Frank Francisco
Franklin Francisco
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 11, 1979 in Santo Domingo, 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
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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
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 4 216 152 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 94 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 8 268 100 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 5 264 142 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 3 203 121 1.115 7.3 1.1 2.7 10.4 3.80
5 Seasons 11 11 .500 3.75 221 0 85 0 0 30 230.2 188 101 96 22 109 9 255 6 1 21 983 124 1.288 7.3 0.9 4.3 9.9 2.34
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 3.75 68 0 26 0 0 9 71 58 31 30 7 34 3 78 2 0 6 302 124 1.288 7.3 0.9 4.3 9.9 2.34

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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 221 983 855 101 188 41 5 22 15 8 109 255 .220 .311 .357 .667 .285 305 7 6 8 5 9
162 Game Avg. 68 302 263 31 58 13 2 7 5 2 34 78 .220 .311 .357 .667 .285 94 2 2 2 2 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2004 24 TEX AL 45 45 7 5 1 3 0 3 0% 14 10 28 5 18% 7 1.087 14 13 16 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 0.830 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 0.963 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 1.452 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 1.728 23 16 12 43 4 4 7 44 3 8 4 14 2.9 16
5 Seasons 221 221 85 11 11 43 30 13 70% 94 50 120 23 19% 1.275 90 55 67 130 24 67 74 147 50 49 67 38 3.1 19

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%
2004 24 TEX AL 216 41% 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 41% 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 45% 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 49% 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 53% 3.0% 28.1% 7.4% 7.9% 40% 0.43 0.38 61% 22% 8.5% 21% 31 1 3%
5 Seasons 983 47% 2.2% 25.9% 11.1% 6.9% 36% 0.49 0.55 59% 21% 6.5% 16% 181 7 4%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 268 1138 4.25 679 60% 25% 17% 32% 26% 75% 3% 45% 78% 51% 7% 20 12 24% 64 41 2 16% 6 4 0 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
5 Seasons 983 4144 4.22 2599 63% 25% 19% 32% 24% 75% 2% 47% 74% 56% 7% 69 43 30% 298 185 12 25% 38 17 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
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 2 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
5 Seasons 983 188 18 0 22 0 44 15 7 12 10 56 22 17 39% 9 21 1 362 15 8 65% 14 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 34 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2004 24 5 1 .833 3.33 45 0 7 0 0 0 51.1 36 19 19 4 28 2 60 3 1 4 216 152 1.247 6.3 0.7 4.9 10.5 2.14 152
2005 25 5 1 .833 3.33 45 0 7 0 0 0 51.1 36 19 19 4 28 2 60 3 1 4 216 152 1.247 6.3 0.7 4.9 10.5 2.14 152
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 13 516 118 1.432 7.7 0.7 5.2 8.8 1.69 118
2008 28 9 8 .529 3.72 170 0 43 0 0 5 181.1 148 80 75 16 94 8 198 5 1 18 780 125 1.335 7.3 0.8 4.7 9.8 2.11 125
2009 29 11 11 .500 3.75 221 0 85 0 0 30 230.2 188 101 96 22 109 9 255 6 1 21 983 124 1.288 7.3 0.9 4.3 9.9 2.34 124

Neutralized Pitching

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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 3.00 51.0 34 19 17 4 26 60 3 1.176 6.0 4.6 10.6 2.31 0.7 45
2006 26 0 0 3.86 7.0 8 3 3 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 4 3 .571 3.14 63.0 48 24 22 7 27 83 0 1.190 6.9 3.9 11.9 3.07 1.0 58
2009 29 3 2 .600 3.67 49.0 40 22 20 6 15 57 1 1.122 7.3 2.8 10.5 3.80 1.1 51
5 Seasons 13 10 .565 3.55 228.0 185 99 90 22 107 254 6 1.281 7.3 10.0 2.37 0.9 221

* 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

Saves s c a p y
2009 AL--25--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
2009 AL--42--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Manny Delcarmen (975)
  6. Matt Lindstrom (973)
  7. Jeremy Accardo (973)
  8. Aquilino Lopez (973)
  9. Barney Schultz (973)
  10. Mike Koplove (972)
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  5. Mike Koplove (974)
  6. Mike MacDougal (974)
  7. Joe Boever (973)
  8. Matt Lindstrom (973)
  9. Gary Wagner (972)
  10. Daryl Patterson (972)
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