Earl Francis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: July 14, 1935 in Slab Fork, WV us

Died: July 3, 2002 in Pittsburgh, PA

Buried: Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

Debut: June 30, 1960 (Age 24-352d, 11,741st in major league history)
vs. SFG 5.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1965 (Age 30-075d)
vs. SFG 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Earl Coleman Francis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

ERA

3.77

103

405.2

263

WHIP

1.427

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-15 / in Starts: 13-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 65 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	35 (16-11-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 65 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (21-12-6)

Most Driven In
D Hoak	2
D Clendenon	1
D Leppert	1
B Mazeroski	1
S Burgess	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
R Clemente	1
B Skinner	1
D Groat	1
Self	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	31	5 (4)	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	32	6	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	33	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	3-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.03	-0.026	3.43	-0.05%	-0.33	P
4	34	15 (7)	Apr 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.16	-0.086	4.75	-0.21%	-0.60	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	35	20 (4)	May 2	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.42	-0.021	1.76	-0.05%	-0.26	P
6	36	25 (4)	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.80	0.000	2.12	0.00%	-0.11	P
7	37	29 (3)	May 15	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.80	-0.021	1.40	-0.02%	-0.24	P
8	38	34 (4)	May 21	PIT		CHC	W,8-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.72	-0.086	2.98	-0.09%	-0.81	P
9	39	38 (3)	May 25	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	1.09	-0.054	2.38	-0.07%	-0.44	P
10	40	43 (4)	May 30	PIT		STL	W,3-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	.50	-0.027	1.26	-0.04%	-0.47	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	41	49 (5)	Jun 5 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	9	1.64	-0.054	3.91	-0.08%	-0.45	P
12	42	56 (6)	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.93	0.045	1.25	0.04%	0.53	P
13	43	61 (4)	Jun 15	PIT		MLN	W,9-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.130	.261	9	1.29	-0.068	2.96	-0.09%	-0.61	P
14	44	66 (4)	Jun 19	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.192	.346	9	1.17	0.016	2.35	0.02%	-0.12	P
15	45	71 (4)	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.222	.407	9	.91	0.039	1.91	0.05%	0.39	P
16	46	73 (1)	Jun 26	PIT		NYM	W,5-2	3-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.172	.207	.379	9	.28	-0.015	.60	-0.02%	-0.52	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	47	81 (7)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.219	.406	9	.72	-0.039	2.37	-0.08%	-0.45	P
18	48	86 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.206	.382	9	.73	-0.041	2.15	-0.07%	-0.47	P
19	49	91 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT		STL	W,8-7	GS-6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.250	.444	9	1.51	0.169	4.98	0.34%	1.47	P
20	50	94 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-6	2-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.189	.189	.243	.432	9	1.20	-0.053	4.92	-0.13%	-0.53	P
21	51	95	Jul 20	PIT		SFG	L,3-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.189	.243	.432	9						P
22	52	99 (3)	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.189	.243	.432	9						P
23	53	104 (4)	Jul 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.184	.237	.421	9	.42	-0.011	.63	-0.01%	-0.10	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	54	111 (6)	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,0-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.184	.237	.421	9						P
25	55	113 (1)	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.184	.237	.421	9						P
26	56	115 (1)	Aug 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.184	.237	.421	9						P
27	57	118 (2)	Aug 16	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.184	.237	.421	9						P
28	58	121 (2)	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.184	.237	.421	9						P
29	59	124 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-6	4-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.231	.410	9	2.25	-0.116	.80	-0.03%	-0.81	P
30	60	129 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.214	.381	9	.45	-0.048	.30	-0.02%	-0.87	P
31	61	135 (5)	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.239	.413	9	1.55	0.041	.91	0.01%	0.30	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	62	142 (6)	Sep 7	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.157	.216	.373	9	1.15	-0.144	.63	-0.05%	-1.50	P
33	63	147 (4)	Sep 14	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.164	.273	.436	9	.93	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.83	P
34	64	151 (3)	Sep 18	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.172	.276	.448	9	.87	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
35	65	158 (6)	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	GS-11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.177	.262	.440	9	1.32	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
36	66	161 (2)	Sep 30	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.177	.262	.440	9						P
							21-15		65	61	4	10	3	0	1	7	1	0	23	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	.164	.177	.262	.440		1.02	-0.657	1.70	-0.66%	-5.79

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