Jeff Francis

Jeffrey William Francis MLB 2004-2011 | 2002-2012

Control
70

K-Rating
40

Efficiency
43

vsPower
51

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Positions P-243 Born Jan 8, 1981 (31) Place Vancouver,British Columbia Ht/Wt 6-5 / 200 Bats/Throws: Left / Left High School North Delta (Delta,BC) College University of British Columbia
Drafted Colorado Rockies: 2002-1-9 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: August 25,2004 box

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Pitching Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Strikeout Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	GB/FB	QS	HB	AB	Bavg	TBF	Pit/B	Bal	Str	Sw	Record	TR
2002	Tri-City	Nwst	A-		col	21	-	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	5	0	0	0	4	16	0	0	0.84	4.22	0.00	3.37	13.50	0.25	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	40-36	2
	Asheville	SAL	A		col	21	-	0	0	1.80	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.0	16	6	4	2	4	23	0	0	1.00	7.20	0.90	1.80	10.35	0.17	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	64-74	6
2003	Visalia	Calif	A+		col	22	1	12	9	3.47	27	27	2	2	0	0	160.2	135	66	62	8	45	153	6	0	1.12	7.56	0.45	2.52	8.57	0.29	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-61	1
2004	Tulsa	Tex	AA		col	23	16	13	1	1.98	17	17	1	1	0	0	113.2	73	26	25	9	22	147	2	0	0.84	5.78	0.71	1.74	11.64	0.15	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-68	3
	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	23	-	3	2	2.85	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.0	35	16	13	3	7	49	2	0	1.02	7.68	0.66	1.54	10.76	0.14	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	78-65	2
	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	23	-	3	2	5.16	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	42	22	21	8	13	32	2	0	1.50	10.31	1.96	3.19	7.86	0.41	0.79	0	0	0	--	0	--	39.6	60.4	8.0	68-94	4
2005	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	24	44	14	12	5.68	33	33	0	0	0	0	183.2	228	119	116	26	70	128	2	0	1.62	11.17	1.27	3.43	6.27	0.55	0.64	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.8	62.2	7.8	67-95	5
2006	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	25	40	13	11	4.16	32	32	1	1	0	0	199.0	187	101	92	18	69	117	0	0	1.29	8.46	0.81	3.12	5.29	0.59	0.85	0	0	0	--	0	--	38.9	61.1	7.2	76-86	5
2007	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	26	8	17	9	4.22	34	34	1	1	0	0	215.1	234	103	101	25	63	165	1	1	1.38	9.78	1.04	2.63	6.90	0.38	0.86	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.9	62.1	9.0	90-73	2
2008	Tulsa	Tex	AA	-	col	27	-	1	0	0.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	12	1	1	0	2	19	2	0	0.98	7.53	0.00	1.26	11.93	0.11	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	58-82	4
	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	27	-	4	10	5.01	24	24	0	0	0	0	143.2	164	84	80	21	49	94	0	0	1.48	10.27	1.32	3.07	5.89	0.52	0.83	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.6	62.4	8.6	74-88	3
2010	Tulsa	Tex	AA	31	col	29	-	0	0	1.54	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	11	2	2	1	2	5	0	0	1.11	8.49	0.77	1.54	3.86	0.40	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-70	3
	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	29	col	29	-	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.67	3.00	0.00	3.00	9.00	0.33	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	64-79	3
	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	29	-	4	6	5.00	20	19	0	0	0	0	104.1	119	61	58	11	23	67	1	0	1.36	10.27	0.95	1.98	5.78	0.34	0.98	0	0	0	--	0	--	36.3	63.7	7.9	83-79	3
2011	KC Royals	AL	MLB	26	kc	30	34	6	16	4.82	31	31	1	0	0	0	183.0	224	102	98	19	39	91	5	1	1.44	11.02	0.93	1.92	4.48	0.43	0.96	0	0	0	--	0	--	36.4	63.6	7.1	71-91	4
2012	louisville	il	AAA		cin	31	5/29/2012	2	6	4.21	11	11	0	0	0	0	68.1	77	33	32	6	17	61			1.38	10.14	0.79	2.24	8.03	0.28	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
MLB Totals (7 years)								61	66	4.78	181	180	3	2	0	0	1066	1198	592	566	128	326	694	11	2	1.43	10.12	1.08	2.75	5.86	0.47	0.84	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.7	62.3	7.9	.466	--
Minor League Totals (6 years)								31	18	2.82	76	75	3	3	0	0	443	365	150	139	29	104	476	12	0	1.06	7.41	0.59	2.11	9.66	0.22	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.494	--
AAA Totals (3 years)								5	8	3.61	19	19	0	0	0	0	112	113	49	45	9	25	113	2	0	1.23	9.05	0.72	2.00	9.05	0.22	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.497	--
AA Totals (3 years)								14	1	1.80	22	22	1	1	0	0	140	96	29	28	10	26	171	4	0	0.87	6.19	0.64	1.68	11.02	0.15	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.474	--
A+ Totals (1 year)								12	9	3.47	27	27	2	2	0	0	161	135	66	62	8	45	153	6	0	1.12	7.56	0.45	2.52	8.57	0.29	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.564	--
A Totals (1 year)								0	0	1.80	4	4	0	0	0	0	20	16	6	4	2	4	23	0	0	1.00	7.20	0.90	1.80	10.35	0.17	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.464	--
A- Totals (1 year)								0	0	0.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	11	5	0	0	0	4	16	0	0	0.84	4.22	0.00	3.37	13.50	0.25	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.526	--

Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2004	Tulsa	Tex	AA		col	23	p	-	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	7	7	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	57.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-68	3	2004	Tulsa
	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	-	col	23	p	-	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	8	9	-1	-3.3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	78-65	2		Colorado Springs
	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	23	p	-	7	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	7	100	0	14	14	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	28.6	9.00	3.6	51	68.6	31.4	13.7	68-94	4		Colorado
2005	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	24	p	-	33	58	7	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	7	27	0	0	6	0	1	.103	.200	.138	338	31	94	8	71	59	-2	-0.9	.194	.155	.034	0.26	0.0	33.3	9.9	38.0	2.64	4.2	298	63.1	36.9	10.7	67-95	5	2005	Colorado
2006	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	25	p	-	31	61	3	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	20	0	0	9	2	0	.115	.211	.115	326	31	100	7	80	65	-1	-0.3	.163	.131	.000	0.40	0.0	0.0	10.0	25.0	2.71	3.4	273	67.0	33.0	7.7	76-86	5	2006	Colorado
2007	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	26	p	68	33	64	2	12	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	20	0	0	13	0	1	.187	.212	.234	446	32	97	15	79	66	1	0.6	.273	.078	.047	0.10	0.0	25.0	2.5	25.3	2.11	3.9	305	64.9	35.1	6.2	90-73	2	2007	Colorado
2008	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	27	p	83	22	39	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	10	0	0	.128	.128	.154	282	21	95	6	49	44	-1	-0.6	.179	.026	.026	0.00	0.0	20.0	0.0	22.4	2.55	3.2	156	66.0	34.0	4.5	74-88	3	2008	Colorado
2010	Colorado	NL	MLB	26	col	29	p	-	18	22	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	0	0	3	1	1	.091	.222	.091	313	15	83	2	30	25	0	-0.5	.118	.182	.000	0.67	0.0	0.0	13.3	20.0	9.00	4.0	120	64.2	35.8	7.5	83-79	3	2010	Colorado
2011	KC Royals	AL	MLB	26	kc	30	p	-	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	100	0	2	2	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	--	3.5	7	71.4	28.6	14.3	71-91	4	2011	KC Royals
MLB Totals (7 years)									145	256	16	32	6	0	0	15	0	0	21	89	0	0	45	3	3	.125	.189	.148	338	138	95	38	325	275	-4	-0.4	.188	.105	.023	0.24	0.0	18.7	6.5	27.4	2.81	3.72	--	65.2	34.8	7.9	.466	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (1 year)									24	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	--	--	0	15	16	-2	-3.7	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	40.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.528	--	--	--
AAA Totals (1 year)									7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	--	--	0	8	9	-1	-3.3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.545	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									17	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	--	--	0	7	7	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	57.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	.511	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
2002	Asheville	SAL	A	col	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	7	0
2002	Tri-City	Nwst	A-	col	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	3	0
2003	Visalia	Calif	A+	col	22	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	10	18	0
2004	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	6	0
2004	Tulsa	Tex	AA	col	23	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	6	22	0
2004	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	0
2005	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	24	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	5	20	0
2006	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	25	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	38	0
2007	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	26	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	12	33	0
2008	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	27	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.967	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	8	21	1
2010	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	col	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
2010	Colorado	NL	MLB	col	29	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	17	0
2010	Tulsa	Tex	AA	col	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	2	0
2011	KC Royals	AL	MLB	kc	30	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	31	0
MLB Totals						181	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.995	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	37	166	1
Minor League Totals						62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	19	53	0

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Colorado Rockies in 1st round (9th overall) of 2002 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

2002-06-19 - signed 2007-03-17 - Suspended for 5 games for throwing at a hitter during spring training 2010-11-07 - Granted free agency 2011-01-14 - Signed by Royals 2011-10-30 - Granted free agency 2012-02-08 - Signed by Cubs

Awards

2001 - Summer League First-Team All-American SP; 2002 - Small College All-American SP; 2004 - AA Player of the Year; Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star SP; Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year; Colorado Rockies Minor League Player of the Year; Double-A All-Star SP; Minor League Player of the Year; Texas League All-Star P; Texas League Most Outstanding Pitcher; 2005 - NL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #6); 2007 - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: # 9);

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by COL to 1-year contract worth $0.317m (2/9/2005)
2006-2006 - Signed by COL to 1-year contract worth $0.336m
2007-2010 - Signed by COL to 4-year contract worth $13.25m (11/30/2006) -- Club option for 2011
2011-2011 - Signed by KC to 1-year contract worth $2m (1/14/2011)
2012-2012 - Signed by CIN to 1-year contract worth $1.5m (2/8/2012) -- Minor League

Disabled List

2008-07-02 - Disabled (Left shoulder inflammation); 2008-08-06 - Activated; 2009-11-13 - Activated; 2010-04-03 - Disabled (Left Shoulder Tendinitis); 2010-05-16 - Activated; 2010-08-14 - Disabled (Soreness In His Left Shoulder); 2010-09-12 - Activated;

Salaries

$300,000

$317,000

$336,000

$750,000

$3,000,000

$3,750,000

$5,750,000

$2,000,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

2004 - ERA Below 2.30 Tex --- 1.98
2004 - WHIP below 1 Tex --- 0.84
2006 - Two-Hitter MLB

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	Colorado Rockies	MLB-ST	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2012	Cincinnati Reds	MLB-ST	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400

Other Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2006	Canada	World Baseball Classic	0	1	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	1.1	6	6	6	1	0	1	4.50	40.50	6.75	0.00	6.75
2010	Colorado Rockies	MLB-ST	0	1	5.64	6	6	0	0	0	22.1	23	16	14	1	10	14	1.48	9.27	0.40	4.03	5.64
2011	Kansas City Royals	MLB-ST	2	1	3.60	5	5	0	0	0	20	21	11	8	3	3	15	1.20	9.45	1.35	1.35	6.75
2012	Cincinnati Reds	MLB-ST	1	2	6.65	6	2	0	0	0	23	26	18	17	4	2	14	1.22	10.17	1.57	0.78	5.48

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
SH	1x	2007-6
ERA	1x		2003-5
WHIP	1x		2003-3
H9	1x		2003-3
HR9	2x	2006-9	2003-2
BB9	2x	2011-6	2003-6
SO9	1x		2003-4
BBSO	1x		2003-5
WPCT	2x	2007-6	2003-7
W	3x	2007-4	2003-7 2004-3
L	1x	2011-2
GS	2x	2007-8	2003-6
CG	2x		2003-4 2004-7
SHO	3x	2007-7	2003-2 2004-7
IP	2x	2007-6	2003-6
H	3x	2005-6 2007-5 2011-3
R	1x	2005-3
ER	2x	2005-2 2011-8
SO	2x		2003-6 2004-3

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