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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 (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, 1 yr/$2M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.040, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Jim Lindell [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 8:06PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1028. Jack Knott… #1029. Rodrigo Lopez… #1030. Roger Pavlik… #1031. JEFF FRANCIS… #1032. Hank O'Day… #1033. Phil Knell… #1034. Mark Gardner… 

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 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 85 1.437 11.0 0.9 1.9 4.5 2.33
7 Seasons 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 85 1.437 11.0 0.9 1.9 4.5 2.33
NL (6 yrs) NL 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) 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 85 1.437 11.0 0.9 1.9 4.5 2.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2004 23 COL NL 36.2 7 22 25 0 1.0 3 0.3 $
2005 24 COL NL 183.2 33 119 121 -1 1.0 2 0.2 $317,000 RoY-6
2006 25 COL NL 199.0 32 101 128 6 1.0 27 2.5 $336,000
2007 26 COL NL 215.1 34 103 127 13 .9 24 2.2 $750,000 CYA-9
2008 27 COL NL 143.2 24 84 94 -3 1.0 10 1.0 $3,000,000
2010 29 COL NL 104.1 19 61 66 1 1.0 5 0.5 $5,750,000
2011 30 KCR AL 183.0 31 102 116 -3 1.0 14 1.4 $2,000,000
7 Seasons 1065.2 180 592 677 13 1.0 85 8.1 $12,153,000
COL (6 yrs) 882.2 149 490 561 16 1.0 71 6.7 $10,153,000
KCR (1 yr) 183.0 31 102 116 -3 1.0 14 1.4 $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 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

Standard Batting

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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 1 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 Seasons 153 325 256 16 32 6 0 0 15 0 0 21 89 .125 .189 .148 .338 -13 38 3 0 45 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 344 271 17 34 6 0 0 16 0 0 22 94 .125 .189 .148 .338 -13 40 3 0 48 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) 1 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) 1 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 23 COL NL 14 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
2005 24 COL NL 71 -9 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $317,000 1 RoY-6
2006 25 COL NL 80 -10 0 1 1 0 9 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $336,000 1
2007 26 COL NL 79 -8 -1 0 0 0 8 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $750,000 1 CYA-9
2008 27 COL NL 49 -7 0 -1 0 0 4 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $3,000,000 1
2010 29 COL NL 30 -4 -0 0 -0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $5,750,000 1
2011 30 KCR AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000 1
7 Seasons 325 -41 -1 0 1 0 32 8 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $12,153,000
COL (6 yrs) 323 -41 -1 0 1 0 32 8 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $10,153,000
KCR (1 yr) 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000

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
1 Season (2 Series) 2 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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2004 COL NL 23 P 7 36.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -1 -5 1.96 1.14 .965 1.84 1.81
2005 COL NL 24 P 33 183.2 25 5 20 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.23 0.76 .960 1.75 1.73 RoY-6
2006 COL NL 25 P 32 199.0 42 4 38 0 2 1.000 2 2 1.90 1.31 .958 1.72 1.71
2007 COL NL 26 P 34 215.1 45 12 33 0 2 1.000 6 6 1.88 1.32 .965 1.68 1.67 CYA-9
2008 COL NL 27 P 24 143.2 30 8 21 1 0 .967 2 3 1.82 1.21 .959 1.73 1.72
2010 COL NL 29 P 20 104.1 19 2 17 0 3 1.000 2 4 1.64 0.95 .954 1.73 1.72
2011 KCR AL 30 P 31 31 1 183.0 35 4 31 0 3 1.000 1 1 1.72 1.13 .949 1.60 1.59 18 5 22% 1
7 Seasons P 181 31 1 1065.2 204 37 166 1 11 .995 12 2 1.71 1.12 .958 1.70 1.69 18 5 22% 1
7 Seasons TOT 181 31 1 1065.2 204 37 166 1 11 .995 12 13 1.71 1.12 .958 1.70 1.69 18 5 22% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (33rd)

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 (212th)

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

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)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Scott Karl (967)
  2. Dave Bush (959)
  3. Chris Capuano (958)
  4. Randy Lerch (955)
  5. Armando Reynoso (953)
  6. Allen Watson (952)
  7. Josh Fogg (951)
  8. Mark Hendrickson (948)
  9. Edwin Jackson (946)
  10. Nate Robertson (946)
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  1. Brian Anderson (967)
  2. Rodrigo Lopez (966)
  3. Josh Fogg (965)
  4. John Thomson (965)
  5. Pete Schourek (964)
  6. Dave Bush (960)
  7. Sterling Hitchcock (959)
  8. Ted Lilly (958)
  9. Nate Robertson (955)
  10. Brett Tomko (955)
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  1. Brian Anderson (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sterling Hitchcock (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gil Meche (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sterling Hitchcock (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brian Anderson (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brian Anderson (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.
  • November 3, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 14, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 26, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200524Colorado Rockies$317,000
200625Colorado Rockies$336,000
200726Colorado Rockies$750,000
200827Colorado Rockies$3,000,000
200928Colorado Rockies$3,750,000
201029Colorado Rockies$5,750,000
201130Kansas City Royals$2,000,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,903,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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