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Steve Farr
Steven Michael Farr

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 200 lb.
School American University

Debut May 16, 1984
  vs. BOS 5.7 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game August 8, 1994
Born December 12, 1956 in LaPlata, MD

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 27 CLE AL   3  11  31  16   0   0   4  1  116.0  106   61   59  14   46   83   5   2   488   3   2  4.58  4.12   90 1.310
 1985 28 KCR AL   2   1  16   3   0   0   5  1   37.7   34   15   13   2   20   36   2   3   164   4   0  3.11  4.15  134 1.434
 1986 29 KCR AL   8   4  56   0   0   0  33  8  109.3   90   39   38  10   39   83   4   4   443   8   1  3.13  4.23  135 1.180
 1987 30 KCR AL   4   3  47   0   0   0  19  1   91.0   97   47   42   9   44   88   2   2   408   4   0  4.15  4.56  110 1.549
 1988 31 KCR AL   5   4  62   1   0   0  49 20   82.7   74   25   23   5   30   72   2   4   344   6   2  2.50  4.02  160 1.258
 1989 32 KCR AL   2   5  51   2   0   0  40 18   63.3   75   35   29   5   22   56   1   2   279   5   0  4.12  3.89   94 1.532
 1990 33 KCR AL  13   7  57   6   1   1  20  1  127.0   99   32   28   6   48   94   5   2   515   9   0  1.98  3.84  193 1.157
 1991 34 NYY AL   5   5  60   0   0   0  48 23   70.0   57   19   17   4   20   60   5   2   285   3   0  2.19  4.14  190 1.100
 1992 35 NYY AL   2   2  50   0   0   0  42 30   52.0   34   10    9   2   19   37   2   0   207   0   0  1.56  3.95  254 1.019
 1993 36 NYY AL   2   2  49   0   0   0  37 25   47.0   44   22   22   8   28   39   2   2   211   4   0  4.21  4.16   99 1.532
 1994 37 TOT AL   2   1  30   0   0   0  16  4   28.3   41   21   18   5   18   20   2   2   143   1   0  5.72  4.84   85 2.082
         CLE AL   1   1  19   0   0   0  12  4   15.3   17   12    9   3   15   12   2   2    79   1   0  5.28  4.66   88 2.087
         BOS AL   1   0  11   0   0   0   4  0   13.0   24    9    9   2    3    8   0   0    64   0   0  6.23  5.05   81 2.077
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Years            45      28       1    132         751       298      334       32  25  3487  47   5  3.25  4.13  127 1.316
 WL%= .516       48     509       1     313     824.3       326       70       668
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   5  64   3   0   0  39 16  104.3   95   41   37   8   42   84   4   3   441   5   0  3.25  4.13  127 1.316
 Career High     13  11  62  16   1   1  49 30  127.0  106   61   59  14   48   94   5   4   515   9   2  1.56  4.56  254 1.019

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 27 CLE AL P 31 7 18 2 1 .926 .958 0.81 0.70 1.94 1.79 16 116.0 1985 28 KCR AL P 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.56 0.70 2.15 1.86 3 37.7 1986 29 KCR AL P 56 8 16 0 1 1.000 .956 0.43 0.68 1.98 1.83 0 109.3 1987 30 KCR AL P 47 3 6 2 0 .818 .957 0.19 0.67 0.89 1.84 0 91.0 1988 31 KCR AL P 62 3 7 0 0 1.000 .962 0.16 0.67 1.09 1.78 1 82.7 1989 32 KCR AL P 51 7 4 0 0 1.000 .957 0.22 0.66 1.56 1.88 2 63.3 1990 33 KCR AL P 57 7 18 2 1 .926 .954 0.44 0.59 1.77 1.78 6 127.0 1991 34 NYY AL P 60 7 11 0 1 1.000 .957 0.30 0.58 2.31 1.80 0 70.0 1992 35 NYY AL P 50 2 4 2 0 .750 .952 0.12 0.56 1.04 1.71 0 52.0 1993 36 NYY AL P 49 6 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.56 3.06 1.78 0 47.0 1994 37 TOT AL P 30 2 2 1 0 .800 .976 0.13 0.52 1.27 1.72 0 28.3 CLE AL P 19 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.16 0.52 1.76 1.71 0 15.3 BOS AL P 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.52 0.69 1.73 0 13.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 27 CLE AL P 31 7 18 2 1 .926 .958 0.81 0.70 1.94 1.79 16 116.0 1985 28 KCR AL P 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.56 0.70 2.15 1.86 3 37.7 1986 29 KCR AL P 56 8 16 0 1 1.000 .956 0.43 0.68 1.98 1.83 0 109.3 1987 30 KCR AL P 47 3 6 2 0 .818 .957 0.19 0.67 0.89 1.84 0 91.0 1988 31 KCR AL P 62 3 7 0 0 1.000 .962 0.16 0.67 1.09 1.78 1 82.7 1989 32 KCR AL P 51 7 4 0 0 1.000 .957 0.22 0.66 1.56 1.88 2 63.3 1990 33 KCR AL P 57 7 18 2 1 .926 .954 0.44 0.59 1.77 1.78 6 127.0 1991 34 NYY AL P 60 7 11 0 1 1.000 .957 0.30 0.58 2.31 1.80 0 70.0 1992 35 NYY AL P 50 2 4 2 0 .750 .952 0.12 0.56 1.04 1.71 0 52.0 1993 36 NYY AL P 49 6 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.56 3.06 1.78 0 47.0 1994 37 TOT AL P 30 2 2 1 0 .800 .976 0.13 0.52 1.27 1.72 0 28.3 CLE AL P 19 2 1 1 0 .750 .968 0.16 0.52 1.76 1.71 0 15.3 BOS AL P 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.52 0.69 1.73 0 13.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 509 55 102 9 4 .946 .957 0.31 0.62 1.71 1.80 28 824.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 509 55 102 9 4 .946 .957 0.31 0.62 1.71 1.80 28 824
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   2   0   1.42  1  0  0  0   6.1   4   1   1   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1988 AL-62-10

Saves
1988 AL-20-10
1991 AL-23-10
1992 AL-30-6
1993 AL-25-9
Car-132-77

Games Finished
1988 AL-49-7
1991 AL-48-10
1992 AL-42-10
Car-313-87

Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1298) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 18.0 (639) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 13, 1976: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

June 8, 1983: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for John Malkin (minors).

March 31, 1985: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

May 9, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 10, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 1, 1994: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Chris Nabholz to the Boston Red Sox for Jeff Russell.

October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Kansas City Royals$85,000
1988Kansas City Royals$225,000
1989Kansas City Royals$605,000
1990Kansas City Royals$775,000
1991New York Yankees$2,400,000
1992New York Yankees$2,400,000
1993New York Yankees$1,500,000
1994Cleveland Indians$900,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,890,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Steve Farr's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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