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FRANCOEUR MLB DEBUT: 7/7/05 Vs 2016 SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS JEFF 5 FRANCOEUR MLB DEBUT: 7/7/05 vs. CHC (w/ATL) BORN: 1/8/84 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA OPENING DAY AGE: 32 OUTFIELDER CONTRACT STATUS: SIGNED THROUGH 2016 HT / WT B / T ACQUIRED: FROM ATLANTA AS PART OF THREE-TEAM TRADE WITH TEXAS ON AUGUST 24, 2016 6’4” / 225 R / R 2015 SUMMARY CAREER BESTS (THRU 2015) • Led the Majors in pinch hitting, at .367 (11x30), and was tied for second in RBI (11). Was H: .......................4 (11x) - last, 5/4/15 at ATL also fifth in slugging (.567), tied for sixth in hits, and tied for seventh in extra-base hits (4). R: .......................3 (8x) - last, 5/30/10 at MIL • Had five outfield assists and finished season with 126 for career, second most among active HR: .................... 2 (7x) - last, 4/9/10 vs. WSH players entering 2016 campaign, trailing only Carlos Beltran (139). RBI: .................................7 - 4/12/08 at WSH • Made Opening Day roster with Philadelphia; first time since 2013 with Kansas City. SB: .................. 2 (2x) - last, 6/14/11 at OAK • Homered on April 8 vs. Boston, first in MLB since June 16, 2013 at Tampa Bay with Royals. HITTING STREAK: .......17 - 4/9/11 to 4/28/11 • Made 71 starts: 59 in right field, 10 in left field, and two as designated hitter. CAREER GRAND SLAMS: .............................2 • Hit second career grand slam on June 6 vs. San Francisco, off of Madison Bumgarner. last, 6/6/15 vs. SF • Made first career pitching appearance on June 16 at Baltimore; allowed one hit, two runs, CAREER PINCH-HIT HR ................................1 three walks, a home run, hit one batter, and struck out one in 2.0 innings. 7/17/15 vs. MIA • Hit third career walk-off home run on July 19 vs. Miami, off of A.J. Ramos. CAREER GAME-ENDING HR .......................3 • Walk-off job came just two nights after hitting first career pinch-hit home run, also against last, 7/19/15 vs. MIA Miami (Mike Dunn). • Hit 150th career home run on August 5 vs. the Dodgers. MAJOR LEAGUE DL HISTORY None CAREER MAJOR LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS HONORS AND AWARDS • Reported to spring training in 2014 with Cleveland as non-roster invitee before signing with San Diego on March 26. 2007: .........Rawlings® NL Gold Glove (OF) • Began season with Triple-A El Paso in Padres’ system. 2005: ................................Southern League • Had contract selected on July 23 and appeared in 10 games, with six starts in right field, Midseason All-Star before being designated on August 11 and outrighted to El Paso on Aug. 13. 2004: ................................ Carolina League • Appeared in 81 games between Kansas City (59) and San Francisco (22) in 2013. Midseason & Postseason All-Star • Was on Royals’ Opening Day roster; had a hit in 12 of first 15 appearances (.276/16x58), with three doubles, a home run, and five RBI. 2003: .......................South Atlantic League • Was designated for assignment June 30 and signed by Giants on July 9. Midseason All-Star • Had contract selected from Triple-A Fresno on July 13; made 15 starts with San Francisco before being released on August 21. • Led Majors and tied a career high in 2012 with 19 outfield assists, his eighth straight season with at least 10 assists. • Made 144 starts in right field, and two in center. • Ranked second in MLB and set career high in 2011 with 47 doubles; was just one behind Miguel Cabrera for MLB lead. • Was one of just two MLB players with at least 40 doubles, 20 home runs, and 20 steals, joining Jacoby Ellsbury. • Tied for second in MLB with 16 outfield assists. • Homered for 1,000th career hit on September 1 at Detroit, off of Jacob Turner. • Tied Shane Victorino for National League lead in outfield assists (11) in2010 with the Mets. • Was traded to Texas on August 31 and hit 100th career home run on September 24 at Oakland, off of Bobby Cramer. • Appeared in nine postseason games for Rangers during run to World Series. • Hit .125 (3x24) during playoffs, going 1x8 in two games during ALDS vs. Tampa Bay, 2x10 in four games during ALCS vs. the Yankees, and 0x6 in three games during World Series vs. San Francisco. • Opened 2009 season with Atlanta and homered on Opening Day, April 5 at Philadelphia. • Had career-high two triples on April 12 vs. Washington, and went 3x4 with career-high three doubles on July 9 at Colorado, his last game with Atlanta. • Traded to Mets on July 10 and batted .329 (68x207) from August 5 to end of season. • Combined between both clubs, hit .344 (56x163) vs. left-handers. • Following the season, underwent surgery to repair torn ligament in right thumb on November 2. • Had sixth career two-homer game on April 12, 2008 at Washington, setting career high with seven RBI. • On May 20 at the Mets, had streak of 370 consecutive games started snapped in second game of doubleheader; streak dated back to October 1, 2005, and was longest active streak in MLB when it ended. • Hit second career walk-off home run on May 24 vs. Arizona, off of Chad Qualls. • Had first career pinch hit on September 6 vs. Washington. • Won first career Rawlings® Gold Glove after setting new career high and tying for MLB lead with 19 outfield assists in2007 . • Also had an 89-game errorless streak from June 5-September 14. • Was one of only five National League players to play 162 games. • Led Atlanta with 53 multi-hit games. • Played for Team USA during inaugural World Baseball Classic prior to 2006 season. • Became just fourth player (seventh time) in Atlanta history to start all 162 games. 8 2016 SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS • Tied for second in MLB with 53 two-out RBI, trailing only Ryan Howard (55). • Hit first career grand slam and walk-off home run on May 13 vs. Washington, off of Chad Cordero. • Led MLB rookies (min. 250 AB) in 2005 with a .300 average (77x257); among NL rookies, ranked second in home runs, fourth in doubles, and seventh in RBI. • Also finished with 13 outfield assists, ranking second in NL. • Had contract selected from Double-A Mississippi on July 7 and made MLB debut that night in Game 2 of doubleheader vs. the Cubs. • Homered for first MLB hit in final at-bat of his debut (1x4), off of Glendon Rusch. CAREER MINOR LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS • Opened 2014 season with Triple-A El Paso in San Diego system, homering in first game on April 3 at Reno. • Homered in three straight games from June 5-7 and batted .330 (34x103) vs. left-handers for season • Pitched in eight games for El Paso, posting a 3.68 ERA (7.1 ip/3 er), with four walks and five strikeouts. • Named to Midseason and Postseason All-Star teams in Carolina League in 2004. • Was a South Atlantic League All-Star in 2003. CAREER MAJOR LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS • Jeffrey Brandon Francoeur...resides in Suwanee, Georgia…married to Catie McCoy; has one daughter, Emma Cate and one son, Brayden David…is a 2002 graduate of Parkview High School (GA), where he played baseball and football…led his baseball team to the Georgia State 5A championship in 2001 and 2002…hit .443 with 55 HR and 164 RBI in his high school career...was offered a football scholarship to Clemson University, but turned it down to sign with the Braves...received the 2009 Ben Epstein Good Guy Award from the New York Chapter of the BBWAA...was a Little League teammate of former MLB teammate Brian McCann. FRANCOEUR'S BATTING HISTORY YEAR CLUB AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2002 Danville .327 38 147 31 48 12 1 8 31 0 2 3 15 34 8 5 .395 .585 1 2003 Rome .281 134 524 78 147 26 9 14 68 0 6 7 30 68 14 6 .325 .445 4 2004 Myrtle Beach .293 88 334 56 98 26 0 15 52 0 4 7 22 70 10 6 .346 .506 4 Greenville .197 18 76 8 15 2 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 .197 .342 1 2005 Mississippi .275 84 335 40 92 28 2 13 62 0 6 5 21 76 13 4 .322 .487 3 ATLANTA .300 70 257 41 77 20 1 14 45 0 2 4 11 58 3 2 .336 .549 5 2006 ATLANTA .260 162 651 83 169 24 6 29 103 0 3 9 23 132 1 6 .293 .449 9 2007 ATLANTA .293 162 642 84 188 40 0 19 105 0 7 5 42 129 5 2 .338 .444 5 2008 Mississippi .538 3 13 3 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .571 .692 0 ATLANTA .239 155 599 70 143 33 3 11 71 0 4 10 39 111 0 1 .294 .359 4 2009 ATLANTA .250 82 304 32 76 12 2 5 35 1 4 3 12 46 5 1 .282 .352 0 METS .311 75 289 40 90 20 2 10 41 0 5 3 11 46 1 3 .338 .498 1 2010 METS .237 124 401 43 95 16 2 11 54 0 10 7 29 76 8 2 .293 .369 3 TEXAS .340 15 53 9 18 2 0 2 11 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 .357 .491 1 2011 KANSAS CITY .285 153 601 77 171 47 4 20 87 0 10 8 37 123 22 10 .329 .476 5 2012 KANSAS CITY .235 148 561 58 132 26 3 16 49 0 1 7 34 119 4 7 .287 .378 4 2013 KANSAS CITY .208 59 183 19 38 8 2 3 13 0 0 2 8 49 2 0 .249 .322 1 Fresno .222 4 18 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .222 .222 0 SAN FRANCISCO .194 22 62 1 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 12 1 0 .206 .226 1 2014 SAN DIEGO .083 10 24 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 7 0 0 .179 .083 1 El Paso .289 115 456 55 132 22 3 15 69 0 7 3 21 95 11 2 .320 .450 5 2015 PHILADELPHIA .258 118 326 34 84 16 1 13 45 0 3 1 13 77 0 2 .286 .433 7 MILB Totals .285 484 1903 271 543 116 16 68 295 0 25 25 110 362 57 23 .329 .470 18 MLB Totals .261 1355 4953 593 1295 266 26 153 664 1 51 60 264 990 52 37 .304 .418 47 PITCHING HISTORY YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2015 PHILADELPHIA 0-0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 POSTSEASON HISTORY YEAR CLUB SERIES AVG.
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