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, D.R.
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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/BlueJays/Mets 2004-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$12M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.053, 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 2 218 122 1.322 8.7 1.2 3.2 9.4 2.94
2012 32 NYM NL 1 3 .250 6.10 23 0 20 0 0 14 20.2 25 15 14 2 10 1 24 0 0 0 98 61 1.694 10.9 0.9 4.4 10.5 2.40
8 Yrs 19 22 .463 3.86 354 0 163 0 0 63 354.2 311 160 152 36 155 14 392 7 2 25 1520 118 1.314 7.9 0.9 3.9 9.9 2.53
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .463 3.86 68 0 31 0 0 12 68 60 31 29 7 30 3 75 1 0 5 292 118 1.314 7.9 0.9 3.9 9.9 2.53
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 6.10 23 0 20 0 0 14 20.2 25 15 14 2 10 1 24 0 0 0 98 61 1.694 10.9 0.9 4.4 10.5 2.40
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 2 218 122 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 124 1.290 7.7 0.9 3.9 9.9 2.54
NL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 6.10 23 0 20 0 0 14 20.2 25 15 14 2 10 1 24 0 0 0 98 61 1.694 10.9 0.9 4.4 10.5 2.40

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 5.08 -0.15 -0.38 106.3 5.16 10 1.0 1.1 -0.1 1.4 17 .522 .506 $
2006 26 TEX AL 7.1 8 0 4 4.91 4.90 0.06 -0.36 98.1 4.40 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.0 1 .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 6 .496 .499 $
2008 28 TEX AL 63.1 58 0 24 3.41 4.70 -0.20 -0.35 101.4 4.62 7 0.8 1.5 0.0 1.4 16 .513 .505 $
2009 29 TEX AL 49.1 51 0 21 3.83 4.91 0.03 -0.36 103.3 4.67 4 0.4 1.5 -0.0 0.9 11 .508 .503 $1,615,000
2010 30 TEX AL 52.2 56 0 23 3.93 4.42 -0.04 -0.34 108.6 4.48 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.7 9 .505 .502 $3,265,000
2011 31 TOR AL 50.2 54 0 21 3.73 4.78 0.00 -0.37 108.1 4.78 6 0.6 1.4 -0.0 1.1 12 .511 .504 $4,000,000
2012 32 NYM NL 20.2 23 0 15 6.53 4.13 -0.54 -0.31 99.8 4.34 -5 -0.6 1.7 -0.2 -0.7 -3 .475 .496 $
8 Seasons 354.2 354 0 160 4.06 4.78 -0.10 -0.36 104.1 4.70 22 2.2 1.4 -0.6 5.0 68 .506 .502 $9,211,500
TEX (6 yrs) 283.1 277 0 124 3.94 4.83 -0.08 -0.36 103.7 4.72 22 2.2 1.3 -0.3 4.6 59 .508 .502 $5,211,500
NYM (1 yr) 20.2 23 0 15 6.53 4.13 -0.54 -0.31 99.8 4.34 -5 -0.6 1.7 -0.2 -0.7 -3 .475 .496 $
TOR (1 yr) 50.2 54 0 21 3.73 4.78 0.00 -0.37 108.1 4.78 6 0.6 1.4 -0.0 1.1 12 .511 .504 $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 23 98 87 15 25 5 3 2 4 0 10 24 .287 .357 .483 .840 .371 42 0 0 0 1 1 1
8 Yrs 354 1520 1339 160 311 63 10 36 41 10 155 392 .232 .314 .375 .689 .300 502 13 7 12 7 14 13
162 Game Avg. 68 292 257 31 60 12 2 7 8 2 30 75 .232 .314 .375 .689 .300 96 2 1 2 1 3 2
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .747 .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 9.8 0.9 224 1.0 4.4 -3.4 1.10 0.9 0.1 12.2 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 1.5 7.3 -5.8 1.45 0.7 0.3 13.0 1.3 1.45 10.2 32 11 12
2009 29 TEX AL 5.2 0.5 214 1.6 7.0 -5.5 1.72 0.6 0.3 4.8 0.5 1.72 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 0.3 5.8 -5.5 1.47 0.1 0.1 7.4 0.7 1.47 3.5 24 5 21
2012 32 NYM NL -5.6 -0.6 105 -0.8 2.9 -3.6 1.85 -0.4 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.85 -6.8 11 5 6
8 Yrs 27.3 2.7 1605 4.8 38.6 -33.8 1.37 2.0 1.4 50.3 4.8 1.37 33.4 149 79 112

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 1.098 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 1.448 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 1.715 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 1.466 24 5 21 35 6 13 6 48 3 9 3 8 2.8 16
2012 32 NYM NL 23 23 20 1 3 16 14 2 88% 18 1 1 0 0% 9 1.854 11 5 6 20 1 2 1 22 0 4 0 7 2.7 17
8 Yrs 354 354 163 19 22 86 63 23 73% 157 68 145 26 18% 1.373 149 79 112 217 42 95 89 265 57 71 77 67 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% 8.6% 9% 29 2 7%
2012 32 NYM NL 98 45% 2.0% 24.5% 10.2% 10.2% 40% 0.43 0.46 63% 22% 5.6% 18% 16 0 0%
8 Yrs 1520 51% 2.4% 25.8% 10.2% 7.2% 35% 0.53 0.60 60% 21% 6.8% 14% 263 13 5%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 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 98 385 3.93 236 61% 27% 17% 29% 27% 73% 3% 45% 76% 50% 6% 6 2 22% 22 14 0 25% 1 3 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1522 6275 4.12 3993 64% 26% 19% 31% 24% 74% 2% 47% 74% 57% 6% 96 57 31% 466 292 18 23% 60 25 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 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 98 25 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 3 1 50% 1 0 0 41 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Yrs 1520 311 30 2 36 0 49 22 14 22 14 85 32 24 38% 13 25 2 560 41 10 80% 38 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 43 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 124 1.290 7.7 0.9 3.9 9.9 2.54 124
2012 32 19 22 .463 3.86 354 0 163 0 0 63 354.2 311 160 152 36 155 14 392 7 2 25 1520 118 1.314 7.9 0.9 3.9 9.9 2.53 118

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 0 2 .000 7.20 20.0 27 18 16 2 11 23 0 1.900 12.2 5.0 10.4 2.09 0.9 23
8 Yrs 20 15 .571 3.74 351.0 305 161 146 36 151 390 7 1.299 7.8 10.0 2.58 0.9 354

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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)
2012 NL  14 (1st)
Active  63 (36th)
Career  63 (214th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 AL  42 (10th)
2012 NL  20 (2nd)
Active  163 (40th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (563), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1699), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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