Ed Farmer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 200lb (196cm, 90kg)

Born: October 18, 1949 in Evergreen Park, IL us

Died: April 1, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Rita of Cascia HS (Chicago, IL).

High School: St. Rita of Cascia HS (Chicago, IL)

School: Chicago State University (Chicago, IL)

Debut: June 9, 1971 (Age 21-234d, 13,126th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Last Game: October 2, 1983 (Age 33-349d)
vs. KCR 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Edward Joseph Farmer

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

4.30

370

624.0

395

WHIP

1.532

Summary of 52 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 4 walk-off, 8 tying, 11 go ahead

7 Tms
CLE	23
CHW	13
PHI	9
DET	3
TEX	2
OAK	1
MIL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	29
vs LHB	23

Home/Road
Home	27
Away	25

Outs
0	25
1	15
2	12

20 Opps
BOS	7
NYY	6
DET	5
BAL	5
KCR	4
MIL	4
CHW	3
TOR	3
SFG	2
OAK	2
TEX/WSA	2
MIN	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
CAL	1
NYM	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
MON	1

50 Batters
Rico Petrocelli	2
Tommy Harper	2
Dalton Jones	1
Larry Hisle	1
Pat Kelly	1
Ben Oglivie	1
Lloyd Moseby	1
Dave Kingman	1
John Wathan	1
Dave Nelson	1
Butch Davis	1
Roy White	1
Dámaso García	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Johnny Oates	1
Thurman Munson	1
Dick Allen	1
George Scott	1
Mike Andrews	1
Darryl Strawberry	1
George Hendrick	1
Lou Piniella	1
Ruppert Jones	1
John Briggs	1
Jim Rice	1
Billy Cowan	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Norm Cash	1
Willie Horton	1
Graig Nettles	1
Pat Putnam	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Bob Horner	1
Joe Morgan	1
Jim Dwyer	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Joe Lis	1
Carlos May	1
Gary Roenicke	1
Otto Vélez	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
Bill Russell	1
Ed Kirkpatrick	1
Gary Carter	1
Wayne Gross	1
Jim Price	1
Eddie Murray	1
Gary Matthews	1
Fred Kendall	1

18 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	14
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	7
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
County Stad (MIL)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	3
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
9	18
7	17
8	6

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	8
123	6
12-	5
--3	5
1-3	2
-2-	1

98 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	25
1 on	14
2 on	7
3 on	6
Any on	27

Inning
1	2
4	1
5	6
6	8
7	7
8	16
9	7
Extra	5

1-3	2
4-6	15
7-end	35

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	4
+2	4
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	4
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	25
Tied	9
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	13
RF	8
1B	7
C	6
2B	5
3B	5
PH	3
CF	3
DH	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	13
3rd	7
5th	7
2nd	6
1st	5
6th	5
7th	4
8th	4
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-06-20 (2)	Dalton Jones	DET	@	CLE	behind 1-5	t 6	0	1--	2	5	9	11%	21%		Home Run (Deep CF); N. Cash Scores
2	2	2	2	1971-06-20 (2)	Jim Price	DET	@	CLE	behind 3-5	t 6	0	1--	2	7	2	24%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. McAuliffe Scores
3	3	3	1	1971-07-16	Ed Kirkpatrick	KCR		CLE	behind 2-8	b 7	1	---	1	4	8	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	1971-07-29	Billy Cowan	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	12%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1971-08-31 (1)	Dick McAuliffe	DET		CLE	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	1	1	4	15%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	2	1971-08-31 (1)	Norm Cash	DET		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	1--	2	5	3	19%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Brown Scores
7	7	7	1	1971-09-11	Roy White	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 5-2	t 5	0	---	1	4	7	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	2	1971-09-11	Thurman Munson	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 6-2	t 6	0	1--	2	2	2	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Kenney Scores
9	9	9	1	1971-09-21	Dave Nelson	WSA		CLE	ahead 7-0	b 6	0	---	1	2	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1972-04-26	Mike Andrews	CHW		CLE	behind 0-4	b 7	1	123	4	7	4	40%	54%		Home Run; B. Melton Scores/unER; C. May Scores/Team unER; J. Johnstone Scores/Team unER; M. Andrews Scores/Team unER
11	11	2	1	1972-06-06	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	1-3	3	3	9	5%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campaneris Scores; J. Rudi Scores
12	12	3	1	1972-07-09 (2)	Lou Piniella	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	7	11%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	4	1	1972-07-23 (2)	Carlos May	CHW		CLE	tied 3-3	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	38%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
14	14	5	1	1972-08-02 (1)	Johnny Oates	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	12-	3	3	2	7%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Johnson Scores; D. Buford Scores
15	15	6	1	1972-08-09	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		CLE	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---	1	4	5	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	7	1	1972-09-06 (2)	George Scott	MIL	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	1	4	3	6%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF)
17	17	8	1	1972-09-10 (1)	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	CLE	tied 1-1	t 12	1	---	1	6	2	40%	85%		Home Run
18	18	9	1	1972-09-19 (2)	Willie Horton	DET	@	CLE	behind 0-6	t 8	2	12-	3	5	7	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Kaline Scores; J. Staton Scores
19	19	10	1	1972-09-24 (2)	Bobby Murcer	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 6-3	t 9	0	---	1	3	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1973-04-21	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 7-5	t 7	2	---	1	6	5	9%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	2	1973-04-21	Tommy Harper	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 9-5	t 8	0	--3	2	1	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Griffin Scores/unER
22	22	3	1	1973-05-13	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		CLE	ahead 6-3	b 8	1	--3	2	3	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Harper Scores
23	23	4	1	1973-05-26	Dick Allen	CHW		CLE	tied 3-3	b 21	2	1-3	3	3	4	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); E. Leon Scores; J. Jeter Scores
24	24	5	1	1973-07-31 (2)	John Briggs	MIL		DET	behind 3-9	b 8	2	---	1	6	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	1973-08-28	Joe Lis	MIN	@	DET	ahead 4-0	t 8	1	---	1	8	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	7	1	1973-09-24	Tommy Harper	BOS	@	DET	ahead 7-0	t 6	0	123	4	1	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Montgomery Scores; C. Cooper Scores; D. Griffin Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1974-05-01	Gary Matthews	SFG		PHI	ahead 12-8	b 7	1	---	1	1	7	2%	99%		Home Run
28	28	2	1	1974-06-09	Joe Morgan	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 11-7	t 9	0	1--	2	2	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Rose Scores
29	29	3	1	1974-07-09	Bill Russell	LAD	@	PHI	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	--3	2	8	6	4%	96%		Home Run; J. Ferguson Scores
30	30	4	1	1974-07-13	Dave Kingman	SFG		PHI	ahead 10-2	b 8	1	1--	2	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Thomasson Scores
31	31	5	1	1974-07-17	Fred Kendall	SDP		PHI	ahead 12-1	b 6	1	12-	3	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores; J. Grubb Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1978-09-13	Pat Kelly	BAL	@	MIL	behind 4-7	t 9	0	---	1	2	7	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1979-05-13 (2)	Otto Vélez	TOR		TEX	behind 1-7	b 8	1	12-	3	3	9	4%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Griffin Scores; B. Bailor Scores
34	34	2	1	1979-06-14	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	TEX	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	1--	2	5	3	6%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Thomas Scores
35	35	3	1	1979-08-26 (2)	Gary Roenicke	BAL	@	CHW	tied 3-3	t 13	0	---	1	7	7	33%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	4	1	1979-09-14	Wayne Gross	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	123	4	8	PH	22%	98%		Home Run; D. Revering Scores/unER; J. Newman Scores/unER; M. Page Scores/unER; W. Gross Scores/unER
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1980-04-26	Graig Nettles	NYY		CHW	behind 6-7	b 10	0	---	1	7	5	44%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	2	1	1980-05-15	Larry Hisle	MIL		CHW	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---	1	4	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	3	1	1980-05-31	John Wathan	KCR		CHW	behind 2-3	b 6	0	12-	3	6	9	30%	85%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; A. Otis Scores; D. Porter Scores
40	40	4	1	1980-06-03	Pat Putnam	TEX	@	CHW	behind 3-4	t 8	1	---	1	5	PH	26%	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	5	1	1980-07-14	Oscar Gamble	NYY	@	CHW	behind 4-6	t 8	2	--3	2	9	PH	31%	42%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores
42	42	6	1	1980-08-12	Ruppert Jones	NYY		CHW	tied 4-4	b 10	1	123	4	2	8	17%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); A. Rodríguez Scores; F. Stanley Scores; W. Randolph Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1981-04-12	Jim Rice	BOS		CHW	behind 1-3	b 8	2	123	4	4	7	71%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Remy Scores; D. Stapleton Scores; D. Evans Scores
44	44	2	1	1981-04-28	Jim Dwyer	BAL		CHW	behind 5-8	b 8	0	---	1	8	9	7%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	3	1	1981-05-20	Dámaso García	TOR		CHW	behind 3-5	b 7	1	--3	2	2	4	28%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Griffin Scores
46	46	4	1	1981-08-16	Eddie Murray	BAL		CHW	behind 5-7	b 9	0	1--	2	4	3	46%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Dwyer Scores
47	47	5	1	1981-08-21	Lloyd Moseby	TOR		CHW	tied 4-4	b 9	2	---	1	3	9	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1982-06-29	George Hendrick	STL	@	PHI	ahead 11-1	t 8	0	123	4	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run; L. Smith Scores; M. Ramsey Scores; K. Hernandez Scores
49	49	2	1	1982-09-22	Gary Carter	MON		PHI	ahead 6-1	b 5	0	---	1	4	2	2%	98%		Home Run
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1983-04-17	Bob Horner	ATL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 7	1	-2-	2	5	5	28%	82%		Home Run; C. Washington Scores
51	51	2	1	1983-06-26 (2)	Darryl Strawberry	NYM		PHI	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	14%	56%		Home Run
52	52	3	1	1983-10-02	Butch Davis	KCR	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)