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James Kyle Farmer

First name: Kyle

Last name: Farmer

Birthdate: 1990-08-17

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 571657

Retro ID: farmk001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
2017LAN0.20.00.3-0.1-0.10.30
2018LAN1.00.21.20.20.60.62
2019CIN2.50.63.20.21.12.13
2020CIN1.00.31.20.00.30.91
2021CIN6.72.08.71.64.14.512
2022CIN7.61.99.61.03.85.811
2023MIN4.61.25.91.12.83.09
2024MIN3.10.83.9-0.30.93.13
2025COL4.00.74.7-1.20.14.50
Career30.77.738.72.513.624.841

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
2017LAN20-1-10000-1000-29.1-0.20.00.0-0.2-1
2018LAN77-2-20000200009.40.00.00.00.04
2019CIN197-7-82110-2100-69.4-0.60.10.0-0.53
2020CIN70-2-30-1001000-38.9-0.30.00.0-0.33
2021CIN529-2-820-1-14200-410.0-0.40.20.0-0.219
2022CIN583-1-53-2-20-52-10-119.7-1.10.10.0-1.010
2023MIN369004311-11100-29.5-0.20.10.0-0.1-2
2024MIN242-4-51-3-10-3000-119.7-1.10.00.0-1.13
2025COL300-8-121-2-10-7-1-10-2110.4-2.0-0.20.0-2.2-2
Career2,387-27-4413-4-30-225-20-60--5.90.30.0-5.637

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
2019 CIN NL 1 0.0 1.3 0 1 0 1.30 12.5 -0.44 0.00 1 0.03 1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0
2024 MIN AL 3 0.1 4.0 3 2 -1 1.33 9.6 -0.43 0.00 -1 0.00 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
2025 COL NL 1 0.0 1.0 1 0 0 1.00 3.5 -0.43 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
Career 5 0.1 6.3 4 3 -1 0 1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
2019 CIN 0 0.0 0
2024 MIN 1 0.0 0
2025 COL 0 0.0 0
1 0.0 0

Catcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Frame Runs SB Runs Block Runs Err Runs Catcher Runs Total Fielding Runs
2017 LAN 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0
2018 LAN 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2019 CIN 1 -1.0 -1 -1 0 -0.2 0.5 -0.1 0 -1
1 -1.0 -1 -1 0 -0.2 0.6 -0.1 0 -1

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
2017 LAN 1B 27 3 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2017 LAN 3B 13 1 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 -1
2018 LAN 1B 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2018 LAN 3B 334 52 3.0 3 2 5 9 -0.2 0.0 0 2
2019 CIN 1B 172 18 1.0 1 1 1 -2 -0.1 0.0 0 1
2019 CIN 2B 426 57 0.0 0 0 -9 -7 -0.1 0.1 0 0
2019 CIN 3B 160 20 -2.0 -2 -2 -4 -2 -0.1 0.0 0 -2
2019 CIN SS 4 1 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2020 CIN 1B 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2020 CIN 2B 173 26 0.0 0 0 -2 1 0.3 -0.2 0 0
2020 CIN 3B 35 5 0.0 0 0 0 -1 0.2 0.0 0 0
2020 CIN SS 204 32 1.0 1 1 0 0 0.3 0.2 0 1
2021 CIN 1B 59 3 0.0 0 0 -2 -2 -0.1 0.0 0 0
2021 CIN 2B 91 17 1.0 1 1 3 2 0.2 0.1 0 1
2021 CIN 3B 177 21 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 -3 0.0 0.0 0 -1
2021 CIN SS 2609 431 3.0 4 3 -15 -12 0.3 0.9 1 4
2022 CIN 1B 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2022 CIN 3B 788 122 -1.0 -1 -1 -4 -10 0.5 0.0 0 -1
2022 CIN SS 2285 353 -9.0 -8 -6 -34 -25 0.5 1.0 2 -4
2023 MIN 1B 15 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.0 0 0
2023 MIN 2B 543 71 -6.0 -6 -4 -16 -5 -0.2 0.5 0 -4
2023 MIN 3B 744 96 -5.0 -5 -4 -12 -11 0.1 0.0 0 -4
2023 MIN SS 701 102 -3.0 -3 -2 -14 -14 -0.5 -0.2 -1 -3
2024 MIN 1B 11 0 -0.3 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2024 MIN 2B 969 150 -4.5 -4 -3 -9 -1 -0.4 0.2 0 -3
2024 MIN 3B 368 55 1.5 2 2 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 2
2024 MIN SS 151 20 -2.8 -3 -2 -6 -5 0.0 0.0 0 -2
2025 COL 1B 410 47 -1.9 -2 -2 -1 0 -0.1 0.0 0 -2
2025 COL 2B 745 107 -4.7 -5 -4 -16 -3 0.7 1.3 2 -2
2025 COL 3B 243 33 -6.6 -6 -4 -8 -8 -0.1 0.0 0 -4
2025 COL SS 237 42 0.3 1 1 3 7 0.1 -0.1 0 1
1B 705 72 -1.2 -1 -1 -4 -4 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
2B 2947 428 -14.2 -14 -10 -49 -13 0.5 2.0 2 -8
3B 2862 405 -12.1 -11 -9 -25 -26 0.4 0.0 0 -9
SS 6191 981 -10.5 -8 -5 -65 -49 0.7 1.8 2 -3

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
2020 CIN LF 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 CIN LF 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 MIN LF 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LF 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
2017LAN0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
2020CIN0.10.00.10.00.00.00
2023MIN0.00.00.10.10.1-0.10
Career0.20.00.30.00.00.00

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
2017LAN5-1-100000000-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.10
2020CIN5-1-10000100004.40.00.00.00.01
2023MIN4110000000017.60.10.00.00.10
Career14-1-1000010000-0.00.00.00.01

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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