Fariss attended Oklahoma State, and in 1987 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected in the first round of the 1988 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers.
Fariss made his first MLB appearance in 1991, and in his two years as a Ranger he had 197 at bats. In 1993, he was signed by the Florida Marlins and played in 18 games for the club.

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