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Earl Francis
Earl Coleman Francis

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb.

Debut June 30, 1960
  vs. SFG 5.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER
Final Game September 27, 1965
Born July 14, 1935 in Slab Fork, WV
Died July 3, 2002 in Pittsburgh, PA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1960 24 PIT NL   1   0   7   0   0   0   3  0   18.0   14    5    4   0    4    8   1   0    69   0   0  2.00  3.76  188 1.000
 1961 25 PIT NL   2   8  23  15   0   0   4  0  102.7  110   60   48   4   47   53   1   5   458   7   0  4.21  3.99   95 1.529
 1962 26 PIT NL   9   8  36  23   5   1   2  0  176.0  153   68   60   8   83  121   2   8   744  10   1  3.07  3.94  128 1.341
 1963 27 PIT NL   4   6  33  13   0   0   3  0   97.3  107   59   49   6   43   72   4   2   432  11   0  4.53  3.29   73 1.541
 1964 28 PIT NL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    6.3    7    7    6   2    1    6   1   0    28   0   0  8.53  3.50   41 1.263
 1965 29 STL NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    5.3    7    4    3   1    3    3   0   1    26   2   0  5.06  3.86   76 1.875
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .410  16  23 103  52   5   1  13  0  405.7  398  203  170  21  181  263   9  16  1757  30   1  3.77  3.78  100 1.427
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  10  45  22   2   0   5  0  177.7  174   89   74   9   79  115   3   7   770  13   0  3.77  3.78  100 1.427
 Career High      9   8  36  23   5   1   4  0  176.0  153   68   60   8   83  121   4   8   744  11   1  3.07  3.99  128 1.341

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 24 PIT NL   7    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 1961 25 PIT NL  23   28    0    3   0  0   0    0   1  0   2  17  .107  .194  .107  -17    3   0   0   0   1   0
 1962 26 PIT NL  36   61    4   10   3  0   1    7   0  0   1  23  .164  .177  .262   16   16   3   0   0   0   1
 1963 27 PIT NL  34   26    1    8   3  0   0    3   0  0   0  12  .308  .308  .423  108   11   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 28 PIT NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 29 STL NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      104  122    5   21   6  0   1   10   1  0   3  56  .172  .198  .246   20   30   3   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        190    8   33   9  0   2   16   2  0   5  87  .172  .198  .246   20   47   5   0   0   2   3
 Career High     36   61    4   10   3  0   1    7   1  0   2  23                          16   3   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 24 PIT NL    5    6    0   0.0   100| .000  .264| .000  .330| .000  .406| .000  .736|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1961 25 PIT NL   31   25    1   1.1   106| .107  .271| .194  .338| .107  .422| .301  .760| -17  .063  -4.8  -0.5 100%
 1962 26 PIT NL   65   55    3   1.5   104| .164  .271| .177  .338| .262  .411| .439  .750|  16  .111  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 1963 27 PIT NL   26   18    3   4.5    90| .308  .255| .308  .317| .423  .382| .731  .699| 108  .563   0.2   0.0   0%
 1964 28 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0    94| .000  .263| .000  .321| .000  .391| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1965 29 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   101| .000  .269| .000  .334| .000  .407| .000  .741|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       129  106    7   1.8   101| .172  .267| .198  .333| .246  .407| .444  .741|  20  .157 -14.0  -1.3 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1960 24 PIT NL P 7 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.43 0.87 1.50 2.10 0 18.0 1961 25 PIT NL P 23 8 20 1 1 .966 .959 1.22 0.88 2.45 2.18 15 102.7 1962 26 PIT NL P 36 12 33 1 3 .978 .947 1.25 0.82 2.30 2.07 23 176.0 1963 27 PIT NL P 33 4 19 4 3 .852 .950 0.70 0.84 2.13 2.06 13 97.3 1964 28 PIT NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.14 1 6.3 1965 29 STL NL P 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.04 0 5.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 24 PIT NL P 7 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.43 0.87 1.50 2.10 0 18.0 1961 25 PIT NL P 23 8 20 1 1 .966 .959 1.22 0.88 2.45 2.18 15 102.7 1962 26 PIT NL P 36 12 33 1 3 .978 .947 1.25 0.82 2.30 2.07 23 176.0 1963 27 PIT NL P 33 4 19 4 3 .852 .950 0.70 0.84 2.13 2.06 13 97.3 1964 28 PIT NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.14 1 6.3 1965 29 STL NL P 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.04 0 5.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 103 25 74 7 8 .934 .952 0.96 0.84 2.20 2.10 52 405.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 103 25 74 7 8 .934 .952 0.96 0.84 2.19 2.10 52 406
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1962 NL-3.07-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1962 NL-7.82-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1962 NL-6.19-10

Adjusted ERA+
1962 NL-128-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1964: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Ted Savage to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jack Damaska and Ron Cox (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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