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Jeff Francis
Jeffrey William Francis

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 200 lb.

Debut August 25, 2004

Born January 8, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2004 23 COL NL   3   2   7   7   0   0   0  0   36.7   42   22   21   8   13   32   1   2   164   1   0  5.15  4.92   95 1.500
 2005 24 COL NL  14  12  33  33   0   0   0  0  183.7  228  119  116  26   70  128   8   2   828   5   0  5.68  4.78   84 1.623 RoY-6
 2006 25 COL NL  13  11  32  32   1   1   0  0  199.0  187  101   92  18   69  117  13   0   843  15   0  4.16  4.90  118 1.286
 2007 26 COL NL  17   9  34  34   1   1   0  0  215.3  234  103  101  25   63  165   7   1   922   7   1  4.22  4.79  114 1.379 CYA-9
 2008 27 COL NL   3   7  17  17   0   0   0  0  100.0  115   65   63  17   40   67   3   0   451   3   0  5.67  4.61   81 1.550
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .549  50  41 123 123   2   2   0  0  734.7  806  410  393  94  255  509  32   5  3208  31   1  4.81  4.80  100 1.444
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  11  34  34   0   0   0  0  203.0  222  113  108  25   70  140   8   1   886   8   0  4.81  4.80  100 1.444
 Career High     17  12  34  34   1   1   0  0  215.3  234  119  116  26   70  165  13   2   922  15   1  4.16  4.90  118 1.286

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 23 COL NL   7   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   4   0   0   0   0
 2005 24 COL NL  33   58    7    6   2  0   0    4   0  0   7  27  .103  .200  .138  -13    8   6   0   0   0   1 RoY-6
 2006 25 COL NL  32   61    3    7   0  0   0    6   0  0   8  20  .115  .211  .115  -15    7   9   2   0   0   0
 2007 26 COL NL  33   64    2   12   3  0   0    3   0  0   2  20  .188  .212  .234   12   15  13   0   0   0   1
 2008 27 COL NL  15   22    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .136  .136  .136  -30    3  10   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      120  215   14   28   5  0   0   14   0  0  17  77  .130  .192  .153  -12   33  42   2   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        290   19   38   7  0   0   19   0  0  23 104  .130  .192  .153  -12   45  57   3   0   0   3
 Career High     33   64    7   12   3  0   0    6   0  0   8  27                          15  13   2   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 23 COL NL   14   14    0   0.0   122| .000  .284| .000  .358| .000  .461| .000  .819|-100  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 2005 24 COL NL   71   59    2   0.9   118| .103  .282| .200  .354| .138  .449| .338  .804| -13  .044 -10.4  -1.0   0%
 2006 25 COL NL   80   65    3   1.2   121| .115  .283| .211  .355| .115  .459| .326  .814| -15  .070 -11.4  -1.1   0%
 2007 26 COL NL   79   66    4   1.6   118| .188  .282| .212  .353| .234  .451| .446  .803|  12  .111  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 2008 27 COL NL   32   29    1   0.9   113| .136  .273| .136  .347| .136  .437| .272  .784| -30  .046  -4.4  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       276  233   10   1.2   118| .130  .281| .192  .354| .153  .452| .345  .805| -12  .064 -38.4  -3.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 23 COL NL P 7 2 6 0 1 1.000 .964 1.14 0.47 1.96 1.84 7 36.7 2005 24 COL NL P 33 5 20 0 1 1.000 .962 0.76 0.46 1.22 1.75 33 183.7 2006 25 COL NL P 32 4 38 0 2 1.000 .957 1.31 0.43 1.90 1.72 32 199.0 2007 26 COL NL P 34 12 33 0 2 1.000 .966 1.32 0.40 1.88 1.68 34 215.3 2008 27 COL NL P 17 6 10 1 0 .941 .958 0.94 0.45 1.44 1.79 17 100.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 23 COL NL P 7 2 6 0 1 1.000 .964 1.14 0.47 1.96 1.84 7 36.7 2005 24 COL NL P 33 5 20 0 1 1.000 .962 0.76 0.46 1.22 1.75 33 183.7 2006 25 COL NL P 32 4 38 0 2 1.000 .957 1.31 0.43 1.90 1.72 32 199.0 2007 26 COL NL P 34 12 33 0 2 1.000 .966 1.32 0.40 1.88 1.68 34 215.3 2008 27 COL NL P 17 6 10 1 0 .941 .958 0.94 0.45 1.44 1.79 17 100.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 123 29 107 1 6 .993 .961 1.11 0.43 1.67 1.73 123 734.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 123 29 107 1 6 .993 .961 1.11 0.43 1.67 1.73 123 735
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  COL PHI     W   1   1   3.00  1  0  0  0   6     4   2   2   8 
        NLCS  COL ARI     W   1   1   1.35  1  0  0  0   6.2   7   1   1   4 
        WS    COL BOS     L   1   1  13.50  0  1  0  0   4    10   6   3   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Ser      2-1   3   3   4.86  2  1  0  0  16.2  21   9   6  15 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  COL PHI     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
        NLCS  COL ARI     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2007-NL-9-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

Sac. Hits
2007 NL-13-4
2008 NL-10-2

Wins
2007 NL-17-4

Won-Loss %
2007 NL-.654-9

Innings
2007 NL-215.3-6

Games Started
2007 NL-34-2

Shutouts
2006 NL-1-7
2007 NL-1-2

Home Runs Allow.
2008 NL-17-8

Hits Allowed
2005 NL-228-6
2007 NL-234-5

Earned Runs Allow.
2005 NL-116-2
2008 NL-63-5

Hit Batsmen
2006 NL-13-6

Batters Faced
2007 NL-922-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1296) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1321) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Colorado Rockies$317,000
2006Colorado Rockies$336,000
2007Colorado Rockies$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,403,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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