Jeff Francis
Jeffrey William Francis
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 8, 1981 in Vancouver, BC, CAN
High School: North Delta (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
Final Game: September 12, 2008
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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 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 95 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 93 1.483 10.3 1.3 3.1 5.9 1.92
5 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .537 4.74 34 34 0 1 1 0 204 224 112 107 26 69 8 140 8 0 1 887 101 1.438 9.9 1.1 3.1 6.2 2.03

Postseason Pitching

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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 Season (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*

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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 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
2005 24 COL NL 33 827 733 119 228 50 5 26 19 11 70 128 .311 .373 .499 .872 .343 366 17 8 6 10 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
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
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
5 Seasons 130 3392 3042 429 855 188 21 98 60 24 264 536 .281 .342 .453 .795 .311 1379 74 32 28 26 32
162 Game Avg. 34 887 796 112 224 49 5 26 16 6 69 140 .281 .342 .453 .795 .311 361 19 8 7 7 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 1 5 0 0 14 42% 43 71 0 20 3 0 11 5.9 5.5 5.6 95 3 22 7 1 121
2006 25 COL NL 32 32 13 11 8 4 2 20 12 .625 6 1 1 1 15 47% 50 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% 51 77 10 17 9 0 12 5.4 5.3 6.3 102 1 11 22 0 119
2008 27 COL NL 24 24 4 10 10 0 3 8 16 .333 3 5 0 0 12 50% 46 77 9 16 8 0 11 3.3 3.2 6.0 99 1 10 13 0 114
5 Seasons 130 130 51 44 35 13 7 69 61 .531 12 16 2 2 62 48% 48 91 0 80 31 0 57 5.2 5.0 6.0 99 7 66 55 2 129
MLB Averages

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 23 COL NL 164 83% 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 82% 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 81% 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 77% 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 80% 3.3% 14.8% 7.7% 10.1% 39% 0.79 1.07 73% 19% 8.9% 11% 111 8 7%
5 Seasons 3393 80% 2.9% 15.8% 7.8% 9.1% 36% 0.75 1.04 72% 19% 7.7% 11% 644 74 11%
MLB Averages

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 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 828 3129 3.78 1963 63% 30% 14% 25% 32% 70% 1% 44% 81% 58% 4% 35 21 18% 147 71 5 25% 21 10 0 0 0
2006 25 COL NL 843 3166 3.76 1949 62% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 4% 44% 82% 55% 5% 46 20 19% 161 79 9 22% 14 12 0 0 0
2007 26 COL NL 922 3483 3.78 2174 62% 28% 15% 26% 32% 72% 2% 45% 79% 60% 4% 35 23 16% 146 51 3 22% 21 6 0 0 0
2008 27 COL NL 636 2383 3.75 1492 63% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 1% 46% 80% 58% 4% 28 17 21% 131 56 5 17% 13 8 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3393 12809 3.78 7974 62% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 4% 151 85 18% 615 267 24 22% 72 39 0 0 0
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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 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 6 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
5 Seasons 3393 855 60 11 98 1 63 83 15 45 53 164 86 27 52% 26 5 7 1288 60 24 71% 47 21 13 2 0 1 14 11 47 0
MLB Averages

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 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 95 1.500 10.3 2.0 3.2 7.9 2.46 95
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

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 23 2 2 .500 4.38 37.0 39 20 18 7 12 32 1 1.378 9.5 2.9 7.8 2.67 1.7 7
2005 24 8 12 .400 5.15 180.0 214 114 103 24 66 125 8 1.556 10.7 3.3 6.3 1.89 1.2 33
2006 25 12 10 .545 3.55 198.0 173 87 78 17 64 116 12 1.197 7.9 2.9 5.3 1.81 0.8 32
2007 26 12 11 .522 3.74 212.0 219 98 88 23 59 162 7 1.311 9.3 2.5 6.9 2.75 1.0 34
2008 27 7 8 .467 4.53 143.0 157 80 72 20 47 94 3 1.427 9.9 3.0 5.9 2.00 1.3 24
5 Seasons 41 43 .488 4.20 770.0 802 399 359 91 248 529 31 1.364 9.4 6.2 2.13 1.1 130

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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 (264th)

Wins s c a p y
2007 NL  17 (4th)

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

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)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  .814 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2005 NL  116 (2nd)

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 - 13 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Erv Brame (955)
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  10. Jeff D'Amico (953)
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