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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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Minors
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- 1960
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- 1961
- 1964
- 1962
- 1965
Splits [+]
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- 1960
- 1963
- 1961
- 1964
- 1962
- 1965
HR Log
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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
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

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Minors
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- 1960
- 1963
- 1961
- 1964
- 1962
- 1965
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1960
- 1963
- 1961
- 1964
- 1962
- 1965
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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	108	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 Seasons				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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1960	PIT	NL	24	P	7	0	18.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.50	0.43	.967	2.10	0.87
1961	PIT	NL	25	P	23	15	102.2	29	8	20	1	1	.966	2.45	1.22	.959	2.18	0.88
1962	PIT	NL	26	P	36	23	176.0	46	12	33	1	3	.978	2.30	1.25	.946	2.07	0.82
1963	PIT	NL	27	P	33	13	97.1	27	4	19	4	3	.852	2.13	0.70	.956	2.06	0.84
1964	PIT	NL	28	P	2	1	6.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.13	0.85
1965	STL	NL	29	P	2	0	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	0.00	1.000	2.02	0.80
6 Seasons				P	103	52	405.2	106	25	74	7	8	.934	2.20	0.96	.953	2.10	0.84
6 Seasons				TOT	103	52	405.2	106	25	74	7	8	.934	2.20	0.96	.887	2.10	0.84

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 Ink Pitching - 6 (1826), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Transactions

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1964: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Ted Savage to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ron Cox (minors) and Jack Damaska.

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Uniforms

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