Ed Farmer

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Full Name: Edward Joseph Farmer	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/200	First Game: June 9, 1971
Birthdate: October 18, 1949	Final Game: October 2, 1983
Birthplace: Evergreen Park, Illinois	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Born on October 18, 1949 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, Ed Farmer (Edward Joseph Farmer) played for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 11 year career. Farmer broke into the bigs on June 9, 1971 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.35 ERA in 78.2 innings pitched in 1971, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ed Farmer's best season was 1980, when he posted a 3.34 ERA, notched 30 saves and struck out 54 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1971	CLE	A	43	4	5	4	4.35	48	42	38	0	0	4	78.2	77	9	41	3	6	3
1972	CLE	A	46	1	2	5	4.40	33	32	30	0	0	7	61.1	51	10	27	6	2	1
1973	DET	A	24	0	3	0	5.00	28	26	25	0	0	2	45	52	3	27	0	0	2
1973	CLE	A	16	0	0	2	4.67	10	12	9	0	0	1	17.1	25	4	5	0	1	0
1973	TOT	A	40	0	3	2	4.91	38	38	34	0	0	3	62.1	77	7	32	0	1	2
1974	PHI	N	14	3	2	1	8.42	20	32	29	0	0	0	31	41	5	27	0	5	0
1977	BAL	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1978	MIL	A	3	0	1	0	.82	6	1	1	0	0	1	11	7	1	4	0	0	0
1979	TEX	A	11	2	2	0	4.36	25	21	16	0	0	0	33	30	2	19	2	3	2
1979	CHI	A	42	3	3	7	2.43	48	36	22	0	0	14	81.1	66	2	34	8	6	1
1979	TOT	A	53	5	5	7	2.99	73	57	38	0	0	14	114.1	96	4	53	10	9	3
1980	CHI	A	64	0	7	9	3.34	54	37	37	0	0	30	99.2	92	6	56	11	7	1
1981	CHI	A	42	0	3	3	4.61	42	33	27	0	0	10	52.2	53	5	34	1	3	1
1982	PHI	N	47	4	2	6	4.86	58	44	41	0	0	6	76	66	2	50	11	3	0
1983	PHI	N	12	3	0	6	6.07	16	22	18	0	0	0	26.2	35	2	20	8	3	1
1983	OAK	A	5	1	0	0	3.48	7	4	4	0	0	0	10.1	15	1	0	0	0	0
1983	Total		17	4	0	6	5.35	23	26	22	0	0	0	37	50	3	20	8	3	1
Total	NL		73	10	4	13	5.93	94	98	88	0	0	6	133.2	142	9	97	19	11	1
Total	AL		297	11	26	30	3.85	301	245	210	0	0	69	490.1	469	43	248	31	28	11
Total			370	21	30	43	4.30	395	343	298	0	0	75	624	611	52	345	50	39	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1971	CLE	A	P	43	4	78.2	2	12	0	2	0	3	3	3	0	1.000
1972	CLE	A	P	46	1	61.1	4	12	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	.941
1973	DET	A	P	24	0	45	4	2	0	1	0	1	6	1	0	1.000
1973	CLE	A	P	16	0	17.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1973	TOT	A	P	40	0	62.1	4	3	0	1	0	1	10	1	0	1.000
1974	PHI	N	P	14	3	31	0	4	1	0	0	1	7	1	0	.800
1977	BAL	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	MIL	A	P	3	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1979	TEX	A	P	11	2	33	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1.000
1979	CHI	A	P	42	3	81.1	7	11	0	1	0	1	10	0	0	1.000
1979	TOT	A	P	53	5	114.1	9	15	0	1	0	1	13	2	0	1.000
1980	CHI	A	P	64	0	99.2	5	17	0	4	0	2	10	0	0	1.000
1981	CHI	A	P	42	0	52.2	5	9	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	.933
1982	PHI	N	P	47	4	76	1	12	0	1	0	0	13	2	0	1.000
1983	PHI	N	P	12	3	26.2	2	5	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1.000
1983	OAK	A	P	5	1	10.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1983	Total		P	17	4	37	3	5	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1.000
Total			P	370	21	624	34	90	3	10	0	12	74	11	0	.976

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1971	CLE	A	43	14	0	1	0	0	.071	.133	.071	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0
1972	CLE	A	46	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1973	DET	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	CLE	A	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	TOT	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	PHI	N	14	9	0	1	0	1	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1977	BAL	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	MIL	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	TEX	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	CHI	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	TOT	A	53	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	CHI	A	64	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CHI	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	PHI	N	47	11	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
1983	PHI	N	12	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1983	OAK	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	Total		17	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		73	26	0	2	0	1	.077	.077	.077	0	0	0	13	0	3	0	0	0
Total	AL		297	21	0	2	0	0	.095	.136	.095	0	0	1	9	0	2	0	0	0
Total			370	47	0	4	0	1	.085	.104	.085	0	0	1	22	0	5	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967 - signed June 12, 1967).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Tom Timmermann and Kevin Collins (June 15, 1973).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees as part of 3-team trade in which Detroit Tigers sent Jim Perry to Cleveland Indians; Cleveland Indians sent Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to New York Yankees; and New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to Detroit Tigers (March 19, 1974).
Sold by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Phillies (March 21, 1974).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Steve McCartney (December 3, 1974).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (April 4, 1976).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (March 2, 1977).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (March 28, 1978).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 1, 1978).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Gary Holle and cash to Texas Rangers in exchange for Reggie Cleveland (December 15, 1978).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Gary Holle to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Eric Soderholm (June 15, 1979).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (January 28, 1982).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (August 13, 1983).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (August 23, 1983).
Released by Oakland Athletics (March 26, 1984).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (February 13, 1986).

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