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Francisco Liriano
Francisco Casillas Liriano

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 5, 2005

Born October 26, 1983 in San Cristobal, D.R.

Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 21 MIN AL   1   2   6   4   0   0   2  0   23.7   19   15   15   4    7   33   0   0    93   0   0  5.70  4.45   78 1.099
 2006 22 MIN AL  12   3  28  16   0   0   2  1  121.0   89   31   29   9   32  144   1   9   473   0   1  2.16  4.47  207 1.000 RoY-3,AS
 2008 24 MIN AL   6   4  14  14   0   0   0  0   76.0   74   40   33   7   32   67   1   3   329   1   0  3.91  4.05  104 1.395
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .679  19   9  48  34   0   0   4  1  220.7  182   86   77  20   71  244   2  12   895   1   1  3.14  4.33  138 1.147
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15   7  39  28   0   0   3  0  183.0  150   71   63  16   58  202   1   9   742   0   0  3.14  4.33  138 1.147
 Career High     12   4  28  16   0   0   2  1  121.0   89   40   33   9   32  144   1   9   473   1   1  2.16  4.47  207 1.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 22 MIN AL  28    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .200  .333  .200   45    1   1   0   0   0   0 RoY-3,AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       48    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .200  .333  .200   45    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         17    0    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  10  .200  .333  .200   45    3   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     28    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3                           1   1   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 22 MIN AL    7    5    1   5.3   109| .200  .273| .333  .337| .200  .434| .533  .771|  45  .510  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons         7    5    1   5.3   109| .200  .273| .333  .337| .200  .434| .533  .771|  45  .510  -0.4   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 21 MIN AL P 6 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 0.47 1.90 1.71 4 23.7 2006 22 MIN AL P 28 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 0.32 0.41 0.67 1.56 16 121.0 AS 2008 24 MIN AL P 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 .949 0.93 0.42 1.54 1.60 14 76.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 21 MIN AL P 6 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 0.47 1.90 1.71 4 23.7 2006 22 MIN AL P 28 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 0.32 0.41 0.67 1.56 16 121.0 2008 24 MIN AL P 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 .949 0.93 0.42 1.54 1.60 14 76.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 48 7 20 1 2 .964 .954 0.56 0.42 1.10 1.59 34 220.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 48 7 20 1 2 .964 .954 0.56 0.42 1.10 1.59 34 221
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2006   MIN AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
2006

Won-Loss %
2006 AL-.800-1

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1138) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

September 9, 2000: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

November 14, 2003: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Boof Bonser and Joe Nathan to the Minnesota Twins for A.J. Pierzynski and cash.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Minnesota Twins$327,000
2007Minnesota Twins$410,000
Career (may be incomplete)$737,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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