Bowden Francis

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

Team: Toronto Blue Jays (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: April 22, 1996 in Tallahassee, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chipola College (Marianna, FL) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chipola College (Marianna, FL).

School: Chipola College (Marianna, FL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 0.098 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2030

Full Name: Robert Bowden Francis

Pronunciation: \BAO-den\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.6

0.3

ERA

8.59

3.66

14.2

51.2

WHIP

1.705

1.084

2019 Player Pitching Game Log

2019 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2019-04-04	A+-CARL	Carolina Mudcats	@	Down East Wood Ducks	1-4		4.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	0	51	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	74	50	13	13	0	7	2	1
2	2019-04-10	A+-CARL	Carolina Mudcats	@	Potomac Nationals	1-5	W	5.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	63	19	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	80	54	16	11	6	8	2	2
3	2019-04-15	A+-CARL	Carolina Mudcats		Fayetteville Woodpeckers	1-5	L	5.0	5	4	4	2	7	1	0	46	20	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	22	88	56	22	10	7	6	1	2
		Player Moved from A+-CARL to AA-SOUL
4	2019-04-23	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	1-5		5.0	4	3	3	3	6	1	1	50	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	85	54	17	13	2	11	3	0
5	2019-04-28	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Chattanooga Lookouts	1-5	L	5.0	8	6	6	1	3	1	1	29	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	76	50	9	9	5	13	4	4
6	2019-05-04	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	1-6	L	5.1	6	7	7	4	7	2	0	31	20	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	25	90	56	17	14	3	10	2	1
7	2019-05-10	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Montgomery Biscuits	1-5	L	5.0	3	2	1	3	2	0	0	54	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	94	59	13	12	9	7	4	0
8	2019-05-15	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	1-6	W	6.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	74	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	86	62	11	17	3	9	3	3
9	2019-05-20	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Chattanooga Lookouts	1-5	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	6	1	0	41	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	84	53	14	11	7	8	2	0
10	2019-05-26	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Mobile BayBears	1-6		6.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	59	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	90	52	16	9	3	16	3	4
11	2019-06-01	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Tennessee Smokies	1-2		1.2	6	5	4	0	3	1	1	28	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	48	32	9	6	3	6	1	0
12	2019-06-06	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Mississippi Braves	1-5	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	0	48	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	80	53	12	13	4	11	4	1
13	2019-06-11	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Pensacola Blue Wahoos	1-6	W	6.0	1	0	0	3	12	0	0	79	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	98	62	21	16	3	4	1	3
14	2019-06-16	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Jackson Generals	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	1	83	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	82	61	24	9	5	8	2	0
15	2019-06-24	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Mississippi Braves	1-6	L	6.0	8	1	1	1	6	1	0	57	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	99	63	19	11	8	12	6	1
16	2019-06-29	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	1-5	L	4.0	8	5	3	2	2	0	0	30	19	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	22	88	52	9	11	4	14	4	3
17	2019-07-04	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Mississippi Braves	1-6		6.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	68	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	85	54	15	5	7	9	2	2
18	2019-07-09	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Mississippi Braves	1-6		6.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	48	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	78	58	5	6	7	12	6	2
19	2019-07-16 (2)	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Chattanooga Lookouts	1-5	W	5.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	58	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	72	50	7	12	6	7	1	3
20	2019-07-21	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Mobile BayBears	1-6		6.0	4	4	4	4	10	1	0	54	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	102	62	8	20	2	10	2	2
21	2019-07-27	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Jackson Generals	1-7		7.0	2	1	1	1	8	0	0	76	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	93	67	17	14	5	10	5	1
22	2019-08-01	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	1-5	L	5.0	7	3	3	0	8	1	1	49	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	96	68	14	18	5	9	3	1
23	2019-08-07	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Tennessee Smokies	1-5		5.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	1	48	17	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	70	44	15	4	5	11	6	2
24	2019-08-13	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Mobile BayBears	1-5	W	5.0	1	0	0	3	11	0	0	73	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	102	62	19	17	0	7	2	2
25	2019-08-18	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Montgomery Biscuits	1-7	L	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	55	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	89	56	19	8	6	14	9	2
26	2019-08-23	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers		Mississippi Braves	1-6		6.0	5	2	2	3	9	0	0	60	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	98	62	13	15	6	8	2	1
27	2019-08-30	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Birmingham Barons	1-1		0.2	2	3	3	3	2	0	1	35	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	36	17	4	3	1	1	0	0
28	2019-09-02	AA-SOUL	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Birmingham Barons	4-6	W	3.0	1	1	1	0	4	1	0		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	41	29	9	4	0	6	0	1

2019 Player Pitching Splits

2019 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	28	603	530	67	124	32	6	15	7	3	55	165	.234	.311	.402	.712	.305	213	5	7	4	7	1

Home	12	260	232	26	53	8	3	7	2	0	22	82	.228	.301	.379	.681	.317	88	3	3	1	2	1
Away	16	343	298	41	71	24	3	8	5	3	33	83	.238	.318	.420	.737	.297	125	2	4	3	5	0

April	5	108	95	15	25	7	2	3	5	2	10	29	.263	.346	.474	.820	.349	45	1	2	1	0	0
May	5	116	98	14	22	4	1	3	1	1	15	26	.225	.322	.378	.699	.268	37	1	0	1	2	0
June	6	126	115	14	30	7	1	3	1	0	8	38	.261	.318	.417	.735	.360	48	0	2	0	1	0
July	5	117	103	9	20	4	0	3	0	0	10	30	.194	.259	.320	.579	.233	33	3	0	1	3	0
August	6	126	109	14	26	10	2	2	0	0	12	38	.239	.328	.422	.750	.343	46	0	3	1	1	1
September	1	10	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.400	.500	.000	4	0	0	0	0	0

As Starter	27	593	520	66	123	32	6	14	7	3	55	161	.237	.314	.402	.716	.310	209	5	7	4	7	1
As Reliever	1	10	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.400	.500	.000	4	0	0	0	0	0

vs RHB as RHP	28	338	306		58	15	3	7			22	113	.190	.253	.327	.580	.270	100	2	5	2	3	1
vs LHB as RHP	28	265	224		66	17	3	8			33	52	.295	.384	.505	.889	.345	113	3	2	2	4	0

Bases Empty	28	345	312		69	21	3	6			31	111	.221	.296	.365	.661	.323	114	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	27	258	218		55	11	3	9			24	54	.252	.331	.454	.785	.284	99	5	5	4	7	1

vs. Younger Batters	25	196	173		45	15	3	6			16	52	.260	.325	.486	.810	.331	84	1	2	2	3	1
vs. Older Batters	28	407	357		79	17	3	9			39	113	.221	.304	.361	.665	.293	129	4	5	2	4	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	8	9	.471	3.97	28	27	0	142.2	124	67	63	15	55	1	165	7	2	0	603	1.255	10.4	3.00

Home	3	5	.375	3.50	12	12	0	61.2	53	26	24	7	22	1	82	3	0	0	260	1.216	12.0	3.73
Away	5	4	.556	4.33	16	15	0	81.0	71	41	39	8	33	0	83	4	2	0	343	1.284	9.2	2.52

April	1	2	.333	5.63	5	5	0	24.0	25	15	15	3	10	0	29	2	1	0	108	1.458	10.9	2.90
May	1	3	.250	4.28	5	5	0	27.1	22	14	13	3	15	0	26	0	0	0	116	1.354	8.6	1.73
June	3	2	.600	3.34	6	6	0	29.2	30	14	11	3	8	0	38	2	0	0	126	1.281	11.5	4.75
July	1	0	1.000	2.70	5	5	0	30.0	20	9	9	3	10	0	30	0	0	0	117	1.000	9.0	3.00
August	1	2	.333	4.40	6	6	0	28.2	26	14	14	2	12	1	38	3	1	0	126	1.326	11.9	3.17
September	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.333	12.0

As Starter	7	9	.438	4.00	27	27	0	139.2	123	66	62	14	55	1	161	7	2	0	593	1.275	10.4	2.93
As Reliever	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.333	12.0

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

More Francis Pages

Bowden Francis Overview

Minor & Winter Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

Minor League Batting Game Logs & Splits (s.2008)

2019
2021

Minor League Pitching Game Logs & Splits (s.2008)

More Bowden Francis Pages at Baseball Reference

Bowden Francis

2019 Player Pitching Game Log

2019 Player Pitching Splits

More Francis Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks