What years did Kyle Farnsworth play?

Kyle Farnsworth played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2014.

Was Kyle Farnsworth a pitcher?

Yes. Kyle Farnsworth pitched in the major leagues, recording 43 wins and 963 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Kyle Farnsworth hit?

Kyle Farnsworth hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.

What was Kyle Farnsworth's career batting average?

Kyle Farnsworth batted .074 over his career, with 4 hits in 54 at bats.

How many RBI did Kyle Farnsworth have?

Kyle Farnsworth drove in 3 runs in his career.

What was Kyle Farnsworth's career ERA?

Kyle Farnsworth finished with a 4.26 career ERA, going 43-66 with 963 strikeouts.

Kyle Farnsworth

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2014)

Kyle Farnsworth was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2014 for 9 teams, including the Chicago Cubs, a span of 16 seasons. Across 893 career appearances, he went 43-66 with a 4.26 ERA, 963 strikeouts, and 57 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3998.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 43–66

ERA 4.26

WHIP 1.37

SO 963

Pitcher PIV 3998.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 230 lb
Born: 4/14/1976 in Wichita, KS, USA
MLB Debut: 1999-04-29
Last Game: 2014-06-25

Full name: Kyle Lynn Farnsworth

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Career Pitching Statistics

Kyle Farnsworth — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
43	66	893	26	1	1	57	988.2	944	468	132	412	963	4.26	3998.2

Career ERA 4.26 vs. league average 4.29 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Kyle Farnsworth Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1999	CHN	NL	5	9	27	21	1	1	0	130.0	140	73	52	70	5.05	4.71 (-7%)	-4607.9
2000	CHN	NL	2	9	46	5	0	0	1	77.0	90	55	50	74	6.43	4.77 (-35%)	-1751.9
2001	CHN	NL	4	6	76	0	0	0	2	82.0	65	25	29	107	2.74	4.42 (+38%)	3361.0
2002	CHN	NL	4	6	45	0	0	0	1	46.2	53	38	24	46	7.33	4.28 (-71%)	-964.7
2003	CHN	NL	3	2	77	0	0	0	0	76.1	53	28	36	92	3.30	4.40 (+25%)	2601.2
2004	CHN	NL	4	5	72	0	0	0	0	66.2	67	35	33	78	4.72	4.46 (-6%)	389.3
2005	DET	AL	1	1	46	0	0	0	6	42.2	29	11	20	55	2.32	4.29 (+46%)	2225.0
2005	ATL	NL	0	0	26	0	0	0	10	27.1	15	6	7	32	1.98	4.29 (+54%)	496.2
2006	NYA	AL	3	6	72	0	0	0	6	66.0	62	32	28	75	4.36	4.53 (+4%)	1269.2
2007	NYA	AL	2	1	64	0	0	0	0	60.0	60	32	27	48	4.80	4.47 (-7%)	-849.8
2008	NYA	AL	1	2	45	0	0	0	1	44.1	43	18	17	43	3.65	4.32 (+15%)	-1454.1
2008	DET	AL	1	1	16	0	0	0	0	16.0	27	12	5	18	6.75	4.32 (-56%)	-298.3
2009	KCA	AL	1	5	41	0	0	0	0	37.1	43	19	14	42	4.58	4.32 (-6%)	1151.8
2010	KCA	AL	3	0	37	0	0	0	0	44.2	40	12	12	36	2.42	4.08 (+41%)	1077.3
2010	ATL	NL	0	2	23	0	0	0	0	20.0	15	12	7	25	5.40	4.08 (-32%)	577.7
2011	TBA	AL	5	1	63	0	0	0	25	57.2	45	14	12	51	2.18	3.94 (+45%)	1135.4
2012	TBA	AL	1	6	34	0	0	0	0	27.0	22	12	14	25	4.00	4.01 (avg)	423.3
2013	TBA	AL	2	0	39	0	0	0	0	29.2	37	19	7	19	5.76	3.87 (-49%)	-343.6
2013	PIT	NL	1	1	9	0	0	0	2	8.2	6	1	3	9	1.04	—	0.0
2014	NYN	NL	0	3	19	0	0	0	3	17.0	18	6	6	10	3.18	3.74 (+15%)	-341.4
2014	HOU	AL	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	11.2	14	8	9	8	6.17	3.74 (-65%)	-97.5
Career · 21 seasons			43	66	893	26	1	1	57	988.2	944	468	412	963	4.26	—	3,998

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Kyle Farnsworth — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
893	54	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	18	.074	.121	.093	.213	0

Career AVG .074 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 71.8% below league average.

Career OBP .121 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 63.5% below league average.

Career SLG .093 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — 77.8% below league average.

Career OPS .213 vs. league average .747 across their career seasons — 71.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Kyle Farnsworth Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1999	CHN	NL	27	35	3	3	0	2	2	10	.086	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	CHN	NL	46	14	0	1	1	0	0	6	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	CHN	NL	76	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	CHN	NL	45	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	CHN	NL	77	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	CHN	NL	72	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	DET	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	ATL	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	NYA	AL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	NYA	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	NYA	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	DET	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	KCA	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	KCA	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	ATL	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	TBA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	TBA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TBA	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	PIT	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	NYN	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	HOU	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 21 seasons			893	54	3	4	1	3	2	18	.074	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Kyle Farnsworth — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Kyle Farnsworth — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2010	NLDS2	ATL	2	.000
2007	ALDS2	NYA	1	.000
2006	ALDS1	NYA	2	.000
2005	NLDS2	ATL	2	.000
2003	NLCS	CHN	5	.000
2003	NLDS2	CHN	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Kyle Farnsworth — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	15	0	0	16.0	12	9	6	17	5.06

Playoff Pitching by Year

Kyle Farnsworth — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2010	NLDS2	ATL	1	2	2.0	1	0	1	1	0.00
2007	ALDS2	NYA	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0.00
2006	ALDS1	NYA	0	2	2.0	1	0	1	1	0.00
2005	NLDS2	ATL	0	2	3.0	2	3	1	4	9.00
2003	NLCS	CHN	0	5	5.1	6	6	2	7	10.12
2003	NLDS2	CHN	0	3	2.2	1	0	1	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Kyle Farnsworth — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	474	30	1	2	0	1	.067
Away	419	24	2	2	0	2	.083

Pitching — Home / Away

Kyle Farnsworth — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	474	533.0	501	223	205	517	3.77
Away	419	455.2	443	245	207	446	4.84

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Kyle Farnsworth — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2014-06-25	HOU	ATL	—	0.1	1	1	1	0	0
2014-06-18	HOU	WAS	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
2014-06-17	HOU	WAS	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
2014-06-15	HOU	TBR	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
2014-06-13	HOU	TBR	—	1.0	4	2	2	0	0
2014-06-10	HOU	AZ	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	1
2014-06-09	HOU	AZ	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
2014-06-08	HOU	MIN	—	0.1	2	2	2	2	0
2014-06-05	HOU	LAA	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
2014-06-04	HOU	LAA	—	1.1	0	0	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Kyle Farnsworth — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	893	26	60	104	15	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Kyle Farnsworth — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1999	CHN	P	27	21	9	13	4	1
2000	CHN	P	46	5	4	6	2	1
2001	CHN	P	76	0	3	4	0	0
2002	CHN	P	45	0	0	5	0	0
2003	CHN	P	77	0	5	12	0	0
2004	CHN	P	72	0	7	10	1	0
2005	DET	P	46	0	3	3	0	0
2005	ATL	P	26	0	1	4	1	1
2006	NYA	P	72	0	3	7	0	0
2007	NYA	P	64	0	3	7	3	0
2008	NYA	P	45	0	4	5	0	0
2008	DET	P	16	0	0	0	0	0
2009	KCA	P	41	0	0	3	1	0
2010	KCA	P	37	0	5	5	0	0
2010	ATL	P	23	0	1	1	2	0
2011	TBA	P	63	0	7	7	1	1
2012	TBA	P	34	0	1	4	0	0
2013	TBA	P	39	0	4	5	0	0
2013	PIT	P	9	0	0	1	0	0
2014	NYN	P	19	0	0	1	0	0
2014	HOU	P	16	0	0	1	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Kyle Farnsworth Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	893

Salary History

Kyle Farnsworth — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	TBA	AL	$1,250,000
2012	TBA	AL	$3,300,000
2011	TBA	AL	$2,600,000
2010	KCA	AL	$4,500,000
2009	KCA	AL	$4,250,000
2008	NYA	AL	$5,916,666
2007	NYA	AL	$5,666,667
2006	NYA	AL	$5,416,666
2005	DET	AL	$1,975,000
2004	CHN	NL	$1,400,000
2003	CHN	NL	$600,000
2002	CHN	NL	$410,000
2001	CHN	NL	$245,000
2000	CHN	NL	$235,000
1999	CHN	NL	$200,000
Total Career Earnings			$37,964,999

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Kyle Farnsworth: the record in brief

The profile opens with Kyle Farnsworth's first major league game on April 29, 1999; the last one listed came on June 25, 2014. The team column moves through the Chicago Cubs (1999 through 2004), the Detroit Tigers (2005 through 2008), the Atlanta Braves (2005 to 2010), the New York Yankees (2006 through 2008), the Kansas City Royals (2009 through 2010), the Tampa Bay Rays (2011 to 2013), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2013), and the New York Mets (2014), among other clubs in the table. The bio lists Farnsworth as a pitcher who batted and threw right-handed. Farnsworth is listed at 6'4" and 230 pounds. The birth record reads April 14, 1976, in Wichita, KS, USA. The given name on file is Kyle Lynn Farnsworth.

Farnsworth went 43-66 with a 4.26 ERA in 893 games, 26 of them starts. The totals include 963 strikeouts and 57 saves. Farnsworth's 4.26 ERA was close to the 4.29 league figure for those seasons. Farnsworth won 5 games in 1999, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Kyle Farnsworth

What years did Kyle Farnsworth play?: Kyle Farnsworth played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2014.
Was Kyle Farnsworth a pitcher?: Yes. Kyle Farnsworth pitched in the major leagues, recording 43 wins and 963 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Kyle Farnsworth hit?: Kyle Farnsworth hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
What was Kyle Farnsworth's career batting average?: Kyle Farnsworth batted .074 over his career, with 4 hits in 54 at bats.
How many RBI did Kyle Farnsworth have?: Kyle Farnsworth drove in 3 runs in his career.
What was Kyle Farnsworth's career ERA?: Kyle Farnsworth finished with a 4.26 career ERA, going 43-66 with 963 strikeouts.