Ed
Farmer
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 18, 1949 in Usa, IL, EVERGREEN PAR
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 21 CLE AL   6 6 6 6 3 4 3 6 7 7
1972 22 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7
1973 23 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7
1974 24 KCR AL   6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1975 25 PIT NL   6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7
1976 26 PIT NL   6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1977 27 PIT NL   6 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1978 28 BAL AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
1979 29 BAL AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1980 30 BAL AL   6 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1981 31 BAL AL   6 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 7 7
1982 32 OAK AL   6 5 6 5 3 4 3 6 7 7
1983 33 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 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
1971 21 AAA   5 5 .500 44 2 0 0 28 60.7 54 28 7 26 59 4.15 .237 .315 .373 .688  
1972 22 CLE AL 4 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 5 37.3 42 24 6 33 21 5.79 .288 .412 .479 .892 1.0
    AAA   5 4 .556 22 2 0 0 8 33.7 28 16 3 24 22 4.28 .224 .349 .336 .685  
1973 23 CLE AL 1 2 .333 8 0 0 0 0 9.0 19 11 3 4 6 11.00 .442 .489 .698 1.187 0.0
  KCR AL 1 2 .333 15 1 0 0 0 23.0 39 21 6 9 14 8.22 .375 .421 .606 1.027 0.0
  TOT   2 4 .333 23 1 0 0 0 32.0 58 32 9 13 20 9.00 .395 .441 .633 1.074 0.0
1974 24 AAA   7 10 .412 47 0 0 0 21 53.7 57 22 4 28 46 3.69 .277 .363 .369 .732  
1975 25 AA   3 7 .300 44 0 0 0 27 49.7 38 14 3 26 50 2.54 .208 .306 .311 .618  
1976 26 AA   5 6 .455 47 0 0 0 27 59.7 51 17 1 24 65 2.56 .233 .309 .292 .601  
1977 27 AAA   6 7 .462 38 0 0 0 18 44.0 38 18 5 22 38 3.68 .242 .335 .363 .698  
1978 28 BAL AL 7 8 .467 54 0 0 0 10 93.3 121 61 8 66 44 5.88 .316 .412 .405 .817 1.5
1979 29 BAL AL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 13.0 19 7 1 6 5 4.85 .345 .391 .455 .845 0.0
    AAA   1 2 .333 25 0 0 0 0 28.0 26 16 3 24 22 5.14 .255 .397 .422 .818  
1980 30 AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667  
1981 31 AAA   0 3 .000 13 1 0 0 0 19.0 19 13 3 6 17 6.16 .253 .309 .387 .695  
1982 32 AAA   4 5 .444 43 0 0 0 14 48.3 37 9 4 21 34 1.68 .216 .302 .345 .647  
1983 33 OAK AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 14.7 22 18 2 11 6 11.05 .355 .452 .532 .984 0.0
    AAA   6 2 .750 31 0 0 0 1 61.7 50 19 5 34 54 2.77 .216 .317 .329 .646  
1984 34 AAA   1 4 .200 58 0 0 0 0 77.3 92 46 6 45 67 5.35 .294 .383 .431 .814  
5 Years Sim 13 12 .520 122 1 0 0 16 190.3 262 142 26 129 96 6.72 .330 .419 .474 .893 2.5
10 Years AAA 35 42 .455 322 5 0 0 90 427.6 403 187 40 230 359 3.94 .250 .343 .374 .718  
2 Years AA 8 13 .381 91 0 0 0 54 109.3 89 31 4 50 115 2.55 .221 .308 .301 .609  
12 Years Minors 43 55 .439 413 5 0 0 144 537.0 492 218 44 280 474 3.65 .244 .336 .360 .696  
Season Average 2 2 .500 24 0 0 0 3 38.1 52 28 5 25 19 6.72 .330 .419 .474 .893  
Career Highs 7 8 1.000 54 1 0 0 10 93.3 121 61 9 66 44 11.05 .395 .452 .633 1.074  
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   126 63 9 65 56   .301 .395 .418 .812
vs LH   136 79 17 64 40   .364 .457 .537 .994
Home 8 5 .615 72 0 0 0 7 110.0 152 87 18 74 51 7.12 .333 .426 .493 .920
Away 5 7 .417 50 1 0 0 9 80.3 110 55 8 55 45 6.16 .326 .421 .448 .869
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 25 0 0 0 2 44.7 68 39 6 31 25 7.86 .354 .444 .500 .944
May 1 3 .250 10 0 0 0 1 22.0 27 13 3 11 11 5.32 .314 .392 .419 .810
June 2 1 .667 17 0 0 0 1 23.3 26 17 3 21 16 6.56 .295 .431 .466 .897
July 5 1 .833 24 0 0 0 3 29.0 39 21 4 20 7 6.52 .325 .421 .492 .913
August 1 2 .333 26 0 0 0 5 37.0 52 30 6 29 17 7.30 .329 .433 .481 .914
Sep/Oct 2 3 .400 20 1 0 0 4 34.3 50 22 4 17 20 5.77 .336 .404 .456 .860
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1972 22 CLE AL P 28 0 37.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.96    
1973 23 CLE AL P 8 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  KCR AL P 15 1 23.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.78    
  TOT   P 23 1 32.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1978 28 BAL AL P 54 0 93.3 7 11 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1979 29 BAL AL P 8 0 13.0 0 4 1 0 .800 2.77    
1983 33 OAK AL P 9 0 14.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.84    
Career Totals   122 1 190.3 12 21 1 0 .971 1.56    
Career Highs   54 1 93.3 7 11 1 0 1.000 2.77    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1978-7-10
Games Pitched
1978-9-54
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1971
Earned first career win on 6/7/1972
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 7/31/1973 (Going to CLE: P Don Sutton, P Joe Sparma, 3B Mickey Stanley. Going to KCR: CF Marvin Lane, P Ed Farmer)
Traded from Kansas City to Pittsburgh on 2/3/1975 (Going to PIT: P Ed Farmer. Going to KCR: SS Mike Shannon)
Injured on 7/13/1977 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Baltimore on 2/4/1978 (Going to PIT: P John Morris, LF Bob Bailey. Going to BAL: P Ed Farmer, P John Pacella)