Turk Farrell Notable

b. April 8, 1934 · Philadelphia Phillies 1956–1961, 1967–1969, Los Angeles Dodgers 1961, Houston Colt .45's 1962–1964, Houston Astros 1965–1967

Turk Farrell played for four clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1956 and closing with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1969.

He went 106 and 111 with a 3.45 earned run average, pitching 1,705 innings in 590 games. He struck out 1,177, completed 41 of his 134 starts and threw 5 shutouts. Across 590 games he batted .135, with 59 hits and 19 runs. He finished with 4 home runs and 7 doubles.

He was selected to four All-Star teams between 1958 and 1965.

He was born in Boston, MA, USA on April 8, 1934, and died on June 10, 1977. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	4	1958, 1962, 1964, 1965

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1956	PHI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1957	PHI	52	9	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	.111
1958	PHI	54	24	1	5	0	0	1	1	11	.208
1959	PHI	38	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.167
1960	PHI	59	15	0	3	1	0	2	1	3	.200
1961	LAD/PHI	55	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	.050
1962	HOU	43	78	3	14	1	2	3	0	28	.179
1963	HOU	34	63	6	9	3	0	2	4	24	.143
1964	HOU	32	69	1	5	0	0	0	2	28	.072
1965	HOU	33	74	2	10	1	0	4	1	27	.135
1966	HOU	32	48	2	7	0	1	3	0	16	.146
1967	HOU/PHI	57	20	2	2	1	0	2	1	10	.100
1968	PHI	54	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167
1969	PHI	46	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Career	—	590	436	19	59	7	4	18	11	165	.135

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1956	PHI	0	1	1	1	0	4.1	6	6	3	0	12.46
1957	PHI	10	2	52	0	10	83.1	74	22	36	54	2.38
1958	PHI	8	9	54	0	11	94.0	84	35	40	73	3.35
1959	PHI	1	6	38	0	6	57.0	61	30	25	31	4.74
1960	PHI	10	6	59	0	11	103.1	88	31	29	70	2.70
1961	LAD/PHI	8	7	55	0	10	98.2	117	57	49	90	5.20
1962	HOU	10	20	43	29	4	241.2	210	81	55	203	3.02
1963	HOU	14	13	34	26	1	202.1	161	68	35	141	3.02
1964	HOU	11	10	32	27	0	198.1	196	72	52	117	3.27
1965	HOU	11	11	33	29	1	208.1	202	81	35	122	3.50
1966	HOU	6	10	32	21	2	152.2	167	78	28	101	4.60
1967	HOU/PHI	10	6	57	1	12	103.2	87	27	22	78	2.34
1968	PHI	4	6	54	0	12	83.0	83	32	32	57	3.47
1969	PHI	3	4	46	0	3	74.1	92	33	27	40	4.00
Career	—	106	111	590	134	83	1705.0	1628	653	468	1177	3.45

On this day & linked events

1934

Born April 8, 1934

Boston, MA, USA

1977

Died June 10, 1977

1956

Major-league debut: Turk Farrell

Turk Farrell made a major-league debut on September 21, 1956.

1969

Final major-league game: Turk Farrell

Turk Farrell played a final major-league game on September 19, 1969.

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