Players · F · Pitcher · 2022
Luke Farrell
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Born
- June 7, 1991 in Westlake, OH, United States
- MLB debut
- July 1, 2017
- dbWAR
- -.5 7 season(s)
- IP
- 15.0
- ERA
- 5.40
- FIP
- 5.25
- K/9
- 8.4
- FIP−
- 132 100 = avg
Luke Farrell was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2022 he struck out 14 batters over 15.0 innings across 6 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.40 was 36.1% higher than the league average of 3.97. Stripping out defence, his 5.25 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.3% of swings (6.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.0%. His -0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2022.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | CHC/CIN | 6 | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5.40 | 5.25 | 1.67 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 136 | 132 | -0.1 | |
| 2021 | MIN | 20 | 1 | 24.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 4.74 | 4.83 | 1.66 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 111 | 113 | -0.0 | |
| 2020 | TEX | 4 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8.44 | 6.00 | 1.88 | 13.5 | 8.4 | 189 | 135 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | TEX | 9 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2.70 | 5.01 | 0.67 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 60 | 111 | 0.0 | |
| 2018 | CHC | 20 | 2 | 31.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 39 | 16 | 5.17 | 5.20 | 1.47 | 11.2 | 4.6 | 125 | 125 | -0.2 | |
| 2017 | CIN/KC | 10 | 1 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5.54 | 6.08 | 1.69 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 127 | 140 | -0.2 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CHC | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 60.0% | .000 | -1.3 | -118 | -0.1 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 37 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .324 | .378 | .618 | .426 | 16.2% |
| vs RHB | 33 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .241 | .333 | .310 | .297 | 24.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Luke Farrell throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 138 | 91.1 | 2,326 | 39.9% | 14.3% | 21 | .286 | .946 | |
| Slider | 106 | 82.5 | 2,513 | 44.3% | 19.6% | 27 | .333 | .864 | |
| Curveball | 33 | 78.6 | 2,585 | 42.4% | 27.3% | 11 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.