Ben Francisco
Louis Ben Francisco
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 23, 1981 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: Servite (Anaheim, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
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 7/9
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 79/D8
2009 27 TOT MLB 126 459 405 58 104 30 1 15 46 14 7 38 83 .257 .332 .447 .779 107 181 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 .758 104 130 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 .843 116 51 1 1 0 1 0 7/89
3 Seasons 272 1024 914 133 240 67 1 33 112 18 12 81 188 .263 .330 .446 .776 106 408 24 15 6 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 610 544 79 143 40 1 20 67 11 7 48 112 .263 .330 .446 .776 106 243 14 9 4 5 0
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
PHI (1 yr) 37 104 97 10 27 9 0 5 13 1 4 5 24 .278 .317 .526 .843 116 51 1 1 0 1 0
AL (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
NL (1 yr) 37 104 97 10 27 9 0 5 13 1 4 5 24 .278 .317 .526 .843 116 51 1 1 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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 .262 .332 .331 .447 .419 .779 .751 107 .475 4.8 0.5 .734 .301 .190 14.5
2009 27 CLE AL 355 251 44 4.7 102 .278 .250 .260 .336 .328 .422 .418 .758 .746 104 .463 2.7 0.3 .739 .312 .172 11.3
2009 27 PHI NL 104 76 14 4.9 108 .319 .278 .268 .317 .342 .526 .426 .843 .767 116 .512 2.0 0.2 .720 .268 .247 1.7
3 Seasons 1024 724 131 4.8 104 .295 .263 .264 .330 .333 .446 .419 .776 .752 106 .486 8.6 0.8 .718 .279 .184 23.3
162 Game Avg. 610 431 78 4.8 104 .295 .263 .264 .330 .333 .446 .419 .776 .752 106 .486 5 0 .718 .279 .184 14
CLE (3 yrs) 920 648 117 4.8 104 .293 .261 .264 .332 .332 .437 .418 .768 .750 104 .483 6.6 0.6 .718 .280 .176 21.2
PHI (1 yr) 104 76 14 4.9 108 .319 .278 .268 .317 .342 .526 .426 .843 .767 116 .512 2.0 0.2 .720 .268 .247 1.7
AL (3 yrs) 920 648 117 4.8 104 .293 .261 .264 .332 .332 .437 .418 .768 .750 104 .483 6.6 0.6 .718 .280 .176 21.2
NL (1 yr) 104 76 14 4.9 108 .319 .278 .268 .317 .342 .526 .426 .843 .767 116 .512 2.0 0.2 .720 .268 .247 1.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 27 PHI NL NLDS COL W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2009 27 PHI NL WS NYY L 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 11 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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%
3 Seasons 1024 3.2% 18.4% 7.9% 9.9% 42% 2.32 4.9 27.7 8.2 0.60 0.77 68% 18% 8.8% 17%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2007 25 CLE AL 1 0 41% 17 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 67% 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
2008 26 CLE AL 6 0 33% 172 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 58% 24 14 10 10 3 7 14 3 11
2009 27 TOT MLB 8 0 32% 156 14 7 67% 12 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 4 7 56% 19 10 9 5 1 4 17 7 10
2009 27 CLE AL 6 0 35% 121 13 3 81% 11 3 2 0 0 0 5 2 4 7 60% 16 8 8 5 1 4 14 5 9
2009 27 PHI NL 2 0 18% 35 1 4 20% 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
3 Seasons 15 0 33% 345 18 12 60% 16 10 2 2 0 0 6 2 11 28 58% 43 24 19 16 4 12 33 11 22
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.75 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 12 2 17% 4 1 25% 48 9 19% 5 3 60% 5 2 40% 0
2008 26 CLE AL 499 27% 119 20 2 5 1 0 1 1.86 15 0 15 10 5 7 8 0 4 2 50% 120 10 8% 50 7 14% 332 42 13% 30 13 43% 33 8 24% 0
2009 27 TOT MLB 459 25% 104 11 3 15 3 0 2 1.48 15 0 15 13 2 6 9 0 6 4 67% 95 12 13% 44 9 20% 304 34 11% 24 6 25% 33 9 27% 0
2009 27 CLE AL 355 23% 77 11 3 2 0 0 0 0.92 10 0 14 8 2 4 6 0 6 4 67% 75 11 15% 33 7 21% 246 26 11% 18 5 28% 26 7 27% 0
2009 27 PHI NL 104 32% 27 0 0 13 3 0 2 1.56 5 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 20 1 5% 11 2 18% 58 8 14% 6 1 17% 7 2 29% 0
3 Seasons 1024 25% 240 32 5 25 6 1 4 1.41 33 0 32 26 7 15 18 0 10 6 60% 227 24 11% 98 17 17% 684 85 12% 59 22 37% 71 19 27% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 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
3 Seasons 1024 3836 3.75 2419 63% 31% 14% 24% 31% 69% 0% 44% 79% 17% 5% 52 3 16% 161 58 8% 83 47 26% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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

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 62 59 9 14 4 0 2 11 0 2 19 .237 .258 .407 .665 7 25
2008 26 121 498 448 65 120 32 0 15 54 4 40 86 .268 .333 .440 .773 65 121
2009 27 126 455 405 57 104 30 1 15 46 14 38 83 .257 .332 .447 .779 58 126
3 Seasons 272 1015 912 131 238 66 1 32 111 18 80 188 .261 .328 .441 .769 130 272
162 Game Avg. 162 605 543 78 142 39 1 19 66 11 48 112 .261 .328 .441 .769 77 272

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Chris Richard (973)
  2. Roy Foster (968)
  3. Brian Buchanan (966)
  4. Armando Rios (965)
  5. Chuck Essegian (963)
  6. David Murphy (961)
  7. Mike Brown (961)
  8. Benny Agbayani (960)
  9. Billy Conigliaro (958)
  10. Chase Headley (957)
Similar Batters through 27 
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  1. Wes Chamberlain (978)
  2. Gates Brown (975)
  3. Craig Monroe (974)
  4. Jody Gerut (972)
  5. Chet Laabs (970)
  6. Mickey Brantley (968)
  7. Joe Lefebvre (963)
  8. Bob Oliver (961)
  9. Mike Brown (961)
  10. David Murphy (961)
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  1. Danny Gardella (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Wes Chamberlain (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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