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Name Team Age
John Farnsworth Retired (1981, Age 34) Died (2023, Age 76)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 31
(1969)		 3B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Minnie Minoso League 0 5 years (149 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B  B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ B- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 4/14/1947
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.3 %) F  (0.5 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1971 WAS 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .000 .000
1972 WAS 82 210 26 66 10 2 4 41 32 38 3 3 6 .842 .404 .438 .314
1973 WAS 97 371 43 89 15 3 6 37 41 55 5 1 11 .660 .315 .345 .240
1974 WAS 65 164 20 39 9 1 2 19 15 25 0 1 5 .641 .300 .341 .238
1975 WAS 53 103 11 27 5 1 2 11 16 11 1 0 2 .747 .358 .388 .262
1976 WAS-DET-WAS 23 43 7 10 0 0 2 10 9 7 0 0 0 .742 .370 .372 .233
1977 WAS 11 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .527 .312 .214 .214
1978 WAS 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 WAS 85 288 25 76 9 5 3 23 32 44 2 3 7 .701 .340 .361 .264
1980 WAS-DET-MIL 47 134 12 32 3 0 1 11 9 20 1 1 1 .570 .287 .284 .239
Total 469 1333 146 342 51 12 20 153 157 201 12 9 32 .693 .335 .358 .257
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01John Farnsworth has retired from the Milwaukee Potatos
1981-03-07The Milwaukee Potatos have promoted Larry Bird to the major league team. The Milwaukee Potatos have promoted Tim Leppert to the major league team. The Milwaukee Potatos have promoted Joe Fitzpatrick to the major league team. The Milwaukee Potatos have promoted Ritchey Havens to the major league team. The Milwaukee Potatos have promoted C. Thomas Crain to the major league team. The Milwaukee Potatos have designated Max Hodapp for assignment. The Milwaukee Potatos have designated John Farnsworth for assignment.
1980-09-05The Milwaukee Potatos have promoted John Farnsworth to the major league team.
1980-09-05The Milwaukee Potatos have acquired John Farnsworth from the waiver wire.
1980-08-16The Detroit River Cats have waived John Farnsworth.
1980-07-31The Detroit River Cats have acquired John Farnsworth from the waiver wire.
1980-06-13The Washington Lame Ducks have waived John Farnsworth.
1980-05-17The Washington Lame Ducks have re-claimed John Farnsworth from the waiver wire.
1980-05-14The Washington Lame Ducks have promoted Derek Sanderson to the major league team. The Washington Lame Ducks have designated John Farnsworth for assignment.
1979-05-29The Washington Insiders have promoted John Farnsworth to the major league team.
1979-05-29The Washington Insiders have acquired John Farnsworth from the waiver wire.
1978-09-02The Washington Insiders have waived John Farnsworth.
1978-08-23The Washington Insiders have promoted Danny Mahoney to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have promoted John Farnsworth to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have sent Jackie Chamberlain to the minors.
1978-08-23The Washington Insiders have acquired John Farnsworth from the waiver wire.
1978-04-01The Washington Insiders have waived John Farnsworth.
1977-09-16The Washington Insiders have promoted John Farnsworth to the major league team.
1977-09-07The Washington Insiders have acquired John Farnsworth from the waiver wire.
1977-04-05The Washington Insiders have waived John Farnsworth.
1977-03-09The Washington Insiders have promoted Willie Cliburn to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have sent Carl Moses to the minors. The Washington Insiders have designated John Farnsworth for assignment.
1976-08-26The Washington Insiders have promoted Carl Moses to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have promoted John Farnsworth to the major league team.
1976-07-24The Washington Insiders have acquired John Farnsworth from the waiver wire.
1976-07-20The Detroit River Cats have waived John Farnsworth.
1976-07-16The Detroit River Cats have promoted Mike Neagle to the major league team. The Detroit River Cats have designated John Farnsworth for assignment.
1976-07-14The Detroit River Cats have acquired John Farnsworth from the waiver wire.
1976-07-10The Washington Insiders have designated John Farnsworth for assignment.
1974-08-01John Farnsworth of the Washington Insiders is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1973-06-22John Farnsworth of the Washington Insiders is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1973-05-12John Farnsworth of the Washington Insiders is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1972-04-01The Washington Insiders have promoted Rudy Lillard to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have promoted John Farnsworth to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have designated John Friday for assignment. The Washington Insiders have designated Mike Trillo for assignment.
1971-04-20The Washington Insiders have sent John Farnsworth to the minors.
1971-04-05The Washington Insiders have promoted John Farnsworth to the major league team.
1971-04-01The Washington Insiders have promoted Whitey Steinberg to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have sent John Farnsworth to the minors.
1971-03-01The Washington Insiders have promoted John Farnsworth to the major league team.