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Ben Francisco

Louis Ben Francisco

Position: Outfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.18M (11), 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 7:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
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
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 .758 103 130 11 8 4 2 0
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
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
2011 29 PHI NL 100 293 250 24 61 10 1 6 34 4 4 33 42 .244 .340 .364 .704 93 91 5 5 2 3 1 97/D
5 Seasons 460 1514 1343 181 349 90 2 45 174 30 16 128 265 .260 .332 .430 .762 103 578 35 22 9 12 2
162 Game Avg. 162 533 473 64 123 32 1 16 61 11 6 45 93 .260 .332 .430 .762 103 204 12 8 3 4 1
PHI (3 yrs) 225 594 526 58 136 32 1 17 75 13 8 52 101 .259 .332 .420 .752 101 221 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
NL (3 yrs) 225 594 526 58 136 32 1 17 75 13 8 52 101 .259 .332 .420 .752 101 221 12 8 3 5 2
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 25 CLE AL 66 0 -2 0 0 2 -1 2 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $
2008 26 CLE AL 499 -1 1 2 -1 -5 -6 17 7 0.7 12 1.2 -0.5 $
2009 27 CLE AL 355 2 2 2 -1 -2 -2 12 13 1.2 15 1.5 -0.3 $421,400
2009 27 PHI NL 104 2 -2 1 0 1 -1 3 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $
2010 28 PHI NL 197 1 1 -0 -0 1 -2 6 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $470,000
2011 29 PHI NL 293 -2 -2 -1 -0 -9 -3 8 -8 -0.9 0 0.0 -0.9 $1,175,000 97/D
5 Seasons 1514 2 -1 3 -3 -11 -15 48 23 2.2 35 3.4 -1.2 $2,066,400
PHI (3 yrs) 594 2 -2 -1 -1 -6 -6 17 2 0.2 9 0.8 -0.6 $1,645,000
CLE (3 yrs) 920 1 1 4 -2 -5 -9 31 21 2.0 26 2.6 -0.6 $421,400

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 28 PHI NL NLDS CIN W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0
2010 28 PHI NL NLCS SFG L 3 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 PHI NL NLDS STL L 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 17 21 19 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .105 .190 .263 .454 5 1 1 0 0 0
3 NLDS 6 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 4 0 1 0 0 0
2 NLCS 7 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 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

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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 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2 4 1.68 .987 2.28
2007 CLE AL 25 LF 14 11 10 102.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 2 3 27 35 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
2008 CLE AL 26 OF 104 212 196 12 4 3 .981 -5 7 2.00 .986 2.28
2008 CLE AL 26 LF 83 71 65 643.0 159 150 7 2 2 .987 -3 6 -6 11 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 2 -5 10 2.00 1.59 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 CLE AL 26 DH 9 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 107 242 234 7 1 3 .996 -2 -3 2.25 .987 2.28
2009 TOT MLB 27 LF 61 51 48 464.1 117 116 0 1 0 .991 -6 -2 -16 -5 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 0 13 0 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 -1 11 -9 1.99 1.50 .984 2.11 2.09
2009 CLE AL 27 OF 85 189 183 5 1 3 .995 -2 -3 2.21 .987 2.30
2009 PHI NL 27 OF 22 53 51 2 0 0 1.000 1 0 2.41 .986 2.18
2009 CLE AL 27 LF 51 43 42 393.0 98 97 0 1 0 .990 -5 -1 -16 -3 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 -2 5 -9 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 0 29 0 1.82 1.25 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 CLE AL 27 DH 1 1
2009 PHI NL 27 LF 10 8 6 71.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -12 -17 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 2 46 39 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 63 60 3 0 0 1.000 1 -3 1.40 .987 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 -9 -4 -19 -8 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 -4 -19 -11 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 0 -17 0 1.49 1.29 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 PHI NL 29 DH 1 1
5 Seasons OF 344 62 52 554.0 659 625 26 8 6 .988 -11 1 -24 0 1.74 1.89 .986 2.16 2.24
5 Seasons LF 195 163 147 1478.2 354 339 11 4 2 .989 -5 6 -4 4 2.13 1.79 .985 2.03 2.01
5 Seasons RF 130 102 86 938.2 205 192 9 4 1 .980 -9 -4 -11 -5 1.93 1.55 .984 2.09 2.07
3 Seasons CF 44 38 29 337.2 100 94 6 0 3 1.000 2 -1 9 -3 2.67 2.27 .991 2.70 2.67
5 Seasons TOT 344 62 52 554.0 659 625 26 8 6 .988 -11 2 -24 4 1.74 1.89 .986 2.16 2.24
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Dustan Mohr (967)
  6. Colby Rasmus (960)
  7. Clint Hurdle (959)
  8. Garrett Jones (958)
  9. Jerald Clark (957)
  10. Shane Spencer (957)
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  6. Jim King (965)
  7. Wes Helms (964)
  8. Sandy Amoros (964)
  9. Ryan Church (963)
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200927Cleveland Indians$421,400
201028Philadelphia Phillies$470,000
201129Philadelphia Phillies$1,175,000
201230Toronto Blue Jays$1,537,500
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,066,400Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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