Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
13	254	1291	72	82	1	4.97	4.3

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2004	COL	MLB	7	7	36.7	3	2	0	42	13	32	8	106	10.3	3.2	2.0	7.9	0%	.309	1.50	5.18	5.15	93	4.10	84.5	0.7
2005	COL	MLB	33	33	183.7	14	12	0	228	70	128	26	112	11.2	3.4	1.3	6.3	0%	.339	1.62	4.70	5.68	110	6.71	144.5	-2.5
2006	COL	MLB	32	32	199.0	13	11	0	187	69	117	18	102	8.5	3.1	0.8	5.3	0%	.270	1.29	4.34	4.16	104	4.72	96.2	2.4
2007	COL	MLB	34	34	215.3	17	9	0	234	63	165	25	110	9.8	2.6	1.0	6.9	0%	.316	1.38	4.12	4.22	93	4.27	88.3	3.5
2008	COL	MLB	24	24	143.7	4	10	0	164	49	94	21	104	10.3	3.1	1.3	5.9	0%	.305	1.48	4.78	5.01	104	5.58	119.0	-0.1
2010	COL	MLB	20	19	104.3	4	6	0	119	23	67	11	103	10.3	2.0	0.9	5.8	0%	.320	1.36	3.90	5.00	98	4.65	105.1	0.8
2011	KCA	MLB	31	31	183.0	6	16	0	224	39	91	19	107	11.0	1.9	0.9	4.5	0%	.316	1.44	4.13	4.82	104	5.11	118.9	-0.1
2012	COL	MLB	24	24	113.0	6	7	0	145	22	76	15	118	11.5	1.8	1.2	6.1	0%	.341	1.48	4.30	5.58	102	5.14	117.9	0.0
2013	COL	MLB	23	12	70.3	3	5	0	89	24	63	12	115	11.4	3.1	1.5	8.1	0%	.344	1.61	4.51	6.27	104	5.25	125.8	-0.3
2014	CIN	0	1	1	5.0	0	1	0	5	0	4	1	98	9.0	0.0	1.8	7.2	0%	.267	1.00	4.10	5.40	111	3.07	75.3	0.1
2014	NYA	0	2	0	1.7	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	97	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	0%	.200	1.20	9.76	5.40	99	3.16	77.4	0.0
2014	OAK	0	9	0	13.3	0	1	1	11	3	10	1	95	7.4	2.0	0.7	6.8	0%	.250	1.05	3.53	6.08	111	4.76	116.8	0.0
2015	TOR	MLB	14	0	22.0	1	2	0	27	9	21	3	112	11.0	3.7	1.2	8.6	0%	.364	1.64	4.33	6.14	107	5.16	120.4	-0.1
2014	TOT	MLB	12	1	20.0	1	2	1	18	3	15	3	96	8.1	1.4	1.4	6.8	0%	.000	1.05	4.19	5.85	110	4.21	103.1	0.1
Career		MLB	254	217	1291.0	72	82	1	1477	384	869	161	108	10.3	2.7	1.1	6.1	46%	.314	1.44	4.37	4.97	102	5.12	111.9	4.3

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.

YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2002	ASH	A	SAL	4	4	20.0	0	0	0	16	4	23	2		7.2	1.8	0.9	10.4	0%	.311	1.00	3.08	1.80	0	0.00	0.0
2002	TRI	A-	NWN	4	3	10.7	0	0	0	5	4	16	0		4.2	3.4	0.0	13.5	0%	.263	0.84	1.70	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	VIS	A+	CLF	27	27	160.7	12	9	0	135	45	153	8		7.6	2.5	0.4	8.6	0%	.291	1.12	3.40	3.47	0	0.00	0.0
2004	COL	MLB	NL	7	7	36.7	3	2	0	42	13	32	8	106	10.3	3.2	2.0	7.9	0%	.309	1.50	5.18	5.15	93	4.10	84.5
2004	TUL	AA	TXS	17	17	113.7	13	1	0	73	22	147	9		5.8	1.7	0.7	11.6	0%	.253	0.84	2.57	1.98	0	0.00	0.0
2004	CSP	AAA	PCL	7	7	41.0	3	2	0	35	7	49	3		7.7	1.5	0.7	10.8	0%	.320	1.02	2.87	2.85	0	0.00	0.0
2005	COL	MLB	NL	33	33	183.7	14	12	0	228	70	128	26	112	11.2	3.4	1.3	6.3	0%	.339	1.62	4.70	5.68	110	6.71	144.5
2006	COL	MLB	NL	32	32	199.0	13	11	0	187	69	117	18	102	8.5	3.1	0.8	5.3	0%	.270	1.29	4.34	4.16	104	4.72	96.2
2006	CDA	wor	WBC	1	1	1.2	0	1	0	6	0	1	1		45.0	0.0	7.5	7.5	0%	.625	5.00	15.42	45.00	0	0.00	0.0
2007	COL	MLB	NL	34	34	215.3	17	9	0	234	63	165	25	110	9.8	2.6	1.0	6.9	0%	.316	1.38	4.12	4.22	93	4.27	88.3
2008	COL	MLB	NL	24	24	143.7	4	10	0	164	49	94	21	104	10.3	3.1	1.3	5.9	0%	.305	1.48	4.78	5.01	104	5.58	119.0
2008	TUL	AA	TXS	3	3	14.3	1	0	0	12	2	19	0	94	7.6	1.3	0.0	12.0	0%	.353	0.98	1.09	0.63	52	3.50	71.6
2010	COL	MLB	NL	20	19	104.3	4	6	0	119	23	67	11	103	10.3	2.0	0.9	5.8	0%	.320	1.36	3.90	5.00	98	4.65	105.1
2010	TUL	AA	TXS	2	2	11.7	0	0	0	11	2	5	1	95	8.5	1.5	0.8	3.8	0%	.270	1.11	4.19	1.54	0	0.00	0.0
2010	CSP	AAA	PCL	1	1	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	122	3.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.167	0.67	2.58	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2011	KCA	MLB	AL	31	31	183.0	6	16	0	224	39	91	19	107	11.0	1.9	0.9	4.5	0%	.316	1.44	4.13	4.82	104	5.11	118.9
2012	COL	MLB	NL	24	24	113.0	6	7	0	145	22	76	15	118	11.5	1.8	1.2	6.1	0%	.341	1.48	4.30	5.58	102	5.14	117.9
2012	LOU	AAA	INT	12	12	77.3	3	6	0	84	18	65	6	103	9.8	2.1	0.7	7.6	0%	.341	1.32	3.22	3.72	89	4.97	103.4
2013	COL	MLB	NL	23	12	70.3	3	5	0	89	24	63	12	115	11.4	3.1	1.5	8.1	0%	.344	1.61	4.51	6.27	104	5.25	125.8
2013	CSP	AAA	PCL	11	6	37.3	2	2	0	42	9	33	1	114	10.1	2.2	0.2	8.0	0%	.336	1.37	3.03	4.34	76	3.47	75.3
2014	CIN	MLB	NL	1	1	5.0	0	1	0	5	0	4	1	98	9.0	0.0	1.8	7.2	0%	.267	1.00	4.10	5.40	111	3.07	75.3
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	2	0	1.7	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	97	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	0%	.200	1.20	9.76	5.40	99	3.16	77.4
2014	OAK	MLB	AL	9	0	13.3	0	1	1	11	3	10	1	95	7.4	2.0	0.7	6.8	0%	.250	1.05	3.53	6.08	111	4.76	116.8
2014	LOU	AAA	INT	8	8	48.7	4	3	0	52	12	45	3	109	9.6	2.2	0.6	8.3	0%	.338	1.32	3.10	3.33	82	4.54	96.0
2015	TOR	MLB	AL	14	0	22.0	1	2	0	27	9	21	3	112	11.0	3.7	1.2	8.6	0%	.364	1.64	4.33	6.14	107	5.16	120.4
2015	BUF	AAA	INT	19	14	92.0	6	3	0	84	13	79	3	94	8.2	1.3	0.3	7.7	0%	.295	1.05	2.38	2.35	76	3.17	69.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	2354	0.4928	0.4444	0.7992	0.6112	0.2822	0.8702	0.6499	0.2008
2010	1648	0.5376	0.4454	0.8025	0.5926	0.2743	0.8724	0.6268	0.1975
2011	2937	0.4791	0.4413	0.8225	0.6070	0.2889	0.8735	0.7240	0.1775
2012	1836	0.4744	0.4325	0.7985	0.5614	0.3161	0.8814	0.6656	0.2015
2013	1239	0.4770	0.4407	0.7839	0.5888	0.3056	0.8793	0.6162	0.2161
2014	308	0.4513	0.4513	0.8201	0.6331	0.3018	0.9205	0.6471	0.1799
2015	399	0.4536	0.4361	0.7701	0.6022	0.2982	0.8440	0.6462	0.2299
Career	10721	0.4883	0.4411	0.8037	0.5964	0.2925	0.8749	0.6652	0.1963

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-05-15	2013-06-08	15-DL	24	23	Left	Groin	Strain		-	-
2010-08-12	2010-09-06	15-DL	25	23	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2010-04-02	2010-05-16	15-DL	44	36	Left	Shoulder	Strain	In Arm Pit	-
2009-03-27	2009-10-13	60-DL	200	162	Left	Shoulder	Recovery From Surgery	Labrum	2009-02-25
2009-02-25	2009-03-27	Camp	30	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum	2009-02-25
2008-06-29	2008-08-06	15-DL	38	34	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	TOR	$
2014	CIN	$
2013	COL	$1,500,000
2011	KCA	$2,000,000
2010	COL	$5,875,000
2009	COL	$3,875,000
2008	COL	$2,750,000
2007	COL	$500,000
2006	COL	$336,000
2005	COL	$317,000

Years	Description	Salary
9 yr	Previous	$17,153,000
9 yr	Total	$17,153,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
9 y 102 d	Jim Lindell	1 year (2015)

Details

1 year (2015). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 10/31/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Toronto 4/19/15. DFA by Toronto 5/18/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/20/15. Contract selected by Toronto 9/1/15.
1 year (2014). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 1/14/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 5/15/14. Claimed off waivers by Oakland 5/18/14 after being DFA by Cincinnati 5/16/14. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade 7/11/14 after being DFA by Oakland 7/3/14. DFA by NY Yankees 7/28/14. Released 8/5/14.
1 year/$1.5M (2013). Re-signed by Colorado 12/5/12. Performance bonuses: $0.1M for 140 innings pitched, $0.125M for 150 IP, $0.15M for 160 IP, $0.175M for 170 IP, $0.2M for 180 IP, $0.225M for 190 IP, $0.25M for 200 IP, $0.275M for 210 IP. Award bonuses, including $50,000 for Comeback Player of the Year.
1 year (2012). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 2/9/12 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. Performance bonuses may bring total to $3.25M. May opt out of deal if not on roster 3/28/12. Opted out of contract, released 6/4/12. Signed by Colorado as a free agent 6/9/12.
1 year/$2M (2011). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/14/11. $2M in performance bonuses.
4 years/$13.25M (2007-10), plus 2011 club option. Signed extension with Colorado 11/06. $0.5M signing bonus. 07:$0.5M, 08:$2.75M, 09:$3.75M, 10:$5.75M, 11:$7M club option. Option may increase to $8M based on IP, rank in Cy Young vote. Colorado declined 2011 option 11/4/10.
1 year/$0.335M (2006). Re-signed by Colorado 2/06.
1 year/$3.17M (2005). Re-signed by Colorado 1/05 (split contract, $52,600 in minors).
1 year (2004). Contract purchased by Colorado 8/04.
Drafted by Colorado 2002 (1-9) (University of British Columbia). $1.85M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2014-01-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for the chat, Paul. Do you think the Angels would be better off not overpaying the likes of Matt Garza and focusing on acquiring cheap starting rotation depth (e.g. Capuano, Jeff Francis) and more pen arms (Balfour, etc)? Or is that important to have a decent #3 starter, even if you have to overpay? (Dennis from LA)	No, I think they need a big arm. I'm advocating them for Tanaka heavily. I think it'd be the perfect move. In the absence of that, Garza is a nice fallback. They're trying to buy the key wins, so overpaying a bit is OK. They were near .500 in a disaster season, they'll be better this year. (Paul Sporer)
2010-05-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Will Brandon Webb's shoulder see any action in Phoenix this year? (Paul from DC)	I'm leaning yes. The way Jeff Francis came back has to make Webb's fans happy, though looking at the comparitive timelines isn't that good for the Dbacks and their one-year deal. (Will Carroll)
2009-10-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Let's assume for arguments sake that O'Down lets Marquis walk, trades Hawpe for a prospect and non tenders Atkins. That would free up nearly $20MM for 2010. Where would you spend that money? I guess 2B is an obvious upgrade spot, but beyond that, I'm not sure O'Dowd could spend that amount money effectively in free agency. Maybe they could allocate it to the draft and Venezuala? (Dan from Denver)	It's never that simple. Betancourt's on the books for next season if they pick up his option, so that's a big chunk of change ($5+ million). Huston Street's arb-eligible, so is Jorge De La Rosa and Chris Iannetta and Ryan Spilborghs; all will get raises. Tulo's salary goes up a couple of million; so does Jeff Francis' and Manny Corpas'. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't go big-game hunting, beyond seeing what they might get out of a Hawpe deal, whether win-now help or a prospect with near-term value on the big-league team. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-04-10 16:30:00 (link to chat)	Hey Christina, any thoughts on Ubaldo Jimenez and Franklin Morales so far this year? They've thrown a combined 13IP 8H 1ER 4BB 1HR 14K. Sample size + control problems. But those K numbers look pretty good. (Jason from Devner)	You don't need me or even Kevin to tell you those guys are talented; it's just a good bit of news for the Rox that in the year Jeff Francis is out, those two might be squared away to join Aaron Cook and give the team a trio they can project playing key roles years into the future. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-05-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Did I just make a big mistake cutting Jeff Francis? And is it worth hanging on to Clay Buchholz, especially with Colon pitching well? (Yatchisin from Santa Barbara)	Francis is a good pitcher, but he's not a good fantasy option. I hope the Sox wouldn't be silly enough to keep Colon on the major league roster in favor of Buchholz, when he's ready to come back. That would just...gah. Bad Sox. (Marc Normandin)
2008-01-29 16:00:00 (link to chat)	What kind of production can we expect out of Pedro this year? Should I succumb to my man crush on Pedro or should I go with a safer guy like a Jeff Francis? (Shipoopi from Quohog, RI)	Pedro is the new Luis Tiant - who hurt his arm, looked washed up, then resurrected his career with the Red Sox in the early 1970s. Pedro is older than Tiant, but like Tiant, while he may have lost his best stuff, he still knows how to pitch. Like Tiant, he still has the ability to reach back and put something extra on the ball when he needs to, and he still has the urge to shove the bat up the hitters' ass - he's not giving in to nobody. The Amazing Pedro Experience is over, but Twilight Pedro is still going to be fun to watch. It's just going to be at 170 innings a year, not 210. Three hundred wins is not out of the question. Inning for inning, Pedro will be better than Francis in 2008. Francis may have more overall value because he'll pitch more. (Rany Jazayerli)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-06-09 14:30:00	2009 Draft Coverage	One of the great things about being at BP is having great help just a few keyboard clicks away. I asked Rany, who did his fantastic series on draft history, if he remembers a draft that was better 11-20 than 1-10. Rany jumped into action for me, and found just one in 15 years: 2002. Top Ten: B.J. Upton, Zack Greinke, Prince Fielder, Jeff Francis. 11-20: Hermida, Joe Saunders, Scott Kazmir, Nick Swisher, Cole Hamels, James Loney, Denard Span. The best example is 1994, where Garciaparra, Konerko and Varitek went 12-14. Needless to say, the top 10 that boasted Paul Wilson, Ben Grieve, Todd Walker and Jaret Wright wasn't as good. (Bryan Smith)

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jeff Francis threw 12,540 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Sinker (87mph) and Curve (70mph), also mixing in a Slider (79mph), Change (79mph), Cutter (86mph) and Fourseam Fastball (88mph).

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