John Farrell
1901–1905 · bats R / throws R · St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
541G
.261AVG
.324OBP
.335SLG
More career statistics
567H
4HR
141RBI
68SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,172 | 2,169 |
| Batting · Hits | 567 | 566 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 10 | 11 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,398 | 2,394 |
| Batting · RBI | 141 | 117 |
| Batting · Walks | 193 | 189 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541 | 2,398 | 2,172 | 329 | 567 | 93 | 28 | 4 | 141 | 193 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 728 | .261 | .324 | .335 | .659 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1903-09-07 to 1904-04-18
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1903-07-25 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1903-07-25 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1901-09-07 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 264 | 1153 | 303 | 1 | 55 | 92 | 23 | .289 | .343 | .360 |
| Away | 277 | 1241 | 263 | 3 | 62 | 97 | 75 | .235 | .290 | .312 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 42 | 187 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 10 | .266 | .316 | .358 |
| May | 96 | 424 | 96 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 21 | .252 | .300 | .320 |
| June | 84 | 374 | 69 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 11 | .205 | .273 | .244 |
| July | 115 | 514 | 134 | 2 | 22 | 35 | 21 | .286 | .329 | .400 |
| August | 106 | 465 | 120 | 0 | 23 | 37 | 17 | .283 | .338 | .342 |
| September | 88 | 387 | 95 | 2 | 21 | 34 | 15 | .271 | .333 | .346 |
| October | 10 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .162 | .279 | .216 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 62 | 282 | 67 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 11 | .261 | .316 | .339 |
| cincinnati-reds | 61 | 250 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 8 | .274 | .336 | .350 |
| chicago-cubs | 57 | 249 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | .270 | .301 | .322 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 57 | 247 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 8 | .247 | .300 | .330 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 57 | 251 | 48 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 20 | .216 | .275 | .239 |
| boston-braves | 57 | 258 | 63 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 11 | .273 | .345 | .342 |
| new-york-giants | 55 | 241 | 57 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 14 | .258 | .299 | .299 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 21 | 101 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | .330 | .396 | .516 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 135 | 555 | 151 | 3 | 64 | 25 | .272 | – | – |
| 1902 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 138 | 563 | 141 | – | 25 | 9 | .250 | – | – |
| 1903 | St. Louis Cardinals | 130 | 519 | 140 | 1 | 20 | 17 | .270 | – | – |
| 1904 | St. Louis Cardinals | 131 | 508 | 130 | – | 8 | 16 | .256 | – | – |
| 1905 | St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 24 | 4 | – | – | 1 | .167 | – | – |