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Jeff Francis

Jeffrey William Francis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 8, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
High School: North Delta Senior Second HS (North Delta, BC)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 2004
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Royals 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.040, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Jim Lindell [*]
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Standard Batting

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 Awards
2004 23 COL NL 7 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 4 0 0 /1
2005 24 COL NL 33 71 58 7 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 27 .103 .200 .138 .338 -13 8 1 0 6 0 0 1 RoY-6
2006 25 COL NL 32 80 61 3 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 20 .115 .211 .115 .326 -15 7 0 0 9 2 0 1
2007 26 COL NL 35 79 64 2 12 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .188 .212 .234 .446 13 15 1 0 13 0 0 1 CYA-9
2008 27 COL NL 25 49 39 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .128 .128 .154 .282 -29 6 0 0 10 0 0 1
2010 29 COL NL 20 30 22 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .091 .222 .091 .313 -16 2 1 0 3 1 0 1
2011 30 KCR AL 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 183 325 256 16 32 6 0 0 15 0 0 21 89 .125 .189 .148 .338 -13 38 3 0 45 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 288 227 14 28 5 0 0 13 0 0 19 79 .125 .189 .148 .338 -13 34 3 0 40 3 0
COL (6 yrs) 152 323 254 16 32 6 0 0 15 0 0 21 88 .126 .191 .150 .340 -13 38 3 0 45 3 0
KCR (1 yr) 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 152 323 254 16 32 6 0 0 15 0 0 21 88 .126 .191 .150 .340 -13 38 3 0 45 3 0
AL (1 yr) 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 23 COL NL 7 14 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .469 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /1
2005 24 COL NL 33 71 -10 -0 0 0 10 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $317,000 1 RoY-6
2006 25 COL NL 32 80 -11 -0 1 0 12 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $336,000 1
2007 26 COL NL 35 79 -9 -1 0 0 12 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $750,000 1 CYA-9
2008 27 COL NL 25 49 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $3,000,000 1
2010 29 COL NL 20 30 -4 -0 -0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $5,750,000 1
2011 30 KCR AL 31 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $2,000,000 1
7 Seasons 183 325 -49 -2 1 0 47 -2 -0.2 9 7 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.0 7 $12,153,000
COL (6 yrs) 152 323 -48 -2 1 0 47 -2 -0.2 9 7 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.0 7 $10,153,000
KCR (1 yr) 31 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $2,000,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 23 COL NL 14 14 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .284 .000 .358 .000 .461 .000 .819 -100 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
2005 24 COL NL 71 59 2 0.9 118 .194 .103 .282 .200 .354 .138 .450 .338 .804 -13 .044 -10.4 -1.0 .283 .155 .034
2006 25 COL NL 80 65 3 1.2 121 .163 .115 .283 .211 .355 .115 .459 .326 .814 -15 .070 -11.4 -1.1 .278 .131 .000
2007 26 COL NL 79 66 4 1.6 117 .273 .188 .281 .212 .351 .234 .449 .446 .800 13 .111 -8.9 -0.8 .321 .078 .047
2008 27 COL NL 49 44 1 0.6 115 .179 .128 .278 .128 .351 .154 .443 .282 .794 -29 .022 -7.8 -0.8 .176 .026 .026
2010 29 COL NL 30 25 1 1.1 114 .118 .091 .278 .222 .351 .091 .439 .313 .790 -16 .065 -3.9 -0.4 .286 .182 .000
2011 30 KCR AL 2 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .258 .000 .323 .000 .408 .000 .732 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 325 275 11 1.1 118 .188 .125 .281 .189 .353 .148 .450 .338 .803 -13 .057 -46.1 -4.4 .260 .105 .023
162 Game Avg. 288 243 10 1.1 118 .188 .125 .281 .189 .353 .148 .450 .338 .803 -13 .057 -46.1 -4.4 .260 .105 .023
COL (6 yrs) 323 273 11 1.1 118 .189 .126 .281 .191 .353 .150 .450 .340 .803 -13 .058 -45.5 -4.4 .262 .106 .024
KCR (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .258 .000 .323 .000 .408 .000 .732 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (6 yrs) 323 273 11 1.1 118 .189 .126 .281 .191 .353 .150 .450 .340 .803 -13 .058 -45.5 -4.4 .262 .106 .024
AL (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .258 .000 .323 .000 .408 .000 .732 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 26 COL NL NLDS PHI W 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2007 26 COL NL NLCS ARI W 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2007 26 COL NL WS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (3 Series) 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1 NLDS 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 23 COL NL 14 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 4.00 9.00 43% 10% 0.0% 0%
2005 24 COL NL 71 0.0% 38.0% 9.9% 2.8% 33% 3.86 2.1 14.5 2.63 2.78 44% 3% 0.0% 0%
2006 25 COL NL 80 0.0% 25.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.50 3.1 10.2 2.17 2.75 54% 12% 0.0% 0%
2007 26 COL NL 79 0.0% 25.3% 2.5% 3.8% 25% 10.00 3.2 21.3 1.53 4.22 56% 18% 0.0% 6%
2008 27 COL NL 49 0.0% 22.5% 0.0% 2.0% 20% 3.5 39.0 2.00 2.89 57% 5% 0.0% 0%
2010 29 COL NL 30 0.0% 20.0% 13.3% 0.0% 0% 1.50 3.7 22.0 7.00 8.00 57% 10% 0.0% 0%
2011 30 KCR AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
7 Yrs 325 0.0% 27.4% 6.5% 1.9% 19% 4.24 2.9 17.1 2.24 3.52 52% 10% 0.0% 2%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.06 5.1 33.4 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 23 COL NL -3.2 -0.3 14 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .89 -0.3 0.0 -3.3 -0.3 0.92 -3.7 0
2005 24 COL NL -10.4 -1.0 72 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .99 -0.9 0.3 -8.2 -0.8 1.05 -9.6 0
2006 25 COL NL -11.4 -1.1 80 -0.9 0.7 -1.5 .96 -1.0 0.1 -11.5 -1.0 1.03 -12.3 0
2007 26 COL NL -8.9 -0.8 79 -0.7 0.6 -1.2 .83 -0.9 0.1 -11.1 -1.0 0.97 -10.7 0
2008 27 COL NL -7.8 -0.8 49 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 1.22 -0.9 0.1 -11.4 -1.1 1.04 -10.8 3.14 0
2010 29 COL NL -3.9 -0.4 30 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .90 -0.4 0.0 -5.5 -0.5 1.04 -4.2 0
2011 30 KCR AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.03 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.97 -0.5 0
7 Yrs -46.1 -4.4 326 -3.7 2.4 -6.1 .97 -4.5 0.6 -51.4 -4.7 1.02 -51.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 23 COL NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 24 COL NL 1 0 54% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
2006 25 COL NL 2 0 20% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2007 26 COL NL 1 0 14% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
2008 27 COL NL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2010 29 COL NL 1 0 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2011 30 KCR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 5 0 30% 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11% 9 9 0 4 4 0 5 3 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 23 COL NL 14 71% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 4 0 0% 5 3 60% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2005 24 COL NL 71 66% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 19 1 5% 17 4 24% 55 5 9% 7 3 43% 4 3 75% 0
2006 25 COL NL 80 74% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 64% 21 0 0% 24 7 29% 62 8 13% 8 4 50% 5 3 60% 0
2007 26 COL NL 79 66% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 13 81% 18 1 6% 19 9 47% 52 3 6% 3 2 67% 4 4 100% 0
2008 27 COL NL 49 84% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 13 0 0% 17 5 29% 39 1 3% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
2010 29 COL NL 30 57% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 1 20% 5 2 40% 26 1 4% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
2011 30 KCR AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 325 70% 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 62 45 73% 80 3 4% 87 30 34% 244 18 7% 25 11 44% 16 13 81% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 23 COL NL 14 51 3.64 35 69% 26% 20% 26% 29% 74% 0% 51% 73% 36% 0% 0 0 29% 4 2 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
2005 24 COL NL 71 297 4.18 189 64% 35% 18% 28% 20% 65% 0% 41% 72% 23% 6% 4 0 14% 10 1 7% 5 3 15% 0 0 0
2006 25 COL NL 81 278 3.43 186 67% 37% 12% 23% 28% 63% 0% 42% 81% 23% 2% 2 0 6% 5 1 6% 5 0 40% -1 0 0
2007 26 COL NL 79 307 3.89 200 65% 41% 11% 20% 29% 59% 0% 38% 81% 25% 1% 1 0 13% 10 3 11% 9 2 40% 0 0 0
2008 27 COL NL 49 159 3.24 106 67% 39% 9% 16% 36% 61% 0% 41% 85% 27% 2% 1 1 20% 10 2 8% 4 2 45% 0 0 0
2010 29 COL NL 30 121 4.03 78 64% 35% 13% 27% 26% 65% 0% 42% 80% 17% 10% 3 0 17% 5 0 10% 3 1 50% 0 0 0
2011 30 KCR AL 2 7 3.50 5 71% 60% 20% 0% 20% 40% 0% 29% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 326 1220 3.74 799 65% 37% 13% 23% 27% 63% 0% 41% 79% 24% 3% 11 1 13% 44 9 8% 26 8 33% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 23 7 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 4 0 0
2005 24 40 85 68 8 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 31 .088 .173 .118 .291 -25 8 1 0 10 0 0
2006 25 72 165 129 11 13 2 0 0 10 0 0 15 51 .101 .192 .116 .308 -20 15 1 0 19 2 0
2007 26 107 244 193 13 25 5 0 0 13 0 0 17 71 .130 .198 .155 .354 -10 30 2 0 32 2 0
2008 27 132 293 232 14 30 6 0 0 14 0 0 17 82 .129 .187 .155 .342 -13 36 2 0 42 2 0
2009 28 132 293 232 14 30 6 0 0 14 0 0 17 82 .129 .187 .155 .342 -13 36 2 0 42 2 0
2010 29 152 323 254 16 32 6 0 0 15 0 0 21 88 .126 .191 .150 .340 -13 38 3 0 45 3 0
2011 30 183 325 256 16 32 6 0 0 15 0 0 21 89 .125 .189 .148 .338 -13 38 3 0 45 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 23 7 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
2005 24 33 69 57 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 6 27 .088 .175 .123 .297 1 33
2006 25 32 78 60 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 7 20 .100 .188 .100 .288 1 32
2007 26 35 79 64 2 12 3 0 0 3 0 2 20 .188 .212 .234 .446 3 35
2008 27 25 50 40 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 .150 .150 .175 .325 1 25
2010 29 20 30 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .000 .148 .000 .148 0 20
2011 30 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
7 Yrs 183 322 255 10 29 6 0 0 10 0 19 89 .114 .173 .137 .311 6 183
162 Game Avg. 162 285 226 9 26 5 0 0 9 0 17 79 .114 .173 .137 .311 5 183

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 NL (9, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2007 NL  13 (4th)
2008 NL  10 (10th)
Active  45 (50th)

                           

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