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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Team Record in Appearances: 21-15 / in Starts: 13-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 11

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	31	5	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	3-3		99	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.12	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.044	3.48	0.08%	0.94	3b 12- 1 out d3	3b 3 out d3
2	32	6	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	6-6		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.22	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	0.128	5.17	0.24%	1.53	6b 12- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
3	33	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	3-GF	W(1-0)	0	6.2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	2.14	23	13	4	1	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.22	0.670	7.38	1.34%	3.43	3b 1-- 1 out d2	9b end a 1
4	34	15	Apr 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	L(1-1)	9	8.2	6	2	1	8	7	0	0	0.53	2.97	41	15	8	3	0	3	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	4	1	0	2	1.78	-0.009	7.30	-0.02%	2.03	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	35	20	May 2	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	1.50	3.49	28	12	5	0	0	7	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.078	4.45	-0.20%	0.48	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d1
6	36	25	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-8		7	8.0	5	3	3	3	6	1	0	1.97	3.59	31	15	2	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.014	3.16	0.02%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
7	37	29	May 15	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	GS-4		4	3.2	3	4	4	5	4	1	0	2.78	4.05	17	3	2	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.285	1.91	-0.30%	-2.20	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
8	38	34	May 21	PIT		CHC	W,8-4	GS-3		5	2.2	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.52	4.08	15	3	2	0	0	5	31			0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.310	1.60	-0.32%	-2.92	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out tie
9	39	38	May 25	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.1	6	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.63	4.21	28	8	5	2	0	6	50			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.038	1.48	-0.05%	0.39	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
10	40	43	May 30	PIT		STL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.2	6	1	1	2	5	0	1	3.33	3.98	28	9	5	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.255	2.75	0.39%	2.11	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	41	49	Jun 5(1)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	5.1	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.49	4.10	23	14	7	5	0	0	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.162	2.20	-0.23%	-0.87	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
12	42	56	Jun 10(2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-3)	4	8.0	4	2	2	8	5	0	0	3.34	4.13	33	10	6	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	0.354	1.63	0.29%	2.91	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
13	43	61	Jun 15	PIT		MLN	W,9-8	GS-6		4	5.1	8	4	3	2	6	1	0	3.47	4.12	24	4	4	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	-0.202	2.48	-0.28%	-1.48	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
14	44	66	Jun 19	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	GS-9	L(3-4)	3	8.2	10	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.32	3.95	38	13	10	2	0	10	57			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.131	2.50	0.16%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d1
15	45	71	Jun 24(2)	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	GS-4	L(3-5)	4	4.0	4	3	0	3	5	0	0	3.16	3.88	20	7	1	1	0	4	50			2	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	.77	-0.146	1.60	-0.18%	-0.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
16	46	73	Jun 26	PIT		NYM	W,5-2	3-8	W(4-5)	1	5.2	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.06	3.85	23	8	8	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	1	0	.94	0.191	2.04	0.25%	1.61	3t --- 0 out a2	8t 12- 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	47	81	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	7	6.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	0	2.96	3.67	24	7	3	0	1	4	66			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.106	3.54	0.21%	0.82	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
18	48	86	Jul 8(2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-5		3	4.2	6	4	2	2	3	1	0	3.00	3.75	22	8	5	0	1	4	41			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	-0.198	3.21	-0.35%	-1.97	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out a1
19	49	91	Jul 15(2)	PIT		STL	W,8-7	GS-6		6	5.0	7	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.20	3.70	24	9	1	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	-0.076	3.67	-0.15%	-1.81	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a4
20	50	94	Jul 19(2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-6	2-5		3	2.2	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.29	3.67	12	3	3	1	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.222	6.00	-0.55%	-1.75	2b 123 1 out a2	5b 1-3 0 out d1
21	51	95	Jul 20	PIT		SFG	L,3-6	8-GF		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.24	3.61	5	2	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.070	6.74	-0.26%	0.09	8t 123 1 out d1	9t end d 3
22	52	99	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-2	L(5-6)	3	1.2	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.44	3.58	10	0	4	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.215	2.61	-0.36%	-2.40	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d3
23	53	104	Jul 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS-4	L(5-7)	3	3.0	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.66	3.52	17	6	4	0	0	5	29			1	0	0	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.236	1.09	-0.21%	-2.92	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	54	111	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,0-5	7-7		9	0.2	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.72	3.58	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.025	.26	-0.01%	-0.64	7t -2- 0 out d3	7t 123 2 out d4
25	55	113	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	6-7	H(1)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.77	3.57	5	3	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.081	.30	0.01%	0.52	6b -2- 1 out a1	7b -2- 1 out a1
26	56	115	Aug 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	6-6	BS(1)	1	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	3.57	2	2	0	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	-0.434	.41	-0.03%	-2.73	6b 123 2 out a2	6b 1-3 2 out d1
27	57	118	Aug 16	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	6-7		3	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.71	3.56	8	2	2	0	0	2		2	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.73	0.027	.40	0.01%	0.92	6t -23 1 out d2	7t 3 out d3
28	58	121	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	5-6		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	3.55	4	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.102	.32	0.02%	0.95	5t 12- 2 out d1	6t 3 out d1
29	59	124	Aug 21(1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-6	4-6		1	1.2	3	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.92	3.57	11	4	1	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.36	-0.217	.83	-0.05%	-1.13	4b 123 2 out tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
30	60	129	Aug 25(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-7)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.65	3.50	31	6	14	1	3	3	83			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.475	.50	0.18%	5.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
31	61	135	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(6-8)	5	10.1	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.57	3.45	42	11	16	2	4	6	68			1	0	0	37	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.41	0.062	.83	0.02%	1.42	1b start tie	11b --3 1 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	62	142	Sep 7	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-1	CG	W(7-8)	6	9.0	4	1	1	3	9	1	0	3.41	3.42	33	10	11	5	0	0	81			4	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.339	.60	0.11%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
33	63	147	Sep 14	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(8-8)	6	9.0	4	1	0	3	4	0	0	3.22	3.38	34	11	12	1	0	4	78			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.495	.00	0.00%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
34	64	151	Sep 18	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	GS-9		3	8.1	11	4	4	7	7	0	0	3.27	3.39	40	10	5	2	0	11	45			2	1	0	33	4	2	3	1	0	1	1.80	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a1
35	65	158	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	GS-10	W(9-8)	7	10.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	1	3.09	3.31	33	11	12	3	1	2	93			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.844	.00	0.00%	5.22	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
36	66	161	Sep 30	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	8-8	H(2)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	3.29	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.24	0.139	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
							21-15		W-L:9-8,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.8	176.0	153	68	60	83	120	8	2	3.07	3.29	744	1.45		8%	3%	125	55	23	35%	16	5	0	651	17	7	11	19	3	11	1.23	1.366	2.27	-0.21%	16.85

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