Earl Francis

Full Name: Earl Coleman Francis	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/210	First Game: June 30, 1960
Birthdate: July 14, 1935	Final Game: September 27, 1965
Birthplace: Slab Fork, West Virginia	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: July 3, 2002
Deathplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on July 14, 1935 in Slab Fork, West Virginia, Earl Francis (Earl Coleman Francis) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 6 year career. Francis broke into the bigs on June 30, 1960 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.21 ERA in 102.2 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Earl Francis's best season was 1962, when he posted a 3.07 ERA and struck out 121 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1960	PIT	N	7	0	1	0	2.00	8	5	4	0	0	18	14	0	4	0	0	1
1961	PIT	N	23	15	2	8	4.21	53	60	48	0	0	102.2	110	4	47	7	5	1
1962	PIT	N	36	23	9	8	3.07	121	68	60	5	1	176	153	8	83	10	8	2
1963	PIT	N	33	13	4	6	4.53	72	59	49	0	0	97.1	107	6	43	11	2	4
1964	PIT	N	2	1	0	1	8.53	6	7	6	0	0	6.1	7	2	1	0	0	1
1965	STL	N	2	0	0	0	5.06	3	4	3	0	0	5.1	7	1	3	2	1	0
Total			103	52	16	23	3.77	263	203	170	5	1	405.2	398	21	181	30	16	9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1960	PIT	N	P	7	0	18	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1.000
1961	PIT	N	P	23	15	102.2	8	20	1	1	2	6	2	.966
1962	PIT	N	P	36	23	176	12	33	1	3	1	16	5	.978
1963	PIT	N	P	33	13	97.1	4	19	4	3	2	11	4	.852
1964	PIT	N	P	2	1	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	STL	N	P	2	0	5.1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000
Total			P	103	52	405.2	25	74	7	8	5	36	11	.934

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1960	PIT	N	7	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0	0	1
1961	PIT	N	23	28	0	3	0	0	.107	.194	.107	0	2	17	1	0	1	0
1962	PIT	N	36	61	4	10	1	7	.164	.177	.262	3	1	23	0	3	0	1
1963	PIT	N	34	26	1	8	0	3	.308	.308	.423	3	0	12	0	0	0	0
1964	PIT	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	STL	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total			104	122	5	21	1	10	.172	.198	.246	6	3	56	1	3	1	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1954).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ted Savage to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jack Damaska and Ron Cox (December 15, 1964).