Steve
Farr
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 12, 1956 in Usa, MD, LAPLATA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1985    1987   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 27 BAL AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1985 28 BAL AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1986 29 BAL AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1987 30 BAL AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6
1988 31 BAL AL $ 788,571 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6
1989 32 BAL AL $ 788,571 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6
1990 33 BAL AL $ 1,845,714 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,845,714 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1984 27 BAL AL 4 9 .308 56 0 0 0 36 59.7 63 26 6 19 38 3.92 .276 .339 .399 .738 6.4
    AAA   1 3 .250 6 6 0 0 0 36.7 40 15 3 18 39 3.68 .274 .354 .390 .744  
1985 28 BAL AL 8 6 .571 63 0 0 0 32 66.0 81 32 3 33 43 4.36 .307 .384 .417 .801 4.9
1986 29 BAL AL 7 8 .467 67 1 0 0 40 76.3 71 28 5 35 55 3.30 .251 .334 .329 .663 11.6
1987 30 BAL AL 7 6 .538 70 0 0 0 46 69.3 75 29 7 28 53 3.76 .273 .342 .400 .742 8.9
1988 31 BAL AL 3 3 .500 37 0 0 0 2 74.3 81 29 7 26 50 3.51 .288 .348 .456 .804 5.5
    AAA   1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 4 0 3 7 5.69 .280 .357 .320 .677  
1989 32 BAL AL 4 0 1.000 44 4 1 1 6 93.7 72 30 7 26 56 2.88 .210 .274 .309 .583 8.5
1990 33 BAL AL 4 3 .571 51 0 0 0 16 82.0 71 35 8 51 55 3.84 .237 .347 .393 .740 6.8
7 Years Sim 37 35 .514 388 5 1 1 178 521.3 514 209 43 218 350 3.61 .260 .336 .383 .719 52.7
2 Years AAA 2 4 .333 18 6 0 0 0 43.0 47 19 3 21 46 3.98 .275 .354 .380 .734  
Season Average 5 5 .500 55 0 0 0 25 74.5 73 29 6 31 50 3.61 .260 .336 .383 .719  
Career Highs 8 9 1.000 70 4 1 1 46 93.7 81 35 8 51 56 4.36 .307 .384 .456 .804  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   232 103 20 84 176   .249 .312 .374 .686
vs LH   282 106 23 134 174   .270 .353 .391 .744
Home 30 15 .667 193 4 1 1 81 289.7 283 113 14 113 192 3.51 .260 .329 .364 .693
Away 7 20 .259 195 1 0 0 98 231.7 231 96 29 105 158 3.73 .261 .340 .406 .746
Mar/Apr 7 8 .467 52 5 1 1 17 93.3 90 41 6 42 54 3.95 .264 .345 .387 .732
May 3 3 .500 64 0 0 0 36 70.0 75 27 6 29 50 3.47 .274 .343 .409 .752
June 7 8 .467 74 0 0 0 32 89.0 89 36 7 36 55 3.64 .265 .336 .375 .711
July 8 6 .571 62 0 0 0 26 80.3 81 44 13 35 57 4.93 .260 .335 .466 .801
August 8 5 .615 73 0 0 0 40 100.3 106 28 5 38 73 2.51 .273 .338 .343 .681
Sep/Oct 4 5 .444 63 0 0 0 28 88.3 73 33 6 38 61 3.36 .225 .307 .333 .640
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1984 27 BAL AL P 56 0 59.7 6 11 0 4 1.000 2.56    
1985 28 BAL AL P 63 0 66.0 1 13 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1986 29 BAL AL P 67 1 76.3 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.12    
1987 30 BAL AL P 70 0 69.3 6 18 1 0 .960 3.12    
1988 31 BAL AL P 37 0 74.3 7 15 0 3 1.000 2.66    
1989 32 BAL AL P 44 4 93.7 10 20 0 2 1.000 2.88    
1990 33 BAL AL P 51 0 82.0 3 19 0 1 1.000 2.41    
Career Totals   388 5 521.3 37 110 1 11 .993 2.54    
Career Highs   70 4 93.7 10 20 1 4 1.000 3.12    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1986 29 BAL AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 .500 .600 .500 1.100
1987 30 BAL AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 1 2 3 9.00 .313 .389 .563 .951
1988 31 BAL AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
1989 32 BAL AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 8 3 1 2 2 8.11 .500 .556 .813 1.368
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 8 0 0 0 1 10.3 18 8 2 5 5 6.97 .400 .460 .600 1.060
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1984-2-36
1985-3-32
1986-2-40
1987-1-46
1990-9-16
CAR-12-178
Games Pitched
1987-9-70
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bryan Harvey (953)
  2. Todd Worrell (940)
  3. Tom Niedenfuer (938)
  4. Joaquin Andujar (938)
  5. Chuck Hartenstein (936)
  6. Roy Lee Jackson (934)
  7. Bruce Sutter (926)
  8. Brian Holton (925)
  9. Turk Farrell (925)
  10. Hoyt Wilhelm (922)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1984
Earned first career win on 5/28/1984
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $788,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $788,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,845,714 through salary arbitration
10/23/1990: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $1,100,000 per year, for 4 years