Jeff Francis

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

Born: January 8, 1981 in Vancouver, Canada ca

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (9th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC).

High School: North Delta Senior Second HS (North Delta, BC)

School: University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)

Last Game: October 4, 2015 (Age 34-269d)
vs. TBR 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Jim Lindell

Full Name: Jeffrey William Francis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.6

ERA

4.97

254

217

1291.0

869

WHIP

1.442

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2002	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A-	COL	0	0		1.17	1.76	8	7	0	0	0	0	30.2	21	6	4	2	8	0	39	3	0	0	116	0.946	6.2	0.6	2.3	11.4	4.88
2002	21	-0.4	Asheville	SALL	A	COL	0	0		1.80	2.70	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.0	16	6	4	2	4	0	23	2	0	0	76	1.000	7.2	0.9	1.8	10.4	5.75
2002	21	-0.1	Tri-City	NORW	A-	COL	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	5	0	0	0	4	0	16	1	0	0	40	0.844	4.2	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00
2003	22	-0.8	Visalia	CALL	A+	COL	12	9	.571	3.47	3.70	27	27	0	2	2	0	160.2	135	66	62	8	45	1	153	5	0	6	648	1.120	7.6	0.4	2.5	8.6	3.40
2004	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	COL	16	3	.842	2.21	2.44	24	24	0	1	1	0	154.2	108	42	38	12	29	0	196	9	0	4	600	0.886	6.3	0.7	1.7	11.4	6.76
2004	23	-4.2	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	3	2	.600	2.85	3.51	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.0	35	16	13	3	7	0	49	4	0	2	165	1.024	7.7	0.7	1.5	10.8	7.00
2004	23	-1.6	Tulsa	TL	AA	COL	13	1	.929	1.98	2.06	17	17	0	1	1	0	113.2	73	26	25	9	22	0	147	5	0	2	435	0.836	5.8	0.7	1.7	11.6	6.68
2004	23	-6.2	COL	NL	Maj	COL	3	2	.600	5.15	5.40	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	42	22	21	8	13	1	32	1	0	2	164	1.500	10.3	2.0	3.2	7.9	2.46
2005	24	-5.2	COL	NL	Maj	COL	14	12	.538	5.68	5.83	33	33	0	0	0	0	183.2	228	119	116	26	70	5	128	8	0	2	828	1.623	11.2	1.3	3.4	6.3	1.83
2006	25	-4.1	COL	NL	Maj	COL	13	11	.542	4.16	4.57	32	32	0	1	1	0	199.0	187	101	92	18	69	15	117	13	0	0	843	1.286	8.5	0.8	3.1	5.3	1.70
2007	26	-3.0	COL	NL	Maj	COL	17	9	.654	4.22	4.30	34	34	0	1	1	0	215.1	234	103	101	25	63	7	165	7	1	1	922	1.379	9.8	1.0	2.6	6.9	2.62
2008	27	3.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	COL	1	0	1.000	0.63	0.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	12	1	1	0	2	0	19	0	0	2	55	0.977	7.5	0.0	1.3	11.9	9.50
2008	27	-1.9	COL	NL	Maj	COL	4	10	.286	5.01	5.26	24	24	0	0	0	0	143.2	164	84	80	21	49	4	94	3	0	0	636	1.483	10.3	1.3	3.1	5.9	1.92

2010	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	COL	0	0		1.23	1.23	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	12	2	2	1	3	0	8	1	0	0	56	1.023	7.4	0.6	1.8	4.9	2.67
2010	29	2.3	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	10	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2010	29	5.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	COL	0	0		1.54	1.54	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	11	2	2	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	46	1.114	8.5	0.8	1.5	3.9	2.50
2010	29	0.3	COL	NL	Maj	COL	4	6	.400	5.00	5.26	20	19	0	0	0	0	104.1	119	61	58	11	23	3	67	2	0	1	441	1.361	10.3	0.9	2.0	5.8	2.91
2011	30	1.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	6	16	.273	4.82	5.02	31	31	0	1	0	0	183.0	224	102	98	19	39	5	91	5	1	5	803	1.437	11.0	0.9	1.9	4.5	2.33
2012	31	3.8	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	3	6	.333	3.72	3.84	12	12	0	1	1	0	77.1	84	33	32	6	18	0	65	1	0	4	319	1.319	9.8	0.7	2.1	7.6	3.61
2012	31	2.5	COL	NL	Maj	COL	6	7	.462	5.58	5.65	24	24	0	0	0	0	113.0	145	71	70	15	22	5	76	8	0	2	502	1.478	11.5	1.2	1.8	6.1	3.45
2013	32	5.4	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	2	2	.500	4.34	5.79	11	6	0	0	0	0	37.1	42	24	18	1	9	0	33	2	0	1	167	1.366	10.1	0.2	2.2	8.0	3.67
2013	32	3.9	COL	NL	Maj	COL	3	5	.375	6.27	6.91	23	12	4	0	0	0	70.1	89	54	49	12	24	2	63	1	0	5	324	1.607	11.4	1.5	3.1	8.1	2.63
2014	33		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CIN	1	2	.333	5.85	5.85	12	1	9	0	0	1	20.0	18	13	13	3	3	1	15	1	0	1	82	1.050	8.1	1.4	1.4	6.8	5.00
2014	33	6.1	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	4	3	.571	3.33	4.62	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.2	52	25	18	3	12	0	45	1	0	3	206	1.315	9.6	0.6	2.2	8.3	3.75
2014	33	4.5	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	1.000	9.0	1.8	0.0	7.2
2014	33	4.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	1	.000	6.08	6.08	9	0	7	0	0	1	13.1	11	9	9	1	3	1	10	1	0	1	55	1.050	7.4	0.7	2.0	6.8	3.33
2014	33	4.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	5.40	5.40	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1.200	10.8	5.4	0.0	5.4
2015	34	7.0	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	6	3	.667	2.35	2.74	19	14	1	0	0	0	92.0	84	28	24	3	13	0	79	3	0	2	373	1.054	8.2	0.3	1.3	7.7	6.08
2015	34	5.7	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	1	2	.333	6.14	6.55	14	0	5	0	0	0	22.0	27	16	15	3	9	0	21	1	0	2	100	1.636	11.0	1.2	3.7	8.6	2.33
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		72	82	.468	4.97	5.20	254	217	18	3	2	1	1291.0	1477	746	713	161	384	48	869	50	2	21	5645	1.442	10.3	1.1	2.7	6.1	2.26
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		44	26	.629	2.84	3.24	115	104	1	4	4	0	630.1	550	227	199	36	139	1	637	25	0	22	2540	1.093	7.9	0.5	2.0	9.1	4.58
All Levels (13 Seasons)							116	108	.518	4.27	4.56	369	321	19	7	6	1	1921.1	2027	973	912	197	523	49	1506	75	2	43	8185	1.327	9.5	0.9	2.4	7.1	2.88

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		18	16	.529	3.16	3.79	58	48	1	1	1	0	299.1	298	126	105	16	60	0	274	11	0	12	1240	1.196	9.0	0.5	1.8	8.2	4.57
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		14	1	.933	1.80	1.87	22	22	0	1	1	0	139.2	96	29	28	10	26	0	171	6	0	4	536	0.874	6.2	0.6	1.7	11.0	6.58
A+ (1 season)					Minors		12	9	.571	3.47	3.70	27	27	0	2	2	0	160.2	135	66	62	8	45	1	153	5	0	6	648	1.120	7.6	0.4	2.5	8.6	3.40
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		1.80	2.70	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.0	16	6	4	2	4	0	23	2	0	0	76	1.000	7.2	0.9	1.8	10.4	5.75
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	5	0	0	0	4	0	16	1	0	0	40	0.844	4.2	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00