Earl Francis
Earl Coleman Francis
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 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
Final Game: September 27, 1965
Died: July 3, 2002 in Pittsburgh, PA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1960 24 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2.00 7 0 3 0 0 0 18.0 14 5 4 0 4 0 8 1 0 0 69 188 1.000 7.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
1961 25 PIT NL 2 8 .200 4.21 23 15 4 0 0 0 102.2 110 60 48 4 47 7 53 1 0 5 458 95 1.529 9.6 0.4 4.1 4.6 1.13
1962 26 PIT NL 9 8 .529 3.07 36 23 2 5 1 0 176.0 153 68 60 8 83 10 121 2 1 8 744 128 1.341 7.8 0.4 4.2 6.2 1.46
1963 27 PIT NL 4 6 .400 4.53 33 13 3 0 0 0 97.1 107 59 49 6 43 11 72 4 0 2 432 73 1.541 9.9 0.6 4.0 6.7 1.67
1964 28 PIT NL 0 1 .000 8.53 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 7 6 2 1 0 6 1 0 0 28 41 1.263 9.9 2.8 1.4 8.5 6.00
1965 29 STL NL 0 0 5.06 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 4 3 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 26 76 1.875 11.8 1.7 5.1 5.1 1.00
6 Seasons 16 23 .410 3.77 103 52 13 5 1 0 405.2 398 203 170 21 181 30 263 9 1 16 1757 100 1.427 8.8 0.5 4.0 5.8 1.45
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .410 3.77 45 23 6 2 0 0 178 175 89 75 9 79 13 115 4 0 7 771 100 1.427 8.8 0.5 4.0 5.8 1.45
PIT (5 yrs) 16 23 .410 3.75 101 52 13 5 1 0 400.1 391 199 167 20 178 28 260 9 1 15 1731 101 1.421 8.8 0.4 4.0 5.8 1.46
STL (1 yr) 0 0 5.06 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 4 3 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 26 76 1.875 11.8 1.7 5.1 5.1 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 24 PIT NL 7 69 63 5 14 2 0 0 2 0 4 8 .222 .275 .254 .529 .250 16 4 1 0 1 0
1961 25 PIT NL 23 458 402 60 110 18 4 4 6 2 47 53 .274 .348 .368 .716 .304 148 8 1 4 4 7
1962 26 PIT NL 36 744 651 68 153 17 7 8 16 5 83 121 .235 .322 .320 .642 .276 208 15 2 5 3 10
1963 27 PIT NL 33 432 377 59 107 14 3 6 11 4 43 72 .284 .361 .385 .745 .334 145 14 4 5 3 11
1964 28 PIT NL 2 28 26 7 7 3 0 2 0 0 1 6 .269 .321 .615 .937 .278 16 1 1 0 0 0
1965 29 STL NL 2 26 22 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 .318 .385 .545 .930 .316 12 0 0 0 1 2
6 Seasons 103 1757 1541 203 398 56 14 21 36 11 181 263 .258 .337 .354 .691 .297 545 42 9 14 12 30
162 Game Avg. 45 771 676 89 175 25 6 9 16 5 79 115 .258 .337 .354 .691 .297 239 18 4 6 5 13
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 25 PIT NL 23 15 2 7 6 0 4 3 12 .200 3 2 0 0 8 53% 46 74 19 15 9 2 8 3.9 3.0 5.6
1962 26 PIT NL 36 23 7 8 8 0 4 13 10 .565 2 2 5 1 13 57% 55 93 29 35 7 8 10 4.1 4.0 6.5
1963 27 PIT NL 33 13 2 6 5 0 1 4 9 .308 1 2 0 0 4 31% 45 72 31 20 11 1 9 3.1 2.3 4.8
1964 28 PIT NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 5.0
4 Seasons 94 52 11 22 19 0 9 20 32 .385 6 6 5 1 25 48% 50 93 19 70 27 11 28 3.7 3.2 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1960 24 PIT NL 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 0.450 0 2 5 0 1 6 2 5 5 0 5 1 7.7
1961 25 PIT NL 23 8 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 2 40% 3 0.996 1 1 6 1 0 7 3 5 5 0 5 2 6.8
1962 26 PIT NL 36 13 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 23 8 35% 6 1.241 8 4 1 5 1 7 11 2 7 3 8 3 5.9
1963 27 PIT NL 33 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 38% 5 0.922 1 7 11 0 2 17 9 10 11 1 11 6 5.3
1964 28 PIT NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.635 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1965 29 STL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0.356 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0
6 Seasons 103 51 13 5 1 2 0 2 0% 4 2 49 17 35% 1.041 10 14 26 6 4 40 27 23 31 4 32 12 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1960 24 PIT NL 69 36% 0.0% 11.6% 5.8% 2.9% 14% 1.88 81% 20 4 20%
1961 25 PIT NL 458 48% 0.9% 11.6% 10.3% 5.7% 24% 1.63 76% 96 8 8%
1962 26 PIT NL 744 48% 1.1% 16.3% 11.2% 4.3% 21% 1.49 71% 127 15 12%
1963 27 PIT NL 432 46% 1.4% 16.7% 10.0% 5.3% 22% 1.87 70% 110 14 13%
1964 28 PIT NL 28 32% 7.1% 21.4% 3.6% 17.9% 71% 1.60 64% 6 1 17%
1965 29 STL NL 26 19% 3.9% 11.5% 11.5% 11.5% 43% 0.44 73% 4 0 0%
6 Seasons 1757 46% 1.2% 15.0% 10.3% 5.2% 23% 1.60 72% 363 42 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1960 24 PIT NL 69 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 2 0 0 30 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 25 PIT NL 458 110 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 21 16 0 76% 12 5 2 192 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1962 26 PIT NL 686 153 8 1 19 4 3 3 4 38 16 11 42% 11 8 1 245 16 5 76% 13 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 14 58
1963 27 PIT NL 391 107 6 0 17 4 0 2 2 38 15 4 39% 9 2 2 168 11 4 73% 8 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 41
1964 28 PIT NL 28 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 29 STL NL 26 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 13 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 1658 398 21 1 42 13 5 7 11 103 51 15 50% 35 16 5 660 36 11 77% 29 9 5 1 2 1 4 0 40 99
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1960 24 1 0 1.000 2.00 7 0 3 0 0 0 18.0 14 5 4 0 4 0 8 1 0 0 69 188 1.000 7.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00 188
1961 25 3 8 .273 3.88 30 15 7 0 0 0 120.2 124 65 52 4 51 7 61 2 0 5 527 102 1.450 9.2 0.3 3.8 4.5 1.20 102
1962 26 12 16 .429 3.40 66 38 9 5 1 0 296.2 277 133 112 12 134 17 182 4 1 13 1271 116 1.385 8.4 0.4 4.1 5.5 1.36 116
1963 27 16 22 .421 3.68 99 51 12 5 1 0 394.0 384 192 161 18 177 28 254 8 1 15 1703 103 1.424 8.8 0.4 4.0 5.8 1.44 103
1964 28 16 23 .410 3.75 101 52 13 5 1 0 400.1 391 199 167 20 178 28 260 9 1 15 1731 101 1.421 8.8 0.4 4.0 5.8 1.46 101
1965 29 16 23 .410 3.77 103 52 13 5 1 0 405.2 398 203 170 21 181 30 263 9 1 16 1757 100 1.427 8.8 0.5 4.0 5.8 1.45 100

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1960 24 1 0 1.000 2.00 18.0 14 4 4 0 4 8 1 1.000 7.0 2.0 4.0 2.00 0.0 7
1961 25 5 6 .455 4.29 105.0 114 56 50 4 49 54 1 1.552 9.8 4.2 4.6 1.10 0.3 23
1962 26 11 7 .611 3.12 170.0 151 66 59 8 82 117 2 1.371 8.0 4.3 6.2 1.43 0.4 36
1963 27 3 6 .333 5.76 89.0 115 63 57 6 46 66 4 1.809 11.6 4.7 6.7 1.43 0.6 33
1964 28 0 0 10.50 6.0 8 8 7 2 1 6 1 1.500 12.0 1.5 9.0 6.00 3.0 2
1965 29 0 0 5.40 5.0 7 3 3 1 3 3 0 2.000 12.6 5.4 5.4 1.00 1.8 2
6 Seasons 20 19 .513 4.12 393.0 409 200 180 21 185 254 9 1.511 9.4 5.8 1.37 0.5 103

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1962 NL  3.068 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  7.824 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  6.188 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  .409 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1962 NL  128 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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