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Earl
Francis		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 14, 1935 in Usa, WV, SLAB FORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1971   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 24 CIN NL   8 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1961 25 CIN NL   8 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1962 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1963 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1964 28 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1965 29 CLN NL $ 400,000 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9
1966 30 CLN NL $ 400,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1967 31 CLN NL $ 400,000 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 10 10 10
1969 33 SDP NL $ 2,100,000 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9
1970 34 NYA AL $ 2,100,000 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
1971 35 NYA AL $ 2,100,000 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 24 CIN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 25 CIN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 CLN NL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 CLN NL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 CLN NL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 SDP NL $ 2,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 34 NYA AL $ 2,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 35 NYA AL $ 2,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1960 24 AAA   10 9 .526 27 27 1 0 0 176.3 163 66 14 63 166 3.37 .244 .309 .374 .683  
1961 25 AAA   8 4 .667 17 17 0 0 0 119.0 106 37 9 36 97 2.80 .232 .289 .340 .629  
1962 26 COL NL 3 5 .375 35 10 1 0 2 43.0 53 28 2 20 33 5.86 .301 .374 .398 .771 0.0
  CLN NL 6 4 .600 15 4 1 0 0 106.0 98 39 5 32 62 3.31 .242 .300 .328 .628 7.3
  TOT   9 9 .500 50 14 2 0 2 149.0 151 67 7 52 95 4.05 .260 .322 .349 .672 7.3
1963 27 CLN NL 5 8 .385 28 21 0 0 0 136.3 155 61 8 59 88 4.03 .288 .358 .393 .752 5.7
1964 28 CLN NL 2 4 .333 43 0 0 0 7 42.3 57 31 3 22 25 6.59 .322 .393 .390 .783 0.0
1965 29 CLN NL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 1 5.7 5 2 0 2 3 3.18 .238 .304 .286 .590 0.6
    AAA   10 6 .625 30 17 4 3 3 138.0 102 30 3 54 113 1.96 .209 .288 .256 .544  
1966 30 AAA   15 9 .625 29 29 2 1 0 197.7 187 66 8 105 158 3.01 .248 .340 .322 .661  
1967 31 CLN NL 4 2 .667 44 0 0 0 12 51.3 33 15 1 24 24 2.63 .185 .284 .247 .532 8.6
    AAA   1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 .000 .429 .000 .429  
1968 32 AAA   14 5 .737 28 28 2 1 0 188.7 177 65 5 84 133 3.10 .248 .327 .321 .649  
1969 33 SDP NL 4 8 .333 35 18 3 1 2 156.3 145 70 7 94 88 4.03 .250 .354 .333 .688 8.3
1970 34 NYA AL 4 19 .174 32 32 0 0 0 200.3 228 122 14 137 80 5.48 .287 .392 .390 .781 3.7
1971 35 NYA AL 5 19 .208 32 32 1 0 0 192.7 218 118 21 117 74 5.51 .290 .386 .414 .800 2.8
8 Years Sim 33 70 .320 269 117 6 1 24 934.0 992 486 61 507 477 4.68 .274 .363 .372 .735 37.1
6 Years AAA 58 33 .637 133 118 9 5 3 821.3 735 264 39 345 667 2.89 .238 .315 .325 .640  
Season Average 4 8 .333 33 14 0 0 3 116.7 124 60 7 63 59 4.68 .274 .363 .372 .735  
Career Highs 9 19 .667 50 32 3 1 12 200.3 228 122 21 137 95 6.59 .322 .393 .414 .800  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   477 240 35 207 258   .255 .329 .356 .685
vs LH   515 246 26 300 219   .295 .398 .389 .787
Home 15 29 .341 138 54 3 1 12 450.3 462 215 19 250 238 4.30 .267 .360 .350 .710
Away 18 41 .305 131 64 3 0 12 483.6 530 271 42 257 239 5.04 .280 .366 .392 .759
Mar/Apr 7 11 .389 59 15 2 1 5 143.6 140 74 9 88 80 4.64 .258 .362 .360 .722
May 7 13 .350 52 22 0 0 5 168.3 190 87 12 96 81 4.65 .287 .377 .379 .756
June 6 15 .286 52 22 1 0 6 175.3 202 109 17 93 84 5.60 .292 .376 .421 .796
July 4 8 .333 33 21 0 0 1 140.6 136 67 8 76 76 4.29 .254 .346 .349 .695
August 2 12 .143 44 19 2 0 6 157.3 171 81 11 87 75 4.63 .279 .369 .374 .743
Sep/Oct 7 11 .389 29 19 1 0 1 148.7 153 68 4 67 81 4.12 .265 .342 .338 .680
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 26 COL NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  CLN NL 15 40 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .125 .122 .150 .272 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   50 40 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .125 .122 .150 .272 -0.1 0.0
1963 27 CLN NL 28 53 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .151 .167 .189 .355 0.6 0.0
1964 28 CLN NL 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1967 31 CLN NL 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 165 98 4 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 39 .133 .140 .163 .303 0.0 0.0
162 Game Average 96 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 38 .133 .140 .163 .303 0.0  
Career Highs 50 53 3 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .151 .167 .189 .355 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   56 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 .125 .140 .161 .301 -0.4
vs LH   42 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 .143 .140 .167 .306 -0.2
Home 88 33 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .121 .118 .182 .299 -0.3
Away 57 65 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 26 .138 .152 .154 .305 -0.3
RISP   30 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 .100 .097 .100 .197 -1.1
Close/Late   6 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2
May 6 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .143 .200 .214 .414 0.4
June 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
July 10 23 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .174 .174 .217 .391 0.4
August 26 19 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.4
Sep/Oct 10 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .133 .129 .133 .262 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1962 26 COL NL P 35 10 43.0 2 6 1 0 .889 1.67    
  CLN NL P 15 4 106.0 5 16 3 0 .875 1.78    
  TOT   P 50 14 149.0 7 22 4 0 .879 1.75    
1963 27 CLN NL P 28 21 136.3 9 29 1 2 .974 2.51    
1964 28 CLN NL P 43 0 42.3 1 5 1 1 .857 1.28    
1965 29 CLN NL P 5 0 5.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1967 31 CLN NL P 44 0 51.3 2 16 1 3 .947 3.16    
1969 33 SDP NL P 35 18 156.3 7 18 1 2 .962 1.44    
1970 34 NYA AL P 32 32 200.3 16 28 0 1 1.000 1.98    
1971 35 NYA AL P 32 32 192.7 19 39 4 4 .935 2.71    
Career Totals   269 117 934.0 61 158 12 13 .948 2.11    
Career Highs   50 32 200.3 19 39 4 4 1.000 3.16    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1970-4-19
1971-4-19
 Saves
1967-7-12
 Walks Allowed
1970-2-137
1971-4-117
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1960
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on 4/2/1960 (Going to CIN: 1B Don Mincher, P Juan Marichal, P Jim Brewer, P Earl Francis. Going to PIT: P Chuck Stobbs)
Injured on 4/13/1960 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/31/1960 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/23/1960 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/1/1961 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Earned first career win on 4/2/1962
Traded from Colorado to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1962 (Going to CLN: C Danny Kravitz, P Earl Francis. Going to COL: 1B Billy Klaus, C Russ Nixon, CF Richie Ashburn)
Had first career hit (double) on 7/5/1962, off Larry Sherry (STL)
Injured on 8/1/1962 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
9/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $400,000 per year, for 3 years
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,828,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/30/1968 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/25/1968 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Cleveland (N) on 10/31/1968
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/9/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to New York (A) on 2/7/1970 (Going to SDP: P Dennis Bennett, P Ralph Lumenti, CF Joe Gaines. Going to NYA: P Earl Francis, P Clyde Wright)
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1971
 
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