Steve Farr

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 198lb (178cm, 89kg)

Born: December 12, 1956 in Cheverly, MD us

High School: DeMatha Catholic HS (Hyattsville, MD)

Schools: College of Southern Maryland (La Plata, MD), American University (Washington, DC)

Debut: May 16, 1984 (Age 27-156d, 14,897th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5.2 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: August 8, 1994 (Age 37-239d)
vs. MIN 0.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Steven Michael Farr

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1985 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.1

ERA

3.25

509

132

824.1

668

WHIP

1.316

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

Summary of 70 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 12 tying, 14 go ahead

4 Tms
KCR	37
CLE	17
NYY	14
BOS	2

Platoon
vs RHB	42
vs LHB	28

Home/Road
Away	40
Home	30

Outs
1	27
0	25
2	18

14 Opps
BOS	10
DET	8
CLE	7
BAL	6
OAK	5
SEA	5
NYY	5
CHW	5
TEX	4
TOR	4
MIL	4
CAL	3
KCR	2
MIN	2

57 Batters
Joe Carter	3
Rob Deer	3
Bill Schroeder	2
Tony Phillips	2
Ellis Burks	2
Cory Snyder	2
Dwight Evans	2
Jay Buhner	2
Dave Bergman	2
Don Mattingly	2
Pete Incaviglia	2
George Bell	1
Fred McGriff	1
Troy Neel	1
Mike Young	1
Jerry Hairston	1
Phil Plantier	1
Mark McGwire	1
Mike Pagliarulo	1
Robin Ventura	1
Bob Boone	1
Tony Armas	1
Mike Heath	1
Gary Ward	1
Rich Gedman	1
Don Baylor	1
Kevin Romine	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Álvaro Espinoza	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Larry Sheets	1
Dave Henderson	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Phil Bradley	1
Matt Nokes	1
Skeeter Barnes	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Frank Thomas	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Jim Thome	1
Carlos Baerga	1
Sam Horn	1
Jim Rice	1
Bill Almon	1
Lee Tinsley	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Lance Parrish	1
Eddie Murray	1
Willie Upshaw	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Mike Macfarlane	1
Carney Lansford	1
Wayne Gross	1
Danny Tartabull	1

16 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	14
Yankee Stad (NYC)	11
KauffmanStad (KAN)	9
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
Arlington St (ARL)	4
Progressive (CLE)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	3
County Stad (MIL)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	21
9	17
8	6
89	3
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	35
3	8
2	7
4	6
6	4
1	4
5	4
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	9

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	38
1--	12
-2-	8
12-	4
123	3
--3	2
-23	2
1-3	1

115 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	38
1 on	22
2 on	7
3 on	3
Any on	32

Inning
1	3
2	2
3	3
4	1
5	5
6	10
7	9
8	16
9	17
Extra	4

1-3	8
4-6	16
7-end	46

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	8
+1	9
Tied	9
-1	11
-2	9
-3	8
-4..	4

Ahead	29
Tied	9
Behind	32

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	35
2-1	5
3-2	4
1-0	4
0-0	4
1-1	4
2-2	4
0-2	3
0-1	3
2-0	2
1-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	17
1B	14
LF	9
C	8
DH	6
3B	6
2B	3
CF	3
PH	2
RP	1
SS	1

OrderPos
6th	15
5th	12
4th	11
3rd	8
7th	8
8th	7
2nd	5
1st	2
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	21
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-05-16	Jim Rice	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---		1	3	7	8%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1984-05-21	Rich Gedman	BOS		CLE	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	1--		2	5	2	12%	85%		Home Run; T. Armas Scores
3	3	3	1	1984-05-30 (2)	Bill Schroeder	MIL	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---		1	8	2	10%	39%		Home Run
4	4	4	2	1984-05-30 (2)	Bill Schroeder	MIL	@	CLE	behind 1-2	t 5	1	---		1	8	2	14%	47%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1984-06-16	Reggie Jackson	CAL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 3	1	12-		3	4	DH	24%	83%		Home Run; R. Carew Scores; J. Beníquez Scores
6	6	6	1	1984-07-05	Carlton Fisk	CHW		CLE	tied 0-0	b 3	0	1--		2	2	2	17%	76%		Home Run; R. Law Scores
7	7	7	1	1984-07-08	Jerry Hairston	CHW		CLE	behind 5-6	b 8	0	---		1	7	PH	30%	61%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1984-07-24	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
9	9	9	2	1984-07-24	Dave Bergman	DET	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---		1	8	3	11%	73%		Home Run
10	10	10	1	1984-08-01	Dave Bergman	DET		CLE	behind 0-2	b 5	2	-2-		2	7	3	26%	51%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores
11	11	11	1	1984-08-06	Wayne Gross	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---		1	5	5	11%	58%		Home Run
12	12	12	1	1984-08-11	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--		2	8	5	16%	77%		Home Run; S. Kemp Scores
13	13	13	2	1984-08-11	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	---		1	3	3	5%	92%		Home Run
14	14	14	1	1984-09-08	Bill Almon	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	-2-		2	6	3	6%	96%		Home Run; M. Heath Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1985-08-18	Willie Upshaw	TOR		KCR	ahead 8-6	b 7	0	---		1	6	3	6%	94%		Home Run
16	16	2	1	1985-09-17	Phil Bradley	SEA	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--		2	2	7	15%	69%		Home Run; J. Perconte Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1986-04-17	Don Baylor	BOS		KCR	tied 2-2	b 8	2	123		4	5	DH	35%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Evans Scores; B. Buckner Scores; J. Rice Scores
18	18	2	1	1986-05-19	Gary Ward	TEX		KCR	behind 3-6	b 8	0	---		1	2	7	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	3	1	1986-06-07	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	---		1	3	3	8%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	4	1	1986-06-10	Dave Henderson	SEA	@	KCR	behind 4-7	t 6	0	---		1	7	9	8%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	5	1	1986-07-05	Joe Carter	CLE		KCR	ahead 8-3	b 6	2	---		1	3	3	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	6	1	1986-08-01	Tony Armas	BOS		KCR	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	---		1	7	8	11%	83%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	7	1	1986-08-14	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	KCR	ahead 8-6	t 8	1	1--		2	5	9	10%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rice Scores
24	24	8	1	1986-08-23	Rob Deer	MIL		KCR	ahead 5-4	b 5	0	1--		2	5	9	14%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Oglivie Scores
25	25	9	1	1986-09-06	Rubén Sierra	TEX		KCR	tied 4-4	b 6	1	---		1	5	7	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line)
26	26	10	2	1986-09-06	Pete Incaviglia	TEX		KCR	ahead 5-4	b 6	1	---		1	6	9	11%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1987-04-18	Don Mattingly	NYY		KCR	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	-2-		2	3	3	6%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores
28	28	2	1	1987-05-13	Larry Sheets	BAL		KCR	behind 6-8	b 12	2	---		1	8	7	3%	5%		Home Run
29	29	3	1	1987-06-15	Tony Phillips	OAK	@	KCR	behind 5-6	t 9	1	1--		2	1	4	62%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Polonia Scores
30	30	4	1	1987-06-21	Bob Boone	CAL		KCR	ahead 7-0	b 5	1	---		1	6	2	1%	99%		Home Run
31	31	5	1	1987-07-06	Cory Snyder	CLE		KCR	behind 5-6	b 8	1	123		4	7	9	40%	97%		Home Run; J. Franco Scores; J. Carter Scores; M. Hall Scores
32	32	6	1	1987-07-08	Joe Carter	CLE		KCR	behind 5-8	b 7	1	--3		2	4	8	15%	33%		Home Run; J. Franco Scores
33	33	7	1	1987-07-10	George Bell	TOR		KCR	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---		1	4	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	8	1	1987-07-16	Mike Young	BAL	@	KCR	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	---		1	6	7	13%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	9	1	1987-07-20	Cory Snyder	CLE	@	KCR	ahead 6-5	t 7	1	---		1	5	9	13%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1988-04-13	Eddie Murray	BAL		KCR	behind 2-9	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	2	1	1988-04-19	Fred McGriff	TOR		KCR	ahead 9-3	b 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	6	3	0%	100%		Home Run; E. Whitt Scores
38	38	3	1	1988-07-16	Dwight Evans	BOS		KCR	behind 4-6	b 8	1	1--	3,(1-1) .CBX	2	9	3	39%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Cerone Scores
39	39	4	2	1988-07-16	Kevin Romine	BOS		KCR	tied 6-6	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	5	1	1988-07-30	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		KCR	behind 5-8	b 9	2	--3	5,(2-2) BCCBX	2	3	6	3%	4%		Home Run; L. Sheets Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1989-05-17	Gary Gaetti	MIN		KCR	behind 1-3	b 9	1	1--	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	4	5	47%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Puckett Scores
42	42	2	1	1989-06-05	Jay Buhner	SEA		KCR	behind 2-3	b 9	2	---	6,(2-2) CCBBFX	1	7	9	49%	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
43	43	3	1	1989-06-22	Rob Deer	MIL		KCR	behind 0-2	b 9	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	46%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Braggs Scores
44	44	4	1	1989-07-14 (2)	Jesse Barfield	NYY		KCR	behind 6-7	b 9	1	12-	4,(2-1) SBBX	3	5	9	67%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Mattingly Scores; M. Hall Scores
45	45	5	1	1989-09-29	Mark McGwire	OAK		KCR	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	20%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1990-04-09	Sam Horn	BAL	@	KCR	behind 3-6	t 8	1	-23	5,(2-2) SBFB.X	3	6	DH	30%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Ripken Scores; R. Milligan Scores
47	47	2	1	1990-05-11	Robin Ventura	CHW		KCR	behind 1-4	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	5	5%	8%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
48	48	3	1	1990-05-16	Ellis Burks	BOS	@	KCR	ahead 6-1	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .CBBX	1	7	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	4	1	1990-07-08	Mike Heath	DET		KCR	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	2	11%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	5	1	1990-09-07	Pete Incaviglia	TEX		KCR	ahead 7-3	b 7	0	---	4,(0-2) SFFX	1	6	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
51	51	6	1	1990-09-28	Lance Parrish	CAL		KCR	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---	6,(2-2) BCFFBX	1	6	2	13%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1991-04-22	Rob Deer	DET	@	NYY	ahead 7-5	t 9	2	-23	2,(0-1) CX	3	6	9	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. Whitaker Scores; C. Fielder Scores; R. Deer Scores
53	53	2	1	1991-08-04	Tony Phillips	DET		NYY	behind 6-7	b 9	2	---	5,(1-2) .CSBFX	1	6	PH	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Phillips Scores
54	54	3	1	1991-08-14	Danny Tartabull	KCR	@	NYY	tied 1-1	t 11	2	123	3,(0-2) FSX	4	4	9	45%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. McRae Scores; K. Gibson Scores; G. Brett Scores; D. Tartabull Scores
55	55	4	1	1991-10-04	Jim Thome	CLE	@	NYY	behind 1-2	t 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	73%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Jefferson Scores; J. Thome Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1992-06-16	Phil Plantier	BOS		NYY	behind 2-3	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	5	9	44%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); P. Plantier Scores
57	57	2	1	1992-08-20	Carney Lansford	OAK	@	NYY	behind 5-6	t 9	1	12-	7,(3-2) BBCCFBX	3	2	5	65%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Browne Scores; R. Henderson Scores; C. Lansford Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1993-04-08	Álvaro Espinoza	CLE		NYY	ahead 11-5	b 7	2	12-	7,(3-2) SSFBBBX	3	2	0	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Hill Scores; K. Lofton Scores
59	59	2	2	1993-04-08	Carlos Baerga	CLE		NYY	ahead 14-5	b 7	2	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	3	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
60	60	3	1	1993-04-15	Mike Macfarlane	KCR	@	NYY	behind 2-4	t 9	0	-2-	2,(1-0) .BX	2	5	2	34%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. McReynolds Scores
61	61	4	1	1993-05-04	Troy Neel	OAK	@	NYY	behind 1-4	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
62	62	5	1	1993-07-21	Lee Tinsley	SEA	@	NYY	ahead 6-3	t 8	2	-2-	6,(3-2) CFB1B.BX	2	9	7	6%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Haselman Scores
63	63	6	2	1993-07-21	Jay Buhner	SEA	@	NYY	ahead 8-3	t 9	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BBBCC.X	2	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); K. Griffey Scores
64	64	7	1	1993-08-23	Frank Thomas	CHW		NYY	behind 3-6	b 10	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	3%	5%		Home Run (Line Drive)
65	65	8	2	1993-08-23	Ellis Burks	CHW		NYY	behind 4-6	b 10	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	4	9	7%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1994-05-15	Skeeter Barnes	DET	@	CLE	behind 2-11	t 8	0	1-3	3,(0-2) CSX	3	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Samuel Scores; T. Fryman Scores
67	67	2	2	1994-05-15	Kirk Gibson	DET	@	CLE	behind 5-11	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
68	68	3	1	1994-06-16	Tom Brunansky	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 5-4	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	6	9	9%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
69	69	4	1	1994-07-26	Matt Nokes	NYY		BOS	behind 5-10	b 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Tartabull Scores
70	70	5	1	1994-08-01 (1)	Joe Carter	TOR	@	BOS	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	-2-	4,(2-1) 1SBB.X	2	4	9	12%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Molitor Scores