Players · F · Pitcher · 2014 regular season
Frank Francisco
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Number
- #50
- Born
- September 11, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- May 14, 2004
- dbWAR
- 4.0 Regular season, 2006–2014 only
- IP
- 3.2
- ERA
- 12.27
- FIP
- 9.95
- K/9
- 12.3
- FIP−
- 266 100 = avg
Frank Francisco was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2014 he struck out 5 batters over 3.2 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 12.27 was 228.1% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 9.95 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.4% of swings (8.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2014 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2006–2014; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | CWS | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12.27 | 9.95 | 2.73 | 12.3 | 7.4 | 328 | 266 | -0.3 | |
| 2013 | NYM | 8 | 0 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4.26 | 3.05 | 1.11 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 110 | 79 | 0.1 | |
| 2012 | NYM | 48 | 0 | 42.1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 47 | 26 | 47 | 21 | 5.53 | 3.90 | 1.61 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 138 | 97 | 0.3 | |
| 2011 | TOR | 54 | 0 | 50.2 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 20 | 53 | 18 | 3.55 | 3.80 | 1.32 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 90 | 96 | 0.4 | |
| 2010 | TEX | 56 | 0 | 52.2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 60 | 18 | 3.76 | 3.12 | 1.27 | 10.3 | 3.1 | 92 | 76 | 0.9 | |
| 2009 | TEX | 51 | 0 | 49.1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 40 | 21 | 57 | 15 | 3.83 | 3.34 | 1.11 | 10.4 | 2.7 | 89 | 77 | 0.9 | |
| 2008 | TEX | 58 | 0 | 63.1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 22 | 83 | 26 | 3.13 | 3.18 | 1.15 | 11.8 | 3.7 | 72 | 74 | 1.3 | |
| 2007 | TEX | 59 | 0 | 59.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 30 | 49 | 38 | 4.55 | 4.27 | 1.60 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 102 | 95 | 0.5 | |
| 2006 | TEX | 8 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4.91 | 5.87 | 1.36 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 108 | 130 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .400 | .455 | 1.100 | .658 | 27.3% |
| vs RHB | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .455 | .333 | .373 | 18.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Frank Francisco throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 66 | 92.2 | 2,180 | 54.5% | 16.0% | 11 | — | — | |
| Splitter | 29 | 82.3 | 965 | 44.8% | 22.2% | 7 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.