Doc Farrell
[edit] Biography
Doc Farrell (Edward Stephen Farrell) was born on December 26, 1901 in Johnson City, New York. He made his Major League debut on June 15, 1925 for the New York Giants. In 1926, his rookie year, he hit .287 with 2 home runs and 23 RBI. Farrell played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Doc Farrell's best season was 1927, when he hit for a .316 average and knocked in 92 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 27
| 56
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 4
| .214
| .267
| .232
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| 67
| 171
| 19
| 49
| 2
| 23
| .287
| .341
| .392
| 10
| 1
| 12
| 17
| 2
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| NY
| N
| 42
| 142
| 13
| 55
| 3
| 34
| .387
| .442
| .535
| 10
| 1
| 12
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| BOS
| N
| 110
| 424
| 44
| 124
| 1
| 58
| .292
| .315
| .340
| 13
| 2
| 14
| 21
| 0
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| TOT
| N
| 152
| 566
| 57
| 179
| 4
| 92
| .316
| .348
| .389
| 23
| 3
| 26
| 32
| 2
| 22
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 134
| 483
| 36
| 104
| 3
| 43
| .215
| .263
| .271
| 14
| 2
| 26
| 26
| 5
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| 63
| 178
| 18
| 38
| 0
| 16
| .213
| .251
| .247
| 6
| 0
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| 68
| 186
| 18
| 39
| 0
| 18
| .210
| .246
| .242
| 6
| 0
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| STL
| N
| 23
| 61
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .213
| .262
| .262
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| CHI
| N
| 46
| 113
| 21
| 33
| 1
| 16
| .292
| .344
| .372
| 6
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| TOT
| N
| 69
| 174
| 24
| 46
| 1
| 22
| .264
| .316
| .333
| 7
| 1
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 26
| 63
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .175
| .212
| .222
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| 44
| 93
| 16
| 25
| 0
| 6
| .269
| .376
| .269
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .286
| .375
| .429
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 517
| 1636
| 160
| 429
| 10
| 202
| .262
| .304
| .326
| 61
| 7
| 90
| 106
| 9
| 57
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 74
| 163
| 21
| 38
| 0
| 11
| .233
| .317
| .258
| 2
| 1
| 19
| 14
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 591
| 1799
| 181
| 467
| 10
| 213
| .260
| .306
| .320
| 63
| 8
| 109
| 120
| 10
| 61
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 29
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| SS
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 124
| 12
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1927
| NY
| N
| SS
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 116
| 17
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1927
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .556
|
| 1927
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 134
| 175
| 23
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1927
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 140
| 12
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1927
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 20
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1927
| TOT
| N
| 3B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 23
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .887
|
| 1927
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 211
| 291
| 40
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 289
| 418
| 51
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1928
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 49
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1929
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 65
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 65
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1930
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| STL
| N
| SS
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 36
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1930
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 67
| 110
| 12
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1930
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 98
| 146
| 16
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 28
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 41
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| SS
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 36
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1935
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 118
| 0
| 0
| 239
| 303
| 27
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 88
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 376
| 0
| 0
| 764
| 1070
| 130
| 182
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Hugh McQuillan and Kent Greenfield to Boston Braves in exchange for Zack Taylor, Larry Benton and Herb Thomas (June 12, 1927).
- Traded by Boston Braves to New York Giants in exchange for Jimmy Welsh (June 14, 1929).
- Traded by New York Giants with Showboat Fisher to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Wally Roettger (April 10, 1930).
- Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from St. Louis Cardinals (June 29, 1930).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Floyd Newkirk, Jim Densmore and Ted Norbert to San Francisco (PCL) (December 19, 1934) completing trade in which New York Yankees traded cash and 4 players to be named later to San Francisco (PCL) in exchange for Joe DiMaggio (November 21, 1934); Doc Farrell refused to report to San Francisco (PCL) and New York Yankees sent $5000 (1935) to complete trade.
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