Jeff Francoeur

Jeffrey Braden Francoeur (Frenchy)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 8, 1984 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Parkview (Lilburn, GA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 8, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 2005
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets/Royals/Rangers 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$16M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.088, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Molly Fletcher, CSE, previously: Steve Hammond [*]
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2005	ATL	NL	21	OF	67				149	131	13	5	3	.966	12	17				2.15	.984		2.16	RoY-3
2005	ATL	NL	21	RF	67	65	63	589.0	149	131	13	5	3	.966	12	17	25	35	2.20	2.15	.980	2.10	2.08	RoY-3
2006	ATL	NL	22	OF	162				339	317	13	9	4	.973	17	9				2.04	.984		2.20
2006	ATL	NL	22	RF	162	162	153	1421.2	338	316	13	9	4	.973	17	9	14	8	2.08	2.03	.980	2.10	2.09
2006	ATL	NL	22	CF	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.50	.990	2.70	2.55
2007	ATL	NL	23	OF	162				351	327	19	5	2	.986	9	19				2.14	.984		2.29	GG
2007	ATL	NL	23	RF	162	162	157	1440.2	351	327	19	5	2	.986	9	19	7	16	2.16	2.14	.981	2.18	2.17	GG
2008	ATL	NL	24	OF	152				300	282	14	4	2	.987	-11	-2				1.95	.985		2.20
2008	ATL	NL	24	RF	152	151	147	1328.2	300	282	14	4	2	.987	-11	-2	-10	-2	2.01	1.95	.982	2.12	2.11
2009	TOT	NL	25	OF	154	152	146	1338.1	306	294	11	1	0	.997	3	9	3	8	2.05	1.98	.986	28.40	2.18
2009	TOT	NL	25	RF	154	152	146	1338.1	306	294	11	1	0	.997	3	9	3	8	2.05	1.98	.986	2.08	2.06
2009	ATL	NL	25	OF	80	78	74	701.0	163	157	6	0	0	1.000	16	9	28	15	2.09	2.04	.986	28.40	2.18
2009	ATL	NL	25	RF	80	78	74	701.0	163	157	6	0	0	1.000	16	5	28	9	2.09	2.04	.986	2.08	2.06
2009	NYM	NL	25	OF	74	74	72	637.1	143	137	5	1	0	.993	-13	9	-24	16	2.01	1.92	.986	28.40	2.18
2009	NYM	NL	25	RF	74	74	72	637.1	143	137	5	1	0	.993	-13	4	-24	8	2.01	1.92	.986	2.08	2.06
2010	TOT	MLB	26	OF	132				256	241	11	4	5	.984	6	7				1.91	.987		2.16
2010	TOT	MLB	26	RF	131	119	108	1070.0	254	240	11	3	5	.988	8	7	9	7	2.11	1.92	.986	2.10	2.07
2010	NYM	NL	26	OF	118				235	221	11	3	5	.987	5	7				1.97	.987		2.15
2010	TEX	AL	26	OF	14				21	20	0	1	0	.952	1	0				1.43	.986		2.28
2010	NYM	NL	26	RF	118	109	101	982.0	235	221	11	3	5	.987	5	7	7	9	2.13	1.97	.986	2.10	2.07
2010	TEX	AL	26	RF	13	10	7	88.0	19	19	0	0	0	1.000	2	0	30	0	1.94	1.46	.984	2.10	2.08
2010	TEX	AL	26	LF	2	0	0	12.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	-1	0	-140	0	0.75	0.50	.985	2.10	2.05
2010	TEX	AL	26	DH	1	1
2011	KCR	AL	27	OF	153	152	146	1352.0	348	327	16	5	4	.986	-3	6	-2	5	2.28	2.24	.986	2.28	2.26
2011	KCR	AL	27	RF	153	152	146	1352.0	348	327	16	5	4	.986	-3	6	-2	5	2.28	2.24	.986	2.09	2.07
	7 Seasons			OF	982	304	292	2690.1	2049	1919	97	33	20	.984	33	65	15	9	2.17	2.05	.985	15.27	2.21
	7 Seasons			RF	981	963	920	8540.1	2046	1917	97	32	20	.984	34	65	5	9	2.12	2.05	.983	2.11	2.10
	1 Season			CF	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.50	.990	2.70	2.55
	1 Season			LF	2	0	0	12.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	-1	0	-140	0	0.75	0.50	.985	2.10	2.05
	7 Seasons			TOT	982	304	292	2690.1	2049	1919	97	33	20	.984	33	130	15	57	2.17	2.05	.985	15.27	2.21
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rof	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr
2005	ATL	NL	21	RF	12	25	8	4	5	4	17	35	6	0	9	2
2006	ATL	NL	22	RF	17	14	11	10	0	6	9	8	2	0	7
2006	ATL	NL	22	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	ATL	NL	23	RF	9	7	2	-2	4	7	19	16	6	0	13
2008	ATL	NL	24	RF	-11	-10	-13	-15	2	2	-2	-2	-7	0	5
2009	ATL	NL	25	RF	16	28	13	8	5	3	5	9	0	0	5
2009	NYM	NL	25	RF	-13	-24	-13	-0	-12	0	4	8	-1	0	3	2
2010	NYM	NL	26	RF	5	7	-3	-4	1	8	7	9	-3	0	10
2010	TEX	AL	26	RF	2	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	TEX	AL	26	LF	-1	-140	-1	-1		0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	KCR	AL	27	RF	-3	-2	-8	3	-11	5	6	5	-4		8	2
	7 Seasons			RF	34	5	-1	4	-4	35	65	9	-1	0	60	6
	1 Season			CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			LF	-1	-140	-1	-1		0	0	0	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			TOT	43	13	-3	5	-8	46	130	57	-1	0	60	6

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
2005	ATL	NL	21	70	65	70	67	0	0	67	67	0	2	2
2006	ATL	NL	22	162	162	162	162	0	2	162	164	0	0	0
2007	ATL	NL	23	162	162	162	162	0	0	162	162	0	0	0
2008	ATL	NL	24	155	151	155	152	0	0	152	152	0	4	0
2009	ATL	NL	25	82	78	82	80	0	0	80	80	0	2	0
2009	NYM	NL	25	75	74	75	74	0	0	74	74	0	1	0
2010	NYM	NL	26	124	109	124	118	0	0	118	118	0	8	1
2010	TEX	AL	26	15	11	15	14	2	0	13	15	1	1	1
2011	KCR	AL	27	153	152	153	153	0	0	153	153	0	1	0
	7 Seasons			998	964	998	982	2	2	981	985	1	19	4

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1919 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2005	ATL	NL	21	5	0	3	2	1	13	1	4	1	7	36	20	1	30	8	4	14	9	1	7	3	1	14	6	1	101	46	45.5%	48	8	7.9%	5	2526	53%	78%	40%	299	47%
2006	ATL	NL	22	9	0	6	3	1	13	1	3	3	6	108	59	1	52	22	2	27	14	0	22	6	3	36	31	0	245	132	53.9%	111	6	2.4%	7	6268	56%	76%	39%	714	45%
2007	ATL	NL	23	5	0	4	1	1	19	1	1	4	11	78	40	2	50	20	7	21	11	3	28	11	1	23	22	0	200	104	52.0%	89	13	6.5%	6	6201	58%	76%	39%	654	52%
2008	ATL	NL	24	4	0	1	3	0	14	1	4	0	7	59	37	1	37	13	2	28	14	4	26	4	1	17	12	0	167	80	47.9%	79	8	4.8%	6	5738	58%	76%	37%	605	48%
2009	ATL	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	2	3	33	17	2	22	10	3	7	4	0	9	4	0	12	11	0	83	46	55.4%	35	5	6.0%	1	3006	53%	74%	37%	309	53%
2009	NYM	NL	25	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	3	0	2	27	16	0	19	7	3	22	11	0	3	1	0	8	6	0	79	41	51.9%	36	3	3.8%	2	2825	54%	76%	40%	316	45%
2010	NYM	NL	26	3	0	1	2	0	11	2	1	3	5	51	34	1	33	18	4	20	13	0	11	3	1	27	18	2	142	86	60.6%	51	8	5.6%	3	4220	67%	74%	39%	469	48%
2010	TEX	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	40.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	369	65%	75%	43%	31	61%
2011	KCR	AL	27	5	0	3	2	1	16	2	2	2	8	76	38	4	47	22	3	30	14	2	24	10	2	36	18	0	213	102	47.9%	100	11	5.2%	5	5856	58%	77%	39%	689	49%
	7 Seasons			32	0	19	13	4	97	8	19	15	49	469	262	12	291	121	28	169	90	10	131	42	9	175	124	3	1235	639	51.7%	552	62	5.0%	35	37009	58%	76%	39%	4086	49%
	MLB Averages																														48.1%			2.3%			58%	76%	40%		50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2006	ATL	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	15	67%	67%	33%	3	33%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	15	67%	67%	33%	3	33%
	MLB Averages																														45.8%			1.8%			58%	76%	40%		52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2010	TEX	AL	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	56	61%	71%	45%	4	25%
	1 Season			1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	56	61%	71%	45%	4	25%
	MLB Averages																														64.6%			2.3%			58%	76%	40%		46%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Gold Gloves 2007 NL (OF)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 981 (6th) Career 981 (65th)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 1,917 (6th) Career 1,917 (62nd)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 97 (4th) Career 97 (46th)
Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 32 (7th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 2006 NL 162 (1st) 2007 NL 162 (1st)	Assists as OF s c a p y 2005 NL 13 (2nd) 2006 NL 13 (3rd) 2007 NL 19 (1st) 2008 NL 14 (3rd) 2009 NL 11 (5th) 2010 NL 11 (1st) 2011 AL 16 (2nd) Active 97 (9th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 2006 NL 9 (3rd) Active 33 (21st)
Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y Active 34 (8th) Career 34 (30th)	Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2011 AL 2.28 (2nd) Active 2.12 (9th) Career 2.12 (49th)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2006 NL 2.03 (5th) 2007 NL 2.14 (5th) 2009 NL 1.98 (5th) 2011 AL 2.24 (1st) Active 2.05 (4th) Career 2.05 (40th)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 2009 NL .997 (3rd) Active .984 (14th) Career .984 (43rd)
Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 2006 NL 17 (4th) Active 33 (22nd)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 2009 NL .997 (4th)

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