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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 CLE AL 25 OF 19 14 11 130.1 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2 3 20 27 2.21 1.68 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 CLE AL 25 LF 14 11 10 102.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 2 2 27 23 2.29 1.86 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 CLE AL 25 RF 5 3 1 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -4 43 1.93 1.20 .985 2.09 2.06
2007 CLE AL 25 DH 2 0
2008 CLE AL 26 OF 104 98 84 875.0 212 196 12 4 3 .981 -5 5 -6 6 2.14 2.00 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 CLE AL 26 LF 83 71 65 643.0 159 150 7 2 2 .987 -3 5 -6 9 2.20 1.89 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 CLE AL 26 RF 32 27 19 230.0 53 46 5 2 1 .962 -1 1 -5 5 2.00 1.59 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 CLE AL 26 DH 15 9
2008 CLE AL 26 CF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -420 -600 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
2009 TOT MLB 27 OF 107 101 88 909.0 242 234 7 1 3 .996 -2 -5 -2 -6 2.39 2.25 .987 2.30 2.28
2009 TOT MLB 27 LF 61 51 48 464.1 117 116 0 1 0 .991 -6 0 -16 0 2.25 1.90 .986 2.09 2.06
2009 TOT MLB 27 CF 40 37 28 322.2 98 92 6 0 3 1.000 3 -3 13 -11 2.73 2.45 .991 2.71 2.68
2009 TOT MLB 27 RF 18 13 12 122.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 1 -2 11 -19 1.99 1.50 .984 2.11 2.09
2009 CLE AL 27 OF 85 82 71 727.2 189 183 5 1 3 .995 -2 -3 -4 -4 2.33 2.21 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 CLE AL 27 LF 51 43 42 393.0 98 97 0 1 0 .990 -5 2 -16 6 2.22 1.90 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 CLE AL 27 CF 33 31 22 260.2 76 71 5 0 3 1.000 1 -4 5 -18 2.62 2.30 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 CLE AL 27 RF 12 8 7 74.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2 -1 29 -16 1.82 1.25 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 CLE AL 27 DH 2 1
2009 PHI NL 27 OF 22 19 17 181.1 53 51 2 0 0 1.000 1 -2 7 -13 2.63 2.41 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 PHI NL 27 LF 10 8 6 71.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -12 -34 2.40 1.90 .982 1.93 1.91
2009 PHI NL 27 CF 7 6 6 62.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 46 19 3.19 3.14 .989 2.60 2.57
2009 PHI NL 27 RF 6 5 5 48.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -17 -25 2.25 2.00 .986 2.08 2.07
2010 PHI NL 28 OF 45 28 27 286.2 63 60 3 0 0 1.000 1 -1 6 -4 1.98 1.40 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 PHI NL 28 LF 23 17 17 160.0 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 4 1 26 8 1.86 1.43 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 PHI NL 28 RF 20 10 9 113.2 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 -19 -21 2.22 1.40 .986 2.10 2.07
2010 PHI NL 28 DH 5 4
2010 PHI NL 28 CF 2 1 1 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -28 0 1.38 1.00 .990 2.56 2.55
2011 PHI NL 29 OF 69 62 52 554.0 110 103 4 3 0 .973 -8 -9 -18 -19 1.74 1.55 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 PHI NL 29 RF 55 49 45 445.0 91 86 3 2 0 .978 -7 -7 -18 -19 1.80 1.62 .983 2.05 2.04
2011 PHI NL 29 LF 14 13 7 109.0 19 17 1 1 0 .947 -2 -2 -17 -22 1.49 1.29 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 PHI NL 29 DH 1 1
2012 TOR AL 30 DH 9 9
2012 TOR AL 30 OF 3 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -1 -75 -171 0.00 0.00 2.19 2.13
2012 TOR AL 30 RF 2 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -1 -88 -200 0.00 0.00 1.95 1.95
2012 TOR AL 30 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
6 Seasons OF 347 304 262 2762.0 659 625 26 8 6 .988 -11 -8 -5 -3 2.12 1.88 .986 2.26 2.23
6 Seasons LF 196 163 147 1479.2 354 339 11 4 2 .989 -5 6 -4 4 2.13 1.79 .985 2.03 2.01
6 Seasons RF 132 103 86 944.2 205 192 9 4 1 .980 -9 -10 -11 -12 1.91 1.52 .984 2.09 2.07
3 Seasons CF 44 38 29 337.2 100 94 6 0 3 1.000 2 -4 9 -14 2.67 2.27 .991 2.70 2.67
6 Seasons TOT 347 304 262 2762.0 659 625 26 8 6 .988 -11 -16 -5 -6 2.12 1.88 .986 2.26 2.23
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2007 CLE AL 25 LF 2 27 2 1 2 0 2 23 2 0
2007 CLE AL 25 RF -0 -4 -0 0 -0 0 1 43 1 0
2008 CLE AL 26 LF -3 -6 -3 1 -4 0 5 9 2 3
2008 CLE AL 26 RF -1 -5 -2 -2 -0 1 1 5 -2 3
2008 CLE AL 26 CF -1 -420 -1 -1 0 0 -1 -600 -1 0
2009 CLE AL 27 LF -5 -16 -5 -5 -0 0 2 6 1 1
2009 CLE AL 27 CF 1 5 1 1 -0 0 -4 -18 -4 1
2009 CLE AL 27 RF 2 29 2 0 2 0 -1 -16 -1 0
2009 PHI NL 27 LF -1 -12 -1 -1 1 0 -2 -34 -2 0
2009 PHI NL 27 CF 2 46 2 1 1 0 1 19 1 0
2009 PHI NL 27 RF -1 -17 0 2 -2 -1 -1 -25 -1 0
2010 PHI NL 28 LF 4 26 4 0 3 0 1 8 2 -2
2010 PHI NL 28 RF -2 -19 -1 -2 1 -1 -2 -21 -1 -1
2010 PHI NL 28 CF -0 -28 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 PHI NL 29 RF -7 -18 -7 -2 -4 0 -7 -19 -6 1
2011 PHI NL 29 LF -2 -17 -2 -2 0 0 -2 -22 -2 0
2012 TOR AL 30 RF -0 -88 -0 -0 0 -0 -1 -200 -1 0
2012 TOR AL 30 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons LF -5 -4 -5 -6 1 0 6 4 3 2
6 Seasons RF -9 -11 -8 -4 -4 -1 -10 -12 -11 3
3 Seasons CF 2 9 2 2 1 0 -4 -14 -4 1
6 Seasons TOT -13 -4 -11 -10 -1 -2 -16 -6 -12 6
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 2 5 3
2008 CLE AL 26 121 107 121 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 2 32 117 15 12 0
2009 CLE AL 27 89 83 89 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 33 12 96 2 2 2
2009 PHI NL 27 37 19 37 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 6 23 0 15 0
2010 PHI NL 28 88 32 88 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 20 45 5 46 1
2011 PHI NL 29 100 63 100 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 55 69 1 33 0
2012 TOR AL 30 16 10 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 9 4 1
6 Seasons 476 328 476 347 0 0 0 0 0 0 196 44 132 372 34 117 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 8 6 0 4 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 21 15 71.4% 6 0 0.0% 0 440 68% 78% 42% 57 46%
2008 CLE AL 26 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 5 0 1 33 24 1 33 10 1 25 19 0 3 1 0 21 16 2 115 70 60.9% 41 4 3.5% 3 2789 60% 78% 42% 352 44%
2009 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 17 0 17 8 0 15 12 0 8 0 0 13 12 0 72 49 68.1% 23 0 0.0% 0 1734 59% 77% 41% 229 42%
2009 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 10 76.9% 3 0 0.0% 0 310 72% 74% 43% 43 44%
2010 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 3 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 17 7 41.2% 9 1 5.9% 2 669 60% 74% 37% 66 50%
2011 PHI NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 5 55.6% 3 1 11.1% 0 449 66% 76% 39% 44 41%
2012 TOR AL 30 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 5 20% 100% 60% 0
6 Seasons 4 0 4 0 2 11 0 6 2 1 76 59 3 65 23 1 47 35 0 14 1 0 45 38 2 247 156 63.2% 85 6 2.4% 5 6396 61% 77% 41% 791 44%
MLB Averages 63.7% 2.2% 57% 76% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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% 0 110 62% 79% 35% 11 55%
2008 CLE AL 26 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 16 9 2 9 4 1 3 2 0 6 2 0 7 2 0 41 19 46.3% 20 3 7.3% 2 979 61% 78% 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 4 2 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 335 63% 76% 40% 31 48%
2009 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 3 23.1% 9 1 7.7% 0 207 67% 79% 39% 27 44%
2010 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 16 6 37.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 478 57% 71% 35% 60 47%
2011 PHI NL 29 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 28 12 0 17 6 2 4 4 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 56 24 42.9% 30 2 3.6% 1 1864 60% 74% 35% 202 44%
2012 TOR AL 30 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 29 31% 83% 41% 2 0%
6 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 9 1 2 2 3 64 28 2 40 14 4 10 7 0 11 4 0 18 7 0 143 60 42.0% 78 6 4.2% 3 4002 60% 75% 36% 444 45%
MLB Averages 47.2% 2.4% 57% 76% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 16 8 1 14 0 0 6 3 1 3 0 0 11 6 2 50 17 34.0% 29 4 8.0% 1 1172 58% 78% 40% 146 50%
2009 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 1 264 61% 76% 42% 33 64%
2010 PHI NL 28 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 51 57% 67% 25% 3 67%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 1 19 10 1 16 0 0 6 3 1 5 0 0 11 6 2 57 19 33.3% 34 4 7.0% 2 1497 58% 78% 40% 183 52%
MLB Averages 45.5% 1.8% 57% 76% 39% 53%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  7 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2008 AL  12 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2008 AL  2.20 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  1.89 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  .987 (4th)

                                         

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