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Earl Francis

Earl Coleman Francis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 14, 1935 in Slab Fork, WV
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1960
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals 1960-1965

Final Game: September 27, 1965
Died: July 3, 2002 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
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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
1960 24 PIT NL 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1961 25 PIT NL 23 31 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 17 .107 .194 .107 .301 -17 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
1962 26 PIT NL 36 65 61 4 10 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 23 .164 .177 .262 .440 16 16 1 0 3 0 0 1
1963 27 PIT NL 34 26 26 1 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .308 .308 .423 .731 109 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 28 PIT NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 29 STL NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 104 129 122 5 21 6 0 1 10 1 0 3 56 .172 .198 .246 .444 20 30 2 1 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 201 190 8 33 9 0 2 16 2 0 5 87 .172 .198 .246 .444 20 47 3 2 5 0 0
PIT (5 yrs) 102 128 121 5 21 6 0 1 10 1 0 3 55 .174 .200 .248 .448 21 30 2 1 3 0 0
STL (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1960 24 PIT NL 7 5 -1 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1961 25 PIT NL 23 31 -5 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1962 26 PIT NL 36 65 -7 0 -0 0 8 0 0.1 2 3 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1963 27 PIT NL 34 26 1 -0 0 0 3 3 0.4 1 4 0.4 .511 .502 0.4 0.0 4 $ 1
1964 28 PIT NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1965 29 STL NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
6 Seasons 104 129 -13 0 0 0 15 2 0.3 4 6 0.4 .502 .500 0.4 0.0 6 $
PIT (5 yrs) 102 128 -13 0 0 0 15 2 0.3 4 6 0.4 .503 .500 0.4 0.0 7 $
STL (1 yr) 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

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
1960 24 PIT NL 5 6 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .264 .000 .330 .000 .406 .000 .736 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1961 25 PIT NL 31 25 1 1.1 105 .273 .107 .269 .194 .335 .107 .419 .301 .754 -17 .063 -4.8 -0.5 .280 .107 .000 .0
1962 26 PIT NL 65 55 3 1.5 104 .243 .164 .271 .177 .339 .262 .412 .440 .750 16 .111 -7.4 -0.8 .327 .115 .098 .0
1963 27 PIT NL 26 18 3 4.5 89 .571 .308 .254 .308 .316 .423 .380 .731 .696 109 .563 0.3 0.0 .611 .115 .115
1964 28 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .262 .000 .320 .000 .389 .000 .709 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1965 29 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 101 .000 .268 .000 .333 .000 .405 .000 .738 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 129 106 7 1.8 101 .308 .172 .267 .198 .333 .246 .406 .444 .739 20 .157 -13.8 -1.4 .340 .107 .074 1.0
162 Game Avg. 201 165 11 1.8 101 .308 .172 .267 .198 .333 .246 .406 .444 .739 20 .157 -13.8 -1.4 .340 .107 .074 2
PIT (5 yrs) 128 105 7 1.8 101 .308 .174 .267 .200 .333 .248 .406 .448 .739 21 .159 -13.6 -1.4 .343 .107 .074 1.0
STL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 101 .000 .268 .000 .333 .000 .405 .000 .738 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

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
1960 24 PIT NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 40%
1961 25 PIT NL 31 0.0% 54.8% 6.5% 0.0% 0% 8.50 1.6 3.00 35%
1962 26 PIT NL 65 1.5% 35.4% 1.5% 6.2% 40% 23.00 2.7 61.0 8.7 1.58 57%
1963 27 PIT NL 26 0.0% 46.2% 0.0% 11.5% 38% 2.2 8.7 0.25 54%
1964 28 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1965 29 STL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
6 Yrs 129 0.8% 43.4% 2.3% 5.4% 33% 18.67 2.2 122.0 12.2 1.67 50%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.7% 8.4% 6.4% 29% 1.75 6.1 38.8 8.7 1.07 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1960 24 PIT NL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .79 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.91 -1.5 0
1961 25 PIT NL -4.8 -0.5 32 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 1.03 -0.5 0.0 -4.8 -0.5 0.94 -5.1 0
1962 26 PIT NL -7.4 -0.8 65 -0.7 0.8 -1.4 1.02 -0.7 0.1 -5.8 -0.6 0.92 -7.2 0
1963 27 PIT NL 0.2 0.0 23 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .88 -0.2 -0.1 -3.3 -0.4 0.87 -2.3 0.58 1
1964 28 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .72 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.60 -0.2 0
1965 29 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.32 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.42 -0.3 0
6 Yrs -14.0 -1.4 127 -1.6 1.1 -2.7 .99 -1.6 -0.0 -15.8 -1.6 0.91 -16.6 0.58 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1960 24 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 PIT NL 0 0 0% 3 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 PIT NL 1 0 30% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1963 27 PIT NL 1 0 13% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1964 28 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 29 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2 0 17% 24 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0

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
1960 24 PIT NL 5 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 PIT NL 31 55% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 7 1 14% 19 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1962 26 PIT NL 65 35% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 10 1 10% 13 3 23% 35 6 17% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1963 27 PIT NL 26 27% 8 1 0 0 0 0.58 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 6 0 0% 14 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1964 28 PIT NL 1 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
1965 29 STL NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 129 39% 21 1 0 0 0 0.58 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 26 2 8% 29 4 14% 71 6 8% 5 1 20% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 10% 30% 14% 49% 53%

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
1960 24 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1961 25 30 36 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 20 .091 .167 .091 .258 -28 3 1 1 0 0 0
1962 26 66 101 94 4 13 3 0 1 7 1 0 3 43 .138 .173 .202 .376 0 19 2 1 3 0 0
1963 27 100 127 120 5 21 6 0 1 10 1 0 3 55 .175 .202 .250 .452 22 30 2 1 3 0 0
1964 28 102 128 121 5 21 6 0 1 10 1 0 3 55 .174 .200 .248 .448 21 30 2 1 3 0 0
1965 29 104 129 122 5 21 6 0 1 10 1 0 3 56 .172 .198 .246 .444 20 30 2 1 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1960 24 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1961 25 24 32 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18 .000 .094 .000 .094 0 23
1962 26 36 65 61 4 10 3 0 1 7 0 1 23 .164 .177 .262 .440 3 36
1963 27 34 27 27 1 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 12 .333 .333 .444 .778 4 34
1964 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1965 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
6 Yrs 105 131 124 5 19 6 0 1 11 1 3 57 .153 .180 .226 .405 7 104
162 Game Avg. 162 202 191 8 29 9 0 2 17 2 5 88 .153 .180 .226 .405 11 104

* 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.

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