Jack Farrell

{{Short description|American baseball player (1857–1914)}}

{{other people}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jack Farrell

|position=Second Baseman

|image=Jackfarrell.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1857|7|5}}

|birth_place=Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1914|2|9|1857|7|5}}

|death_place=Cedar Grove, New Jersey, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= May 1

|debutyear= 1879

|debutteam= Syracuse Stars

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate= June 11

|finalyear= 1889

|finalteam= Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.243

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=23

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=370

|teams=

As Player

• Syracuse Stars ({{baseball year|1879}})
• Providence Grays ({{baseball year|1879}}–{{baseball year|1885}})
• Philadelphia Quakers ({{baseball year|1886}})
• Washington Nationals ({{baseball year|1886}}–{{baseball year|1887}})
• Baltimore Orioles ({{baseball year|1888}}–{{baseball year|1889}})

As Manager

• Providence Grays ({{baseball year|1881}})

}}

John A. "Jack" Farrell (July 5, 1857 – February 9, 1914), also known as "Moose", was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly second base in his 11 seasons. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Farrell made his major league debut for the {{baseball year|1879}} Syracuse Stars of the National League, where he played the majority of that season, until moving onto the Providence Grays, where he played the next six seasons. His career numbers include 877 hits in 884 games played, 23 home runs, and a .243 batting average.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/farreja02.shtml Baseball-reference player page] In {{baseball year|1881}}, he began the season as the player-manager for the Grays, compiling a 24 win, 27 loss record. On August 3, Farrell quit as "captain" of the team.[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1881 Baseball Library: 1881] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080114010810/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1881 |date=2008-01-14 }} He was succeeded by outfielder Tom York, and the team finished the season with 23 wins against 10 losses, good for second place.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/farreja02.shtml Baseball-reference manager page]

Farrell died in Cedar Grove, New Jersey at the age of 56, and was buried at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange, New Jersey.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/F/Pfarrj105.htm Retrosheet]