Frank Francisco

Franklin Francisco

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: September 11, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
High School: Rosa de Saron (Rosa de Saron, DO)
Signed
by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 2004 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/BlueJays/Mets 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$12M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.053, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Standard Pitching

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
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004 24 TEX AL 5 1 .833 3.33 45 0 7 0 0 0 51.1 36 19 19 4 28 2 60 3 1 4 216 151 1.247 6.3 0.7 4.9 10.5 2.14
2006 26 TEX AL 0 1 .000 4.91 8 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 8 4 4 2 2 0 6 0 0 1 32 98 1.364 9.8 2.5 2.5 7.4 3.00
2007 27 TEX AL 1 1 .500 4.55 59 0 16 0 0 0 59.1 57 33 30 3 38 4 49 2 0 8 268 101 1.601 8.6 0.5 5.8 7.4 1.29
2008 28 TEX AL 3 5 .375 3.13 58 0 18 0 0 5 63.1 47 24 22 7 26 2 83 0 0 5 264 143 1.153 6.7 1.0 3.7 11.8 3.19
2009 29 TEX AL 2 3 .400 3.83 51 0 42 0 0 25 49.1 40 21 21 6 15 1 57 1 0 3 203 122 1.115 7.3 1.1 2.7 10.4 3.80
2010 30 TEX AL 6 4 .600 3.76 56 0 20 0 0 2 52.2 49 23 22 5 18 2 60 1 1 2 221 120 1.272 8.4 0.9 3.1 10.3 3.33
2011 31 TOR AL 1 4 .200 3.55 54 0 38 0 0 17 50.2 49 21 20 7 18 2 53 0 0 2 218 120 1.322 8.7 1.2 3.2 9.4 2.94
2012 32 NYM NL 1 3 .250 5.53 48 0 38 0 0 23 42.1 47 27 26 5 21 1 47 0 1 2 197 69 1.606 10.0 1.1 4.5 10.0 2.24
8 Yrs 19 22 .463 3.92 379 0 181 0 0 72 376.1 333 172 164 39 166 14 415 7 3 27 1619 115 1.326 8.0 0.9 4.0 9.9 2.50
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .463 3.92 68 0 32 0 0 13 68 60 31 29 7 30 3 74 1 1 5 290 115 1.326 8.0 0.9 4.0 9.9 2.50
TEX (6 yrs) 17 15 .531 3.75 277 0 105 0 0 32 283.1 237 124 118 27 127 11 315 7 2 23 1204 124 1.285 7.5 0.9 4.0 10.0 2.48
NYM (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.53 48 0 38 0 0 23 42.1 47 27 26 5 21 1 47 0 1 2 197 69 1.606 10.0 1.1 4.5 10.0 2.24
TOR (1 yr) 1 4 .200 3.55 54 0 38 0 0 17 50.2 49 21 20 7 18 2 53 0 0 2 218 120 1.322 8.7 1.2 3.2 9.4 2.94
AL (7 yrs) 18 19 .486 3.72 331 0 143 0 0 49 334.0 286 145 138 34 145 13 368 7 2 25 1422 123 1.290 7.7 0.9 3.9 9.9 2.54
NL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.53 48 0 38 0 0 23 42.1 47 27 26 5 21 1 47 0 1 2 197 69 1.606 10.0 1.1 4.5 10.0 2.24

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2004 24 TEX AL 51.1 45 0 19 3.33 5.07 -0.15 -0.38 107.7 5.22 10 1.0 1.1 -0.1 1.5 17 .522 .506
2006 26 TEX AL 7.1 8 0 4 4.91 4.90 0.06 -0.36 98.7 4.43 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.0 0 .494 .500 $331,500
2007 27 TEX AL 59.1 59 0 33 5.01 5.03 -0.04 -0.37 100.6 4.72 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.2 0.2 5 .496 .499
2008 28 TEX AL 63.1 58 0 24 3.41 4.67 -0.20 -0.35 101.8 4.61 7 0.7 1.5 0.0 1.4 15 .513 .505
2009 29 TEX AL 49.1 51 0 21 3.83 4.90 0.03 -0.36 103.6 4.67 4 0.4 1.5 -0.0 0.9 10 .508 .503 $1,615,000
2010 30 TEX AL 52.2 56 0 23 3.93 4.40 -0.04 -0.34 104.4 4.29 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.6 8 .503 .501 $3,265,000
2011 31 TOR AL 50.2 54 0 21 3.73 4.77 0.00 -0.36 105.8 4.66 5 0.5 1.4 -0.0 1.1 10 .510 .503 $4,000,000
2012 32 NYM NL 42.1 48 0 27 5.74 4.38 -0.27 -0.33 97.8 4.22 -7 -0.8 1.3 -0.2 -0.6 -4 .484 .495 $5,500,000
8 Seasons 376.1 379 0 172 4.11 4.76 -0.09 -0.36 103.0 4.63 18 1.8 1.3 -0.6 5.2 62 .505 .501 $14,711,500
TEX (6 yrs) 283.1 277 0 124 3.94 4.81 -0.08 -0.36 103.3 4.69 20 2.0 1.3 -0.4 4.7 55 .507 .502 $5,211,500
NYM (1 yr) 42.1 48 0 27 5.74 4.38 -0.27 -0.33 97.8 4.22 -7 -0.8 1.3 -0.2 -0.6 -4 .484 .495 $5,500,000
TOR (1 yr) 50.2 54 0 21 3.73 4.77 0.00 -0.36 105.8 4.66 5 0.5 1.4 -0.0 1.1 10 .510 .503 $4,000,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
2004 24 TEX AL 45 216 182 19 36 5 0 4 0 2 28 60 .198 .313 .291 .604 .269 53 3 3 2 1 2 0
2006 26 TEX AL 8 32 30 4 8 1 0 2 0 1 2 6 .267 .313 .500 .813 .273 15 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 27 TEX AL 59 268 221 33 57 15 2 3 4 4 38 49 .258 .370 .385 .755 .318 85 3 2 6 1 4 3
2008 28 TEX AL 58 264 235 24 47 10 3 7 7 1 26 83 .200 .277 .357 .634 .270 84 0 0 0 3 2 2
2009 29 TEX AL 51 203 187 21 40 10 0 6 4 0 15 57 .214 .276 .364 .639 .274 68 1 1 0 0 1 3
2010 30 TEX AL 56 221 198 23 49 5 2 5 9 1 18 60 .247 .312 .369 .681 .328 73 4 1 3 1 2 1
2011 31 TOR AL 54 218 199 21 49 12 0 7 13 1 18 53 .246 .309 .412 .721 .302 82 2 0 1 0 2 2
2012 32 NYM NL 48 197 175 27 47 10 3 5 6 0 21 47 .269 .345 .446 .791 .339 78 1 0 0 1 1 3
8 Yrs 379 1619 1427 172 333 68 10 39 43 10 166 415 .233 .315 .377 .692 .300 538 14 7 12 7 14 15
162 Game Avg. 68 290 256 31 60 12 2 7 8 2 30 74 .233 .315 .377 .692 .300 97 3 1 2 1 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .330 .416 .746 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 24 TEX AL 9.7 0.9 224 1.0 4.4 -3.4 1.10 0.9 0.1 12.1 1.1 1.10 10.1 14 14 15
2006 26 TEX AL 0.1 0.0 34 0.0 0.6 -0.5 .82 -0.1 0.1 1.7 0.2 0.82 0.1 2 1 5
2007 27 TEX AL -0.1 0.0 282 1.0 4.9 -3.8 .95 -0.3 1.4 8.3 0.8 0.95 0.8 19 14 22
2008 28 TEX AL 9.2 0.9 277 1.4 7.2 -5.8 1.45 0.7 0.3 12.7 1.2 1.45 9.8 32 11 12
2009 29 TEX AL 5.2 0.5 214 1.6 7.0 -5.5 1.71 0.6 0.3 4.8 0.5 1.71 8.5 23 16 12
2010 30 TEX AL 4.3 0.4 237 0.1 5.8 -5.6 1.52 0.5 -0.4 5.9 0.6 1.52 6.9 24 13 19
2011 31 TOR AL 4.3 0.4 232 0.2 5.8 -5.5 1.47 0.1 0.0 7.2 0.7 1.47 3.7 24 5 21
2012 32 NYM NL -7.4 -0.8 210 -0.3 4.9 -5.2 1.52 -0.5 0.3 -9.2 -1.0 1.52 -9.7 16 11 19
8 Yrs 25.3 2.5 1710 5.2 40.6 -35.4 1.36 1.9 1.9 43.4 4.1 1.36 30.3 154 85 125

Reliever Pitching*

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
2004 24 TEX AL 45 45 7 5 1 3 0 3 0% 14 10 28 5 18% 7 1.097 14 14 15 21 6 18 20 25 18 10 24 4 3.4 21
2006 26 TEX AL 8 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 .825 2 1 5 4 1 3 0 8 0 2 1 0 2.8 15
2007 27 TEX AL 59 59 16 1 1 0 0 0 21 21 44 3 7% 7 .954 19 14 22 30 4 25 25 34 15 20 21 7 3.0 19
2008 28 TEX AL 58 58 18 3 5 11 5 6 45% 24 13 35 9 26% 7 1.447 32 11 12 32 9 17 22 36 14 9 17 13 3.3 19
2009 29 TEX AL 51 51 42 2 3 29 25 4 86% 33 4 13 6 46% 9 1.714 23 16 12 43 4 4 7 44 3 8 4 14 2.9 16
2010 30 TEX AL 56 56 20 6 4 6 2 4 33% 22 15 13 2 15% 8 1.521 24 13 19 32 11 13 8 48 4 9 7 14 2.8 16
2011 31 TOR AL 54 54 38 1 4 21 17 4 81% 23 2 11 1 9% 9 1.465 24 5 21 35 6 13 6 48 3 9 3 8 2.8 16
2012 32 NYM NL 48 48 38 1 3 26 23 3 88% 29 1 9 5 56% 9 1.516 16 11 19 36 2 10 5 43 1 11 1 11 2.6 17
8 Yrs 379 379 181 19 22 96 72 24 75% 168 68 153 31 20% 1.361 154 85 125 233 43 103 93 286 58 78 78 71 3.0 18

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2004 24 TEX AL 216 59% 1.9% 27.8% 13.0% 4.2% 25% 0.38 0.42 55% 20% 5.2% 13% 44 3 7%
2006 26 TEX AL 32 59% 6.3% 18.8% 6.3% 9.4% 38% 1.00 1.14 69% 13% 18.2% 8% 6 0 0%
2007 27 TEX AL 268 55% 1.1% 18.3% 14.2% 7.5% 35% 0.57 0.75 63% 22% 3.1% 13% 59 3 5%
2008 28 TEX AL 264 51% 2.7% 31.4% 9.9% 7.6% 43% 0.50 0.56 56% 20% 8.2% 17% 41 0 0%
2009 29 TEX AL 203 47% 3.0% 28.1% 7.4% 7.9% 40% 0.43 0.38 61% 22% 8.5% 21% 31 1 3%
2010 30 TEX AL 221 58% 2.3% 27.2% 8.1% 5.4% 25% 0.63 0.70 61% 20% 6.8% 12% 37 4 11%
2011 31 TOR AL 218 39% 3.2% 24.3% 8.3% 8.7% 39% 0.63 0.80 64% 24% 8.5% 8% 29 2 7%
2012 32 NYM NL 197 48% 2.5% 23.9% 10.7% 9.1% 38% 0.49 0.60 63% 27% 7.1% 19% 32 1 3%
8 Yrs 1619 51% 2.4% 25.6% 10.3% 7.2% 35% 0.53 0.60 61% 22% 6.9% 15% 279 14 5%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.7% 8.4% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 24 TEX AL 216 923 4.27 567 61% 23% 22% 33% 22% 77% 2% 47% 72% 57% 7% 16 12 27% 59 33 4 23% 10 2 0 0 0
2006 26 TEX AL 32 117 3.66 78 67% 23% 19% 27% 31% 77% 0% 51% 75% 63% 0% 0 0 16% 5 3 0 17% 1 0 0 0 0
2007 27 TEX AL 269 1140 4.24 680 60% 25% 17% 32% 26% 75% 3% 45% 78% 51% 7% 20 12 24% 64 41 2 16% 6 4 -1 0 0
2008 28 TEX AL 264 1128 4.27 723 64% 25% 21% 33% 21% 75% 2% 48% 72% 57% 8% 21 11 36% 94 60 4 28% 14 8 0 0 0
2009 29 TEX AL 203 838 4.13 552 66% 28% 18% 31% 24% 72% 1% 48% 75% 58% 6% 12 8 37% 76 48 2 30% 7 3 0 0 0
2010 30 TEX AL 221 869 3.93 578 67% 27% 19% 29% 25% 73% 3% 49% 73% 62% 5% 10 4 37% 81 51 4 20% 16 4 0 0 0
2011 31 TOR AL 219 875 4.00 579 66% 30% 19% 26% 25% 70% 3% 47% 73% 58% 5% 11 8 30% 65 42 2 21% 5 1 -1 0 0
2012 32 NYM NL 197 798 4.05 494 62% 26% 18% 30% 26% 74% 1% 46% 76% 52% 7% 13 5 23% 45 29 3 28% 5 7 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1621 6688 4.13 4251 64% 26% 19% 31% 24% 74% 2% 47% 74% 57% 6% 103 60 30% 489 307 21 24% 64 29 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2004 24 TEX AL 216 36 3 0 4 0 4 2 2 1 3 8 3 2 38% 0 4 0 84 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2006 26 TEX AL 32 8 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 27 TEX AL 268 57 4 0 3 0 13 2 1 2 1 20 6 8 30% 3 8 0 120 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2008 28 TEX AL 264 47 4 0 7 0 18 5 2 5 2 15 6 6 40% 2 5 1 85 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2009 29 TEX AL 203 40 6 0 6 0 9 4 2 3 3 13 7 1 54% 3 3 0 62 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 30 TEX AL 221 49 4 1 5 0 1 5 0 4 1 13 6 3 46% 1 2 1 74 9 1 90% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
2011 31 TOR AL 218 49 7 1 7 0 4 2 5 6 1 10 1 3 10% 2 2 0 83 13 1 93% 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012 32 NYM NL 197 47 2 0 5 0 6 2 3 1 4 8 5 1 63% 3 2 0 76 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 Yrs 1619 333 31 2 39 0 55 24 15 23 16 87 34 24 39% 15 27 2 595 43 10 81% 40 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 47 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2004 24 5 1 .833 3.33 45 0 7 0 0 0 51.1 36 19 19 4 28 2 60 3 1 4 216 151 1.247 6.3 0.7 4.9 10.5 2.14 151
2005 25 5 1 .833 3.33 45 0 7 0 0 0 51.1 36 19 19 4 28 2 60 3 1 4 216 151 1.247 6.3 0.7 4.9 10.5 2.14 151
2006 26 5 2 .714 3.53 53 0 9 0 0 0 58.2 44 23 23 6 30 2 66 3 1 5 248 142 1.261 6.8 0.9 4.6 10.1 2.20 142
2007 27 6 3 .667 4.04 112 0 25 0 0 0 118.0 101 56 53 9 68 6 115 5 1 13 516 119 1.432 7.7 0.7 5.2 8.8 1.69 119
2008 28 9 8 .529 3.72 170 0 43 0 0 5 181.1 148 80 75 16 94 8 198 5 1 18 780 126 1.335 7.3 0.8 4.7 9.8 2.11 126
2009 29 11 11 .500 3.75 221 0 85 0 0 30 230.2 188 101 96 22 109 9 255 6 1 21 983 125 1.288 7.3 0.9 4.3 9.9 2.34 125
2010 30 17 15 .531 3.75 277 0 105 0 0 32 283.1 237 124 118 27 127 11 315 7 2 23 1204 124 1.285 7.5 0.9 4.0 10.0 2.48 124
2011 31 18 19 .486 3.72 331 0 143 0 0 49 334.0 286 145 138 34 145 13 368 7 2 25 1422 123 1.290 7.7 0.9 3.9 9.9 2.54 123
2012 32 19 22 .463 3.92 379 0 181 0 0 72 376.1 333 172 164 39 166 14 415 7 3 27 1619 115 1.326 8.0 0.9 4.0 9.9 2.50 115

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
2004 24 3 2 .600 2.82 51.0 33 18 16 4 26 60 3 1.157 5.8 4.6 10.6 2.31 0.7 45
2006 26 0 0 5.14 7.0 8 4 4 2 2 6 0 1.429 10.3 2.6 7.7 3.00 2.6 8
2007 27 3 3 .500 4.34 58.0 55 31 28 3 37 48 2 1.586 8.5 5.7 7.4 1.30 0.5 59
2008 28 5 2 .714 2.95 64.0 46 23 21 7 25 84 0 1.109 6.5 3.5 11.8 3.36 1.0 58
2009 29 3 2 .600 3.42 50.0 38 21 19 6 14 58 1 1.040 6.8 2.5 10.4 4.14 1.1 51
2010 30 3 2 .600 3.88 51.0 49 24 22 5 18 58 1 1.314 8.6 3.2 10.2 3.22 0.9 56
2011 31 3 2 .600 3.60 50.0 49 22 20 7 18 53 0 1.340 8.8 3.2 9.5 2.94 1.3 54
2012 32 1 3 .250 6.00 42.0 49 31 28 5 22 47 0 1.690 10.5 4.7 10.1 2.14 1.1 48
8 Yrs 21 16 .568 3.81 373.0 327 174 158 39 162 414 7 1.311 7.9 10.0 2.56 0.9 379

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
2009 AL  25 (10th)
Active  72 (30th)
Career  72 (197th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 AL  42 (10th)
Active  181 (30th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2150), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (515th), 5.3 career WAR/6.0 7yr-peak WAR/5.7 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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