• Card series: Beginnings: 1880's
• City: Philadelphia
• Team: Quakers
• League: National League

Sidney Douglas Farrar (1859-1935) played his entire ML career in Philadelphia for the Quakers (Phillies) and Athletics. Farrar averaged .246 over his eight years. He started at 1B every year. As a rookie in 1883, he endured the fledgling franchise’s inaugural season with a NL-worst record of 17-81. He moved to the ill-starred Players’ League in 1890 and retired after the league folded.

• A devoted father, Farrar and his teammates scrimped to pay for his daughter Geraldine’s music education
• Geraldine went on to a world-renowned opera career, touring with Toscanini and Caruso