Bowden Francis
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 220LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 7, #204, Milwaukee Brewers | Chipola Junior College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 1 1.50
2023 1 0 1.73 20 0 1 36.1 35 0.83
2024 2 2 9.95 4 2 0 12.2 17 1.82
3 Seasons 3 2 3.81 25 2 1 49.2 53 1.09
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 1 0-0 0.00 0.2 1 1.50
2023 20 1-0 1.73 36.1 35 0.83
2024 4 2-2 9.95 12.2 17 1.82
3 Seasons 25 3-2 3.81 49.2 53 1.09
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2022 26 9 2 0 0.0 0.0 73.3 77.8 -13.8 50.0 .138 .147 .420 .126 .189 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.00 0.73
2023 27 539 92 10 10.9 7.4 90.0 108.8 18.0 35.9 .221 .402 .238 .297 .370 41.3 25.7 5.9 1.73 3.69
2024 28 229 35 5 14.3 8.3 87.1 110.6 12.4 48.6 .257 .482 .434 .364 .462 42.9 28.3 11.7 9.95 5.38
Player 777 129 15 11.6 7.5 88.9 110.6 16.0 39.5 .230 .421 .300 .314 .392 41.1 26.6 7.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Francis relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(48.9%) ,
Curveball
(32.3%) ,
Slider
(10.9%) ,
Split Finger
(7.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023 35.9 34.8 21.7 7.6 40.2 35.9 23.9 5.4 21.7 34.8 18.5 8.7 10.9 7.4
2024 31.4 25.7 37.1 5.7 57.1 20.0 22.9 5.7 20.0 25.7 28.6 5.7 14.3 8.3
Player 35.7 31.8 25.6 7.0 45.7 31.0 23.3 5.4 22.5 31.8 20.9 7.8 11.6 7.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Curveball TOR R 74 73.6 60.5 -2.3 -4 15.9 4.7 42
2024 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 112 93.7 12.7 1.8 13 8.6 1.6 22
2024 Split-Finger TOR R 18 84.6 31.1 -3.3 -9 11.3 1.6 16
2024 Slider TOR R 25 84.7 32.1 -4.6 -12 3.7 -1.8 -33
2023 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 278 94.4 12.9 1.8 12 7.3 0.3 4
2023 Slider TOR R 78 85.0 34.4 -2.0 -6 5.3 0.3 6
2023 Curveball TOR R 183 74.3 61.2 -0.9 -1 16.2 5.5 52
2022 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 4 92.4 14.5 1.2 8 6.8 -0.3 -4
2022 Slider TOR R 1 80.7 42.3 1.8 4 5.6 -3.3 -37
2022 Changeup TOR R 1 82.9 32.1 -2.4 -7 17.6 2.7 18
2022 Curveball TOR R 3 74.9 56.2 -3.8 -6 20.0 8.3 71
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -5.1 -6 112 48.9 27 .391 .826 .539 23.7 25.9 20.6 .343 .704 .477 62.5
2024 Curveball -1.9 -1 74 32.3 23 .200 .300 .278 27.8 30.4 23.3 .201 .272 .268 15.4
2024 Slider -6.0 -2 25 10.9 5 .500 1.250 .720 25.0 20.0 33.3 .251 .670 .443 66.7
2024 Split-Finger 0.1 0 18 7.9 5 .200 .200 .180 40.0 40.0 28.6 .087 .149 .097 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.2 6 278 51.6 84 .197 .382 .280 16.9 25.0 21.4 .229 .453 .329 51.8
2023 Curveball 2.8 5 183 34.0 39 .154 .231 .167 35.5 33.3 20.6 .183 .269 .193 15.4
2023 Slider 1.7 1 78 14.5 13 .091 .182 .204 25.8 7.7 5.0 .302 .522 .399 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 26.2 1 4 44.4 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 100.0 .039 .039 .037 0.0
2022 Curveball -34.0 -1 3 33.3 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .337 .362 .303 0.0
2022 Changeup -5.5 0 1 11.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 Slider 7.7 0 1 11.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 74 73.6 88 20.9 7:30 7:45 -15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 111 93.7 92 20.3 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Splitter 17 84.6 85 13.0 1:30 2:00 -30
2024 Slider 25 84.7 34 7.2 11:15 10:30 45
2023 Curveball 183 74.3 92 22.2 7:30 7:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 276 94.5 88 19.0 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Slider 78 85.0 35 6.4 10:15 9:45 30
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 136 539 6 10 -2 -1 13
2024 60 229 0 -3 -5 -2 -9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 9 55.6 100.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 44.4 66.7 77.8 28.6 22.2 100.0
2023 539 51.4 68.6 83.2 29.4 59.7 39.9 64.0 49.5 23.2 8.3 68.9
2024 229 53.7 72.4 75.3 22.6 66.7 44.1 63.3 49.3 26.5 10.5 87.5
Player 777 52.1 70.1 81.0 27.7 60.2 41.2 63.8 49.8 24.3 9.1 76.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2023 55 94 67 80
2024 20 38 17 10 27 18 5 75 30 78 26 55 14 46 80 32 79
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.5 5 5.2 0 3 5 1 20.0
2024 24.2 4 3.2 1 1 1 2 50.0
Player 23.2 9 8.4 1 4 6 3 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 5 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 3 6 4 3 6 5 5 6 6 5 4 6 5 4 9 7 6 4 5 5 6 4 3
2024 4 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3
Player 9 9 8 9 10 8 9 8 6 9 7 7 9 8 8 9 9 8 7 10 8 7 13 10 9 7 8 8 9 8 6
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.4 94.4 2.0 93.7 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 82.9 0.0 0.0 84.6 0.0
Breaking Velocity 76.3 77.5 1.2 76.4 -1.1
Exit Velocity 73.3 90.0 16.7 87.1 -2.9
Launch Angle -13.8 18.0 31.8 12.4 -5.6
Barrel % 0.0 10.9 10.9 14.3 3.4
Hard Hit % 0.0 41.3 41.3 42.9 1.6
Sweet Spot % 50.0 35.9 -14.1 48.6 12.7
xBA .138 .221 0.083 .257 0.036
BA .333 .175 -0.158 .308 0.133
xwOBA .126 .297 0.171 .364 0.067
wOBA .420 .238 -0.182 .434 0.196
xSLG .147 .402 0.255 .482 0.080
SLG .667 .317 -0.350 .596 0.279
K% 33.3 25.7 -7.6 28.3 2.6
BB% 0.0 5.9 5.9 11.7 5.8
Swing % 77.8 49.5 -28.3 49.3 -0.2
Whiff% 28.6 23.2 -5.4 26.5 3.3
In Zone % 55.6 51.4 -4.2 53.7 2.3
Out of Zone % 44.4 48.6 4.2 46.3 -2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 50.0 29.4 -20.6 22.6 -6.8
First Pitch Swing % 66.7 31.6 -35.1 36.7 5.1
First Pitch Strike % 66.7 64.0 -2.7 63.3 -0.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 3 .420 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0
2023 Shades 136 .238 63 13 20.6 73 24 32.9
2024 Shades 60 .434 39 24 61.5 21 16 76.2
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 0 -- -- -- 2 15.6 0.0% 0.0%
2023 141 16.3 29.8% 0.7% 92 19.6 1.1% 1.1%
2024 51 16.5 19.6% 2.0% 40 19.5 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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