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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 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
2004 23 COL NL 3 2 .600 5.15 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.2 42 22 21 8 13 1 32 1 0 2 164 96 1.500 10.3 2.0 3.2 7.9 2.46
2005 24 COL NL 14 12 .538 5.68 33 33 0 0 0 0 183.2 228 119 116 26 70 5 128 8 0 2 828 84 1.623 11.2 1.3 3.4 6.3 1.83 RoY-6
2006 25 COL NL 13 11 .542 4.16 32 32 0 1 1 0 199.0 187 101 92 18 69 15 117 13 0 0 843 118 1.286 8.5 0.8 3.1 5.3 1.70
2007 26 COL NL 17 9 .654 4.22 34 34 0 1 1 0 215.1 234 103 101 25 63 7 165 7 1 1 922 114 1.379 9.8 1.0 2.6 6.9 2.62 CYA-9
2008 27 COL NL 4 10 .286 5.01 24 24 0 0 0 0 143.2 164 84 80 21 49 4 94 3 0 0 636 94 1.483 10.3 1.3 3.1 5.9 1.92
2010 29 COL NL 4 6 .400 5.00 20 19 0 0 0 0 104.1 119 61 58 11 23 3 67 2 0 1 441 93 1.361 10.3 0.9 2.0 5.8 2.91
2011 30 KCR AL 6 16 .273 4.82 31 31 0 1 0 0 183.0 224 102 98 19 39 5 91 5 1 5 803 86 1.437 11.0 0.9 1.9 4.5 2.33
7 Yrs 61 66 .480 4.78 181 180 0 3 2 0 1065.2 1198 592 566 128 326 40 694 39 2 11 4637 98 1.430 10.1 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.13
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .480 4.78 34 34 0 1 0 0 201 226 112 107 24 61 8 131 7 0 2 873 98 1.430 10.1 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.13
COL (6 yrs) 55 50 .524 4.77 150 149 0 2 2 0 882.2 974 490 468 109 287 35 603 34 1 6 3834 100 1.429 9.9 1.1 2.9 6.1 2.10
KCR (1 yr) 6 16 .273 4.82 31 31 0 1 0 0 183.0 224 102 98 19 39 5 91 5 1 5 803 86 1.437 11.0 0.9 1.9 4.5 2.33
NL (6 yrs) 55 50 .524 4.77 150 149 0 2 2 0 882.2 974 490 468 109 287 35 603 34 1 6 3834 100 1.429 9.9 1.1 2.9 6.1 2.10
AL (1 yr) 6 16 .273 4.82 31 31 0 1 0 0 183.0 224 102 98 19 39 5 91 5 1 5 803 86 1.437 11.0 0.9 1.9 4.5 2.33

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 23 COL NL 36.2 7 7 22 5.40 4.72 -0.15 0.19 105.8 5.35 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .495 .500 $
2005 24 COL NL 183.2 33 33 119 5.83 4.49 -0.10 0.16 110.6 5.26 -12 -1.2 -0.1 0.1 6 .464 .493 $317,000 RoY-6
2006 25 COL NL 199.0 32 32 101 4.57 4.83 0.10 0.19 106.8 5.26 16 1.6 -0.1 3.0 36 .550 .510 $336,000
2007 26 COL NL 215.1 34 34 103 4.30 4.65 0.08 0.19 108.6 5.16 22 2.2 -0.1 3.7 42 .566 .514 $750,000 CYA-9
2008 27 COL NL 143.2 24 24 84 5.26 4.60 -0.21 0.18 108.5 5.42 4 0.4 -0.1 1.3 17 .516 .502 $3,000,000
2010 29 COL NL 104.1 20 19 61 5.26 4.33 0.21 0.15 114.4 4.89 -5 -0.5 .2 -0.1 0.2 5 .477 .497 $5,750,000
2011 30 KCR AL 183.0 31 31 102 5.02 4.42 0.14 0.16 99.9 4.44 -12 -1.2 -0.1 0.3 9 .460 .492 $2,000,000
7 Seasons 1065.2 181 180 592 5.00 4.58 0.03 0.18 107.6 5.09 12 1.3 .2 -0.7 8.8 119 .507 .501 $12,153,000
COL (6 yrs) 882.2 150 149 490 5.00 4.61 0.01 0.18 109.2 5.22 24 2.5 .2 -0.6 8.5 110 .517 .503 $10,153,000
KCR (1 yr) 183.0 31 31 102 5.02 4.42 0.14 0.16 99.9 4.44 -12 -1.2 -0.1 0.3 9 .460 .492 $2,000,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 26 COL NL NLDS W PHI 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 23 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
2007 26 COL NL NLCS W ARI 1 0 1.000 1.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 27 1.200 9.5 0.0 1.4 5.4 4.00
2007 26 COL NL WS L BOS 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 6 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 25 3.250 22.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 Yr (3 Series) 2 1 .667 4.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 21 9 9 3 6 2 15 2 0 0 75 1.620 11.3 1.6 3.2 8.1 2.50
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 23 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 1.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 27 1.200 9.5 0.0 1.4 5.4 4.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 6 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 25 3.250 22.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00

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 23 COL NL 7 164 147 22 42 11 0 8 2 0 13 32 .286 .346 .524 .869 .315 77 3 1 2 1 1 1
2005 24 COL NL 33 828 733 119 228 50 5 26 19 11 70 128 .311 .373 .499 .872 .343 366 17 8 6 10 5 5
2006 25 COL NL 32 843 747 101 187 46 7 18 21 7 69 117 .250 .322 .403 .725 .273 301 24 13 7 7 15 10
2007 26 COL NL 34 922 841 103 234 45 2 25 9 4 63 165 .278 .332 .426 .758 .319 358 22 7 7 4 7 6
2008 27 COL NL 24 636 574 84 164 36 7 21 9 2 49 94 .286 .343 .483 .825 .309 277 8 3 6 4 4 4
2010 29 COL NL 20 441 406 61 119 25 2 11 6 3 23 67 .293 .331 .446 .777 .325 181 13 2 6 4 3 4
2011 30 KCR AL 31 803 744 102 224 47 6 19 18 5 39 91 .301 .337 .457 .794 .319 340 13 5 7 8 5 10
7 Yrs 181 4637 4192 592 1198 260 29 128 84 32 326 694 .286 .340 .453 .793 .314 1900 100 39 41 38 40 40
162 Game Avg. 34 873 790 112 226 49 5 24 16 6 61 131 .286 .340 .453 .793 .314 358 19 7 8 7 8 8
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .748 .299

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 23 COL NL -0.4 -0.0 169 0.0 3.0 -3.0 .98 -0.5 0.5 -2.6 -0.2 0.98 -5.5 0 0 0
2005 24 COL NL -13.6 -1.3 859 -2.0 13.7 -15.7 .98 -2.8 0.7 -23.0 -2.1 0.98 -28.6 0 0 0
2006 25 COL NL 14.7 1.4 871 0.9 14.5 -13.5 .96 0.8 0.1 13.4 1.3 0.96 11.2 0 0 0
2007 26 COL NL 15.4 1.5 939 2.3 16.2 -13.9 .93 0.9 1.5 18.7 1.8 0.93 12.1 0 0 0
2008 27 COL NL -3.5 -0.3 646 -0.5 11.3 -11.8 .99 -0.6 0.1 -5.5 -0.5 0.99 -6.6 0 0 0
2010 29 COL NL -2.7 -0.3 450 -1.0 7.5 -8.5 .95 -0.2 -0.9 -6.5 -0.6 0.95 -1.5 0 0 1
2011 30 KCR AL -12.6 -1.2 833 -1.8 12.7 -14.5 .96 -1.7 -0.2 -14.3 -1.4 0.96 -15.1 0 0 0
7 Yrs -2.5 -0.2 4767 -2.1 79.0 -81.1 .96 -3.9 1.7 -19.8 -1.8 0.96 -34.0 0 0 1

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2004 23 COL NL 7 7 3 2 2 2 0 4 3 .571 0 0 0 0 2 29% 46.4 64 18 1 0 0 5 5.9 4.6 5.2 93 0 6 1 0 100
2005 24 COL NL 33 33 14 12 7 3 1 15 18 .455 4 5 0 0 14 42% 43.2 71 0 20 3 0 11 5.9 5.5 5.6 95 3 21 8 1 121
2006 25 COL NL 32 32 13 11 8 4 2 20 12 .625 6 1 1 1 15 47% 50.4 91 20 26 11 0 18 5.5 5.6 6.2 99 2 17 12 1 129
2007 26 COL NL 34 34 17 9 8 4 1 22 12 .647 2 5 1 1 19 56% 50.7 77 10 17 9 0 12 5.4 5.3 6.3 103 1 11 22 0 119
2008 27 COL NL 24 24 4 10 10 0 3 8 16 .333 4 5 0 0 12 50% 46.2 77 9 16 8 0 11 3.3 3.2 6.0 99 1 10 13 0 114
2010 29 COL NL 20 19 4 6 9 0 0 9 10 .474 2 6 0 0 9 47% 47.1 78 10 11 3 0 12 6.1 4.7 5.4 86 3 14 2 0 106
2011 30 KCR AL 31 31 6 16 9 0 5 10 21 .323 3 3 1 0 16 52% 45.8 79 16 21 4 0 16 3.9 4.0 5.9 95 3 17 11 0 115
7 Yrs 181 180 61 66 53 13 12 88 92 .489 21 25 3 2 87 48% 47 91 0 112 38 0 85 5.0 4.8 5.9 97 13 96 69 2 129
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

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
2010 29 COL NL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .954 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 31
1 Yr 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .954 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 31

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 23 COL NL 164 17% 4.9% 19.5% 7.9% 11.6% 45% 0.77 1.05 66% 13% 13.8% 11% 27 3 11%
2005 24 COL NL 828 18% 3.1% 15.5% 8.5% 9.8% 36% 0.61 0.82 71% 22% 7.8% 11% 176 17 10%
2006 25 COL NL 843 19% 2.1% 13.9% 8.2% 8.4% 38% 0.81 1.14 73% 18% 5.8% 11% 153 24 16%
2007 26 COL NL 922 23% 2.7% 17.9% 6.8% 7.8% 31% 0.82 1.12 71% 20% 7.7% 12% 177 22 12%
2008 27 COL NL 636 20% 3.3% 14.8% 7.7% 10.1% 39% 0.79 1.07 73% 19% 8.9% 11% 111 8 7%
2010 29 COL NL 441 17% 2.5% 15.2% 5.2% 8.6% 32% 0.92 1.39 75% 21% 6.8% 8% 79 13 16%
2011 30 KCR AL 803 23% 2.4% 11.3% 4.9% 9.0% 32% 0.90 1.17 80% 16% 6.3% 11% 149 13 9%
7 Yrs 4637 20% 2.8% 15.0% 7.0% 9.0% 35% 0.80 1.09 74% 19% 7.4% 11% 872 100 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 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 23 COL NL 164 648 3.95 396 61% 31% 14% 25% 30% 69% 0% 42% 79% 54% 4% 7 4 18% 30 10 2 28% 3 3 0 0 0
2005 24 COL NL 835 3149 3.77 1972 63% 30% 14% 25% 32% 70% 1% 44% 81% 58% 4% 35 21 18% 148 71 5 25% 21 10 -7 0 0
2006 25 COL NL 846 3172 3.75 1952 62% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 4% 44% 82% 55% 5% 46 20 19% 162 79 9 22% 14 12 -3 0 0
2007 26 COL NL 923 3485 3.78 2175 62% 28% 15% 26% 32% 72% 2% 45% 79% 60% 4% 35 23 16% 146 51 3 22% 21 6 -1 0 0
2008 27 COL NL 637 2385 3.74 1494 63% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 1% 46% 80% 58% 4% 28 17 21% 131 56 5 17% 13 8 -1 0 0
2010 29 COL NL 441 1659 3.76 1063 64% 29% 14% 25% 33% 71% 2% 46% 81% 57% 4% 16 12 19% 83 40 7 16% 10 1 0 0 0
2011 30 KCR AL 806 2953 3.66 1889 64% 30% 12% 23% 35% 70% 1% 45% 83% 61% 4% 36 21 21% 170 73 10 31% 20 10 -3 0 0
7 Yrs 4652 17451 3.75 10941 63% 29% 14% 25% 33% 71% 2% 45% 81% 58% 4% 203 118 19% 870 380 41 23% 102 50 -15 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 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 23 COL NL 164 42 4 0 8 0 3 8 0 3 5 4 1 2 25% 1 2 1 71 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 24 COL NL 828 228 14 3 26 0 21 23 3 9 17 53 30 8 57% 5 2 1 328 19 11 63% 12 11 7 0 0 0 5 5 17 0
2006 25 COL NL 843 187 10 2 18 0 17 16 2 9 9 48 31 4 65% 10 0 2 288 21 7 75% 17 5 4 1 0 1 3 2 10 0
2007 26 COL NL 922 234 21 3 25 0 14 19 6 13 12 30 15 5 50% 6 1 2 363 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 11 0
2008 27 COL NL 636 164 11 3 21 1 8 17 4 11 10 29 9 8 31% 4 0 1 238 9 2 82% 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
2010 29 COL NL 441 119 16 2 11 0 4 9 2 6 5 23 14 4 61% 4 1 0 158 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
2011 30 KCR AL 803 224 23 7 19 0 18 16 3 6 13 52 34 4 65% 10 5 2 297 18 5 78% 15 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 21 0
7 Yrs 4637 1198 99 20 128 1 85 108 20 57 71 239 134 35 56% 40 11 9 1743 84 32 72% 68 29 16 2 0 1 16 14 76 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 23 3 2 .600 5.15 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.2 42 22 21 8 13 1 32 1 0 2 164 96 1.500 10.3 2.0 3.2 7.9 2.46 96
2005 24 17 14 .548 5.60 40 40 0 0 0 0 220.1 270 141 137 34 83 6 160 9 0 4 992 86 1.602 11.0 1.4 3.4 6.5 1.93 86
2006 25 30 25 .545 4.91 72 72 0 1 1 0 419.1 457 242 229 52 152 21 277 22 0 4 1835 99 1.452 9.8 1.1 3.3 5.9 1.82 99
2007 26 47 34 .580 4.68 106 106 0 2 2 0 634.2 691 345 330 77 215 28 442 29 1 5 2757 103 1.428 9.8 1.1 3.0 6.3 2.06 103
2008 27 51 44 .537 4.74 130 130 0 2 2 0 778.1 855 429 410 98 264 32 536 32 1 5 3393 101 1.438 9.9 1.1 3.1 6.2 2.03 101
2009 28 51 44 .537 4.74 130 130 0 2 2 0 778.1 855 429 410 98 264 32 536 32 1 5 3393 101 1.438 9.9 1.1 3.1 6.2 2.03 101
2010 29 55 50 .524 4.77 150 149 0 2 2 0 882.2 974 490 468 109 287 35 603 34 1 6 3834 100 1.429 9.9 1.1 2.9 6.1 2.10 100
2011 30 61 66 .480 4.78 181 180 0 3 2 0 1065.2 1198 592 566 128 326 40 694 39 2 11 4637 98 1.430 10.1 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.13 98

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 23 2 2 .500 4.03 38.0 38 19 17 7 12 33 1 1.316 9.0 2.8 7.8 2.75 1.7 7
2005 24 8 12 .400 5.10 180.0 214 113 102 24 66 125 8 1.556 10.7 3.3 6.3 1.89 1.2 33
2006 25 12 10 .545 3.53 199.0 172 87 78 17 63 117 12 1.181 7.8 2.8 5.3 1.86 0.8 32
2007 26 12 11 .522 3.74 212.0 219 98 88 23 59 163 7 1.311 9.3 2.5 6.9 2.76 1.0 34
2008 27 7 9 .438 4.50 144.0 155 80 72 20 46 94 3 1.396 9.7 2.9 5.9 2.04 1.3 24
2010 29 5 6 .455 4.59 102.0 112 58 52 10 22 65 2 1.314 9.9 1.9 5.7 2.95 0.9 20
2011 30 7 12 .368 5.22 176.0 229 113 102 19 40 88 5 1.528 11.7 2.0 4.5 2.20 1.0 31
7 Yrs 53 62 .461 4.38 1051.0 1139 568 511 120 308 685 38 1.377 9.8 5.9 2.22 1.0 181

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

Wins s c a p y
2007 NL  17 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 NL  .654 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 AL  1.918 (6th)
Active  2.753 (28th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 NL  215.3 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
2007 NL  34 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL  1 (7th)
2007 NL  1 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  228 (6th)
2007 NL  234 (5th)
2011 AL  224 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Active  2.129 (43rd)
Career  2.129 (216th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  0.814 (9th)
Active  1.081 (49th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 AL  16 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2005 NL  116 (2nd)
2011 AL  98 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 NL  13 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2007 NL  922 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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