Ben Francisco

Louis Ben Francisco (twitter: @bennyfresh_8)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 23, 1981 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 2007
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/BlueJays 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.54M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.049, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: John Boggs [*]
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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
2002	20	CLE-min	A-	58	269	235	55	82	23	2	3	23	22	6	22	28	.349	.416	.502	.918		118	5	7	2	3	1		MHV · NYPL
2003	21	CLE-min	A	80	330	289	57	83	21	1	11	48	15	6	31	50	.287	.359	.481	.840		139	7	4	1	5	1		LCO · SALL
2004	22	CLE-min	AA	133	563	497	72	126	29	3	15	71	21	5	50	86	.254	.326	.414	.740		206	10	6	4	6	2		AKR · EL
2005	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	87	370	339	49	107	20	7	7	49	16	4	25	62	.316	.364	.478	.842		162	5	2	2	2	1		AKR,BFL · EL,IL
2006	24	CLE-min	AAA	134	579	515	80	143	32	4	17	59	25	5	45	72	.278	.345	.454	.799		234	9	10	5	4	0		BFL · IL
2007	25	CLE-min	AAA	95	425	377	60	120	27	2	12	51	22	8	36	66	.318	.382	.496	.878		187	11	4	6	2	2		BFL · IL
2007	25	CLE	AL	25	66	62	10	17	5	0	3	12	0	2	3	19	.274	.303	.500	.803	107	31	2	0	0	1	0	7/9D
2008	26	CLE-min	AAA	24	104	92	9	21	3	1	1	6	3	0	11	25	.228	.308	.315	.623		29	4	0	0	1	0		BFL · IL
2008	26	CLE	AL	121	499	447	65	119	32	0	15	54	4	3	40	86	.266	.332	.438	.770	105	196	10	6	2	4	0	79D/8
2009	27	TOT	MLB	126	459	405	58	104	30	1	15	46	14	7	38	83	.257	.332	.447	.779	106	181	12	9	4	3	0	789/D
2009	27	CLE	AL	89	355	308	48	77	21	1	10	33	13	3	33	59	.250	.336	.422	.758	103	130	11	8	4	2	0	789/D
2009	27	PHI	NL	37	104	97	10	27	9	0	5	13	1	4	5	24	.278	.317	.526	.843	117	51	1	1	0	1	0	7/89
2010	28	PHI	NL	88	197	179	24	48	13	0	6	28	8	0	14	35	.268	.327	.441	.768	104	79	6	2	1	1	1	79/D8
2011	29	PHI	NL	100	293	250	24	61	10	1	6	34	4	4	33	42	.244	.340	.364	.704	94	91	5	5	2	3	1	97/D
2012	30	TOR	AL	16	37	34	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	.206	.270	.265	.535	46	9	0	0	0	0	0	/D97
6 Yrs				476	1551	1377	184	356	92	2	45	174	30	17	131	270	.259	.330	.426	.756	102	587	35	22	9	12	2
162 Game Avg.				162	528	469	63	121	31	1	15	59	10	6	45	92	.259	.330	.426	.756	102	200	12	7	3	4	1

PHI (3 yrs)				225	594	526	58	136	32	1	17	75	13	8	52	101	.259	.332	.420	.752	102	221	12	8	3	5	2
CLE (3 yrs)				235	920	817	123	213	58	1	28	99	17	8	76	164	.261	.332	.437	.768	104	357	23	14	6	7	0
TOR (1 yr)				16	37	34	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	.206	.270	.265	.535	46	9	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				251	957	851	126	220	60	1	28	99	17	9	79	169	.259	.329	.430	.759	102	366	23	14	6	7	0
NL (3 yrs)				225	594	526	58	136	32	1	17	75	13	8	52	101	.259	.332	.420	.752	102	221	12	8	3	5	2

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
2007	25	CLE	AL	25	66	1	-2	0	3	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.504	.501	0.0	0.2	0	$	7/9D
2008	26	CLE	AL	121	499	4	2	-1	5	-7	3	0.6	17	20	2.1	.503	.502	1.5	-0.0	15	$	79D/8
2009	27	CLE	AL	89	355	4	2	-1	-3	-3	-0	0.1	12	12	1.2	.500	.500	1.5	-0.5	15	$421,400	789/D
2009	27	PHI	NL	37	104	3	-2	0	-2	-1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.498	.499	0.4	-0.3	4	$	7/89
2010	28	PHI	NL	88	197	0	1	-0	-1	-2	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.3	.498	.499	0.4	-0.4	4	$470,000	79/D8
2011	29	PHI	NL	100	293	-2	-2	-0	-9	-3	-16	-1.8	8	-8	-1.0	.482	.489	0.0	-1.3	1	$1,175,000	97/D
2012	30	TOR	AL	16	37	-1	-1	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	/D97
6 Seasons				476	1551	9	-1	-2	-8	-18	-20	-1.8	49	29	2.7	.495	.498	3.6	-2.5	37	$2,066,400

PHI (3 yrs)				225	594	1	-2	-0	-12	-6	-19	-2.1	16	-3	-0.5	.491	.496	0.8	-1.9	9	$1,645,000
CLE (3 yrs)				235	920	9	2	-2	5	-11	4	0.8	31	35	3.6	.502	.501	3.0	-0.3	30	$421,400
TOR (1 yr)				16	37	-1	-1	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$

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
2007	25	CLE	AL	66	50	8	4.3	108	.341	.274	.272	.303	.340	.500	.426	.803	.765	107	.424	0.4	0.0	.653	.242	.226	.0
2008	26	CLE	AL	499	347	65	5.0	104	.297	.266	.266	.332	.333	.438	.417	.770	.751	105	.505	3.4	0.3	.713	.264	.172	6.3
2009	27	TOT	MLB	459	327	58	4.7	104	.287	.257	.263	.332	.332	.447	.421	.779	.752	106	.474	4.4	0.4	.734	.301	.190	14.5
2009	27	CLE	AL	355	251	44	4.7	103	.278	.250	.261	.336	.329	.422	.420	.758	.749	103	.463	2.2	0.2	.739	.312	.172	11.3
2009	27	PHI	NL	104	76	14	4.9	108	.319	.278	.267	.317	.340	.526	.424	.843	.764	117	.512	2.2	0.2	.720	.268	.247	1.7
2010	28	PHI	NL	197	139	26	5.0	104	.302	.268	.264	.327	.335	.441	.416	.768	.751	104	.540	0.8	0.1	.752	.296	.173	6.9
2011	29	PHI	NL	293	203	32	4.2	99	.268	.244	.260	.340	.328	.364	.405	.704	.733	94	.479	-1.2	-0.1	.652	.252	.120	4.8
2012	30	TOR	AL	37	28	2	1.9	102	.241	.206	.258	.270	.326	.265	.418	.535	.744	46	.169	-2.5	-0.2	.393	.118	.059
6 Yrs				1551	1094	191	4.7	103	.290	.259	.264	.330	.332	.426	.416	.756	.748	102	.486	5.3	0.5	.702	.272	.168	36.0
162 Game Avg.				528	372	65	4.7	103	.290	.259	.264	.330	.332	.426	.416	.756	.748	102	.486	2	0	.702	.272	.168	12

PHI (3 yrs)				594	418	72	4.6	102	.288	.259	.263	.332	.332	.420	.412	.752	.745	102	.507	1.7	0.2	.698	.270	.162	14.7
CLE (3 yrs)				920	648	117	4.8	104	.293	.261	.264	.332	.332	.437	.419	.768	.751	104	.483	6.1	0.6	.718	.280	.176	21.2
TOR (1 yr)				37	28	2	1.9	102	.241	.206	.258	.270	.326	.265	.418	.535	.744	46	.169	-2.5	-0.2	.393	.118	.059

AL (4 yrs)				957	676	119	4.7	104	.290	.259	.264	.329	.332	.430	.419	.759	.751	102	.473	3.5	0.3	.704	.274	.172	21.2
NL (3 yrs)				594	418	72	4.6	102	.288	.259	.263	.332	.332	.420	.412	.752	.745	102	.507	1.7	0.2	.698	.270	.162	14.7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP
2009	27	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	W	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2009	27	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0
2009	27	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0
2010	28	PHI	NL	NLDS	CIN	W	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0	1
2010	28	PHI	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	3	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0
2011	29	PHI	NL	NLDS	STL	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0	0
3 Yrs (6 Series)							17	21	19	2	2	1	3	1	5	.105	.190	.263	.454	5	1	1
3 NLDS							6	4	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	0	1
2 NLCS							7	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0
1 WS							4	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0

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
2007	25	CLE	AL	66	4.6%	28.8%	4.6%	12.1%	47%	6.33	3.3	20.7	5.2	0.95	1.80	62%	16%	15.0%	9%
2008	26	CLE	AL	499	3.0%	17.2%	8.0%	9.4%	40%	2.15	5.2	29.8	8.3	0.54	0.59	70%	18%	7.7%	17%
2009	27	TOT	MLB	459	3.3%	18.1%	8.3%	10.0%	44%	2.18	4.9	27.0	8.8	0.63	0.93	68%	19%	9.3%	18%
2009	27	CLE	AL	355	2.8%	16.6%	9.3%	9.0%	42%	1.79	5.2	30.8	9.3	0.69	1.01	68%	18%	8.7%	21%
2009	27	PHI	NL	104	4.8%	23.1%	4.8%	13.5%	52%	4.80	4.0	19.4	7.5	0.45	0.64	66%	20%	10.9%	10%
2010	28	PHI	NL	197	3.1%	17.8%	7.1%	9.6%	40%	2.50	5.1	29.8	6.4	0.63	0.89	71%	19%	7.8%	13%
2011	29	PHI	NL	293	2.1%	14.3%	11.3%	5.8%	28%	1.27	6.0	41.7	7.4	0.69	0.84	70%	17%	6.0%	19%
2012	30	TOR	AL	37	0.0%	13.5%	8.1%	5.4%	29%	1.67	6.8			0.53	0.62	78%	31%	0.0%	16%
6 Yrs				1551	2.9%	17.4%	8.5%	9.0%	39%	2.06	5.1	30.6	7.9	0.62	0.79	69%	18%	7.9%	17%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	2.11	4.9	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	25	CLE	AL	0.4	0.0	70	0.4	1.7	-1.3	1.03	0.3	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.98	0.7	0.74	5
2008	26	CLE	AL	3.4	0.3	513	-0.6	8.3	-8.8	.97	-0.2	-0.4	1.2	0.1	0.97	-1.1	1.84	10
2009	27	TOT	MLB	4.4	0.4	488	-0.5	8.3	-8.8	1.04	0.2	-0.7	-7.4	-0.7	0.99	1.5	1.46	15
2009	27	CLE	AL	2.2	0.2	378	-1.1	5.7	-6.8	1.05	-0.2	-0.9	-7.3	-0.7	1.00	-1.2	0.94	2
2009	27	PHI	NL	2.2	0.2	110	0.6	2.6	-2.0	.99	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.93	2.7	1.54	13
2010	28	PHI	NL	0.8	0.1	208	-0.1	3.6	-3.7	1.17	0.1	-0.2	1.4	0.1	0.99	2.0	1.08	39
2011	29	PHI	NL	-1.6	-0.2	302	-0.2	4.9	-5.1	1.03	0.2	-0.3	0.8	0.1	1.04	1.7	1.18	26
2012	30	TOR	AL	-2.5	-0.2	39	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	.82	-0.1	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.88	-2.5	2.04	4
6 Yrs				4.9	0.5	1620	-1.1	27.2	-28.4	1.03	0.5	-1.6	-8.4	-0.8	0.99	2.2	1.26	99

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	25	CLE	AL	1	41%	17	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	67%	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1
2008	26	CLE	AL	6	33%	172	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	5	18	58%	24	14	10	10	3	7	14	3	11
2009	27	TOT	MLB	8	32%	156	14	7	67%	12	5	2	2	6	2	4	7	56%	19	10	9	5	1	4	17	7	10
2009	27	CLE	AL	6	35%	121	13	3	81%	11	3	2	0	5	2	4	7	60%	16	8	8	5	1	4	14	5	9
2009	27	PHI	NL	2	18%	35	1	4	20%	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	1
2010	28	PHI	NL	1	31%	69	8	0	100%	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	38%	11	10	1	4	2	2	9	3	6
2011	29	PHI	NL	1	19%	105	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	36%	17	14	3	4	3	1	10	3	7
2012	30	TOR	AL	2	30%	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
6 Yrs				19	30%	536	30	17	64%	26	15	4	2	9	4	13	31	50%	71	48	23	25	10	15	55	18	37

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
2007	25	CLE	AL	66	11%	17	1	0	5	2	1	1	0.74	3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		12	2	17%	4	1	25%	48	9	19%	5	3	60%	1	1	100%	0
2008	26	CLE	AL	499	27%	119	20	2	10	1	0	1	1.84	15	0	15	10	5	7	8	0	4	2	50%	120	10	8%	50	7	14%	332	42	13%	30	13	43%	18	7	39%	0
2009	27	TOT	MLB	459	25%	104	11	3	15	3	0	2	1.46	15	0	15	13	2	6	9	0	6	4	67%	95	12	13%	44	9	20%	304	34	11%	24	6	25%	21	7	33%	0
2009	27	CLE	AL	355	23%	77	11	3	2	0	0	0	0.94	10	0	14	8	2	4	6	0	6	4	67%	75	11	15%	33	7	21%	246	26	11%	18	5	28%	17	6	35%	0
2009	27	PHI	NL	104	32%	27	0	0	13	3	0	2	1.54	5	0	1	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		20	1	5%	11	2	18%	58	8	14%	6	1	17%	4	1	25%	0
2010	28	PHI	NL	197	49%	48	6	0	39	11	0	6	1.08	6	0	6	0	6	1	5	0	1	1	100%	39	6	15%	22	7	32%	135	23	17%	15	8	53%	13	8	62%	0
2011	29	PHI	NL	293	43%	61	6	1	26	7	0	4	1.18	6	0	7	4	2	4	2	0	2	2	100%	53	5	9%	27	7	26%	196	28	14%	22	8	36%	8	2	25%	0
2012	30	TOR	AL	37	65%	7	0	0	4	0	0	0	2.04	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				1551	33%	356	44	6	99	24	1	14	1.26	45	0	46	30	15	20	25	0	13	9	69%	323	35	11%	150	31	21%	1032	136	13%	97	38	39%	63	25	40%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

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
2007	25	CLE	AL	66	236	3.58	162	69%	34%	20%	19%	27%	66%	0%	45%	69%	12%	5%	3	0	11%	7	3	6%	4	3	16%	0	0	0
2008	26	CLE	AL	499	1872	3.75	1179	63%	30%	14%	24%	31%	70%	0%	44%	79%	18%	6%	29	2	17%	85	30	7%	37	16	23%	0	0	0
2009	27	TOT	MLB	459	1728	3.76	1078	62%	31%	14%	25%	31%	69%	0%	43%	80%	17%	4%	20	1	15%	69	25	9%	42	28	30%	0	0	0
2009	27	CLE	AL	355	1351	3.81	828	61%	32%	13%	24%	31%	68%	0%	42%	81%	16%	5%	16	1	15%	54	17	10%	37	25	32%	0	0	0
2009	27	PHI	NL	104	377	3.63	250	66%	28%	16%	27%	30%	72%	0%	48%	78%	20%	4%	4	0	14%	15	8	5%	5	3	25%	0	0	0
2010	28	PHI	NL	197	743	3.77	464	62%	28%	14%	26%	31%	72%	1%	45%	81%	22%	3%	6	0	15%	30	13	10%	19	12	23%	0	0	0
2011	29	PHI	NL	293	1128	3.85	656	58%	34%	12%	22%	32%	66%	1%	39%	82%	14%	9%	25	2	18%	52	16	14%	40	21	21%	0	0	0
2012	30	TOR	AL	37	138	3.73	83	60%	34%	11%	20%	35%	66%	0%	40%	84%	11%	11%	4	0	22%	8	2	16%	6	3	20%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1551	5845	3.77	3622	62%	31%	14%	24%	31%	69%	0%	43%	80%	17%	6%	87	5	16%	251	89	10%	148	83	24%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2007	25	25	66	62	10	17	5	0	3	12	0	2	3	19	.274	.303	.500	.803	107	31	2	0	0	1	0
2008	26	146	565	509	75	136	37	0	18	66	4	5	43	105	.267	.329	.446	.775	105	227	12	6	2	5	0
2009	27	272	1024	914	133	240	67	1	33	112	18	12	81	188	.263	.330	.446	.776	106	408	24	15	6	8	0
2010	28	360	1221	1093	157	288	80	1	39	140	26	12	95	223	.263	.329	.446	.775	105	487	30	17	7	9	1
2011	29	460	1514	1343	181	349	90	2	45	174	30	16	128	265	.260	.332	.430	.762	103	578	35	22	9	12	2
2012	30	476	1551	1377	184	356	92	2	45	174	30	17	131	270	.259	.330	.426	.756	102	587	35	22	9	12	2

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	25	25	65	61	9	16	5	0	3	11	0	3	19	.262	.292	.492	.784	9	25
2008	26	121	499	447	65	119	32	0	15	54	4	40	86	.266	.332	.438	.770	64	121
2009	27	126	460	406	59	105	30	1	15	47	14	38	83	.259	.333	.448	.782	59	126
2010	28	88	197	179	24	48	13	0	6	28	8	14	35	.268	.327	.441	.768	25	88
2011	29	100	296	252	25	63	10	1	6	36	4	34	42	.250	.347	.369	.716	32	100
2012	30	16	36	33	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	5	.182	.250	.242	.492	2	16
6 Yrs		476	1553	1378	184	357	92	2	45	176	30	132	270	.259	.331	.427	.758	191	476
162 Game Avg.		162	529	469	63	122	31	1	15	60	10	45	92	.259	.331	.427	.758	65	476

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 8 (1803), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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