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Turk Farrell
Full name Richard Joseph Farrell Born April 8, 1934, Boston, Massachusetts Died June 10, 1977, Great Yarmouth, England Buried at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Texas First Game: September 21, 1956 ; Final Game: September 19, 1969 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 215 Father of Richard Dotson Ejections: 1958 (1), 1962 (1). Total: 2 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1956 PHI N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1956 PHI N
1957 PHI N Daily Splits 52 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .444 0.0 1957 PHI N
1958 PHI N Daily Splits 54 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .240 .208 0.0 1958 PHI N
1959 PHI N Daily Splits 38 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0.0 1959 PHI N
1960 PHI N Daily Splits 59 15 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 .200 .250 .267 0.0 1960 PHI N
1961 PHI N Daily Splits 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 1961 PHI N
1961 LA N Daily Splits 50 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1961 LA N
1961 TOT N 55 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .050 .050 .050 0.0 1961 TOT N
1962 HOU N Daily Splits 43 78 3 14 1 0 2 3 0 0 28 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 .179 .190 .269 0.0 1962 HOU N
1963 HOU N Daily Splits 34 63 6 9 3 0 0 2 4 0 24 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .143 .194 .190 0.0 1963 HOU N
1964 HOU N Daily Splits 32 69 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 28 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 .072 .099 .072 0.0 1964 HOU N
1965 HOU N Daily Splits 33 74 2 10 1 0 0 4 1 0 27 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 .135 .147 .149 0.0 1965 HOU N
1966 HOU N Daily Splits 32 48 2 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .146 .146 .208 0.0 1966 HOU N
1967 HOU N Daily Splits 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1967 HOU N
1967 PHI N Daily Splits 50 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .150 .158 0.0 1967 PHI N
1967 TOT N 57 20 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .143 .150 0.0 1967 TOT N
1968 PHI N Daily Splits 54 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0.0 1968 PHI N
1969 PHI N Daily Splits 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0.0 1969 PHI N
Total (14 Years) Splits 590 436 19 59 7 0 4 18 11 0 165 1 20 0 1 11 7 0 0 .135 .158 .179 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1958 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1958 NL
1962 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1962 NL
1964 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1964 NL
1965 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1965 NL
Total ( 4 Years) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1956 PHI N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 21 0 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12.46 3.00 -0.6 1956 PHI N
1957 PHI N Daily Splits 52 0 0 0 32 10 83.1 74 353 2 29 22 36 9 54 6 3 2 2 1 7 4 9 9 10 2 2.38 - 1.9 1957 PHI N
1958 PHI N Daily Splits 54 0 0 0 35 11 94 84 400 7 41 35 40 7 73 13 3 3 0 0 13 5 8 8 8 9 3.35 - 1.0 1958 PHI N
1959 PHI N Daily Splits 38 0 0 0 27 6 57 61 252 9 30 30 25 7 31 9 6 3 0 0 12 2 2 4 1 6 4.74 - -0.3 1959 PHI N
1960 PHI N Daily Splits 59 0 0 0 50 11 103.1 88 415 3 36 31 29 6 70 9 5 4 4 1 12 4 10 8 10 6 2.70 - 2.2 1960 PHI N
1961 PHI N Daily Splits 5 0 0 0 3 0 9.2 10 46 3 8 7 6 1 10 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 6.52 - -0.5 1961 PHI N
1961 LA N Daily Splits 50 0 0 0 28 10 89 107 414 12 56 50 43 14 80 7 2 10 1 0 20 2 3 5 6 6 5.06 - -1.2 1961 LA N
1961 TOT N 55 0 0 0 31 10 98.2 117 460 15 64 57 49 15 90 9 2 10 2 0 21 2 4 6 8 7 5.20 - -1.7 1961 TOT N
1962 HOU N Daily Splits 43 29 11 2 9 4 241.2 210 981 21 91 81 55 2 203 12 6 9 5 0 33 8 17 13 10 20 3.02 2.72 2.7 1962 HOU N
1963 HOU N Daily Splits 34 26 12 0 5 1 202.1 161 792 12 76 68 35 2 141 15 5 2 2 1 25 9 9 8 14 13 3.02 2.62 0.7 1963 HOU N
1964 HOU N Daily Splits 32 27 7 0 3 0 198.1 196 822 21 80 72 52 4 117 8 7 1 3 0 23 7 14 8 11 10 3.27 3.74 0.1 1964 HOU N
1965 HOU N Daily Splits 33 29 8 3 3 1 208.1 202 855 18 94 81 35 8 122 9 7 1 3 0 34 11 19 24 11 11 3.50 3.79 -0.6 1965 HOU N
1966 HOU N Daily Splits 32 21 3 0 7 2 152.2 167 645 23 84 78 28 4 101 10 6 1 0 1 33 10 8 12 6 10 4.60 3.38 -1.9 1966 HOU N
1967 HOU N Daily Splits 7 0 0 0 2 0 11.2 11 53 0 7 6 7 1 10 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4.63 - -0.2 1967 HOU N
1967 PHI N Daily Splits 50 1 0 0 34 12 92 76 360 6 26 21 15 5 68 4 6 3 1 0 7 2 9 7 9 6 2.05 2.00 2.5 1967 PHI N
1967 TOT N 57 1 0 0 36 12 103.2 87 413 6 33 27 22 6 78 4 6 4 2 0 10 3 10 7 10 6 2.34 2.00 2.3 1967 TOT N
1968 PHI N Daily Splits 54 0 0 0 36 12 82.2 83 357 7 40 32 32 6 57 13 4 3 2 0 16 5 5 3 4 6 3.48 - -1.0 1968 PHI N
1969 PHI N Daily Splits 46 0 0 0 27 3 74.1 92 333 8 33 33 27 6 40 3 2 2 1 0 18 4 7 1 3 4 4.00 - -0.3 1969 PHI N
Total (14 Years) Splits 590 134 41 5 301 83 1704.2 1628 7099 152 737 653 468 82 1177 120 62 45 27 4 258 75 123 111 106 111 3.45 3.24 4.5 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1958 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1958 NL
1962 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 - 1962 NL
1964 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 - 1964 NL
1965 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1965 NL
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 28 1 4 4 4 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 - Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1956 PHI N Daily Splits P 1 1 0 4.1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1957 PHI N Daily Splits P 52 0 0 83.1 3 16 1 0 0 0 6 3 1 .950
1958 PHI N Daily Splits P 54 0 0 94 2 8 2 0 0 1 9 2 0 .833
1959 PHI N Daily Splits P 38 0 0 57 2 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1.000
1960 PHI N Daily Splits P 59 0 0 103.1 6 13 2 1 0 2 7 8 1 .905
1961 PHI N Daily Splits P 5 0 0 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -
1961 LA N Daily Splits P 50 0 0 89 2 7 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1.000
1961 TOT N P 55 0 0 98.2 2 7 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 1.000
1962 HOU N Daily Splits P 43 29 11 241.2 10 28 2 1 0 2 25 6 1 .950
1963 HOU N Daily Splits P 34 26 12 202.2 9 27 0 1 0 1 14 11 1 1.000
1964 HOU N Daily Splits P 32 27 7 198.1 5 31 0 2 0 3 10 7 0 1.000
1965 HOU N Daily Splits P 33 29 8 208.1 9 30 3 3 0 3 4 6 3 .929
1966 HOU N Daily Splits P 32 21 3 152.2 11 13 2 1 0 2 7 5 0 .923
1967 HOU N Daily Splits P 7 0 0 11.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1967 PHI N Daily Splits P 50 1 0 92 3 10 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 .929
1967 TOT N P 57 1 0 103.2 3 12 1 0 0 2 7 2 0 .938
1968 PHI N Daily Splits P 54 0 0 82.2 0 14 1 0 0 2 5 6 0 .933
1969 PHI N Daily Splits P 46 0 0 74.1 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1.000
Total (14 Years) Splits P 590 134 41 1705 64 212 14 9 0 20 108 62 8 .952
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1962 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1964 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1965 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 4 Years) Splits P 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
8- 3-1958(2) BOX PHI N Al Barlick Balls and strikes (Cursed umpire)
8-16-1962 BOX HOU N Lee Weyer Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1953).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Joe Koppe to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange
for Don Demeter and Charley Smith (May 4, 1961 ).
Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Los Angeles Dodgers (4th pick overall) in the
premium phase of the expansion draft (October 10, 1961 ).
Sold by Houston Astros to Philadelphia Phillies (May 8, 1967 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (November 4, 1969 ).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (April 20, 1970 ).
Released by Atlanta Braves (May 6, 1970 ).
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