0.7	2.8	6.3	2.24
2015	24	1.1	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	2	0	1.000	3.03	3.64	7	3	3	0	0	2	29.2	27	12	10	0	6	0	41	3	2	5	121	1.112	8.2	0.0	1.8	12.4	6.83
2016	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	KCR	7	3	.700	3.59	4.15	21	14	2	0	0	0	97.2	89	45	39	12	43	0	90	2	0	6	418	1.352	8.2	1.1	4.0	8.3	2.09
2016	25	-1.7	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	6	3	.667	3.76	4.35	19	14	2	0	0	0	91.0	85	44	38	12	40	0	78	2	0	5	390	1.374	8.4	1.2	4.0	7.7	1.95
2016	25	4.1	Royals	ARIZ	Rk	KCR	1	0	1.000	1.35	1.35	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	4	1	1	0	3	0	12	0	0	1	28	1.050	5.4	0.0	4.1	16.2	4.00
2016-17	25	-3.5	Licey	DOWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	3.48	3.92	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.2	17	9	8	0	8	1	13	0	0	0	86	1.210	7.4	0.0	3.5	5.7	1.63
2017	26		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	CIN	8	6	.571	4.78	5.17	22	20	1	0	0	0	116.2	107	67	62	15	46	0	117	3	0	5	498	1.311	8.3	1.2	3.5	9.0	2.54
2017	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CIN	0	0		5.54	5.54	10	1	3	0	0	0	13.0	12	8	8	2	10	0	9	0	0	0	61	1.692	8.3	1.4	6.9	6.2	0.90
2017	26	-0.4	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	1	2	.333	9.82	9.82	4	3	1	0	0	0	14.2	14	16	16	2	11	0	18	1	0	3	71	1.705	8.6	1.2	6.8	11.0	1.64
2017	26	-0.6	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	7	4	.636	4.07	4.44	17	16	0	0	0	0	97.1	89	48	44	13	33	0	94	2	0	1	406	1.253	8.2	1.2	3.1	8.7	2.85
2017	26	-0.6	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	LAD	0	0		3.86	5.79	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	21	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	9.6	2.50
2017	26	-2.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	0		2.61	2.61	9	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	5	3	3	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	43	1.161	4.4	0.9	6.1	6.1	1.00
2017	26	-2.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		16.88	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	5	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	18	3.750	23.6	3.4	10.1	6.8	0.67
2018	27	0.4	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	1	4	.200	3.64	3.64	12	12	0	0	0	0	54.1	40	22	22	4	28	0	61	3	0	0	231	1.252	6.6	0.7	4.6	10.1	2.18
2018	27	-1.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	4	.429	5.17	6.32	20	2	8	0	0	0	31.1	30	22	18	7	16	2	39	1	0	1	141	1.468	8.6	2.0	4.6	11.2	2.44
2019	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Rk	TEX	0	0		3.86	5.14	9	4	1	0	0	0	14.0	10	8	6	0	5	0	22	1	0	4	59	1.071	6.4	0.0	3.2	14.1	4.40
2019	28	3.8	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	0	0		1.04	2.08	5	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	2	2	1	0	4	0	12	1	0	1	31	0.692	2.1	0.0	4.2	12.5	3.00
2019	28	7.4	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	0	0		8.44	10.13	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	6	5	0	1	0	10	0	0	3	28	1.688	13.5	0.0	1.7	16.9	10.00
2019	28	-0.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	0	1.000	2.70	2.70	9	1	3	0	0	0	13.1	6	4	4	3	3	0	12	0	0	0	48	0.675	4.1	2.0	2.0	8.1	4.00
2020	29	0.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	0		8.44	8.44	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	5	5	1	5	0	8	1	0	2	27	1.875	8.4	1.7	8.4	13.5	1.60
2021	30	3.0	St. Paul	AAAE	AAA	MIN	0	1	.000	4.00	4.00	7	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	4	4	0	6	0	16	2	0	0	40	1.222	5.0	0.0	6.0	16.0	2.67
2021	30	1.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	1	1	.500	4.74	4.74	20	1	3	0	0	0	24.2	28	13	13	4	13	0	25	0	0	0	113	1.662	10.2	1.5	4.7	9.1	1.92
2022	31		2 Teams	IL	AAA	CHC-CIN	3	4	.429	4.95	4.95	18	11	2	0	0	0	60.0	58	33	33	10	28	0	51	4	1	2	261	1.433	8.7	1.5	4.2	7.7	1.82
2022	31		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CHC-CIN	0	0		5.40	6.00	6	2	2	0	0	0	15.0	18	10	9	3	7	0	14	0	0	0	70	1.667	10.8	1.8	4.2	8.4	2.00
2022	31	4.0	Iowa	IL	AAA	CHC	3	4	.429	5.03	5.03	17	11	2	0	0	0	59.0	58	33	33	10	28	0	49	4	1	2	258	1.458	8.8	1.5	4.3	7.5	1.75
2022	31	4.0	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2022	31	1.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	0		4.09	4.09	4	2	1	0	0	0	11.0	12	5	5	2	3	0	9	0	0	0	48	1.364	9.8	1.6	2.5	7.4	3.00
2022	31	1.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	0		9.00	11.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	4	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	22	2.500	13.5	2.3	9.0	11.3	1.25
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
(2 seasons)							5	4	.556	5.62	6.34	17	7	3	2	0	0	49.2	54	35	31	3	34	0	47	3	0	7	235	1.772	9.8		6.2	8.5	1.38
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		5	5	.500	5.00	5.44	69	7	20	0	0	0	102.2	99	62	57	20	54	2	107	2	0	3	460	1.490	8.7	1.8	4.7	9.4	1.98
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		29	37	.439	4.39	4.87	150	111	12	0	0	3	637.2	605	345	311	68	255	0	621	29	4	45	2745	1.349	8.5	1.0	3.6	8.8	2.44
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		1	0	1.000	3.48	3.92	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.2	17	9	8	0	8	1	13	0	0	0	86	1.210	7.4	0.0	3.5	5.7	1.63
College (3 seasons)					College		11	11	.500	3.53	4.56	44	32			1	3	217.0	214	110	85	2	83		195	3	2	1	349	1.369	8.9		3.4	8.1	2.35
All Levels (12 Seasons)							51	57	.472	4.31	4.91	285	162	35	2	1	6	1027.2	989	561	492	93	434	3	983	37	6	56	3875	1.385	8.7		3.8	8.6	2.27

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		18	18	.500	4.32	4.62	78	57	5	0	0	0	331.0	295	170	159	41	148	0	323	14	1	12	1420	1.338	8.0	1.1	4.0	8.8	2.18
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	3.25	3.80	26	18	2	0	0	0	113.2	102	48	41	9	35	0	88	5	1	5	471	1.205	8.1	0.7	2.8	7.0	2.51
A+ (1 season)					Minors		2	0	1.000	3.03	3.64	7	3	3	0	0	2	29.2	27	12	10	0	6	0	41	3	2	5	121	1.112	8.2	0.0	1.8	12.4	6.83
A (1 season)					Minors		2	12	.143	5.25	6.33	23	19	2	0	0	1	108.0	117	76	63	13	47	0	102	2	0	14	485	1.519	9.8	1.1	3.9	8.5	2.17
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		2	3	.400	6.18	6.34	16	14	0	0	0	0	55.1	64	39	38	5	19	0	67	5	0	9	248	1.500	10.4	0.8	3.1	10.9	3.53