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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 CLE AL 25 OF 19 14 130.1 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.2 20.3 2.2 1.2 1.0 0 2.21 1.68 .988 2.30 2.00
2007 CLE AL 25 LF 14 11 102.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 27.0 2.3 1.6 0.7 0 2.29 1.86 .985 2.11 1.71
2007 CLE AL 25 RF 5 3 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 1.93 1.20 .983 2.09 1.76
2008 CLE AL 26 OF 104 98 875.0 212 196 12 4 3 .981 -4.6 -6.3 -5.6 -4.3 -1.3 1 2.14 2.00 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 CLE AL 26 LF 83 71 643.0 159 150 7 2 2 .987 -3.0 -5.6 -3.0 -4.2 1.2 0 2.20 1.89 .984 2.05 1.66
2008 CLE AL 26 RF 32 27 230.0 53 46 5 2 1 .962 -0.9 -4.7 -1.9 -0.1 -1.8 1 2.00 1.59 .985 2.15 1.83
2008 CLE AL 26 DH 9
2008 CLE AL 26 CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -420.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.35
2009 TOT MLB 27 OF 107 102 909.0 242 234 7 1 3 .996 2.39 2.25 .986 2.30 2.01
2009 TOT MLB 27 LF 61 51 464.1 117 116 0 1 0 .991 2.25 1.90 .986 2.09 1.75
2009 TOT MLB 27 CF 40 38 322.2 98 92 6 0 3 1.000 2.73 2.45 .992 2.71 2.36
2009 TOT MLB 27 RF 18 13 122.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.99 1.50 .981 2.11 1.77
2009 CLE AL 27 OF 85 82 727.2 189 183 5 1 3 .995 2.33 2.21 .987 2.33 2.04
2009 CLE AL 27 LF 51 43 393.0 98 97 0 1 0 .990 2.22 1.90 .987 2.12 1.80
2009 CLE AL 27 CF 33 31 260.2 76 71 5 0 3 1.000 2.62 2.30 .992 2.73 2.38
2009 CLE AL 27 RF 12 8 74.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 1.25 .980 2.13 1.75
2009 CLE AL 27 DH 1
2009 PHI NL 27 OF 22 20 181.1 53 51 2 0 0 1.000 2.63 2.41 .985 2.20 1.91
2009 PHI NL 27 LF 10 8 71.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 1.90 .984 1.93 1.52
2009 PHI NL 27 CF 7 7 62.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 3.19 3.14 .991 2.60 2.29
2009 PHI NL 27 RF 6 5 48.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 2.00 .983 2.08 1.80
3 Seasons OF 230 214 1914.1 486 462 19 5 6 .990 -2.4 -1.5 -3.4 -3.1 -0.3 1 2.26 2.09 .986 2.31 2.02
3 Seasons LF 158 133 1209.2 302 292 7 3 2 .990 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -2.6 1.9 0 2.22 1.89 .985 2.07 1.70
3 Seasons RF 55 43 380.0 86 78 6 2 1 .977 -1.0 -3.2 -2.0 -0.5 -1.5 1 1.99 1.53 .984 2.13 1.80
2 Seasons CF 42 38 324.2 98 92 6 0 3 1.000 -0.7 -2.6 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.72 2.33 .992 2.71 2.36
2 Seasons DH 10
3 Seasons TOT 255 214 1914.1 486 462 19 5 6 .990 -2.4 -1.5 -3.4 -3.1 -0.3 1 2.26 1.89 .976 2.19 1.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2007 CLE AL 25 25 14 25 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 5 19 0 5 3
2008 CLE AL 26 121 107 121 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 2 32 104 15 6 0
2009 CLE AL 27 89 83 89 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 33 12 85 2 2 2
2009 PHI NL 27 37 19 37 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 6 22 0 15 0
3 Seasons 272 223 272 230 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 42 55 230 17 28 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 4 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 19 14 73.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 454 66% 76% 41% 57 46%
2008 CLE AL 26 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 5 0 1 22 19 0 33 10 1 25 19 0 3 1 0 20 15 2 103 64 62.1% 36 3 2.9% 4 2868 59% 76% 41% 352 44%
2009 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 14 0 17 8 0 15 12 0 8 0 0 9 9 0 65 43 66.2% 22 0 0.0% 0 1781 57% 75% 40% 229 42%
2009 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 9 81.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 316 70% 73% 42% 43 44%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 7 0 5 0 1 50 44 0 58 22 1 43 34 0 13 1 0 34 29 2 198 130 65.7% 65 3 1.5% 4 5419 59% 75% 41% 681 44%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.0% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2008 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 50% 80% 40% 1 0%
2009 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 1 9 7 0 14 0 0 6 3 1 3 0 0 10 6 1 42 16 38.1% 24 2 4.8% 3 1225 55% 75% 38% 146 50%
2009 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 271 59% 74% 41% 33 64%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 1 11 8 0 16 0 0 6 3 1 5 0 0 10 6 1 48 17 35.4% 29 2 4.2% 4 1506 56% 75% 39% 180 52%
MLB Averages 44.1% 1.7% 56% 74% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 112 61% 78% 34% 11 55%
2008 CLE AL 26 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 14 9 1 9 4 1 3 2 0 6 2 0 4 1 0 36 18 50.0% 16 2 5.6% 3 994 60% 77% 37% 111 45%
2009 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 0 339 62% 75% 40% 31 48%
2009 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 3 27.3% 7 1 9.1% 0 214 65% 77% 38% 27 44%
3 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 1 2 24 14 1 20 7 2 4 2 0 7 2 0 8 4 0 63 29 46.0% 31 3 4.8% 3 1659 61% 77% 37% 180 46%
MLB Averages 50.0% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

* 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.

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