John Farrell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: August 4, 1962 in Monmouth Beach, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Shore Regional HS (West Long Branch, NJ), the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) and the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK).

High School: Shore Regional HS (West Long Branch, NJ)

School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)

Debut: August 18, 1987 (Age 25-014d, 15,375th in major league history)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 22, 1996 (Age 33-292d)
vs. KCR 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: John Edward Farrell

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Relatives: Father of Luke Farrell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.2

ERA

4.56

116

109

698.2

355

WHIP

1.406

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 72 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 13 tying, 23 go ahead

3 Tms
CLE	46
CAL	24
DET	2

Platoon
vs RHB	42
vs LHB	30

Home/Road
Away	40
Home	32

Outs
2	26
0	24
1	22

14 Opps
DET	11
TOR	11
BOS	9
OAK	7
SEA	7
MIN	6
KCR	5
TEX	5
CHW	4
NYY	2
BAL	2
CLE	1
CAL	1
MIL	1

56 Batters
John Olerud	3
Lou Whitaker	3
Ron Karkovice	3
Mickey Tettleton	2
Dean Palmer	2
Jody Reed	2
George Brett	2
Cecil Fielder	2
Terry Steinbach	2
Steve Balboni	2
Greg Gagne	2
Darrell Evans	2
John Valentin	2
Edgar Martínez	1
Tony Phillips	1
Gary Pettis	1
Dan Gladden	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Pat Borders	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Roberto Alomar	1
Kelly Gruber	1
Jim Presley	1
Jim Morrison	1
Kevin Maas	1
Joe Carter	1
Dave Henderson	1
Jamie Quirk	1
Mark McGwire	1
Ed Sprague	1
Mike Devereaux	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Dale Sveum	1
Jack Clark	1
Tony Fernández	1
Joe Vitiello	1
Carlos Baerga	1
Juan González	1
Tim Laudner	1
Mike Macfarlane	1
Wally Joyner	1
Henry Cotto	1
Frank Thomas	1
Kent Hrbek	1
George Bell	1
Lloyd Moseby	1
Greg Briley	1
Rich Gedman	1
Frank White	1
Dwight Evans	1
Matt Nokes	1
Wade Boggs	1
Steve Lombardozzi	1
Danny Heep	1
Ellis Burks	1

16 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	20
Angel Stad (ANA)	10
Tiger Stad (DET)	9
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	4
Kingdome (SEA)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Progressive (CLE)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	16
89	8
78	8
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	13
4	12
3	11
5	11
1	10
Unk	9
6	4
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	12
4·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	14
12-	6
-2-	5
--3	3
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

115 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	40
1 on	22
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	32

Inning
1	12
2	9
3	7
4	9
5	11
6	11
7	8
8	4
9	1

1-3	28
4-6	31
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	5
+1	11
Tied	18
-1	15
-2	6
-3	2
-4..	9

Ahead	22
Tied	18
Behind	32

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	10
1-1	10
Unk	9
1-0	9
1-2	6
2-1	6
3-1	6
2-2	6
0-1	4
3-2	3
0-2	1
3-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	12
2B	10
C	10
DH	10
SS	8
3B	7
CF	6
LF	6
RF	3

OrderPos
6th	13
3rd	10
4th	10
7th	9
8th	8
5th	7
1st	5
9th	5
2nd	5

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1987-08-21 (2)	Jim Morrison	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	6	4	10%	56%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1987-08-31	Matt Nokes	DET		CLE	behind 0-4	b 6	2	---		1	5	2	5%	12%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1987-09-11	Steve Lombardozzi	MIN	@	CLE	behind 3-8	t 6	1	---		1	8	4	3%	7%		Home Run
4	4	4	2	1987-09-11	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	CLE	behind 4-8	t 7	2	---		1	4	3	3%	7%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1987-09-22	Terry Steinbach	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---		1	9	2	12%	81%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1987-09-29	Mark McGwire	OAK		CLE	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---		1	3	3	10%	41%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	7	2	1987-09-29	Tony Phillips	OAK		CLE	behind 2-3	b 3	2	1--		2	8	4	23%	63%		Home Run (CF-RF); D. Murphy Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1988-04-12	Greg Gagne	MIN	@	CLE	behind 3-6	t 7	1	1--	4,(1-2) FBFX	2	2	6	15%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Laudner Scores
9	9	2	1	1988-05-14	Dale Sveum	MIL		CLE	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	4,(0-2) CFFX	1	7	6	14%	56%		Home Run
10	10	3	1	1988-05-20	Frank White	KCR		CLE	tied 1-1	b 6	2	-2-	6,(3-2) .BBCFBX	2	8	4	27%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Jackson Scores
11	11	4	1	1988-06-06	Kelly Gruber	TOR	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	11%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
12	12	5	1	1988-06-17	Jack Clark	NYY	@	CLE	behind 2-6	t 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	5%	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Mattingly Scores
13	13	6	1	1988-06-22	Rich Gedman	BOS	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	20%	50%		Home Run
14	14	7	1	1988-06-27	Jody Reed	BOS		CLE	behind 4-5	b 6	1	-2-	5,(3-1) CBBBX	2	9	6	29%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Benzinger Scores
15	15	8	1	1988-07-02	Steve Balboni	SEA	@	CLE	behind 3-9	t 8	2	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	3	3%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); H. Reynolds Scores; H. Cotto Scores
16	16	9	1	1988-07-07	Wally Joyner	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	--3	3,(1-1) FBX	2	3	3	17%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. White Scores
17	17	10	1	1988-07-15	Steve Balboni	SEA		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	6	3	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	11	1	1988-07-20	Terry Steinbach	OAK		CLE	behind 0-5	b 4	2	---	7,(3-2) BFBSFBX	1	6	2	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	12	1	1988-07-31	Tim Laudner	MIN	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	2	21%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Larkin Scores
20	20	13	2	1988-07-31	Greg Gagne	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	5,(1-2) SSBFX	1	9	6	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	14	1	1988-09-20	Darrell Evans	DET		CLE	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	DH	16%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
22	22	15	1	1988-09-26	Darrell Evans	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBFBX	3	4	DH	22%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bergman Scores; D. Murphy Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1989-05-15	George Bell	TOR		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	15%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Gruber Scores
24	24	2	2	1989-05-15	Lloyd Moseby	TOR		CLE	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	8	7%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); F. McGriff Scores
25	25	3	1	1989-05-25	Lou Whitaker	DET		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	-2-	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	2	3	4	11%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Lynn Scores
26	26	4	1	1989-06-10	Henry Cotto	SEA	@	CLE	tied 1-1	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) BSFX	1	2	7	25%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	5	2	1989-06-10	Jim Presley	SEA	@	CLE	ahead 2-1	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) SBBFX	1	6	5	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
28	28	6	1	1989-07-02	Rickey Henderson	OAK	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	7	2	1989-07-02	Jamie Quirk	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	7%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
30	30	8	1	1989-08-05	Danny Heep	BOS		CLE	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	4	7	18%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	9	2	1989-08-05	Jody Reed	BOS		CLE	tied 2-2	b 6	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	4	19%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	10	3	1989-08-05	Wade Boggs	BOS		CLE	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	5	11%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
33	33	11	1	1989-08-17	Dave Henderson	OAK		CLE	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	6	8	15%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	12	1	1989-08-27	Ron Karkovice	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	123	5,(3-1) FBBBX	4	8	2	15%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Walker Scores; S. Sosa Scores; S. Lyons Scores
35	35	13	1	1989-09-05	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	6	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	14	1	1989-09-16	Tony Fernández	TOR		CLE	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	6	11%	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1990-04-23	John Olerud	TOR		CLE	behind 4-9	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	2	1	1990-05-08	Dan Gladden	MIN		CLE	behind 3-5	b 4	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	7	20%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Newman Scores
39	39	3	1	1990-05-13	Gary Pettis	TEX		CLE	behind 0-4	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
40	40	4	1	1990-05-24	Greg Briley	SEA		CLE	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	9	17%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
41	41	5	2	1990-05-24	Edgar Martínez	SEA		CLE	behind 2-3	b 6	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	5	20%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42	42	6	1	1990-06-03	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	DH	14%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Brunansky Scores
43	43	7	1	1990-06-08	Ellis Burks	BOS		CLE	behind 1-2	b 6	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	8	33%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Brunansky Scores
44	44	8	1	1990-06-13	Cecil Fielder	DET		CLE	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	6,(2-2) CSBBFX	1	4	DH	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	9	2	1990-06-13	Lou Whitaker	DET		CLE	behind 2-4	b 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	1	4	23%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Salas Scores
46	46	10	1	1990-09-27	Mike Devereaux	BAL	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	8	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1993-04-10	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	3,(1-1) 1FB.X	2	2	4	15%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Phillips Scores
48	48	2	1	1993-04-30	John Valentin	BOS		CAL	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	5,(2-2) 1CFP1BX	2	9	6	16%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Cooper Scores
49	49	3	2	1993-04-30	John Valentin	BOS		CAL	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	9	6	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Quintana Scores; S. Cooper Scores
50	50	4	1	1993-05-05	Kevin Maas	NYY		CAL	behind 0-4	b 7	2	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	7	DH	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	5	1	1993-05-16	George Brett	KCR	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	DH	10%	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
52	52	6	2	1993-05-16	Mike Macfarlane	KCR	@	CAL	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	1--	5,(1-2) B1CF1FX	2	5	2	13%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); W. Joyner Scores
53	53	7	1	1993-05-21	Dean Palmer	TEX		CAL	behind 0-3	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	9%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	8	1	1993-05-31	John Olerud	TOR	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) LX	1	5	3	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	9	2	1993-05-31	John Olerud	TOR	@	CAL	behind 1-3	t 4	1	1--	5,(2-2) BKCBX	2	5	3	19%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Molitor Scores
56	56	10	3	1993-05-31	Pat Borders	TOR	@	CAL	behind 3-4	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	13%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	11	4	1993-05-31	Roberto Alomar	TOR	@	CAL	tied 4-4	t 7	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	2	4	32%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Borders Scores; D. White Scores
58	58	12	1	1993-06-06	Cecil Fielder	DET		CAL	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	3	20%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Whitaker Scores; T. Fryman Scores
59	59	13	1	1993-06-15	Juan González	TEX	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	5,(3-1) C2BBBX	3	4	7	21%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Peltier Scores; J. Canseco Scores
60	60	14	1	1993-08-07	Ron Karkovice	CHW		CAL	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--		2	8	2	19%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Johnson Scores
61	61	15	2	1993-08-07	Ron Karkovice	CHW		CAL	behind 2-4	b 5	0	---		1	8	2	13%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF Line)
62	62	16	1	1993-08-12	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX		CAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	7,(2-2) B1SB>F1F1>FX	2	3	3	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hulse Scores
63	63	17	2	1993-08-12	Dean Palmer	TEX		CAL	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	7%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
64	64	18	1	1993-08-17	Mickey Tettleton	DET	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1-3	4,(3-0) BBBX	3	6	3	21%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Gladden Scores; T. Fryman Scores
65	65	19	1	1993-09-10	Joe Carter	TOR		CAL	ahead 7-1	b 6	2	--3	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	4	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. White Scores
66	66	20	1	1993-09-11	Ed Sprague	TOR		CAL	ahead 8-5	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) .SX	1	8	5	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
67	67	21	1	1993-09-13	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA	@	CAL	ahead 7-1	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BFBX	1	3	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
68	68	22	1	1993-09-26	George Brett	KCR		CAL	behind 2-3	b 4	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	DH	32%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); J. Lind Scores; K. Koslofski Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1994-05-25	Mickey Tettleton	DET		CAL	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	3	6	9	20%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Fielder Scores; K. Gibson Scores
70	70	2	1	1994-05-30	Carlos Baerga	CLE		CAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	3,(1-1) B>FX	2	3	4	16%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Kirby Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1996-05-18	Frank Thomas	CHW	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BB.FX	1	3	3	9%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
72	72	2	1	1996-05-22	Joe Vitiello	KCR	@	DET	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	4	DH	11%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)