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Illinois">Evergreen Park, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> April 1, 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-04-01)</span> (aged 70)<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">June 9, 1971, for the Cleveland Indians</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 2, 1983, for the Oakland Athletics</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Saves</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">75</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/farmeed01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5334793#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1973 Major League Baseball season">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1974 Major League Baseball season">1974</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (<a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1977 Major League Baseball season">1977</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1978 Major League Baseball season">1978</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1979 Major League Baseball season">1979</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> (<a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1979 Major League Baseball season">1979</a>–<a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1981 Major League Baseball season">1981</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1982 Major League Baseball season">1982</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1983 Major League Baseball season">1983</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1983 Major League Baseball season">1983</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1980</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edward Joseph Farmer</b> (October 18, 1949 – April 1, 2020) was an American <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>, who played in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) for eight different teams, predominantly in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, between 1971 and 1983. The team he played the most games for was the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, including one <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> appearance. After his retirement as a player, he spent nearly 30 years as a White Sox radio broadcaster. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baseball_career">Baseball career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Farmer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Baseball career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Farmer had limited success during the first part of his career; however, his fortunes changed dramatically following a mid-career injury. He re-invented himself while toiling for three-plus years, spent mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor leagues</a>. This led to his best seasons, 1979 to 1981 with the Chicago White Sox, during which he recorded 54 of his 75 career <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmer started only 21 games in his career;<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his other 349 appearances were out of the <a href="/wiki/Bullpen" title="Bullpen">bullpen</a>. In 370 total MLB games, his career statistics include a 30–43 record, with a 4.30 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> (ERA), 395 <a href="/wiki/Strikeouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Strikeouts">strikeouts</a>, and 624 <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings pitched</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Farmer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Farmer was a 1967 graduate of <a href="/wiki/St._Rita_of_Cascia_High_School" title="St. Rita of Cascia High School">St. Rita High School</a> on the southwest side of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> in the fifth round of the <a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1967 Major League Baseball draft">1967 MLB draft</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and played in their <a href="/wiki/Farm_team" title="Farm team">farm system</a> from 1967 into the 1973 season,<sup id="cite_ref-BRM_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while making 105 major league appearances with the Indians during parts of the 1971–1973 seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also briefly played for <a href="/wiki/Chicago_State_University" title="Chicago State University">Chicago State University</a> after high school.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1973, Farmer was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, in exchange for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Tom_Timmermann" title="Tom Timmermann">Tom Timmermann</a> and infielder <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Collins_(baseball)" title="Kevin Collins (baseball)">Kevin Collins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made 24 appearances for Detroit through the end of the 1973 season.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1974, Farmer was part of a multi-team trade that sent him to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>; they then sold his contract to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, before he played a game for them.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmer later stated it was because he had refused a minor league assignment with the Yankees.<sup id="cite_ref-RIP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared in 14 games for Philadelphia through the end of the 1974 season.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the season, the Phillies traded him to the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1975 season, Farmer was limited to 14 appearances for the Brewers' <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> affiliate,<sup id="cite_ref-BRM_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then was released by the team in April 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not play professionally during the 1976 season,<sup id="cite_ref-BRM_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to surgery to remove a <a href="/wiki/Exostosis" title="Exostosis">bone spur</a> in his right shoulder.<sup id="cite_ref-RIP_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To this point in his career, Farmer had appeared in 143 MLB games, registering a 12–12 record, with a 5.05 ERA, 14 saves, and 139 strikeouts, in <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">233<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings pitched. </p><p>Farmer was with the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> from March 1977 to March 1978,<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making just one MLB appearance for the team while otherwise pitching in Triple-A.<sup id="cite_ref-BRM_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Brewers signed Farmer in April 1978 for his second stint with the franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Making just three MLB appearance for them during the 1978 season, he again mainly pitched in Triple-A.<sup id="cite_ref-BRM_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the season, the Brewers traded Farmer and first baseman <a href="/wiki/Gary_Holle" title="Gary Holle">Gary Holle</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> in exchange for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Cleveland" title="Reggie Cleveland">Reggie Cleveland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farmer made 11 MLB appearances for the Rangers during the first half of the 1979 season.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A notable feud started between Farmer and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Al_Cowens" title="Al Cowens">Al Cowens</a> — then with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> — early in the season. On May 8, a Farmer pitch thrown in the top of the fifth inning fractured Cowens' jaw and broke several teeth,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> causing him to miss 21 games.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardball_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardball-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmer later said that Cowens had attempted to <a href="/wiki/Sign_stealing" title="Sign stealing">steal signs</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> and thought the pitch would be a <a href="/wiki/Breaking_ball" title="Breaking ball">breaking ball</a> away, but it was actually an inside <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-si_gammons_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si_gammons-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the start of the same game, Farmer had also hit Royals second baseman <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a> and broke his wrist,<sup id="cite_ref-Hardball_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardball-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which kept him sidelined for a month.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="White_Sox_years">White Sox years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Farmer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: White Sox years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The White Sox acquired Farmer and Holle from the Rangers on June 15, 1979, in exchange for third baseman <a href="/wiki/Eric_Soderholm" title="Eric Soderholm">Eric Soderholm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmer responded by recording 14 saves for the Sox, 13 of them coming after the All-Star break.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Cowens_Royals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Al_Cowens_Royals.jpg/130px-Al_Cowens_Royals.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Al_Cowens_Royals.jpg/195px-Al_Cowens_Royals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Al_Cowens_Royals.jpg/260px-Al_Cowens_Royals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Al_Cowens" title="Al Cowens">Al Cowens</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The next season, on June 20‚ 1980, Farmer and Cowens faced each other again; Farmer now with the White Sox and Cowens now with the Tigers. In a game at <a href="/wiki/Comiskey_Park" title="Comiskey Park">Comiskey Park</a>, with Farmer pitching, Cowens hit a ground ball to shortstop.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Farmer watched his infielders make the play, Cowens ran to the mound rather than first base, and tackled the pitcher from behind, landing several punches before the benches cleared and the two were separated.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardball_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardball-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> president <a href="/wiki/Lee_MacPhail" title="Lee MacPhail">Lee MacPhail</a> suspended Cowens for seven games, and Farmer filed a <a href="/wiki/Criminal_complaint" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal complaint">criminal complaint</a>, resulting in a <a href="/wiki/Arrest_warrant" title="Arrest warrant">warrant</a> being issued for Cowens in Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, Farmer agreed to drop the charges in exchange for a handshake‚ and the two players brought out the lineup cards before a game in Detroit on September 1, and shook hands.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A later appearance by Cowens at Comiskey Park was greeted by fans with a "Coward Cowens" banner.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980, Farmer was selected to play in the <a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>. He faced three batters, recording the final two outs of the sixth inning when he got <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> to ground into a <a href="/wiki/Double_play" title="Double play">double play</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmer compiled 18 saves prior to the break, and finished the season with career highs in saves (30) and wins (7).<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took the White Sox to arbitration in 1981, asking for $495,000 while the team offered $300,000. The arbitrator picked Farmer's number. <a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Jim Palmer</a> cited this as an example of the reason for rising salaries in the major leagues: "Since the owners kept paying more and more to mediocre players, the averages kept going up and the arbitrators looked at the averages and usually went with the player's number, which raised the average some more."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After spending the 1981 season with the White Sox, registering three wins and 10 saves,<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmer became a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a> in November 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his three seasons with the White Sox, Farmer appeared in 148 games and notched 54 saves while striking out 144 batters in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">233<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings pitched, with a 3.31 ERA.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_career">Late career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Farmer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Late career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Phillies signed Farmer in January 1982,<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for his second stint with the team. After pitching in 47 MLB games for them in 1982 and 12 games in 1983,<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the club released him in August 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly thereafter, he signed with the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> appearing in five games for them late in the 1983 season,<sup id="cite_ref-BR_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his last MLB appearances. Oakland released Farmer in March 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-Retro_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished his career in the minor leagues with Oakland in 1984, with the unaffiliated <a href="/wiki/Class_A_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A (baseball)">Class A</a> <a href="/wiki/Miami_Marlins_(Florida_State_League)" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Marlins (Florida State League)">Miami Marlins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a> in 1985, and with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>' Triple-A team in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-BRM_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-playing_career">Post-playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Farmer&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ed Farmer</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_commander_of_Naval_Service_Training_Command_speaks_to_Ed_Farmer,_Major_League_Baseball%E2%80%99s_Chicago_White_Sox_radio_play-by-play_broadcaster_during_a_White_Sox_game_against_the_Toronto_Blue_Jays_at_U._S._Cellular_Field..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/The_commander_of_Naval_Service_Training_Command_speaks_to_Ed_Farmer%2C_Major_League_Baseball%E2%80%99s_Chicago_White_Sox_radio_play-by-play_broadcaster_during_a_White_Sox_game_against_the_Toronto_Blue_Jays_at_U._S._Cellular_Field..jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/The_commander_of_Naval_Service_Training_Command_speaks_to_Ed_Farmer%2C_Major_League_Baseball%E2%80%99s_Chicago_White_Sox_radio_play-by-play_broadcaster_during_a_White_Sox_game_against_the_Toronto_Blue_Jays_at_U._S._Cellular_Field..jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/The_commander_of_Naval_Service_Training_Command_speaks_to_Ed_Farmer%2C_Major_League_Baseball%E2%80%99s_Chicago_White_Sox_radio_play-by-play_broadcaster_during_a_White_Sox_game_against_the_Toronto_Blue_Jays_at_U._S._Cellular_Field..jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1993" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Farmer (left) in the broadcast booth in 2012.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1991–2019</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Sports commentary career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Genre" title="Genre">Genre</a>(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">Color commentator</a> (1991–2005)<br /><a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">Play-by-play</a> (2006–2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox_Radio_Network" title="Chicago White Sox Radio Network">Chicago White Sox Radio Network</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Farmer was a <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sport)" title="Scout (sport)">scout</a> in the Orioles organization between 1988 and 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-Merkin_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merkin-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and briefly had a White Sox front office role.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, Farmer took a part-time role on White Sox radio broadcasts, then was a full-time <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a> from 1992 to 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became well known among fans by the nickname "Farmio".<sup id="cite_ref-gregor_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gregor-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, he took over <a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">play-by-play</a> from <a href="/wiki/John_Rooney_(sportscaster)" title="John Rooney (sportscaster)">John Rooney</a>, and served in that role through the 2019 season, with broadcast partners <a href="/wiki/Chris_Singleton_(baseball)" title="Chris Singleton (baseball)">Chris Singleton</a> (2006–2007), <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stone_(baseball)" title="Steve Stone (baseball)">Steve Stone</a> (2008), and <a href="/wiki/Darrin_Jackson" title="Darrin Jackson">Darrin Jackson</a> (2009–2019).<sup id="cite_ref-Merkin_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merkin-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmer served a total of 29 seasons as a White Sox broadcaster;<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 28 of them full-time, and 14 giving play-by-play.<sup id="cite_ref-Merkin_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merkin-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his life, Farmer suffered with <a href="/wiki/Polycystic_kidney_disease" title="Polycystic kidney disease">polycystic kidney disease</a>, that forced him to get a kidney transplant in 1991. He additionally advocated for people with kidney diseases. He was the board director of the Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Foundation, and he spoke to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> in 1995 about polycystic kidney disease. Alongside <a href="/wiki/Jesse_White_(politician)" title="Jesse White (politician)">Jesse White</a>, Farmer contributed to the development of the Illinois' organ donation program.<sup id="cite_ref-Merkin_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merkin-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He died on April 1, 2020, at the age of 70. His final broadcast had been a <a href="/wiki/Cactus_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Cactus League">Cactus League</a> game during White Sox <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> in February 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Merkin_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merkin-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Farmer&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Major League Baseball<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 4,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=MLB.com&rft.atitle=White+Sox+announcer+Ed+Farmer%2C+70%2C+dies&rft.date=2020-04-02&rft.aulast=Merkin&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlb.com%2Fnews%2Fed-farmer-dies-at-70&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEd+Farmer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WaPo-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WaPo_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WaPo_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WaPo_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeligman2020" class="citation news cs1">Seligman, Andrew (April 4, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ed-farmer-white-sox-reliever-turned-broadcaster-dies-at-70/2020/04/04/2c8530b6-7673-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html">"Ed Farmer, White Sox reliever-turned-broadcaster, dies at 70"</a>. <i>Washington Post</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 4,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=daily+herald.com&rft.atitle=Ed+Farmer+tributes+come+pouring+in&rft.date=2020-04-03&rft.aulast=Gregor&rft.aufirst=Scot&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyherald.com%2Fsports%2F20200403%2Fed-farmer-tributes-come-pouring-in&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEd+Farmer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Farmer&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/114011">MLB</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/925">ESPN</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/farmeed01.shtml">Baseball Reference</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1003935">Fangraphs</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=farmer001edw">Baseball Reference (Minors)</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/F/Pfarme101.htm">Retrosheet</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thebaseballgauge.com/player.php?playerID=farmeed01">Ed Farmer</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021014351/http://www.thebaseballgauge.com/player.php?playerID=farmeed01">Archived</a> October 21, 2020, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at The Baseball 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