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Francisco Liriano

Francisco Casillas Liriano (twitter: @liriano47)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 26, 1983 in San Cristobal, San Cristobal, D.R.
High School: Americo Pere (San Cristobal, DO)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 2005
Team: Twins 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$5.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.104, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Greg Genske [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
2005 21 MIN AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 22 MIN AL 28 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS,RoY-3
2008 24 MIN AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 25 MIN AL 29 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2010 26 MIN AL 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-11
2011 27 MIN AL 26 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 231 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 28 MIN AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 145 18 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 2 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 20 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 2 0 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 21 MIN AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2006 22 MIN AL 28 7 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $327,000 1 AS,RoY-3
2008 24 MIN AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2009 25 MIN AL 29 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $430,000 1
2010 26 MIN AL 31 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,600,000 1 CYA-11
2011 27 MIN AL 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $4,300,000 1
2012 28 MIN AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
7 Seasons 145 18 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $6,657,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 22 MIN AL 7 5 1 5.3 109 .500 .200 .273 .333 .337 .200 .434 .533 .771 45 .510 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
2009 25 MIN AL 6 6 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .334 .000 .425 .000 .759 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2010 26 MIN AL 2 2 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .258 .000 .326 .000 .404 .000 .730 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2011 27 MIN AL 3 1 1 26.8 97 .500 .500 .256 .667 .321 .500 .405 1.167 .726 231 .962 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .000
7 Yrs 18 14 2 3.8 105 .286 .143 .265 .250 .332 .143 .422 .393 .754 9 .378 -1.9 -0.2 .333 .143 .000
162 Game Avg. 20 16 2 3.8 105 .286 .143 .265 .250 .332 .143 .422 .393 .754 9 .378 -1.9 -0.2 .333 .143 .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
2009 25 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 MIN AL 22 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 22 MIN AL 7 0.0% 42.9% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 1.7 5.0 1.00 2.00 29% 0% 0.0% 0%
2009 25 MIN AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 3.00 33% 0%
2010 26 MIN AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
2011 27 MIN AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 2.0 67% 0%
7 Yrs 18 0.0% 38.9% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 3.50 2.0 7.0 5.00 3.50 39% 0% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 21 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
2006 22 MIN AL -0.4 -0.0 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .92 -0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.88 -0.2 0
2008 24 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
2009 25 MIN AL -1.5 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .77 -0.1 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.15 -1.5 0
2010 26 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.27 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.09 -0.6 0
2011 27 MIN AL 0.5 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.26 0.1 -0.0 0.4 0.0 0.99 0.6 0
2012 28 MIN AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -1.9 -0.2 18 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .97 -0.1 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.01 -1.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 22 MIN AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 MIN AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 MIN AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 22 MIN AL 7 71% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 MIN AL 6 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 26 MIN AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 MIN AL 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 18 78% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 14 2 14% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 22 MIN AL 7 27 3.86 20 74% 25% 20% 40% 15% 75% 0% 56% 73% 43% 0% 0 0 14% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2009 25 MIN AL 6 16 2.67 12 75% 17% 42% 17% 25% 83% 0% 63% 50% 83% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2010 26 MIN AL 2 7 3.50 6 86% 50% 17% 17% 17% 50% 0% 43% 67% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2011 27 MIN AL 3 13 4.33 6 46% 17% 17% 33% 33% 83% 0% 38% 80% 0% 0% 0 0 33% 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 18 63 3.50 44 70% 25% 25% 30% 20% 75% 0% 52% 67% 50% 0% 0 0 11% 2 2 0% 0 0 43% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 22 34 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 1 0 0 1 0 0
2007 23 34 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 1 0 0 1 0 0
2008 24 48 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 45 1 0 0 1 0 0
2009 25 77 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .100 .182 .100 .282 -23 1 0 0 2 0 0
2010 26 108 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .083 .154 .083 .237 -34 1 0 0 2 0 0
2011 27 134 18 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 2 0 0 2 0 0
2012 28 145 18 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 2 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 22 28 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 28
2009 25 29 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
2010 26 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
2011 27 26 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 26
4 Yrs 114 18 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 .071 .188 .071 .259 1 114
162 Game Avg. 162 26 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 .071 .188 .071 .259 1 114

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games
2006

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 AL Comeback Player of the Year

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (11, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

              

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