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Francisco Córdova

Francisco Cordova

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 191 lb.

Born: April 26, 1972 in Cerro Azul, Veracruz, Mexico
High School: Veracruz (Veracruz, MX)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1996
Team: Pirates 1996-2000

Final Game: August 8, 2000
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1992 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1993 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1994 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1995 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1996 24 PIT NL 59 18 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
1997 25 PIT NL 29 68 56 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 26 .089 .150 .089 .239 -36 5 0 0 8 0 0 1
1998 26 PIT NL 33 79 75 3 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 29 .120 .143 .160 .303 -21 12 2 0 2 0 0 1
1999 27 PIT NL 27 56 49 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .163 .196 .163 .359 -7 8 0 0 5 0 0 1
2000 28 PIT NL 18 37 35 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .114 .162 .114 .276 -28 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 166 258 231 8 28 1 1 0 8 0 0 10 92 .121 .158 .134 .292 -24 31 4 0 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 252 225 8 27 1 1 0 8 0 0 10 90 .121 .158 .134 .292 -24 30 4 0 17 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1996 24 PIT NL 59 18 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $109,000 1
1997 25 PIT NL 29 68 -11 -0 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $210,000 1
1998 26 PIT NL 33 79 -14 0 0 0 11 -3 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -0 $500,000 1
1999 27 PIT NL 27 56 -9 -0 1 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $1,250,000 1
2000 28 PIT NL 18 37 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $2,050,000 1
5 Seasons 166 258 -45 -0 2 0 37 -6 -0.7 7 1 -0.7 .496 .499 -0.7 -0.0 1 $4,119,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1996 24 PIT NL 18 17 0 0.0 109 .222 .125 .273 .125 .343 .125 .428 .250 .771 -34 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .133 .000 .000
1997 25 PIT NL 68 59 1 0.4 111 .167 .089 .274 .150 .346 .089 .430 .239 .777 -36 .013 -11.7 -1.1 .176 .071 .000
1998 26 PIT NL 79 70 2 0.8 109 .196 .120 .271 .143 .342 .160 .428 .303 .770 -21 .033 -13.7 -1.4 .206 .067 .040
1999 27 PIT NL 56 46 2 1.2 116 .235 .163 .276 .196 .351 .163 .444 .359 .795 -7 .058 -8.3 -0.8 .244 .041 .000
2000 28 PIT NL 37 32 1 0.8 115 .200 .114 .272 .162 .349 .114 .445 .276 .794 -28 .033 -7.1 -0.7 .188 .057 .000
5 Yrs 258 224 6 0.7 112 .201 .121 .273 .158 .346 .134 .434 .292 .781 -24 .028 -44.0 -4.2 .198 .056 .013
162 Game Avg. 252 219 6 0.7 112 .201 .121 .273 .158 .346 .134 .434 .292 .781 -24 .028 -44.0 -4.2 .198 .056 .013

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1996 24 PIT NL 18 0.0% 38.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 8.0 1.50 4.00 50% 18% 0.0% 0%
1997 25 PIT NL 68 0.0% 38.2% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 6.50 2.2 12.50 29.00 44% 5% 0.0% 0%
1998 26 PIT NL 79 0.0% 36.7% 2.5% 2.5% 22% 14.50 2.6 75.0 7.00 19.50 58% 4% 0.0% 20%
1999 27 PIT NL 56 0.0% 26.8% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 7.50 3.3 24.5 1.91 3.43 61% 18% 0.0% 18%
2000 28 PIT NL 37 0.0% 40.5% 5.4% 0.0% 0% 7.50 2.3 11.7 3.00 4.67 54% 10% 0.0% 40%
5 Yrs 258 0.0% 35.7% 3.9% 0.8% 7% 9.20 2.5 28.9 3.96 7.60 54% 10% 0.0% 20%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.7% 9.2% 7.9% 33% 1.82 5.3 31.4 7.3 0.79 1.09 70% 22% 8.4% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1996 24 PIT NL -3.2 -0.3 18 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .86 -0.3 -0.0 -3.4 -0.3 1.00 -3.4 0
1997 25 PIT NL -11.7 -1.1 68 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 .92 -1.0 0.0 -10.1 -1.0 1.00 -11.1 0
1998 26 PIT NL -13.7 -1.4 80 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 .89 -1.3 -0.1 -13.2 -1.3 0.90 -14.4 0
1999 27 PIT NL -8.4 -0.8 56 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 .85 -0.8 -0.0 -8.2 -0.8 0.88 -10.0 0
2000 28 PIT NL -7.1 -0.7 37 -0.5 0.3 -0.7 .84 -0.6 0.0 -6.0 -0.6 0.88 -6.8 0
5 Yrs -44.1 -4.2 259 -3.5 1.5 -5.0 .88 -4.0 -0.0 -41.0 -3.9 0.93 -45.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1996 24 PIT NL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1997 25 PIT NL 2 0 22% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1998 26 PIT NL 0 0 27% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1999 27 PIT NL 0 0 20% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2000 28 PIT NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2 0 21% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 7 6 1 3 3 0 2 1 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1996 24 PIT NL 18 28% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 6 1 17% 7 2 29% 16 2 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1997 25 PIT NL 68 16% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 73% 12 0 0% 9 2 22% 49 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1998 26 PIT NL 79 34% 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 18 2 11% 21 4 19% 48 1 2% 6 0 0% 4 3 75% 0
1999 27 PIT NL 56 36% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 10 0 0% 10 0 0% 35 2 6% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
2000 28 PIT NL 37 19% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 8 1 13% 23 3 13% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
5 Yrs 258 27% 28 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 32 17 53% 52 4 8% 55 9 16% 171 8 5% 15 3 20% 10 6 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 73% 10% 34% 15% 53% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1996 24 PIT NL 17 48 2.82 40 83% 15% 40% 20% 25% 85% 0% 71% 53% 59% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 29% 1 0 0
1997 25 PIT NL 68 228 3.35 166 73% 15% 34% 27% 23% 84% 0% 61% 58% 62% 3% 2 0 4% 3 1 3% 2 1 27% 0 0 2
1998 26 PIT NL 79 229 2.90 189 83% 14% 29% 32% 25% 86% 0% 71% 67% 62% 3% 2 0 5% 4 0 1% 1 0 21% 0 0 0
1999 27 PIT NL 56 151 2.70 122 81% 20% 26% 21% 32% 80% 0% 64% 67% 63% 2% 1 0 4% 2 0 4% 2 0 47% 0 0 0
2000 28 PIT NL 37 127 3.43 100 79% 18% 22% 40% 20% 82% 0% 65% 73% 59% 5% 2 0 5% 2 0 8% 3 0 33% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 257 783 3.05 617 79% 16% 29% 29% 25% 83% 0% 66% 65% 61% 3% 7 0 4% 11 1 3% 8 1 29% 1 0 2
MLB Averages 3.72 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 24 59 18 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 2 1 0 2 0 0
1997 25 88 86 72 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 33 .097 .145 .097 .242 -36 7 1 0 10 0 0
1998 26 121 165 147 6 16 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 62 .109 .144 .129 .273 -28 19 3 0 12 0 0
1999 27 148 221 196 8 24 1 1 0 5 0 0 8 77 .122 .157 .138 .295 -23 27 3 0 17 0 0
2000 28 166 258 231 8 28 1 1 0 8 0 0 10 92 .121 .158 .134 .292 -24 31 4 0 17 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1996 24 59 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
1997 25 29 70 57 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 26 .105 .177 .105 .283 1 29
1998 26 33 80 76 3 10 1 1 0 1 0 2 29 .132 .154 .171 .325 2 33
1999 27 27 54 47 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 .128 .163 .128 .291 1 27
2000 28 18 38 36 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 15 .139 .184 .139 .323 1 18
5 Yrs 166 260 232 7 27 1 1 0 7 0 11 92 .116 .156 .129 .286 5 166
162 Game Avg. 162 254 226 7 26 1 1 0 7 0 11 90 .116 .156 .129 .286 5 166

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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