Kyle Farnsworth stats
Bio
- Age
- 50 yearsApr 14, 1976
- Height
- 6' 4"
Kyle Farnsworth played 16 MLB seasons, 1999 to 2014.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 893
- W
- 43
- L
- 66
- ERA
- 4.26
- IP
- 988.2
- K
- 963
- BB
- 412
- WHIP
- 1.37
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | CHC | 27 | 5 | 9 | 5.05 | 130.0 | 70 | 52 | 1.48 |
| 2000 | CHC | 46 | 2 | 9 | 6.43 | 77.0 | 74 | 50 | 1.82 |
| 2001 | CHC | 76 | 4 | 6 | 2.74 | 82.0 | 107 | 29 | 1.15 |
| 2002 | CHC | 45 | 4 | 6 | 7.33 | 46.2 | 46 | 24 | 1.65 |
| 2003 | CHC | 77 | 3 | 2 | 3.30 | 76.1 | 92 | 36 | 1.17 |
| 2004 | CHC | 72 | 4 | 5 | 4.73 | 66.2 | 78 | 33 | 1.50 |
| 2005 |  DET/ATL | 72 | 1 | 1 | 2.19 | 70.0 | 87 | 27 | 1.01 |
| 2006 | NYY | 72 | 3 | 6 | 4.36 | 66.0 | 75 | 28 | 1.36 |
| 2007 | NYY | 64 | 2 | 1 | 4.80 | 60.0 | 48 | 27 | 1.45 |
| 2008 |  NYY/DET | 61 | 2 | 3 | 4.48 | 60.1 | 61 | 22 | 1.52 |
| 2009 | KC | 41 | 1 | 5 | 4.58 | 37.1 | 42 | 14 | 1.53 |
| 2010 | KC/ATL | 60 | 3 | 2 | 3.34 | 64.2 | 61 | 19 | 1.14 |
| 2011 | TB | 63 | 5 | 1 | 2.18 | 57.2 | 51 | 12 | 0.99 |
| 2012 | TB | 34 | 1 | 6 | 4.00 | 27.0 | 25 | 14 | 1.33 |
| 2013 |  TB/PIT | 48 | 3 | 1 | 4.70 | 38.1 | 28 | 10 | 1.38 |
| 2014 |  NYM/HOU | 35 | 0 | 3 | 4.40 | 28.2 | 18 | 15 | 1.64 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 5.06
- IP
- 16.0
- K
- 17
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.13
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 7
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 1
- K/9
- 8.8
- GB
- 699
- FB
- 953
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 43
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | CHC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2000 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2004 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 78 | 107 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2005 | DET/ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 69 | 91 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2006 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 69 | 116 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2007 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 57 | 132 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2008 | NYY/DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 66 | 111 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2009 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 54 | 57 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2010 | KC/ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 79 | 104 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2011 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 84 | 81 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 46 | 34 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 2013 | TB/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 60 | 62 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | NYM/HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 37 | 58 | 0.6 | 1 |
Bio
- Age
- 50 yearsApr 14, 1976
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1999
- Birthplace
- Wichita, KS
- Draft
- 1994Rd 47, Pk 1
Latest performance
Kyle Farnsworth
Jun 25 · vs ATL · L 4-0
- IP
- 0.1
- H
- 1
- R
- 1
- ER
- 1
- BB
- 0
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 6.17
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jun 25 | vsATLL 4-0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wed, Jun 18 | at WSHL 6-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Jun 17 | atWSHL 6-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun, Jun 15 | vs TBL 4-3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fri, Jun 13 | vsTBL 6-1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tue, Jun 10 | at ARIL 4-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
What were Kyle Farnsworth's career stats?
Kyle Farnsworth played 16 seasons for the Cubs, the Yankees, the Royals and the Rays. He had 43 wins and 963 strikeouts with a 4.26 ERA over 988.2 innings. His best season was 1999: 5 wins, a 5.05 ERA and 70 strikeouts.
More on Kyle Farnsworth
Playoff series
Kyle Farnsworth played 15 games across 5 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 0 won, 6 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  SF | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 |  CLE | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | DET | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | HOU | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | ATL | Lost 1-2 | 3 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 |  MIA | Lost 2-3 | 5 | 5.1 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Kyle Farnsworth’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Kyle Farnsworth against each club
- vs Houston Astros (50)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (46)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (42)
- vs Boston Red Sox (41)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (40)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (39)
- vs Chicago White Sox (39)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (34)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (33)
- vs Minnesota Twins (33)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (32)
- vs Detroit Tigers (29)
- vs Miami Marlins (29)
- vs Texas Rangers (27)
- vs Kansas City Royals (26)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (26)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (25)
- vs Seattle Mariners (24)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (23)
- vs Athletics (23)
- vs Atlanta Braves (22)
- vs New York Yankees (22)
- vs New York Mets (21)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (21)
- vs Colorado Rockies (19)
- vs Washington Nationals (18)
- vs San Diego Padres (17)
- vs San Francisco Giants (17)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (12)
- vs Chicago Cubs (5)
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