Born on April 14, 1976 in Wichita, Kansas, Kyle Farnsworth (Kyle Lynn Farnsworth) played for the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees over the course of his 8 year career. Farnsworth broke into the bigs on April 29, 1999 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 5.05 ERA in 130 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Kyle Farnsworth's best season was 2005, when he posted a 2.19 ERA, notched 16 saves and struck out 87 batters.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1999
CHI
N
27
21
5
9
5.05
70
80
73
1
1
0
130
140
28
52
1
7
3
2000
CHI
N
46
5
2
9
6.43
74
58
55
0
0
1
77
90
14
50
8
3
4
2001
CHI
N
76
0
4
6
2.74
107
26
25
0
0
2
82
65
8
29
2
2
1
2002
CHI
N
45
0
4
6
7.33
46
47
38
0
0
1
46.2
53
9
24
7
1
1
2003
CHI
N
77
0
3
2
3.30
92
31
28
0
0
0
76.1
53
6
36
1
6
0
2004
CHI
N
72
0
4
5
4.72
78
39
35
0
0
0
66.2
67
10
33
1
1
2
2005
DET
A
46
0
1
1
2.32
55
12
11
0
0
6
42.2
29
1
20
0
2
1
2005
ATL
N
26
0
0
0
1.98
32
6
6
0
0
10
27.1
15
4
7
0
1
2
2005
Total
72
0
1
1
2.19
87
18
17
0
0
16
70
44
5
27
0
3
3
2006
NY
A
72
0
3
6
4.36
75
34
32
0
0
6
66
62
8
28
3
5
1
2007
NY
A
64
0
2
1
4.80
48
35
32
0
0
0
60
60
9
27
2
4
2
Total
NL
369
26
22
37
4.62
499
287
260
1
1
14
506
483
79
231
20
21
13
Total
AL
182
0
6
8
4.00
178
81
75
0
0
12
168.2
151
18
75
5
11
4
Total
551
26
28
45
4.47
677
368
335
1
1
26
674.2
634
97
306
25
32
17
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1999
CHI
N
P
27
21
130
9
13
4
1
0
1
15
4
1
.846
2000
CHI
N
P
46
5
77
4
6
2
1
0
0
7
3
1
.833
2001
CHI
N
P
76
0
82
3
4
0
0
0
1
7
3
0
1.000
2002
CHI
N
P
45
0
46.2
0
5
0
0
0
0
11
3
0
1.000
2003
CHI
N
P
77
0
76.1
5
12
0
0
0
0
8
4
0
1.000
2004
CHI
N
P
72
0
66.2
7
10
1
0
0
1
5
4
1
.944
2005
DET
A
P
46
0
42.2
3
3
0
0
0
0
5
2
0
1.000
2005
ATL
N
P
26
0
27.1
1
4
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
.833
2005
Total
P
72
0
70
4
7
1
1
0
0
8
2
0
.917
2006
NY
A
P
72
0
66
3
7
0
0
0
2
6
2
0
1.000
2007
NY
A
P
64
0
60
3
7
3
0
0
1
9
2
0
.769
Total
P
551
26
674.2
38
71
11
3
0
6
76
27
3
.908
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1999
CHI
N
27
35
3
3
0
2
.086
.158
.086
0
0
2
10
1
6
0
0
0
2000
CHI
N
46
14
0
1
0
0
.071
.071
.143
1
0
0
6
0
2
0
0
0
2001
CHI
N
76
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2002
CHI
N
45
1
0
0
0
1
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003
CHI
N
77
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
CHI
N
72
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
DET
A
46
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
ATL
N
26
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
Total
72
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
NY
A
72
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2007
NY
A
64
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
369
54
3
4
0
3
.074
.121
.093
1
0
2
18
1
8
0
0
0
Total
AL
182
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
551
54
3
4
0
3
.074
.121
.093
1
0
2
18
1
8
0
0
0
Transactions[]
Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 47th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed May 12, 1995).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Roberto Novoa, Scott Moore and Bo Flowers (February 9, 2005).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Roman Colon and Zach Miner (July 31, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2005).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 5, 2005).
Traded by New York Yankees to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ivan Rodriguz.(July 2008)