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Francisco
Apodaca		  
Nickname: The Fireball
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 250
 
Born: January 30, 1978 in Puerto Rico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2008   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 22 TX GE     2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
2001 23 TX GE     2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
2002 24 TX GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
2003 25 TX GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
2004 26 TX GE $ 300,000   7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
2005 27 TX GE $ 300,000   7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
2006 28 TX GE $ 300,000   7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
2007 29 TX GE $ 300,000   9 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
2008 30 TX GE $ 300,000   8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 9 10
OOTP5 Min Ratings     2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   9 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 9 10
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 31 TX GE $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
2010 32 TX GE $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9
2011 33 TX GE $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9
2012 34 TX GE $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9
2013 35 TX GE $ 300,000 4 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
2014 36 TX GE $ 300,000 4 8 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8
2015 37 TX GE $ 300,000 3 6 7 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
2016 38 TX GE $ 300,000 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
2017 39 TX GE $ 300,000 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
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
2000 22 TX GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2001 23 TX GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 24 TX GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 25 TX GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 26 TX GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 27 TX GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 28 TX GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 29 TX GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 30 TX GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 31 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 32 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 33 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 34 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 35 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 36 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 37 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 38 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 39 TX GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2000 22 AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 10.7 10 3 1 2 12 2.53 .233 .267 .326 .592  
    AA   5 2 .714 24 6 0 0 5 42.0 39 17 4 17 46 3.64 .247 .320 .380 .700  
2001 23 AAA   0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 1 0 1 3 3.38 .250 .333 .250 .583  
    AA   4 9 .308 46 15 0 0 1 96.3 80 34 7 35 113 3.18 .224 .293 .317 .610  
2002 24 TX GE 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 10.7 5 1 0 3 10 0.84 .152 .256 .182 .438 2.1
    AAA   3 1 .750 20 0 0 0 0 18.7 13 5 0 7 22 2.41 .197 .274 .227 .501  
    AA   2 3 .400 21 6 0 0 1 43.7 36 15 4 8 58 3.09 .221 .257 .344 .601  
2003 25 TX GE 9 2 .818 81 0 0 0 2 88.7 82 33 8 37 85 3.35 .248 .341 .385 .726 7.7
2004 26 TX GE 4 1 .800 62 0 0 0 2 60.0 59 26 5 13 64 3.90 .255 .319 .359 .678 4.4
2005 27 TX GE 2 4 .333 38 0 0 0 0 51.3 57 21 4 9 49 3.68 .285 .330 .430 .760 2.9
2006 28 TX GE 0 3 .000 55 0 0 0 1 66.7 56 23 6 13 72 3.11 .225 .295 .329 .624 6.0
2007 29 TX GE 7 3 .700 81 0 0 0 1 84.0 75 29 6 22 72 3.11 .233 .293 .348 .640 7.9
2008 30 TX GE 8 6 .571 101 0 0 0 2 106.7 107 43 8 22 109 3.63 .253 .312 .343 .654 9.2
2009 31 TX GE 7 5 .583 100 0 0 0 1 111.7 110 55 4 23 83 4.43 .252 .316 .335 .651 6.1
2010 32 TX GE 4 6 .400 98 0 0 0 3 96.3 84 20 2 14 69 1.87 .231 .285 .313 .599 10.2
2011 33 TX GE 9 9 .500 121 0 0 0 6 128.0 111 42 4 22 81 2.95 .231 .290 .321 .610 11.7
2012 34 TX GE 6 4 .600 113 0 0 0 2 132.0 94 35 6 20 85 2.39 .197 .246 .284 .529 16.7
2013 35 TX GE 9 7 .563 103 0 0 0 2 122.3 112 45 8 19 85 3.31 .243 .299 .361 .660 10.6
2014 36 TX GE 3 10 .231 95 0 0 0 2 105.7 103 39 12 19 63 3.32 .252 .297 .402 .699 6.1
2015 37 TX GE 4 5 .444 62 0 0 0 4 82.3 73 33 6 16 44 3.61 .237 .290 .341 .630 5.5
2016 38 TX GE 2 4 .333 66 0 0 0 6 77.3 73 28 10 13 39 3.26 .242 .283 .394 .678 6.5
2017 39 TX GE 0 1 .000 19 0 0 0 0 20.7 21 9 3 7 7 3.92 .266 .333 .418 .751 0.8
    AAA   3 2 .600 19 0 0 0 0 20.3 17 10 0 11 8 4.43 .243 .346 .286 .631  
16 Years Sim 75 70 .517 1202 0 0 0 34 1344.3 1222 482 92 272 1017 3.23 .240 .298 .348 .646 114.5
4 Years AAA 6 4 .600 47 0 0 0 0 52.3 42 19 1 21 45 3.27 .225 .303 .273 .576  
3 Years AA 11 14 .440 91 27 0 0 7 182.0 155 66 15 60 217 3.26 .229 .291 .338 .629  
7 Years Minors 17 18 .486 138 27 0 0 7 234.3 197 85 16 81 262 3.27 .228 .294 .324 .618  
Season Average 4 4 .500 75 0 0 0 2 84.0 76 30 5 17 63 3.23 .240 .298 .348 .646  
Career Highs 9 10 1.000 121 0 0 0 6 132.0 112 55 12 37 109 4.43 .285 .341 .430 .760  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   682 271 45 150 574   .233 .270 .336 .606
vs LH   540 211 47 122 443   .249 .289 .365 .654
Home 40 34 .541 620 0 0 0 19 702.3 637 265 48 131 537 3.40 .238 .274 .351 .625
Away 35 36 .493 582 0 0 0 15 642.0 585 217 44 141 480 3.04 .241 .282 .345 .628
Mar/Apr 13 10 .565 176 0 0 0 5 208.6 170 61 14 31 161 2.63 .220 .251 .318 .568
May 17 11 .607 214 0 0 0 6 231.6 201 87 18 53 163 3.38 .229 .273 .347 .620
June 7 12 .368 202 0 0 0 5 215.6 221 89 13 42 155 3.72 .262 .298 .372 .669
July 15 12 .556 183 0 0 0 7 193.3 181 64 17 48 163 2.98 .246 .292 .374 .667
August 13 14 .481 200 0 0 0 4 228.3 207 91 13 43 176 3.59 .238 .274 .341 .615
Sep/Oct 10 11 .476 227 0 0 0 7 266.6 242 90 17 55 199 3.04 .241 .280 .341 .621
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2002 24 TX GE 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3
2003 25 TX GE 81 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2004 26 TX GE 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2005 27 TX GE 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2006 28 TX GE 55 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
2007 29 TX GE 81 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
2008 30 TX GE 101 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.7 0.2
2009 31 TX GE 100 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
2011 33 TX GE 121 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2012 34 TX GE 113 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.200 1.600 1.9 0.6
2013 35 TX GE 103 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2014 36 TX GE 95 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3
2015 37 TX GE 62 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0
2016 38 TX GE 66 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2017 39 TX GE 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
15 Years Sim 1104 48 4 8 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 18 .167 .196 .292 .488 3.1 1.7
162 Game Average 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .196 .292 .488 0.4  
Career Highs 121 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 4 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   38 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .184 .225 .263 .488 1.9
vs LH   10 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 .100 .091 .400 .491 0.6
Home 499 28 2 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .214 .267 .321 .588 2.2
Away 404 20 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 8 .100 .095 .250 .345 0.2
RISP   14 0 4 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 4 .286 .267 .571 .838 2.2
Close/Late   10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
Mar/Apr 113 8 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .500 .625 0.8
May 87 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .143 .333 .476 0.2
June 89 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .500 .929 1.2
July 87 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
August 94 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.1
Sep/Oct 121 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .200 .382 0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2002 24 TX GE P 7 0 10.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38    
2003 25 TX GE P 81 0 88.7 4 10 2 1 .875 1.42    
2004 26 TX GE P 62 0 60.0 1 4 1 0 .833 0.75    
2005 27 TX GE P 38 0 51.3 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.58    
2006 28 TX GE P 55 0 66.7 6 5 1 0 .917 1.49    
2007 29 TX GE P 81 0 84.0 2 7 3 0 .750 0.96    
2008 30 TX GE P 101 0 106.7 8 15 0 2 1.000 1.94    
2009 31 TX GE P 100 0 111.7 4 15 1 1 .950 1.53    
2010 32 TX GE P 98 0 96.3 6 24 4 3 .882 2.80    
2011 33 TX GE P 121 0 128.0 10 13 1 1 .958 1.62    
2012 34 TX GE P 113 0 132.0 9 17 3 1 .897 1.77    
2013 35 TX GE P 103 0 122.3 2 17 0 1 1.000 1.40    
2014 36 TX GE P 95 0 105.7 4 19 1 3 .958 1.96    
2015 37 TX GE P 62 0 82.3 6 14 0 0 1.000 2.19    
2016 38 TX GE P 66 0 77.3 4 12 1 1 .941 1.86    
2017 39 TX GE P 19 0 20.7 1 4 1 0 .833 2.18    
Career Totals   1202 0 1344.3 70 186 19 14 .931 1.71    
Career Highs   121 0 132.0 10 24 4 3 1.000 3.38    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2002 24 TX GE 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 6 0.00 .105 .105 .105 .211
2003 25 TX GE 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 5 5 2 0 2 19.31 .417 .417 .917 1.333
2006 28 TX GE 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 0 1 7 3.60 .211 .250 .211 .461
2011 33 TX GE 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 4 1 3 4 4.50 .214 .290 .393 .683
2013 35 TX GE 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 0 4.3 5 0 0 3 3 0.00 .278 .381 .333 .714
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 21 0 0 0 0 25.7 22 11 3 7 22 3.86 .229 .282 .354 .636
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2011 33 TX GE 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2003-1-81
2007-4-81
2008-1-101
2009-1-100
2010-1-98
2011-1-121
2012-1-113
2013-3-103
2014-6-95
CAR-6-1202
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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  1. Thomas Burleson (957)
  2. Michael Welch (919)
  3. Jack Pinkston (910)
  4. Ken Timperley (907)
  5. Billy-Bob Suggs (903)
  6. Asdrubal Cifonte (898)
  7. Bobby Peench (897)
  8. Robert Mansell (897)
  9. Amor Duen (892)
  10. Silverio Zubiri (890)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 9/11/2002, off Sunny Bell (Kan)
Earned first career win on 9/22/2002
Won NPBL Championship with Texas in 2002
Injured on 4/23/2005 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6-7 weeks
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Injured on 9/30/2010 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/2012, off Robert Schwan (Wis)
Injured on 7/1/2015 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
 
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