Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
13	1771	.253	.323	.418	99	3.7

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2007	CLE	25	25	66	17	5	0	3	3	19	0	0	2	.274	.303	.500	80	-1.5	-1.7	0.5	-0.1
2008	CLE	26	121	499	119	32	0	15	40	86	6	4	3	.266	.332	.438	105	4.5	-0.4	9.2	2.3
2009	CLE	27	89	355	77	21	1	10	33	59	8	13	3	.250	.336	.422	104	2.9	2.7	0.0	1.5
2009	PHI	27	37	104	27	9	0	5	5	24	1	1	4	.278	.317	.526	103	0.7	-1.3	1.2	0.3
2010	PHI	28	88	197	48	13	0	6	14	35	2	8	0	.268	.327	.441	101	0.6	-0.5	-2.0	0.2
2011	PHI	29	100	293	61	10	1	6	33	42	5	4	4	.244	.340	.364	100	0.5	-1.4	-2.4	0.2
2012	HOU	30	31	90	21	4	0	2	5	23	0	0	0	.247	.289	.365	79	-2.1	0.9	-2.4	-0.2
2012	TBA	30	24	63	13	5	0	2	4	16	0	0	0	.228	.270	.421	78	-1.5	0.1	-1.8	-0.2
2012	TOR	30	27	54	12	5	1	0	4	10	0	0	1	.240	.296	.380	79	-1.3	-1.1	-0.6	-0.2
2013	NYA	31	21	50	5	0	0	1	5	11	1	0	0	.114	.220	.182	82	-0.9	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1
Career			563	1771	400	104	3	50	146	325	23	30	17	.253	.323	.418	99	2.0	-3.1	1.3	3.7

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2002	MHV	A-	NYP	58	269	.000	.000	.000	.383			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	LKC	A	SAL	80	330	.000	.000	.000	.314			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	AKR	AA	EAS	133	563	.000	.000	.000	.278			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	AKR	AA	EAS	83	352	.265	.330	.411	.355	102	10.6	8.3	-3	116	0	-9.2	0.7	6.6	0.3
2005	BUF	AAA	INT	4	18	.286	.345	.429	.615	112	2.5	0.6	0.1	146	0	-0.6	-0.2	1.0	0.1
2006	BUF	AAA	INT	134	579	.257	.326	.393	.292	101	15.4	15.9	-4.3	129	0	0.9	4.2	17.7	3.4
2007	CLE	MLB	AL	25	66	.264	.329	.421	.341	98	1	2.0	-0.5	80	22	0.5	-1.7	-1.5	-0.1
2007	BUF	AAA	INT	95	425	.266	.336	.401	.354	100	15.7	12.3	-1.7	138	0	-7.5	0.9	17.9	2.1
2008	CLE	MLB	AL	121	499	.267	.334	.420	.297	105	5.3	14.4	-4.4	105	10	9.2	-0.4	4.5	2.3
2008	BUF	AAA	INT	24	104	.257	.324	.390	.303	86	-1.4	2.8	-0.8	96	0	-4.0	-0.3	-1.7	-0.4
2009	CLE	MLB	AL	89	355	.263	.331	.420	.278	102	2.2	10.2	-1.3	104	11	0.0	2.7	2.9	1.5
2009	PHI	MLB	NL	37	104	.255	.329	.416	.319	96	4.9	3.0	-0.4	103	11	1.2	-1.3	0.7	0.3
2010	PHI	MLB	NL	88	197	.257	.326	.401	.302	95	1.7	5.4	-1.3	101	12	-2.0	-0.5	0.6	0.2
2011	PHI	MLB	NL	100	293	.253	.315	.391	.268	91	3	7.9	-2.5	100	9	-2.4	-1.4	0.5	0.2
2012	HOU	MLB	NL	31	90	.253	.306	.398	.317	99	-1.6	2.5	-0.7	79	13	-2.4	0.9	-2.1	-0.2
2012	TBA	MLB	AL	24	63	.244	.305	.394	.268	98	-1.5	1.7	-0.6	78	13	-1.8	0.1	-1.5	-0.2
2012	TOR	MLB	AL	27	54	.252	.311	.399	.300	109	-0.4	1.5	-0.7	79	13	-0.6	-1.1	-1.3	-0.2
2012	DUN	A+	FSL	2	7	.276	.346	.414	.000	109	-1.3	0.2	-0.1	47	0	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	0.0
2012	NHP	AA	EAS	9	39	.268	.341	.399	.250	101	-2.4	1.1	-0.5	72	0	-0.1	-0.7	-1.0	-0.1
2013	NYA	MLB	AL	21	50	.261	.328	.419	.125	104	-3.9	1.3	-0.7	82	12	-0.5	-0.5	-0.9	-0.1
2013	TUC	AAA	PCL	60	209	.278	.342	.424	.295	104	-6.9	6.0	-1.8	63	0	-8.5	2.2	-10.3	-1.3
2015	AGU	AAA	MEX	14	53	.000	.000	.000	.289			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2002	MHV	A-	NYP	269	235	55	82	23	2	3	118	23	22	28	22	6	.349	.417	.502	.153	2	2
2003	LKC	A	SAL	330	289	57	83	21	1	11	139	48	31	50	15	6	.287	.363	.481	.194	1	1
2004	AKR	AA	EAS	563	497	72	126	29	3	15	206	71	50	86	21	5	.254	.327	.414	.161	4	4
2005	AKR	AA	EAS	352	323	45	99	19	7	7	153	46	24	59	15	4	.307	.356	.474	.167	2	2
2005	BUF	AAA	INT	18	16	4	8	1	0	0	9	3	1	3	1	0	.500	.529	.563	.063	0	0
2006	BUF	AAA	INT	579	515	80	143	32	4	17	234	59	45	72	25	5	.278	.344	.454	.177	5	5
2007	BUF	AAA	INT	425	377	60	120	27	2	12	187	51	36	66	22	8	.318	.378	.496	.178	6	6
2007	CLE	MLB	AL	66	62	10	17	5	0	3	31	12	3	19	0	2	.274	.303	.500	.226	1	0
2008	CLE	MLB	AL	499	447	65	119	32	0	15	196	54	40	86	4	3	.266	.332	.438	.172	4	2
2008	BUF	AAA	INT	104	92	9	21	3	1	1	29	6	11	25	3	0	.228	.311	.315	.087	0	0
2009	PHI	MLB	NL	104	97	10	27	9	0	5	51	13	5	24	1	4	.278	.317	.526	.247	1	0
2009	CLE	MLB	AL	355	308	48	77	21	1	10	130	33	33	59	13	3	.250	.336	.422	.172	2	4
2010	PHI	MLB	NL	197	179	24	48	13	0	6	79	28	14	35	8	0	.268	.327	.441	.173	1	1
2011	PHI	MLB	NL	293	250	24	61	10	1	6	91	34	33	42	4	4	.244	.340	.364	.120	3	2
2012	HOU	MLB	NL	90	85	5	21	4	0	2	31	5	5	23	0	0	.247	.289	.365	.118	0	0
2012	TBA	MLB	AL	63	57	4	13	5	0	2	24	8	4	16	0	0	.228	.270	.421	.193	2	0
2012	TOR	MLB	AL	54	50	5	12	5	1	0	19	2	4	10	0	1	.240	.296	.380	.140	0	0
2012	DUN	A+	FSL	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.000	0	0
2012	NHP	AA	EAS	39	36	2	8	3	0	0	11	2	3	4	0	0	.222	.282	.306	.083	0	0
2013	TUC	AAA	PCL	209	187	20	45	8	1	1	58	16	18	38	6	1	.241	.309	.310	.070	1	2
2013	NYA	MLB	AL	50	44	4	5	0	0	1	8	1	5	11	0	0	.114	.220	.182	.068	0	0
2015	AGU	AAA	MEX	53	45	4	11	1	0	0	12	5	7	7	0	1	.244	.346	.267	.022	0	1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	1815	0.5300	0.4287	0.8021	0.5842	0.2532	0.8826	0.5926	0.1979	0.0025
2009	1674	0.5341	0.4211	0.7986	0.5738	0.2462	0.9064	0.5104	0.2014	-0.0054
2010	730	0.5247	0.4452	0.8062	0.6266	0.2450	0.8917	0.5647	0.1938	0.0003
2011	1124	0.4902	0.3808	0.8131	0.5626	0.2059	0.8968	0.5932	0.1869	-0.0004
2012	797	0.5471	0.4228	0.7745	0.5872	0.2244	0.8633	0.4938	0.2255	-0.0012
2013	211	0.4550	0.3697	0.7692	0.5417	0.2261	0.9038	0.5000	0.2308	0.0034
Career	6351	0.5231	0.4174	0.7990	0.5815	0.2375	0.8907	0.5524	0.2010	-0.0008

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
2012-08-27	2012-09-01	DTD	5	4	Right	Wrist	Soreness		-	-
2012-05-21	2012-06-24	15-DL	34	29	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2012-03-24	2012-04-02	Camp	9	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2011-03-08	2011-03-10	Camp	2	0	-	Neck	Soreness		-
2003-03-27	2003-06-01	Minors	66	0	Left	Wrist	Surgery	Hamate	2003-03-27	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	NYA	$1,100,000
2012	TOR	$1,537,500
2011	PHI	$1,175,000
2010	PHI	$470,000
2009	CLE	$421,400

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$4,703,900
5 yr	Total	$4,703,900

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 114 d	John Boggs	1 year (2015)

Details

1 year (2015). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/14 (minor-league contract). Released by Arizona 3/15/15.
2014: Independent league.
1 year/$1.1M (2013). Signed by Cleveland 1/21/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Cleveland 3/10/13. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 3/11/13 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.1M in majors. Contract purchased by NY Yankees 3/29/13. DFA by NY Yankees 5/26/13. Released 6/3/13.
1 year/$1.5375M (2012). Signed by Toronto 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Houston in trade from Toronto 7/20/12. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Houston 8/31/12. Non-tendered by Tampa Bay 11/30/12.
1 year/$1.175M (2011). Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/15/11 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Toronto in trade from Philadelphia 12/12/11.
1 year/$0.47M (2010). Re-signed by Philadelphia 2/10.
1 year/$0.4214M (2009). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/09 (split contract, $0.204M in minors). Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Cleveland 7/29/09.
1 year/$0.39M (2008). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/7/08. Optioned to Triple-A 3/27/08. Recalled 4/22/08. Optioned to Triple-A 4/26/08. Recalled 5/6/08.
1 year/$0.38M (2007). Contract purchased by Cleveland 11/06. Re-signed by Cleveland 2/07. Optioned to Triple-A 3/07. Recalled 5/3/07. Optioned to Triple-A 5/07. Recalled 6/20/07. Optioned to Triple-A. Recalled 9/1/07.
Drafted by Cleveland 2002 (5-154) (UCLA).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2011-03-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I was surprised I haven't heard more from you on the Philly roster construction - they seem tailor made to go with a 10 man staff and give Cholly all kind of platoon options to create some value in the line-up. Is it because their "adds" don't point that way, or are you just afraid to put your hopes in writing and see them dashed again? (Brecken from Chicago)	I think it's a sign of the times that we ought to be able to celebrate the Phillies dialing down to six relievers this season, and making space for a sixth bench player. Of course, there's the bit about being careful what you wish for--if it's for Brian Bocock's benefit, that's sort of sad for everyone but Bocock. John Mayberry Jr., Jeff Larish... Robb Quinlan? A Larish/Quinlan matched set? See, part of the problem is that beyond notionally carring a RF platoon if Domonic Brown splits the job with Ben Francisco is that they'll have their lefty PH in Ross "Three Bricks Shy of a" Gload, and with that rotation, it isn't like they'll have a ton of PH assignments in the first place. They could use the 25th slot on just about anything, and whoever he is, he won't play much. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-12-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Two Questions What is the most the Phillies can get for Joe Blanton and how much of his salary can they eat? Do you think Dominic Brown will start the year in the major leagues or will the Phillies sign a veteran bat like Jermaine Dye. (John from Philadelphia)	Dom Brown I say starts in the majors, but isn't an everyday player until the end of May. Going with a platoon of Brown/Francisco should be fine. I don't see what Jermaine Dye could provide that Ben Francisco can't, and the latter makes like $500,000. As for Blanton, the Phillies need to wait. There is no rush to trade him. Once Pavano signs, Blanton is the most attractive trade target, a 180-200 IP pitcher with a talent level in that 4.10-4.30 ERA range. If they traded him right now I would say they eat $9 of the $17 million and get prospects we never hear from again in return. Come February I would venture to guess they eat $6 million and get a couple prospects, one of whom will have some type of impact. (Eric Seidman)
2009-06-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Why am I in central Ohio and not northern Ohio? I hate Columbus. (Matt LaPorta from Columbus)	Because 49 ABs are fantastic information. And Ben Francisco looks athletic. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-04-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Matt LaPorta is raking at AAA: what do you estimate his ETA to be and who will he be taking PT from? (KO from Pittsfield, MA)	Ben Francisco isn't an everyday player, more a fourth outfielder, so you could start there. An offense/defense platoon makes some sense with those two. LaPorta can also get time at 1B for Ryan Garko and ... well, Travis Hafner isn't quite ready to cede DH, it appears. I'd get LaPorta up pretty soon. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-12-23 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Who should start for Cleveland's outfield this year? Should LaPorta be starting in left with Choo in right? (SaberTJ from Cleveland, OH)	I figure LaPorta gets into the left-field picture at some point, with Ben Francisco holding the fort in the meantime before moving to right and platooning with Choo once LaPorta's up. (Christina Kahrl)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-11-02 17:00:00	2009 WS Game Five	Victorino looked pretty set on catch that ball with just the one hand. I'm inclined to agree with Kevin, give me Ben Francisco. (Dan Wade)
2009-10-28 17:00:00	2009 WS Game One	Ben Francisco opens his golden gate... (Steven Goldman)
2009-10-15 17:00:00	2009 NLCS Game One (Phillies/Dodgers)	And Ben Francisco gives us the always-rare, always entertaining FODP. I wonder who the all-time leader is? (Christina Kahrl)

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