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Ty Cobb League
7-13-2085
Farmer Burns Starting Pitcher
Retired (1970, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 4.44 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 169-186 Status Deceased (1998) Option Years 0  
SV 0 Age at Death 65 Date of Birth 05-28-1933
K 2240 Drafted Round 5, Pick 76
(1951)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(97 games)
IP 3208.2
WHIP 1.41
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity B    Mentor Val A-
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1953 BAL
4
 21
32
32
0
0
0
 0
180.2
 207 131 124 9 87
111
1.63
6.18
1954 BAL
13
 6
32
31
1
0
0
 0
189.1
 206 104 100 7 94
129
1.58
4.75
1955 BAL
14
 9
31
31
1
0
0
 0
192.1
 199 115 105 9 100
108
1.55
4.91
1956 BAL
8
 16
32
32
2
1
0
 0
198.2
 234 135 123 8 105
125
1.71
5.57
1957 BAL
0
 2
8
8
0
0
0
 0
54.0
 61 38 37 1 32
31
1.72
6.17
1958 KC
8
 16
33
33
2
0
0
 0
193.2
 229 133 124 5 76
127
1.57
5.76
1959 KC
7
 15
35
35
2
0
0
 0
219.2
 230 114 109 7 83
145
1.42
4.47
1960 KC-BRO
12
 8
27
27
3
1
0
 0
183.0
 174 84 77 6 73
134
1.35
3.79
1961 BRO
6
 7
14
14
2
0
0
 0
95.0
 105 48 41 1 39
59
1.52
3.88
1962 BRO-CLE
12
 10
43
25
1
0
0
 0
190.1
 185 92 85 4 71
136
1.35
4.02
1963 BOS
9
 8
32
32
2
0
0
 0
185.1
 154 67 63 2 83
127
1.28
3.06
1964 BOS
13
 9
31
31
3
3
0
 0
200.0
 157 83 82 3 77
132
1.17
3.69
1965 BOS
10
 9
32
32
1
0
0
 0
183.1
 172 100 99 6 79
130
1.37
4.86
1966 BOS
11
 19
33
33
8
2
0
 0
231.0
 210 103 91 4 70
185
1.21
3.55
1967 BOS
15
 9
30
30
3
1
0
 0
214.1
 192 82 74 3 63
170
1.19
3.11
1968 BOS
12
 10
33
33
3
2
0
 0
224.1
 214 108 101 2 87
199
1.34
4.05
1969 BOS-MIL
12
 12
39
28
4
1
0
 0
208.0
 213 103 100 2 67
148
1.35
4.33
1970 MIL-STL
3
 0
51
0
0
0
0
 0
66.1
 74 52 47 5 17
44
1.37
6.38
2085
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
169
 186
568
487
38
11
0
 0
3208.2
 3216 1692 1582 84 1303
2240
1.41
4.44
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Farmer Burns has retired from the St. Louis Gateway Archers
1970-09-23The St. Louis Gateway Archers have acquired Farmer Burns from the waiver wire.
1970-09-11The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have acquired Gene Cox from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have waived Farmer Burns.
1970-08-12The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have designated Farmer Burns for assignment.
1969-04-01The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have acquired Farmer Burns from the waiver wire.
1969-03-01The Boston Bandits have promoted Babe Humphries to the major league team. The Boston Bandits have designated Farmer Burns for assignment.
1966-03-05The Boston Bandits have renamed derek lowe to Farmer Burns.
1963-04-10The Boston red sox have renamed lowe to derek lowe.
1963-04-09The Boston red sox have renamed Willis Roberts to lowe.
1962-03-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Wahoos and the Brooklyn piners. The Brooklyn piners receive Lum Eufemia, Don Anderson from the Cleveland Wahoos in exchange for Willis Roberts.
1961-09-21The Brooklyn piners have promoted Fritz Phillips to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1961-08-23The Brooklyn piners have promoted Ray Kling to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Andy Messersmith to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Shawn McCabe to the minors.
1961-07-29The Brooklyn piners have promoted Fritz Phillips to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1961-07-27The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Charlie Pleis to the minors.
1961-07-15The Brooklyn piners have promoted Sadie Petkovsek to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Jose Barrio to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Jack Malone to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Pip Dimmel to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Bob Byrne to the minors.
1961-07-13The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Jack Malone to the minors.
1961-07-06The Brooklyn piners have promoted Jose Barrio to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Moxie Gubicza to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Fritz Phillips to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Bob Pettit to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Stone Jacobson to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1961-07-05The Brooklyn piners have promoted Bob Pettit to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Stone Jacobson to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent John Sutton to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Fritz Phillips to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Dale Ritter to the minors.
1961-06-27The Brooklyn piners have promoted Sadie Petkovsek to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1961-06-13The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Bill Singer to the minors.
1961-06-06The Brooklyn piners have promoted Hal Leifer to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted John Sutton to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Scottie Boyer to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Jose Barrio to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Moxie Gubicza to the minors.
1961-06-05The Brooklyn piners have promoted Mike Gullic to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Doc Harrelson to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Clyde McDougald to the minors.
1961-05-27The Brooklyn piners have promoted Dale Ritter to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Sadie Petkovsek to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Roy Stack to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Bob Pettit to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Joe Myers to the minors.
1961-05-20The Brooklyn piners have promoted Bob Pettit to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Stone Jacobson to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Jeff Todt to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent John Sutton to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Dale Ritter to the minors.
1961-05-13The Brooklyn piners have promoted Rob Fuller to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted John Sutton to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Dale Ritter to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Doc Harrelson to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Otto Wilson to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Bob Pettit to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Stone Jacobson to the minors.
1961-05-09The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Stone Jacobson to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Bob Pettit to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have promoted Shinjo to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Cactus See to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Jack Malone to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent Dale Ritter to the minors. The Brooklyn piners have sent John Sutton to the minors.
1961-05-06The Brooklyn piners have promoted Fritz Phillips to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1961-05-02The Brooklyn piners have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Felix Clement to the minors.
1961-05-01The Brooklyn piners have promoted Felix Clement to the major league team. The Brooklyn piners have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1960-04-16A trade has been completed between the Kansas City CyKlones and the Brooklyn Cyclones. The Brooklyn Cyclones receive Jason Johnson, Rickey Happenny, Willis Roberts, Aaron Baine from the Kansas City CyKlones in exchange for Dave Lewis, Ramon Hudgens.
1957-08-15The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Julio Burns to the minors.
1957-04-01The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Todd Burnside to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1956-10-23The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Millhouse Rutheford to the minors.
1956-09-22The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Dick Valdez to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1954-07-03The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Willis Roberts to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Bill Kuczynski to the minors.
1954-06-08The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Bill Kuczynski to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Willis Roberts to the minors.
1953-04-08The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have renamed Alta Malloy to Willis Roberts.