Francis
Renz
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 3, 1980 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2012   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 21 VIR GL $ 1,812,000 3 6 5 4 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 6 6
2002 22 VIR GL $ 1,812,000 4 6 5 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 6 6
2003 23 HOL GL $ 1,350,000 3 6 5 4 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 7 6 6
2004 24 NRF GL $ 1,350,000 3 6 5 4 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 6 6
2005 25 NRF GL $ 1,100,000 3 6 5 4 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 6 6
2006 26 NRF GL $ 1,100,000 3 6 5 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 6 6
2007 27 AYR GL $ 1,100,000 3 6 5 4 6 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6
2008 28 AYR GL $ 1,100,000 3 6 5 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 5 6
2009 29 AYR GL $ 1,100,000 3 6 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 5 6
2010 30 POU VL $ 1,350,000 3 6 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 6 5 6
2011 31 DES GL $ 1,350,000 3 6 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 6 5 5
2012 32 ESS VL $ 2,200,000 3 6 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 6 5 5
2013 33 ESS VL $ 2,200,000 3 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 4 4
2014 34 ESS VL $ 2,200,000 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4
2015 35 RIC GL $ 100,000 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 4
Min Ratings $ 100,000 3 5 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 2,200,000 4 6 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 21 VIR GL 145 494 62 157 29 2 8 76 15 7 30 58 .318 .356 .433 .789 72.4 9.6
2002 22 VIR GL 108 347 47 98 15 2 6 45 14 8 34 63 .282 .347 .389 .736 44.8 3.9
2003 23 HOL GL 74 220 34 71 12 0 10 32 4 5 23 22 .323 .385 .514 .898 40.5 5.9
    AAA   59 228 23 60 8 1 6 27 4 2 23 26 .263 .331 .386 .717 29.7  
2004 24 NRF GL 113 345 45 104 17 0 7 39 20 8 24 46 .301 .349 .412 .760 46.1 4.3
2005 25 NRF GL 134 415 59 115 25 2 11 48 30 9 24 51 .277 .314 .427 .741 55.8 6.8
2006 26 NRF GL 136 412 65 113 23 1 15 53 30 5 27 57 .274 .321 .444 .765 60.2 5.5
2007 27 AYR GL 161 590 76 158 31 1 10 61 54 8 32 71 .268 .310 .375 .685 73.2 9.4
2008 28 AYR GL 143 490 63 134 32 0 15 68 29 5 37 75 .273 .326 .431 .756 68.0 12.8
2009 29 AYR GL 157 510 61 126 27 4 16 81 27 9 45 70 .247 .306 .410 .716 65.0 10.2
2010 30 POU VL 132 483 69 130 33 3 10 62 25 4 39 65 .269 .322 .412 .734 67.8 11.6
2011 31 POU VL 83 287 32 79 13 2 7 34 13 2 22 48 .275 .325 .408 .732 38.7 7.3
  DES GL 57 182 27 49 21 0 3 24 9 2 5 32 .269 .287 .434 .721 21.3 4.2
  TOT   140 469 59 128 34 2 10 58 22 4 27 80 .273 .311 .418 .729 59.9 11.5
    AAA   6 23 5 11 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .478 .478 .696 1.174 5.6  
2012 32 ESS VL 146 471 49 114 27 1 9 63 21 3 23 76 .242 .279 .361 .640 46.5 7.7
2013 33 ESS VL 5 16 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 .188 .188 .375 .563 1.4 0.3
    AAA   132 528 63 154 42 1 13 55 9 1 30 90 .292 .330 .449 .779 74.6  
2014 34 ESS VL 159 554 52 132 29 1 6 58 11 3 22 156 .238 .266 .327 .593 46.7 8.1
2015 35 AAA   80 89 5 26 6 1 1 14 0 0 10 18 .292 .364 .416 .779 13.2  
14 Years Sim 1753 5816 743 1583 334 19 134 746 303 78 387 894 .272 .318 .405 .723 748.3 107.5
4 Years AAA 277 868 96 251 61 3 20 97 14 3 63 135 .289 .336 .435 .771 123.1  
162 Game Average 537 68 146 30 1 12 68 28 7 35 82 .272 .318 .405 .723 69.2  
Career Highs 161 590 76 158 34 4 16 81 54 9 45 156 .323 .385 .514 .898 73.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4820 651 1388 300 17 119 650 233 63 338 774 .288 .335 .431 .766 688.3
vs LH   996 92 195 34 2 15 96 39 15 49 120 .196 .235 .279 .515 62.1
Home 872 2883 387 781 174 9 68 378 147 30 189 446 .271 .315 .408 .724 376.9
Away 881 2933 356 802 160 10 66 368 125 48 198 448 .273 .320 .402 .722 373.5
RISP   1446 0 425 97 7 26 578 0 0 99 232 .294 .332 .425 .757 197.7
Pinch Hitting   141 16 42 4 0 3 20 3 2 11 19 .298 .353 .390 .743 18.8
Close/Late   647 82 192 41 2 16 84 0 0 52 102 .297 .350 .440 .791 95.1
Mar/Apr 297 1009 122 277 55 2 23 131 51 24 67 139 .275 .321 .401 .722 127.3
May 293 987 139 277 59 4 29 133 36 12 72 161 .281 .330 .437 .767 139.9
June 264 885 101 215 41 1 15 87 39 8 54 140 .243 .286 .342 .629 89.7
July 208 714 75 181 38 4 14 97 32 9 48 108 .254 .301 .377 .678 82.2
August 264 839 105 232 53 3 21 110 49 9 50 125 .277 .319 .422 .741 113.7
Sep/Oct 427 1382 201 401 88 5 32 188 65 16 96 221 .290 .334 .431 .764 197.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 21 VIR GL LF 8 0 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 128 117 1032.0 191 11 3 1 .985 1.76 0 0 .000 0 9.1
2002 22 VIR GL LF 10 0 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 94 91 799.7 155 4 0 0 1.000 1.79 0 0 .000 0 4.7
2003 23 HOL GL 2B 1 0 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 3 27.0 2 2 1 1 .800 1.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 7 6 56.7 10 0 2 0 .833 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 23 21 184.3 37 2 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 1.1
2004 24 NRF GL LF 13 9 87.7 21 1 1 0 .957 2.26 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 100 77 719.0 199 7 2 2 .990 2.58 0 0 .000 0 7.4
2005 25 NRF GL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 121 114 1017.3 264 3 4 0 .985 2.36 0 0 .000 0 7.5
2006 26 NRF GL LF 4 0 9.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.64 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    RF 121 117 1007.0 269 6 4 2 .986 2.46 0 0 .000 0 9.6
2007 27 AYR GL LF 2 0 5.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.09 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 157 156 1360.0 315 12 9 5 .973 2.16 0 0 .000 0 7.3
2008 28 AYR GL LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 141 134 1146.3 301 6 8 2 .975 2.41 0 0 .000 0 3.4
2009 29 AYR GL RF 155 149 1290.3 309 9 10 3 .970 2.22 0 0 .000 0 2.9
2010 30 POU VL C 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 118 117 978.0 271 10 5 0 .983 2.59 0 0 .000 0 3.1
2011 31 POU VL LF 4 0 8.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DES GL LF 3 0 5.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.34 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 7 0 14.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.51   0.0
  POU VL RF 75 71 642.7 163 4 1 1 .994 2.34 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  DES GL RF 51 49 387.3 99 2 1 0 .990 2.35 0 0 .000 0 1.6
  TOT   RF 126 120 1030.0 262 6 2 1 .993 2.34   3.9
2012 32 ESS VL RF 144 132 1166.0 340 6 5 1 .986 2.67 0 0 .000 0 5.9
2013 33 ESS VL RF 5 5 46.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2014 34 ESS VL RF 159 159 1347.0 349 11 8 4 .978 2.41 0 0 .000 0 4.8
  RF 1592 1509 13123.0 3271 94 60 22 .982 2.31 0 0 .000 0 70.9
  LF 57 15 215.7 52 2 3 0 .947 2.25 0 0 .000 0 22.8
  3B 3 3 27.0 2 2 1 1 .800 1.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1655 1527 13374.0 3328 99 64 23 .982 2.31 0 0 .000 0 93.7
Career Highs   159 159 1365.3 349 13 10 5 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2001 21 VIR GL 7 27 7 10 4 0 1 4 2 1 2 2 .370 .400 .630 1.030
2011 31 DES GL 15 53 9 17 6 0 1 9 0 0 5 11 .321 .373 .491 .863
2012 32 ESS VL 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258
Career Post-Season Batting 25 91 16 28 10 0 2 13 2 1 8 15 .308 .356 .484 .840
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
2007-7-54
Strikeouts
2014-5-156
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
 
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History
Drafted in 7th round, 243rd overall pick, by Virginia in 2001
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seminole on 4/29/2008
Injured on 4/30/2008 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 9/16/2008 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Milwaukee on 5/28/2010
Traded from Poughkeepsie to Des Moines on 7/30/2011