Francisco Cordova
Francisco Cordova
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 26, 1972 in Veracruz, 30, Mexico
High School: Veracruz (Veracruz, MX)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1996
Final Game: August 8, 2000
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1996 24 PIT NL 4 7 .364 4.09 59 6 41 0 0 12 99.0 103 49 45 11 20 6 95 2 1 2 414 107 1.242 9.4 1.0 1.8 8.6 4.75
1997 25 PIT NL 11 8 .579 3.63 29 29 0 2 2 0 178.2 175 80 72 14 49 4 121 9 0 4 744 119 1.254 8.8 0.7 2.5 6.1 2.47
1998 26 PIT NL 13 14 .481 3.31 33 33 0 3 2 0 220.1 204 91 81 22 69 5 157 3 1 1 921 132 1.239 8.3 0.9 2.8 6.4 2.28
1999 27 PIT NL 8 10 .444 4.43 27 27 0 2 0 0 160.2 166 83 79 16 59 6 98 4 0 5 682 104 1.400 9.3 0.9 3.3 5.5 1.66
2000 28 PIT NL 6 8 .429 5.21 18 17 0 0 0 0 95.0 107 63 55 12 38 4 66 2 1 3 421 89 1.526 10.1 1.1 3.6 6.3 1.74
5 Seasons 42 47 .472 3.96 166 112 41 7 4 12 753.2 755 366 332 75 235 25 537 20 3 15 3182 112 1.314 9.0 0.9 2.8 6.4 2.29
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .472 3.96 41 27 10 2 1 3 184 185 90 81 18 57 6 131 5 1 4 778 112 1.314 9.0 0.9 2.8 6.4 2.29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 24 PIT NL 59 414 391 49 103 20 1 11 12 0 20 95 .263 .303 .404 .707 .323 158 9 2 1 0 6
1997 25 PIT NL 29 744 676 80 175 40 2 14 12 7 49 121 .259 .314 .386 .701 .294 261 18 9 3 7 4
1998 26 PIT NL 33 921 834 91 204 37 5 22 13 3 69 157 .245 .303 .380 .683 .275 317 17 3 9 6 5
1999 27 PIT NL 27 682 608 83 166 36 4 16 13 6 59 98 .273 .339 .424 .764 .301 258 16 4 7 4 6
2000 28 PIT NL 18 421 375 63 107 28 2 12 4 3 38 66 .285 .352 .467 .818 .317 175 9 2 3 3 4
5 Seasons 166 3182 2884 366 755 161 14 75 54 19 235 537 .262 .320 .405 .725 .297 1169 69 20 23 20 25
162 Game Avg. 41 778 705 90 185 39 3 18 13 5 57 131 .262 .320 .405 .725 .297 286 17 5 6 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1996 24 PIT NL 59 6 2 0 4 1 0 2 4 .333 2 0 0 0 1 17% 51 73 32 9 3 0 3 6.4 7.5 5.4 72 5 1 0 0 86
1997 25 PIT NL 29 29 11 8 10 3 4 18 11 .621 4 4 2 2 17 59% 53 95 14 9 4 0 14 5.2 5.1 6.2 88 10 9 9 1 121
1998 26 PIT NL 33 33 13 14 6 1 6 16 17 .485 1 3 3 2 21 64% 55 84 16 24 4 0 15 4.1 3.8 6.7 98 3 14 11 2 138
1999 27 PIT NL 27 27 8 10 9 3 4 13 14 .481 2 4 2 0 13 48% 49 82 21 20 6 0 13 4.8 4.6 6.0 92 5 13 5 4 131
2000 28 PIT NL 18 17 6 8 3 1 1 8 9 .471 2 0 0 0 6 35% 46 78 12 15 7 0 9 5.0 5.0 5.5 89 4 7 5 1 123
5 Seasons 166 112 40 40 32 9 15 57 55 .509 11 11 7 4 58 52% 51 95 12 77 24 0 54 4.8 4.7 6.1 91 27 44 30 8 138
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1996 24 PIT NL 59 53 41 2 7 18 12 6 67% 21 3 23 6 26% 9 1.114 27 3 23 29 9 15 13 40 17 9 20 10 3.8 18
2000 28 PIT NL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.968 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 40
2 Seasons 77 54 41 2 7 18 12 6 67% 21 3 23 6 26% 1.040 27 3 24 29 9 16 13 41 18 9 21 10 3.8 19

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1996 24 PIT NL 414 39% 2.7% 23.0% 4.8% 7.7% 31% 1.11 1.63 69% 19% 8.8% 9% 73 9 12%
1997 25 PIT NL 744 51% 1.9% 16.3% 6.6% 7.5% 32% 1.12 1.58 74% 18% 6.2% 14% 118 18 15%
1998 26 PIT NL 921 48% 2.4% 17.1% 7.5% 7.0% 31% 1.01 1.25 72% 18% 7.6% 15% 157 17 11%
1999 27 PIT NL 682 48% 2.4% 14.4% 8.7% 8.2% 34% 0.79 1.12 73% 23% 6.3% 11% 121 16 13%
2000 28 PIT NL 421 46% 2.9% 15.7% 9.0% 10.0% 39% 1.09 1.56 71% 23% 9.4% 11% 82 9 11%
5 Seasons 3182 47% 2.4% 16.9% 7.4% 7.9% 33% 1.00 1.37 72% 20% 7.4% 12% 551 69 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1996 24 PIT NL 401 1371 3.42 901 66% 24% 22% 22% 32% 76% 5% 50% 71% 63% 4% 17 5 22% 88 45 6 14% 22 6 13 1 1
1997 25 PIT NL 744 2539 3.41 1610 63% 24% 16% 25% 35% 76% 2% 48% 79% 60% 6% 41 24 18% 136 87 12 25% 23 13 0 0 3
1998 26 PIT NL 921 3229 3.51 2005 62% 25% 16% 24% 35% 75% 1% 47% 78% 59% 6% 57 35 18% 165 86 12 27% 25 17 0 0 0
1999 27 PIT NL 682 2495 3.66 1507 60% 26% 14% 25% 35% 73% 2% 44% 81% 55% 8% 52 29 19% 130 73 8 26% 19 17 0 0 2
2000 28 PIT NL 421 1549 3.68 928 60% 22% 17% 27% 34% 78% 3% 47% 78% 54% 5% 20 11 15% 63 27 3 23% 4 5 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3169 11183 3.53 6951 62% 25% 17% 25% 34% 75% 2% 47% 78% 58% 6% 187 104 18% 582 318 41 23% 93 58 13 1 6
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1996 24 PIT NL 414 103 7 1 11 1 9 7 4 5 6 21 10 3 48% 6 2 0 147 12 0 100% 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1997 25 PIT NL 744 175 17 2 14 0 9 5 9 10 4 27 16 4 59% 7 4 1 256 12 7 63% 10 4 2 3 0 0 4 1 14 0
1998 26 PIT NL 921 204 66 3 22 0 17 9 13 12 10 47 23 6 49% 12 1 0 302 13 3 81% 10 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
1999 27 PIT NL 682 166 13 1 16 2 14 9 7 7 9 37 20 4 54% 5 5 0 232 13 6 68% 11 6 2 0 0 0 3 0 16 0
2000 28 PIT NL 421 107 10 2 12 1 6 8 4 5 7 31 14 4 45% 11 3 1 160 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 11 0
5 Seasons 3182 755 113 9 75 4 55 38 37 39 36 163 83 21 51% 41 15 2 1097 54 19 74% 44 16 10 3 0 0 17 2 55 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1996 24 4 7 .364 4.09 59 6 41 0 0 12 99.0 103 49 45 11 20 6 95 2 1 2 414 107 1.242 9.4 1.0 1.8 8.6 4.75 107
1997 25 15 15 .500 3.79 88 35 41 2 2 12 277.2 278 129 117 25 69 10 216 11 1 6 1158 115 1.250 9.0 0.8 2.2 7.0 3.13 115
1998 26 28 29 .491 3.58 121 68 41 5 4 12 498.0 482 220 198 47 138 15 373 14 2 7 2079 122 1.245 8.7 0.8 2.5 6.7 2.70 122
1999 27 36 39 .480 3.78 148 95 41 7 4 12 658.2 648 303 277 63 197 21 471 18 2 12 2761 117 1.283 8.9 0.9 2.7 6.4 2.39 117
2000 28 42 47 .472 3.96 166 112 41 7 4 12 753.2 755 366 332 75 235 25 537 20 3 15 3182 112 1.314 9.0 0.9 2.8 6.4 2.29 112

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1996 24 5 5 .500 3.67 98.0 98 44 40 10 19 94 2 1.194 9.0 1.7 8.6 4.95 0.9 59
1997 25 11 8 .579 3.54 173.0 169 76 68 14 47 117 9 1.249 8.8 2.4 6.1 2.49 0.7 29
1998 26 15 9 .625 3.15 217.0 199 84 76 21 67 155 3 1.226 8.3 2.8 6.4 2.31 0.9 33
1999 27 8 9 .471 3.98 156.0 154 77 69 15 55 95 4 1.340 8.9 3.2 5.5 1.73 0.9 27
2000 28 4 6 .400 4.60 94.0 101 53 48 11 36 65 2 1.457 9.7 3.4 6.2 1.81 1.1 18
5 Seasons 43 37 .538 3.67 738.0 721 334 301 71 224 526 20 1.280 8.8 6.4 2.35 0.9 166

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1998 NL--3.309--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1997 NL--2--5th
1998 NL--2--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1997 NL--.705--10th

Losses s c a p y
1998 NL--14--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1998 NL--132--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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