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

2023 Player Pitching Game Log

2023 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	2023-04-02	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	1-4		4.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	61	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	56	36	8	11	3	5	1	2
2	2023-04-08	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons		Worcester Red Sox	1-3	L	3.0	4	3	3	2	5	3	0	42	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	60	38	10	10	0	8	2	1
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to A-FLOR
3	2023-05-19	A-FLOR	Dunedin Blue Jays	@	Tampa Tarpons	1-3		3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	62	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	34	26	2	5	2	4	0	2
		Player Moved from A-FLOR to AAA-IL
4	2023-05-25	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons	@	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	1-4		4.0	2	1	0	1	7	0	1	62	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	56	38	9	13	3	3	2	0
5	2023-05-31	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons		St. Paul Saints	1-5	L	4.2	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	41	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	20	74	48	14	8	4	11	8	0
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Maj-AL
6	2023-06-10	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Minnesota Twins	5-7		2.2	2	1	1	0	3	1	0		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	33	24	9	4	4	3	0	0
7	2023-06-13	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Baltimore Orioles	4-5		2.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	0		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	42	26	11	2	1	7	3	1
8	2023-06-17	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Texas Rangers	4-6		2.2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	56	35	8	2	2	5	1	0
9	2023-06-25	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Oakland Athletics	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	17	11	4	1	0	2	0	1
10	2023-06-28	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		San Francisco Giants	4-7	W	4.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0		15	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	47	32	6	5	5	8	2	2
11	2023-07-07	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Detroit Tigers	8-9		1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	11	2	4	0	2	0	0
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to AAA-IL
12	2023-07-16	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons		Toledo Mud Hens	1-2		2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	56	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	36	22	4	8	1	4	1	1
13	2023-07-20	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons	@	Syracuse Mets	1-4		3.1	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	54	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	52	35	9	8	1	5	2	2
14	2023-07-26	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons		Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	1-4		4.0	3	1	1	2	6	1	0	56	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	61	40	9	12	3	7	0	2
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Maj-AL
15	2023-07-31	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Baltimore Orioles	8-9		2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	24	17	4	4	4	1	1	0
16	2023-08-03	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Baltimore Orioles	5-6		1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	13	8	2	0	1	4	2	0
17	2023-08-06	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Boston Red Sox	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	9	4	1	2	1	1	0
18	2023-08-10	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Cleveland Guardians	6-6		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	5	1	0	1	2	0	0
19	2023-08-11	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Chicago Cubs	5-8		3.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	46	30	3	10	4	3	0	0
20	2023-08-16	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Philadelphia Phillies	9-9		1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	10	2	2	1	3	1	0
21	2023-08-20	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Cincinnati Reds	7-9	S	3.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0		11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	47	34	12	3	3	4	2	0
22	2023-08-23	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Baltimore Orioles	8-8		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
23	2023-08-25	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Cleveland Guardians	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	9	2	5	0	0	0	0
24	2023-08-29	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Washington Nationals	7-9		3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0		11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	49	38	8	4	2	5	1	3
25	2023-09-05	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays	@	Oakland Athletics	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	10	2	1	0	0	0	0
26	2023-09-11	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Texas Rangers	7-9		2.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	34	18	6	3	2	4	3	0
27	2023-09-13	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Texas Rangers	6-6		1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	27	17	5	1	0	4	3	0
28	2023-09-14	Maj-AL	Toronto Blue Jays		Texas Rangers	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	23	14	2	2	1	0	0	0
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to AAA-IL
29	2023-09-22	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons		Norfolk Tides	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	8	3	2	0	2	2	0
30	2023-09-24	AAA-IL	Buffalo Bisons		Norfolk Tides	6-6		1.0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	26	16	6	4	0	4	1	2

2023 Player Pitching Splits

2023 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	30	258	240	18	50	7	0	11	2	1	15	80	.208	.260	.375	.635	.260	90	5	2	0	1	0

Home	18	159	146	13	32	4	0	8	1	0	11	43	.219	.277	.411	.688	.250	60	5	1	0	1	0
Away	12	99	94	5	18	3	0	3	1	1	4	37	.192	.232	.319	.551	.278	30	0	1	0	0	0

April	2	30	28	3	8	1	0	3	0	1	2	12	.286	.333	.643	.976	.385	18	0	0	0	0	0
May	3	44	41	4	9	2	0	1	0	0	2	14	.220	.273	.342	.614	.308	14	2	1	0	0	0
June	5	51	47	4	11	1	0	3	0	0	4	10	.234	.294	.447	.741	.235	21	1	0	0	0	0
July	5	49	47	2	10	2	0	2	1	0	2	20	.213	.245	.383	.628	.320	18	0	0	0	0	0
August	9	53	51	2	7	1	0	2	1	0	1	15	.137	.151	.275	.425	.143	14	1	0	0	1	0
September	6	31	26	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	.192	.323	.192	.515	.294	5	1	1	0	0	0

As Starter	8	112	105	9	26	4	0	6	1	1	6	42	.248	.295	.457	.752	.351	48	2	1	0	0	0
As Reliever	22	146	135	9	24	3	0	5	1	0	9	38	.178	.233	.311	.544	.204	42	3	1	0	1	0

vs RHB as RHP	28	119	107		18	3	0	4			10	48	.168	.244	.308	.552	.250	33	0	1	0	1	0
vs LHB as RHP	30	139	133		32	4	0	7			5	32	.241	.273	.429	.702	.266	57	0	1	0	0	0

Bases Empty	29	160	150		36	6	0	10			9	49	.240	.288	.480	.768	.286	72	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	24	98	90		14	1	0	1			6	31	.156	.214	.200	.414	.220	18	0	1	0	1	0

vs. Younger Batters	29	120	112		25	5	0	4			6	34	.223	.267	.375	.642	.280	42	0	1	0	1	0
vs. Older Batters	27	138	128		25	2	0	7			9	46	.195	.254	.375	.629	.240	48	0	1	0	0	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	1	2	.333	2.04	30	8	1	66.1	50	18	15	11	15	0	80	2	2	2	258	0.980	10.9	5.33

Home	1	2	.333	2.50	18	4	0	39.2	32	13	11	8	11	0	43	1	0	1	159	1.084	9.8	3.91
Away	0	0		1.35	12	4	1	26.2	18	5	4	3	4	0	37	1	2	1	99	0.825	12.5	9.25

April	0	1	.000	3.86	2	2	0	7.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	12	0	0	1	30	1.429	15.4	6.00
May	0	1	.000	2.31	3	3	0	11.2	9	4	3	1	2	0	14	1	0	0	44	0.943	10.8	7.00
June	1	0	1.000	2.92	5	0	0	12.1	11	4	4	3	4	0	10	0	2	0	51	1.216	7.3	2.50
July	0	0		1.42	5	3	0	12.2	10	2	2	2	2	0	20	0	0	0	49	0.947	14.2	10.00
August	0	0		1.17	9	0	1	15.1	7	2	2	2	1	0	15	0	0	1	53	0.522	8.8	15.00
September	0	0		1.23	6	0	0	7.1	5	3	1	0	4	0	9	1	0	0	31	1.227	11.0	2.25

As Starter	0	2	.000	2.57	8	8	0	28.0	26	9	8	6	6	0	42	1	0	1	112	1.143	13.5	7.00
As Reliever	1	0	1.000	1.64	22	0	1	38.1	24	9	7	5	9	0	38	1	2	1	146	0.861	8.9	4.22

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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