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\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.6

0.3

ERA

8.59

3.66

14.2

51.2

WHIP

1.705

1.084

2021 Player Pitching Game Log

2021 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	2021-05-06	AA-AASO	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Birmingham Barons	1-5	W	5.0	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	54	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	73	43	16	6	6	9	0	3
2	2021-05-14	AA-AASO	Biloxi Shuckers		Mississippi Braves	1-6	W	5.1	4	2	2	0	8	1	1	60	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	82	55	12	16	2	10	2	2
3	2021-05-20	AA-AASO	Biloxi Shuckers	@	Tennessee Smokies	1-5	W	5.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	54	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	89	59	16	11	7	9	4	2
4	2021-05-25	AA-AASO	Biloxi Shuckers		Pensacola Blue Wahoos	1-6	L	5.2	5	4	4	1	10	3	0	52	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	97	63	24	13	2	10	1	3
		Player Moved from AA-AASO to AAA-AAAE
5	2021-05-30	AAA-AAAE	Nashville Sounds	@	Columbus Clippers	1-5	W	5.0	4	2	2	3	8	1	0	56	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	93	58	12	16	3	8	3	1
6	2021-06-05	AAA-AAAE	Nashville Sounds	@	Charlotte Knights	1-5	L	5.0	2	2	2	3	6	1	0	58	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	92	54	15	11	2	8	3	3
7	2021-06-11	AAA-AAAE	Nashville Sounds		Indianapolis Indians	1-7	W	7.0	1	0	0	1	6	0	2	80	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	87	57	15	12	6	9	2	3
8	2021-06-17	AAA-AAAE	Nashville Sounds	@	Gwinnett Stripers	1-5		5.0	3	2	2	0	5	0	0	58	15	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	66	43	13	8	5	8	1	2
9	2021-06-23	AAA-AAAE	Nashville Sounds		Charlotte Knights	1-5	L	5.0	9	8	6	1	5	0	0	25	22	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	25	90	64	12	13	5	14	7	3
10	2021-06-29	AAA-AAAE	Nashville Sounds		Louisville Bats	1-6	W	5.2	4	2	2	2	5	1	0	56	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21	83	53	14	7	4	10	4	0
11	2021-07-04	AAA-AAAE	Nashville Sounds		Louisville Bats	1-6	W	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	64	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	78	47	13	6	3	13	1	4
12	2021-07-14	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons		Lehigh Valley IronPigs	1-5	W	5.0	4	2	1	3	4	0	1	54	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	82	54	14	8	5	10	4	1
13	2021-07-20	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons		Syracuse Mets	1-7	W	7.0	1	1	1	2	7	1	0	76	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	92	61	21	10	5	9	2	4
14	2021-07-25	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons		Syracuse Mets	1-6		5.2	4	2	2	2	6	0	1	57	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	93	60	14	11	4	11	5	2
15	2021-07-31	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons	@	Worcester Red Sox	1-5	L	5.0	7	4	4	3	3	3	0	37	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	97	65	6	11	7	12	4	1
16	2021-08-06	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons	@	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	1-4		4.0	6	7	6	4	5	1	0	25	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	86	47	5	9	5	8	1	3
17	2021-08-12	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons		Rochester Red Wings	1-6	W	6.0	2	3	3	3	5	0	2	58	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	93	57	14	15	6	8	4	0
18	2021-08-19 (2)	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons	@	Syracuse Mets	1-5		5.0	2	1	0	1	5	0	1	65	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	62	41	15	6	2	9	2	2
19	2021-08-25	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons		Worcester Red Sox	1-4	L	4.0	10	6	6	1	7	4	0	24	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	82	57	13	12	4	10	2	2
20	2021-08-31	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	1-6	W	6.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	1	67	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	81	54	12	10	6	8	2	2
21	2021-09-07	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons		Syracuse Mets	3-7	W	5.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0		17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	64	42	13	9	1	13	3	4
22	2021-09-12	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons		Syracuse Mets	1-6	L	5.1	5	4	4	1	5	3	0	46	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	91	59	15	10	5	11	4	1
23	2021-09-17	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons	@	Rochester Red Wings	1-5	L	5.0	3	3	2	2	4	1	0	53	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	74	48	10	11	5	10	2	2
24	2021-09-24	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons		Lehigh Valley IronPigs	1-5		5.0	6	4	4	2	5	1	0	42	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	83	56	11	13	5	11	6	1
25	2021-10-01	AAA-AAAE	Buffalo Bisons	@	Syracuse Mets	1-5	W	5.0	1	0	0	5	6	0	1	66	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	96	53	16	14	1	9	0	3

2021 Player Pitching Splits

2021 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	25	547	481	64	100	21	1	24	5	6	48	136	.208	.290	.405	.695	.232	195	4	10	2	6	0

Home	14	315	281	39	60	11	1	15	2	3	22	80	.214	.283	.420	.703	.237	118	3	7	1	4	0
Away	11	232	200	25	40	10	0	9	3	3	26	56	.200	.299	.385	.684	.226	77	1	3	1	2	0

May	5	109	100	11	22	5	0	6	2	1	8	34	.220	.284	.450	.734	.267	45	0	1	0	0	0
June	5	107	93	14	19	4	1	2	0	3	7	27	.204	.264	.333	.598	.250	31	1	2	1	4	0
July	5	117	102	10	19	3	0	5	1	1	12	24	.186	.285	.363	.647	.192	37	1	2	1	0	0
August	5	108	93	18	23	6	0	6	2	1	10	28	.247	.343	.505	.848	.283	47	2	4	0	1	0
September	4	84	77	11	16	3	0	5	0	0	6	17	.208	.262	.442	.704	.196	34	0	0	0	1	0
October	1	22	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	.063	.318	.063	.381	.100	1	0	1	0	0	0

As Starter	24	529	464	64	98	20	1	24	5	6	47	133	.211	.294	.414	.708	.236	192	4	10	2	6	0
As Reliever	1	18	17	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.118	.167	.177	.343	.143	3	0	0	0	0	0

vs RHB as RHP	25	294	258		53	8	0	15			25	72	.205	.282	.411	.693	.215	106	0	5	0	6	0
vs LHB as RHP	25	253	223		47	13	1	9			23	64	.211	.299	.399	.698	.253	89	0	5	2	0	0

Bases Empty	25	357	324		67	16	0	20			28	85	.207	.280	.441	.722	.215	143	0	5	0	0	0
Runners On	25	190	157		33	5	1	4			20	51	.210	.309	.331	.640	.269	52	0	5	2	6	0

vs. Younger Batters	25	171	152		39	10	0	9			16	39	.257	.333	.500	.833	.286	76	0	2	0	1	0
vs. Older Batters	25	376	329		61	11	1	15			32	97	.185	.270	.362	.632	.207	119	0	8	2	5	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	13	7	.650	3.93	25	24	0	132.2	100	64	58	24	48	0	136	10	1	4	547	1.116	9.2	2.83

Home	8	4	.667	4.17	14	13	0	77.2	60	39	36	15	22	0	80	7	0	1	315	1.056	9.3	3.64
Away	5	3	.625	3.60	11	11	0	55.0	40	25	22	9	26	0	56	3	1	3	232	1.200	9.2	2.15

May	4	1	.800	3.81	5	5	0	26.0	22	11	11	6	8	0	34	1	0	0	109	1.154	11.8	4.25
June	2	2	.500	3.90	5	5	0	27.2	19	14	12	2	7	0	27	2	0	0	107	0.940	8.8	3.86
July	3	1	.750	2.83	5	5	0	28.2	19	10	9	5	12	0	24	2	0	1	117	1.081	7.5	2.00
August	2	1	.667	5.76	5	5	0	25.0	23	18	16	6	10	0	28	4	0	1	108	1.320	10.1	2.80
September	1	2	.333	4.43	4	3	0	20.1	16	11	10	5	6	0	17	0	0	1	84	1.082	7.5	2.83
October	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	6	1	1	1	22	1.200	10.8	1.20

As Starter	12	7	.632	4.09	24	24	0	127.2	98	64	58	24	47	0	133	10	1	4	529	1.136	9.4	2.83
As Reliever	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	18	0.600	5.4	3.00

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.

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