Turk Farrell
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Farrell with the Dodgers
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Born: April 8, 1934 Boston, Massachusetts |
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Died: June 10, 1977 (aged 43) Great Yarmouth, England |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 21, 1956, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 17, 1969, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 106–111 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.45 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,177 | ||
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Richard Joseph "Turk" Farrell (April 8, 1934 – June 10, 1977) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had a 14-year career from 1956 to 1969.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Colt .45s and Astros, all of the National League.
Before the 1953 season, Farrell was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent. The 19-year-old was assigned to the class A Schenectady Blue Jays, where over a two-year span (1953–54), he would build an 18–18 record and a 3.30 ERA. He spent 1955 in the IL with the Syracuse Chiefs, going 12–12 with a 3.94 ERA, and in 1956 he played for the Miami Marlins, going 12–6 with a 2.50 ERA.
Farrell would get a late-season look in 1956 by the Phillies and would lose his only decision, but set the groundwork for a 14-year run in the major leagues. Farrell was one of the young Phillies pitchers of the late 1950s, along with Jack Meyer and Jim Owens, dubbed the "Dalton Gang" for their fun-loving late-hour escapades. "When he loses, he loses his temper," a teammate once said of Farrell, "but when he wins he's the life of the party." Bearing the brunt on one occasion was the mirror in a Milwaukee bar, broken by Farrell's fist with the explanation, "I looked in the mirror and didn't like what I saw, so I threw a punch."
Phillies fans liked what they saw of the 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) hard-throwing rookie right-hander in 1957 when he was 10–2 plus 10 saves and a 2.38 ERA in 52 appearances out of the bullpen. On September 3, 1957, Farrell was the winning pitcher for the Phils in the last of fifteen home games the Dodgers played at the Jersey City Roosevelt Stadium, 3–2 in twelve innings. After four more seasons of relief work with the Phils, Farrell was traded to the Dodgers early in 1961.
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