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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• 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	WG	EAS	27	3B	5	22	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	1		1			0	1			.150	.190	.150	.340	4
1906	PG	EAS	27	3B	16	63	57	5	7	0	0	0	2	1		3			1	2			.123	.180	.123	.303	-8
1906	PG	NvM	27	3B	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.143	.000	.143	-49
1907	PG	NAC	28	3B	6	21	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	4		2			0	1			.167	.250	.167	.417	42
1907	PG	NvM	28	3B	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
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	23
1909	PG	INT	30	3B	18	80	73	10	17	1	2	1	9	1		3			3	1			.233	.291	.342	.634	102
1909	PG	NvM	30	3B	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.333	.500	.333	.833	203
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	33	3B	21	90	82	13	24	2	0	0	8	4		4			2	2			.293	.341	.317	.658	72
1912	NLG	NvM	33	3B	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	56
1912-13	NLG	NvC	33	3B	13	49	44	3	10	1	0	0	4	1		3			1	0	1		.227	.286	.250	.536	69
1912-13	FE	CUB	33	3B	19	77	66	7	8	1	0	0	4	4		10			1	0			.121	.247	.136	.383	8
1913	NLG	EAS	34	3B	16	62	55	5	9	0	1	0	1	1		3			0	4			.164	.207	.200	.407	30
1913	NLG	NvM	34	3B	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	183
1914	CAG	NvH	35	3B	4	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	1		2			0	0			.214	.313	.214	.527	50
1914	CAG	WES	35	3B	45	174	148	30	43	6	1	0	18	0		15			1	10			.291	.360	.345	.704	112
1915	CAG	NvH	36	3B	6	25	21	1	6	1	0	0	0	1		3			0	1			.286	.375	.333	.708	120
1915	CAG	WES	36	3B	56	232	195	32	40	6	0	1	17	1		25			2	10			.205	.302	.251	.553	88
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	37	3B	4	16	11	2	4	0	0	0	1	2		3			1	1	0		.364	.533	.364	.897	159
1916	CAG	WES	37	3B	62	244	199	27	42	10	0	0	22	1		31			4	10			.211	.329	.261	.590	88
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	WES	40	3B	41	174	137	18	24	4	2	0	14	7		22			5	10			.175	.311	.234	.545	68
1919	CAG	NvS	40	3B	2	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			1	0			.286	.375	.286	.661	133
1919	DS	WES	40	3B	5	16	14	1	4	0	1	0	2	0		2			0	0			.286	.375	.429	.804	125
1920	HIL	EAS	41	3B	19	78	69	2	11	1	0	0	6	0		7			0	2			.159	.237	.174	.411	42
1920	HIL	NvM	41	3B	3	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.091	.091	.091	.182	-34
1921	HIL	EAS	42	SS	43	195	159	36	47	6	5	5	31	10		21			2	13			.296	.385	.491	.875	122
1921	HIL	NvS	42	3B	2	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	0			.125	.125	.125	.250	-39
1922	HIL	IND	43	3B	39	159	133	21	24	4	0	1	10	2		16			2	8			.180	.278	.233	.511	50
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	62
1925	CAG	NNL	46	3B	26	91	74	9	16	1	0	0	8	1		12				5			.216	.326	.230	.555	59
20	12			3B	725	2940	2468	347	514	67	18	8	225	71		314	2		39	118	1		.208	.307	.260	.567	73
162 Game Average						657	551	78	115	15	4	2	50	37		70	0		9	26	10		.208	.307	.260	.567	73

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				656	2667	2231	326	471	64	18	8	213	59		286			35	115			.211	.310	.267	.577	75
2	vs Latin Leagues				42	166	145	14	22	2	0	0	8	7		18	2		2	0	1		.152	.253	.166	.419	30
3	vs High Minors				14	57	46	4	13	1	0	0	2	4		8			1	2	0		.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	47

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			-	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	23
3	New York Lincoln Giants			3B	67	277	245	36	62	8	2	0	24	11		19			5	7	1		.253	.319	.302	.621	74
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	328	1294	1067	151	236	39	5	1	109	20		152			20	55	0		.221	.329	.270	.599	91
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	125
3	Hilldale Club			3B	106	452	380	60	84	11	5	6	47	13		44			4	24			.221	.308	.324	.632	76
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	62

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1906	WG	EAS	22	.168	.317	4.5%	7.6%		0.1%		60.50	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
1906	PG	EAS	63	.157	.319	4.8%	7.6%		0.1%		60.83	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
1906	PG	NvM	7	.108	.271	14.3%	12.2%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.048
1907	PG	NAC	21	.209	.285	9.5%	6.1%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.055
1907	PG	NvM	3	.000	.132	0.0%	3.7%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.059
1908	PG	NAC	121	.278	.312	10.7%	7.1%					0.0%	0.2%	.010	.061
1908-09	MTZ	CUB	40	.198	.280	12.5%	8.7%	5.0%	5.8%	2.50	1.51	0.0%	0.1%	.000	.042
1909	PG	INT	80	.299	.290	3.8%	6.7%					1.3%	0.5%	.110	.079
1909	PG	NvM	4	.396	.248	25.0%	3.4%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.072
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	90	.308	.350	4.4%	5.5%					0.0%	1.1%	.024	.099
1912	NLG	NvM	4	.213	.274	0.0%	2.8%		0.4%		7.00	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.111
1912-13	NLG	NvC	49	.286	.329	6.1%	9.5%					0.0%	0.0%	.023	.040
1912-13	FE	CUB	77	.228	.354	13.0%	11.7%					0.0%	0.2%	.015	.057
1913	NLG	EAS	62	.192	.306	4.8%	6.9%					0.0%	0.2%	.036	.060
1913	NLG	NvM	4	.476	.331	0.0%	7.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.082
1914	CAG	NvH	16	.265	.322	12.5%	6.3%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.116
1914	CAG	WES	174	.320	.308	8.6%	7.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.054	.095
1915	CAG	NvH	25	.323	.293	12.0%	5.2%					0.0%	0.5%	.048	.084
1915	CAG	WES	232	.273	.287	10.8%	7.9%					0.4%	0.7%	.046	.071
1915-16	BRK	FHL	28	.327	.313	14.3%	9.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.051
1916	CAG	NvH	16	.410	.314	18.8%	6.4%					0.0%	1.9%	.000	.142
1916	CAG	WES	244	.296	.306	12.7%	8.3%					0.0%	0.4%	.050	.070
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	WES	174	.267	.307	12.6%	8.8%					0.0%	1.1%	.058	.097
1919	CAG	NvS	8	.323	.266	0.0%	6.7%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.085
1919	DS	WES	16	.381	.336	12.5%	9.6%					0.0%	1.1%	.143	.107
1920	HIL	EAS	78	.212	.285	9.0%	7.8%					0.0%	0.1%	.014	.054
1920	HIL	NvM	12	.079	.265	0.0%	6.8%					0.0%	0.3%	.000	.074
1921	HIL	EAS	195	.369	.347	10.8%	8.0%					2.6%	1.1%	.195	.129
1921	HIL	NvS	8	.115	.360	0.0%	8.3%		0.7%		11.13	0.0%	2.6%	.000	.153
1922	HIL	IND	159	.246	.316	10.1%	7.3%					0.6%	0.9%	.053	.097
1923	ACB	ECL	222	.236	.325	15.8%	6.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.012	.094
1924	CBN	NNL	47	.311	.353	12.8%	8.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.050	.110
1925	CAG	NNL	91	.266	.316	13.2%	8.0%					0.0%	1.4%	.014	.119
20	12		2940	.276	.311	10.7%	7.8%	5.0%	1.8%	2.50	38.99	0.3%	0.6%	.051	.083

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
20	Negro Leagues		2667	.279	.311	10.7%	7.7%					0.3%	0.7%	.056	.084
2	vs Latin Leagues		166	.238	.329	10.8%	10.3%	5.0%	5.8%	2.50	1.51	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	.313	0.0%	7.5%					0.0%	1.8%	.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%	7.0%					0.3%	0.4%	.044	.073
1	Matanzas		40	.198	.280	12.5%	8.7%	5.0%	5.8%	2.50	1.51	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		1294	.293	.301	11.7%	8.1%					0.1%	0.7%	.049	.081
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	.336	12.5%	9.6%					0.0%	1.1%	.143	.107
3	Hilldale Club		452	.286	.324	9.7%	7.7%					1.3%	0.9%	.103	.103
1	Bacharach Giants II		222	.236	.325	15.8%	6.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.012	.094
1	Cleveland Browns		47	.311	.353	12.8%	8.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.050	.110

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