Bill Francis

William Henry Francis
(Brodie; Jess)

Born: February 28, 1879 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: January 26, 1942 in Chicago, IL
(62 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'5"

Wt: 140

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Notes:

• Buried: Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island, IL)
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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1906	PG/WG	EAS/NvM	27	3B	23	92	83	7	10	0	0	0	2	2		5			1	3			.120	.180	.120	.300	-7
1907	PG	NAC/NvM	28	3B	7	24	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	4		2			0	1			.143	.217	.143	.360	33
1908	PG	NAC	29	3B	30	121	102	15	23	1	0	0	10	4		13			1	5			.225	.319	.235	.554	72
1908-09	MTZ	CUB	29	SS	10	40	35	4	4	0	0	0	0	2		5	2		0	0			.114	.225	.114	.339	24
1909	PG	INT/NvM	30	3B	19	84	76	10	18	1	2	1	9	1		4			3	1			.237	.301	.342	.643	106
1910	PG	EAS	31	3B	19	86	76	11	10	2	2	0	4	3		7			1	2			.132	.214	.211	.425	27
1911	NLG	EAS	32	3B	15	68	56	13	16	5	1	0	9	5		9			2	1			.286	.403	.411	.814	117
1912	NLG	EAS/NvM	33	3B	22	94	86	13	25	2	0	0	8	4		4			2	2			.291	.337	.314	.651	73
1912-13	FE/NLG	CUB/NvC	33	3B	32	126	110	10	18	2	0	0	8	5		13			2	1			.164	.264	.182	.446	31
1913	NLG	EAS/NvM	34	3B	17	66	59	7	11	0	1	0	3	1		3			0	4			.186	.226	.220	.446	40
1914	CAG	NvH/WES	35	3B	49	190	162	31	46	6	1	0	19	1		17			1	10			.284	.356	.333	.689	106
1915	CAG	NvH/WES	36	3B	62	257	216	33	46	7	0	1	17	2		28			2	11			.213	.309	.259	.568	91
1915-16	BRK	FHL	36	3B	6	28	21	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		4			0	3			.286	.400	.286	.686	123
1916	CAG	NvH/WES	37	3B	66	260	210	29	46	10	0	0	23	3		34			5	11			.219	.341	.267	.608	92
1916-17	RP	FHL	37	3B	9	30	26	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		2			1	1			.154	.241	.154	.395	49
1917	CAG	WES	38	3B	57	211	174	21	35	7	2	0	15	5		26			6	5			.201	.325	.264	.590	105
1917-18	RP	FHL	38	3B	13	50	43	5	7	2	0	0	5	4		4			0	3			.163	.234	.209	.443	60
1918	CAG	WES	39	3B	25	103	87	10	21	4	0	0	13	1		13			0	3			.241	.340	.287	.627	89
1919	CAG/DS	NvS/WES	40	3B	48	198	158	19	30	4	3	0	16	7		24			6	10			.190	.319	.253	.572	75
1920	HIL	EAS/NVM	41	3B	22	90	80	2	12	1	0	0	6	0		7	0		0	3	0		.150	.218	.163	.381	36
1921	HIL	EAS/NVS	42	3B	46	206	166	37	50	6	5	5	31	11		26	0		1	13			.301	.399	.488	.887	126
1922	HIL	IND	43	3B	36	146	123	18	21	3	0	1	8	3	0	15	1		2	6		0	.171	.271	.220	.491	46
1923	ACB	ECL	44	3B	53	222	173	30	26	2	0	0	6	1		35			1	13			.150	.297	.162	.459	32
1924	CBN	NNL	45	3B	11	47	40	5	9	0	1	0	3	2		6			1	0			.225	.340	.275	.615	63
1925	CAG	NNL	46	3B	27	95	77	9	18	2	0	0	8	1		15			1	2			.234	.366	.260	.625	77
20	12			3B	724	2934	2460	344	515	67	18	8	223	72	0	321	3		39	114	0	0	.209	.310	.261	.571	74
162 Game Average						657	550	77	115	15	4	2	50	16	0	72	4		9	26	0	0	.209	.310	.261	.571	74

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
20	Negro Leagues				655	2661	2223	323	472	64	18	8	211	60	0	293	1		35	110	0	0	.212	.314	.268	.582	77
2	vs Latin Leagues				42	166	145	14	22	2	0	0	8	7		18	2		2	1			.152	.255	.166	.420	30
3	vs High Minors				14	57	46	4	13	1	0	0	2	4		8			1	2			.283	.400	.304	.704	111
6	vs Major Leagues				9	34	31	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		2			0	1			.161	.212	.161	.373	21
2	vs Semipros				4	16	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	1		0			1	0			.200	.250	.200	.450	46

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Wilmington Giants			3B	5	22	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	1		1			0	1			.150	.190	.150	.340	4
5	Philadelphia Giants I			3B	93	385	338	43	61	4	4	1	25	13		30			6	11			.180	.259	.225	.484	51
1	Matanzas			SS	10	40	35	4	4	0	0	0	0	2		5	2		0	0			.114	.225	.114	.339	24
3	New York Lincoln Giants			3B	67	277	245	36	62	8	2	0	24	11		19			5	8			.253	.320	.302	.622	75
1	Fé			3B	19	77	66	7	8	1	0	0	4	4		10			1	0			.121	.247	.136	.383	8
7	Chicago American Giants			3B	329	1298	1070	151	238	40	5	1	109	20		155			21	52			.222	.332	.272	.604	92
1	Breakers Hotel			3B	6	28	21	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		4			0	3			.286	.400	.286	.686	123
2	Royal Poinciana Hotel			3B	22	80	69	5	11	2	0	0	5	4		6			1	4			.159	.237	.188	.425	56
1	Detroit Stars I			3B	5	16	14	1	4	0	1	0	2	0		2			0	0			.286	.375	.429	.804	122
3	Hilldale Club			3B	104	442	369	57	83	10	5	6	45	14	0	48	1		3	22	0	0	.225	.319	.328	.647	82
1	Bacharach Giants II			3B	53	222	173	30	26	2	0	0	6	1		35			1	13			.150	.297	.162	.459	32
1	Cleveland Browns			3B	11	47	40	5	9	0	1	0	3	2		6			1	0			.225	.340	.275	.615	63

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1906	PG/WG	EAS/NvM	92	.156	.314	5.4%			7.9%			0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
1907	PG	NAC/NvM	24	.183	.264	8.3%			5.8%			0.0%	0.4%	.000	.055
1908	PG	NAC	121	.278	.312	10.7%	7.1%					0.0%	0.2%	.010	.061
1908-09	MTZ	CUB	40	.198	.277	12.5%	8.7%	5.0%	5.8%	2.50	1.50	0.0%	0.1%	.000	.042
1909	PG	INT/NvM	84	.303	.288	4.8%			6.5%			1.2%	0.4%	.105	.078
1910	PG	EAS	86	.206	.307	8.1%	6.6%					0.0%	0.5%	.079	.093
1911	NLG	EAS	68	.391	.353	13.2%	8.6%					0.0%	0.6%	.125	.096
1912	NLG	EAS/NvM	94	.304	.345	4.3%			5.4%			0.0%	1.1%	.023	.099
1912-13	FE/NLG	CUB/NvC	126	.250	.344	10.3%			10.8%			0.0%	0.1%	.018	.050
1913	NLG	EAS/NvM	66	.209	.311	4.5%			7.0%			0.0%	0.2%	.034	.062
1914	CAG	NvH/WES	190	.315	.311	8.9%			7.5%			0.0%	0.9%	.049	.097
1915	CAG	NvH/WES	257	.278	.288	10.9%			7.6%			0.4%	0.7%	.046	.072
1915-16	BRK	FHL	28	.327	.313	14.3%	9.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.051
1916	CAG	NvH/WES	260	.303	.306	13.1%			8.2%			0.0%	0.5%	.048	.074
1916-17	RP	FHL	30	.209	.266	6.7%	9.8%					0.0%	0.1%	.000	.062
1917	CAG	WES	211	.301	.283	12.3%	8.0%					0.0%	0.2%	.063	.060
1917-18	RP	FHL	50	.216	.271	8.0%	7.5%					0.0%	0.0%	.047	.061
1918	CAG	WES	103	.312	.319	12.6%	8.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.046	.079
1919	CAG/DS	NvS/WES	198	.279	.311	12.1%			8.8%			0.0%	1.1%	.063	.098
1920	HIL	EAS/NVM	90	.195	.278	7.8%	0.3%	0.0%	7.5%		41.14	0.0%	0.2%	.013	.054
1921	HIL	EAS/NVS	206	.380	.350	12.6%	0.7%	0.0%	8.0%		12.50	2.4%	1.0%	.187	.122
1922	HIL	IND	146	.240	.312	10.3%	7.2%	0.7%	0.6%	15.00	12.08	0.7%	0.9%	.049	.096
1923	ACB	ECL	222	.236	.322	15.8%	6.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.012	.096
1924	CBN	NNL	47	.311	.351	12.8%	8.4%					0.0%	0.9%	.050	.109
1925	CAG	NNL	95	.311	.321	15.8%	7.8%					0.0%	1.3%	.026	.121
20	12		2934	.279	.311	10.9%	7.8%	0.6%	0.9%	17.67	23.24	0.3%	0.6%	.052	.082

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
20	Negro Leagues		2661	.282	.311	11.0%	7.7%	0.2%	0.5%	48.00	25.86	0.3%	0.7%	.056	.084
2	vs Latin Leagues		166	.238	.328	10.8%	10.3%	5.0%	5.8%	2.50	1.50	0.0%	0.1%	.014	.048
3	vs High Minors		57	.331	.307	14.0%	5.8%					0.0%	1.0%	.022	.108
6	vs Major Leagues		34	.178	.261	5.9%	6.8%					0.0%	0.3%	.000	.073
2	vs Semipros		16	.219	.316	0.0%	7.7%					0.0%	1.7%	.000	.121

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Wilmington Giants		22	.168	.317	4.5%	7.6%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
5	Philadelphia Giants I		385	.239	.303	7.8%	6.9%					0.3%	0.4%	.044	.073
1	Matanzas		40	.198	.277	12.5%	8.7%	5.0%	5.8%	2.50	1.50	0.0%	0.1%	.000	.042
3	New York Lincoln Giants		277	.300	.336	6.9%	7.3%					0.0%	0.6%	.049	.079
1	Fé		77	.228	.354	13.0%	11.7%					0.0%	0.2%	.015	.057
7	Chicago American Giants		1298	.296	.302	11.9%	8.1%					0.1%	0.7%	.050	.082
1	Breakers Hotel		28	.327	.313	14.3%	9.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.051
2	Royal Poinciana Hotel		80	.213	.270	7.5%	8.4%					0.0%	0.0%	.029	.061
1	Detroit Stars I		16	.381	.340	12.5%	9.7%					0.0%	1.1%	.143	.108
3	Hilldale Club		442	.296	.323	10.9%	7.7%	0.2%	0.6%	48.00	18.19	1.4%	0.8%	.103	.099
1	Bacharach Giants II		222	.236	.322	15.8%	6.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.012	.096
1	Cleveland Browns		47	.311	.351	12.8%	8.4%					0.0%	0.9%	.050	.109

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