J.P. France

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 198lb (183cm, 89kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: April 4, 1995 in New Orleans, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

High School: Archbishop Shaw HS (Marrero, LA)

Schools: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS), Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: May 6, 2023 (Age 28-032d, 22,923rd in major league history)
vs. SEA 5.0 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$768k (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 0.149 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2030

Full Name: Jonathan Patrick France

Twitter: @Jpeeezy3

Instagram: @thefrenchman28

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.5

1.0

ERA

7.46

4.40

25.1

161.2

123

WHIP

1.697

1.410

Summary of 24 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 11 go ahead

1 Tm
HOU	24

Platoon
vs RHB	14
vs LHB	10

Home/Road
Home	15
Away	9

Outs
0	10
1	9
2	5

13 Opps
CHC	5
TEX	4
BOS	3
SEA	2
ATL	2
MIN	1
SDP	1
CHW	1
LAD	1
CIN	1
MIL	1
LAA	1
COL	1

22 Batters
Seiya Suzuki	2
Corey Seager	2
Mookie Betts	1
Alex Verdugo	1
Royce Lewis	1
C.J. Cron	1
Marcell Ozuna	1
Julio Rodríguez	1
Matt Carpenter	1
Christopher Morel	1
Luis Rengifo	1
Ronald Acuña Jr.	1
Mike Tauchman	1
Adam Duvall	1
Jonah Heim	1
Mitch Garver	1
Wilyer Abreu	1
Joey Wiemer	1
Mike Ford	1
Cody Bellinger	1
Luis Robert Jr.	1
Tyler Stephenson	1

7 Parks
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	15
GlbLifeField (ARL)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	8
9	6
78	5
89	3
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	8
3	8
2	2
4	2
5	2
7+	1
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	10
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
-2-	2
1--	2
12-	1
-23	1
1-3	1

34 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	17
1 on	4
2 on	3
Any on	7

Inning
1	6
2	3
3	5
4	1
5	2
6	6
7	1

1-3	14
4-6	9
7-end	1

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	11
-1	3
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	7
Tied	11
Behind	6

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
1-1	5
2-0	3
3-1	2
1-0	1
2-2	1
1-2	1
2-1	1
0-1	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	7
DH	6
RF	6
SS	2
C	1
3B	1
2B	1

OrderPos
5th	7
1st	5
7th	4
4th	2
2nd	2
3rd	1
6th	1
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	6

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2023-05-12	Luis Robert Jr.	CHW		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	8	11%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2023-05-17	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	9	8%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	2	2023-05-17	Seiya Suzuki	CHC	@	HOU	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	9	10%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); I. Happ Scores
4	4	4	3	2023-05-17	Christopher Morel	CHC	@	HOU	ahead 5-1	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	5%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	2023-05-23	Joey Wiemer	MIL		HOU	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	8	11%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	6	1	2023-05-29	Royce Lewis	MIN	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 3	2	12-	4,(1-2) CBC.X	3	5	5	28%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Correa Scores; A. Kirilloff Scores
7	7	7	1	2023-06-04	Luis Rengifo	LAA	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	16%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	8	1	2023-06-16	Tyler Stephenson	CIN	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 7	1	---	6,(2-2) SBBFFX	1	5	DH	21%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
9	9	9	1	2023-06-23	Mookie Betts	LAD		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	9	9%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	10	1	2023-07-05	C.J. Cron	COL	@	HOU	behind 2-5	t 6	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	5	DH	7%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	2023-08-18	Julio Rodríguez	SEA	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	12	2	2023-08-18	Mike Ford	SEA	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	8,(3-2) BFCFFBBX	1	7	DH	13%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	13	1	2023-08-24	Alex Verdugo	BOS	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	9	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
14	14	14	2	2023-08-24	Wilyer Abreu	BOS	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	8	14%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Reyes Scores
15	15	15	1	2023-08-29	Adam Duvall	BOS		HOU	behind 1-5	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	8	5%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	16	1	2023-09-04	Corey Seager	TEX		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	6	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Semien Scores
17	17	17	2	2023-09-04	Corey Seager	TEX		HOU	tied 3-3	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	6	15%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18	18	18	3	2023-09-04	Mitch Garver	TEX		HOU	behind 4-5	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	18%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	19	1	2023-09-10	Matt Carpenter	SDP	@	HOU	behind 0-4	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	4%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2024-04-12	Jonah Heim	TEX	@	HOU	ahead 4-1	t 3	1	-23	3,(1-1) *BFX	3	7	2	9%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Smith Scores; W. Langford Scores
21	21	2	1	2024-04-17	Marcell Ozuna	ATL	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	5	DH	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	3	2	2024-04-17	Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	@	HOU	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	4	1	2024-04-23	Cody Bellinger	CHC		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	15%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); I. Happ Scores
24	24	5	2	2024-04-23	Mike Tauchman	CHC		HOU	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	9	16%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Morel Scores; D. Swanson Scores