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: 8-25 / in Starts: 4-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 9

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	67	1	Apr 8	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	2.0	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	18.00	9.48	11	3	2	1	0	4	32			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.289	1.86	-0.38%	-3.13	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
2	68	6	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-8		7	7.1	9	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.79	3.76	32	9	8	2	0	9	54			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.32	0.182	3.59	0.30%	1.86	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
3	69	11	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.1	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.24	2.54	28	11	5	0	0	4	72			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	0.316	2.80	0.50%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
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
4	70	24	May 8	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		15	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.06	2.88	5	3	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	.30	-0.010	.98	-0.02%	-0.09	8b -23 0 out d2	8b end d 4
5	71	29	May 12(2)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS-6		3	5.2	7	3	1	1	3	0	0	2.70	2.65	25	12	2	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.04	-0.128	2.73	-0.20%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d3
6	72	33	May 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-9	5-6		4	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.55	3.27	10	4	4	3	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.011	.08	-0.01%	-2.22	5b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d8
7	73	34	May 18	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-6	5-6		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.29	3.32	6	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.010	.17	0.01%	0.78	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d4
8	74	38	May 22	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	8-8	W(2-1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.18	3.33	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.004	.23	0.00%	0.40	8b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out d3
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
9	75	51	Jun 6(1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	3-3		14	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.38	3.77	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	-0.076	.98	-0.10%	-1.21	3t 1-- 0 out d3	3t 3 out d5
10	76	52	Jun 6(2)	PIT		CIN	L,5-10	6-7		-1	1.0	2	4	4	2	2	0	1	4.45	3.90	7	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.012	.20	-0.02%	-2.38	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 123 0 out d6
11	77	53	Jun 7	PIT		MLN	L,5-9			0	3.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.32	3.65	14												14			0		0
12	78	58	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	5.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.46	3.50	23	9	2	0	0	7	40			3	1	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	.95	-0.126	1.50	-0.12%	-0.82	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
13	79	65	Jun 19	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-2	GS-	W(3-2)	6	6.0	6	2	2	4	4	2	0	4.26	4.04	27						52						23			0		0
14	80	70	Jun 25	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS-4		5	3.2	7	4	3	1	3	0	1	4.50	3.92	20	6	2	2	0	7	35			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.227	.91	-0.10%	-1.63	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d2
15	81	71	Jun 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	8-GF		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.35	3.79	4	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.016	.05	0.01%	1.54	8t 1-3 1 out d4	9t end d 4
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
16	82	77	Jul 1(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.1	5	5	3	2	6	0	0	4.50	3.57	20	6	3	1	0	3	41			0	1	0	17	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.13	-0.128	.81	-0.06%	-1.37	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d2
17	83	93	Jul 18	PIT		LAD	L,5-10	GS-5	L(3-4)	16	4.1	5	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.63	3.40	19	8	6	4	0	0	44			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.238	1.58	-0.17%	-1.34	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d2
18	84	98	Jul 24	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-5)	5	4.2	5	5	5	5	2	0	0	5.00	3.51	24	13	4	2	0	0	31			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.55	-0.307	.85	-0.10%	-2.48	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
19	85	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-2		4	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.98	3.49	9	3	1	0	0	3	46			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.000	.26	0.00%	-0.16	1b start tie	2b 3 out a2
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
20	86	107	Aug 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	5-6		4	1.1	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	4.88	3.43	6	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.005	.27	0.00%	0.03	5b --- 0 out tie	6b 12- 1 out a2
21	87	114	Aug 9(2)	PIT		HOU	W,7-6	GS-5		5	4.0	5	5	4	3	3	0	0	5.12	3.42	21	7	4	0	2	4	34			0	0	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	2	1.33	-0.371	.19	-0.03%	-2.77	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out tie
22	88	122	Aug 18	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	5-7		8	3.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.91	3.24	14	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.090	.09	0.01%	1.27	5t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
23	89	126	Aug 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	6-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.84	3.23	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.023	.04	0.00%	0.42	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
24	90	131	Aug 29	PIT		NYM	L,4-7	6-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.78	3.26	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.011	.05	0.00%	0.42	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
25	91	133	Aug 31	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	6-7		1	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	4.77	3.42	8	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.21	6t 1-- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
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
26	92	134	Sep 1	PIT		CIN	W,6-4	9-GF	W(4-5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	3.41	2	1	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.051	.01	0.00%	2.23	9t 123 0 out d2	9t end d 2
27	93	136	Sep 2(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	2-6		0	4.2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.45	3.35	18	4	7	0	0	4		2	0	2	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.063	.01	0.00%	1.74	2b 12- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
28	94	139	Sep 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-8	5-7		2	2.2	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	4.31	3.35	14	4	3	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	1	2	.11	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-1.84	5b -23 1 out d4	7b 3 out d8
29	95	142	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,5-6	1-3		1	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.19	3.31	8	6	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.072	.00	0.00%	1.24	1t 12- 2 out d3	3t 3 out d3
30	96	145	Sep 11	PIT		LAD	L,4-9	5-5		3	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.45	3.31	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-2.58	5t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d6
31	97	147	Sep 13	PIT		SFG	W,5-4	11-12		1	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.37	3.23	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.189	.00	0.00%	0.65	11t --- 1 out tie	12t 3 out tie
32	98	149	Sep 15	PIT		SFG	L,5-13	7-7		1	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.53	3.23	4	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.71	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-2.12	7t --3 1 out d2	7t 3 out d5
33	99	157	Sep 24	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-6	L(4-6)	8	6.0	5	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.53	3.25	26	6	8	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	.83	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.61	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
							8-25		W-L:4-6	3.2	97.1	107	59	49	43	72	6	4	4.53	3.25	432	1.97		9%	1%	71	45	16	38%	11	4	0	377	14	3	11	14	3	9	.91	-1.260	1.09	-0.48%	-12.28

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