Ben Francisco
2007–2013 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays
563G
.253AVG
.323OBP
.418SLG
More career statistics
400H
50HR
190RBI
30SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 563 | 1,771 | 1,579 | 199 | 400 | 104 | 3 | 50 | 190 | 146 | 325 | 30 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 660 | .253 | .323 | .418 | .741 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 2008-07-06 to 2008-07-19
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Caught Three Times | 2009-10-04 | 1 in 4,659 games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 2008-06-04 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 2009-07-03 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 269 | 803 | 184 | 23 | 96 | 78 | 145 | .260 | .326 | .427 |
| Away | 294 | 968 | 216 | 27 | 94 | 68 | 180 | .248 | .293 | .411 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 77 | 249 | 51 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 44 | .234 | .285 | .372 |
| May | 104 | 333 | 73 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 53 | .249 | .306 | .413 |
| June | 92 | 319 | 64 | 5 | 30 | 31 | 56 | .228 | .298 | .327 |
| July | 109 | 340 | 81 | 15 | 41 | 30 | 58 | .269 | .326 | .512 |
| August | 87 | 251 | 62 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 61 | .270 | .323 | .435 |
| September | 85 | 251 | 62 | 8 | 27 | 14 | 48 | .267 | .303 | .440 |
| October | 9 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .292 | .357 | .417 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-nationals | 33 | 82 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | .230 | .293 | .378 |
| chicago-white-sox | 32 | 117 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | .204 | .265 | .282 |
| atlanta-braves | 30 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 16 | .243 | .309 | .371 |
| toronto-blue-jays | 29 | 101 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 17 | .261 | .307 | .420 |
| new-york-mets | 29 | 84 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | .264 | .345 | .403 |
| detroit-tigers | 26 | 99 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | .241 | .323 | .437 |
| kansas-city-royals | 25 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | .198 | .247 | .297 |
| boston-red-sox | 24 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | .237 | .297 | .424 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Cleveland Guardians | 25 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 12 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 2008 | Cleveland Guardians | 121 | 447 | 119 | 15 | 54 | 4 | .266 | – | – |
| 2009 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies | 126 | 405 | 104 | 15 | 46 | 14 | .257 | – | – |
| 2010 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 179 | 48 | 6 | 28 | 8 | .268 | – | – |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies | 100 | 250 | 61 | 6 | 34 | 4 | .244 | – | – |
| 2012 | Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays | 82 | 192 | 46 | 4 | 15 | – | .240 | – | – |
| 2013 |  New York Yankees | 21 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | .114 | – | – |