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Ben Francisco

Louis Ben Francisco (twitter: @bennyfresh_8)

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 23, 1981 in Santa Ana, California, US
High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)
Schools: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA).

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Batting: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008

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Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	20	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	58	269	235	55	82	23	2	3	23	22	6	22	28	.349	.416	.502	.918	118	5	7	2	3	1
2003	21	Lake County	SALL	A	CLE	80	330	289	57	83	21	1	11	48	15	6	31	50	.287	.359	.481	.840	139	7	4	1	5	1
2004	22	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	133	563	497	72	126	29	3	15	71	21	5	50	86	.254	.326	.414	.740	206	10	6	4	6	2
2005	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	87	370	339	49	107	20	7	7	49	16	4	25	62	.316	.364	.478	.842	162	5	2	2	2	1
2005	23	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	83	352	323	45	99	19	7	7	46	15	4	24	59	.307	.357	.474	.831	153	4	2	2	1	1
2005	23	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	4	18	16	4	8	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	3	.500	.500	.563	1.063	9	1	0	0	1	0
2006	24	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	134	579	515	80	143	32	4	17	59	25	5	45	72	.278	.345	.454	.799	234	9	10	5	4	0
2007	25	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	95	425	377	60	120	27	2	12	51	22	8	36	66	.318	.382	.496	.878	187	11	4	6	2	2
2008	26	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	24	104	92	9	21	3	1	1	6	3	0	11	25	.228	.308	.315	.623	29	4	0	0	1	0

2012	30	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	TOR	11	46	42	2	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.190	.261	.262	.523	11	2	0	0	0	0
2012	30	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	30	New Hampshire	EL	AA	TOR	9	39	36	2	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.222	.282	.306	.588	11	2	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons						622	2686	2386	384	690	158	20	66	309	124	34	224	394	.289	.355	.455	.810	1086	53	33	20	23	7
AAA (4 seasons)				AAA		257	1126	1000	153	292	63	7	30	119	51	13	93	166	.292	.358	.459	.817	459	25	14	11	8	2
AA (3 seasons)				AA		225	954	856	119	233	51	10	22	119	36	9	77	149	.272	.335	.432	.768	370	16	8	6	7	3
A (1 season)				A		80	330	289	57	83	21	1	11	48	15	6	31	50	.287	.359	.481	.840	139	7	4	1	5	1
A- (1 season)				A-		58	269	235	55	82	23	2	3	23	22	6	22	28	.349	.416	.502	.918	118	5	7	2	3	1
A+ (1 season)				A+		2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	Rtz
2002	20	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	OF	57	137	131	3	3	0	.978	2.35
2002	20	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	RF	3							0.00
2002	20	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	CF	51							0.00
2002	20	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	LF	4							0.00
2003	21	Lake County	SALL	A	CLE	OF	65	136	131	4	1	0	.993	2.08
2003	21	Lake County	SALL	A	CLE	CF	52							0.00
2003	21	Lake County	SALL	A	CLE	LF	13							0.00
2004	22	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	OF	131	306	292	9	5	2	.984	2.30
2005	23	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	RF	39	61	60	1	0	0	1.000	1.56	-4
2005	23	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	LF	31	46	45	0	1	0	.978	1.45	-2
2005	23	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	CF	4	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.25	0
2006	24	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	RF	35	67	60	5	2	0	.970	1.86	2
2006	24	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	CF	41	87	85	1	1	0	.989	2.10	10
2006	24	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	LF	32	52	48	3	1	0	.981	1.59	3
2007	25	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	RF	12	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.50	-2
2007	25	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	CF	47	99	95	2	2	1	.980	2.06	1
2007	25	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	LF	29	65	62	2	1	0	.985	2.21	7
2008	26	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	RF	6	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.33	0
2008	26	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0
2008	26	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	LF	17	28	27	0	1	0	.964	1.59	3

2012	30	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	TOR	LF	4	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
2012	30	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	LF	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
2012	30	New Hampshire	EL	AA	TOR	RF	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
2012	30	New Hampshire	EL	AA	TOR	LF	3	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.67
8 Seasons							553	1139	1091	30	18	3	.984	2.03	18
LF (7 seasons)						LF	130	201	192	5	4	0	.980	1.52	11
CF (6 seasons)						CF	196	195	189	3	3	1	.985	0.98	11
RF (6 seasons)						RF	97	164	156	6	2	0	.988	1.67	-4
OF (3 seasons)						OF	253	579	554	16	9	2	.984	2.25	18

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2002	20	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York-Pennsylvania League	A-	CLE
2003	21	Lake County Captains	South Atlantic League	A	CLE
2004	22	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	AA	CLE		2004-04-08	2004-09-06
2005	23	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	AA	CLE		2005-04-07	2005-09-01
2005	23	Buffalo Bisons	International League	AAA	CLE		2005-09-02	2005-09-05
2006	24	Buffalo Bisons	International League	AAA	CLE		2006-04-07	2006-09-04
2007	25	Buffalo Bisons	International League	AAA	CLE		2007-04-09	2007-08-31
2007	25	Cleveland Indians	American League	MLB	CLE	1	2007-05-01	2007-09-30
2008	26	Buffalo Bisons	International League	AAA	CLE		2008-04-03	2008-05-04
2008	26	Cleveland Indians	American League	MLB	CLE	1	2008-04-22	2008-09-28
2009	27	Cleveland Indians	American League	MLB	CLE	1	2009-04-06	2009-07-28
2009	27	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	2	2009-07-30	2009-10-04
2010	28	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	1	2010-04-08	2010-10-03
2011	29	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	1	2011-04-01	2011-09-28
2012	30	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	A+	TOR		2012-06-12	2012-06-13
2012	30	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	AA	TOR		2012-06-15	2012-06-24
2012	30	Toronto Blue Jays	American League	MLB	TOR	1	2012-04-08	2012-07-17
2012	30	Houston Astros	National League	MLB	HOU	2	2012-07-20	2012-08-26
2012	30	Tampa Bay Rays	American League	MLB	TBR	3	2012-09-01	2012-10-02
2013	31	New York Yankees	American League	MLB	NYY	1	2013-04-01	2013-05-17

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