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Joshua Francis
Kellogg		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 172
 
Born: August 26, 1964 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1986 21 VAL JL   72 7 7 7 9 10 10 12 12 12
1987 22 VAL JL   72 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 12
1988 23 VAL JL   72 9 9 9 13 13 13 14 14 14
1989 24 VAL JL $ 300,000 76 9 9 9 14 14 14 15 15 15
1990 25 VAL JL $ 300,000 81 9 9 9 14 14 14 16 16 16
1991 26 VAL JL $ 300,000 74 9 9 9 14 14 14 16 16 16
1992 27 VAL JL $ 300,000 74 10 10 10 15 16 16 16 16 16
1993 28 VAL JL $ 300,000 74 10 10 10 17 18 17 18 18 18
1994 29 VAL JL $ 964,286 68 13 13 13 20 20 20 18 18 18
OOTP6 Min Ratings   68 7 7 7 9 10 10 12 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 964,286 81 13 13 13 20 20 20 18 18 18
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1986 21 VAL JL     1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1987 22 VAL JL     1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1988 23 VAL JL     1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1989 24 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1990 25 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1991 26 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1992 27 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1993 28 VAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1994 29 VAL JL $ 964,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 964,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie 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
1986 21 AA   4 3 .571 7 7 0 0 0 47.7 48 21 7 15 45 3.97 .257 .312 .428 .740  
    A   8 6 .571 17 17 0 0 0 109.7 132 64 17 45 82 5.25 .298 .363 .483 .846  
1987 22 AAA   3 3 .500 11 11 0 0 0 68.0 81 51 16 30 42 6.75 .298 .368 .544 .912  
1988 23 AA   9 5 .643 20 19 2 2 0 132.3 109 44 10 43 128 2.99 .224 .287 .322 .609  
1989 24 VAL JL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 9 1 5 5 10.13 .344 .421 .500 .921 0.0
    AAA   2 4 .333 6 6 0 0 0 36.0 57 22 8 7 33 5.50 .356 .383 .600 .983  
    AA   1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 18 9 0 3 10 7.15 .353 .389 .471 .859  
1990 25 VAL JL 5 5 .500 44 11 1 0 0 120.0 135 58 15 39 61 4.35 .287 .341 .429 .770 6.6
    AAA   0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 1 3.3 9 5 0 2 2 13.51 .474 .524 .579 1.103  
1991 26 VAL JL 1 2 .333 23 0 0 0 0 25.3 28 17 4 9 12 6.04 .286 .336 .439 .775 0.3
    AAA   4 2 .667 38 0 0 0 0 72.3 84 37 6 21 56 4.60 .292 .340 .438 .777  
1992 27 VAL JL 5 3 .625 47 0 0 0 5 66.7 70 29 7 21 34 3.92 .276 .326 .409 .736 6.2
1993 28 VAL JL 6 2 .750 50 0 0 0 6 60.3 72 32 7 20 33 4.77 .303 .355 .466 .822 3.8
1994 29 VAL JL 9 11 .450 32 32 0 0 0 197.0 224 84 18 31 126 3.84 .285 .311 .433 .744 12.0
6 Years Sim 26 24 .520 202 43 1 0 11 477.3 540 229 52 125 271 4.32 .287 .330 .434 .764 28.9
4 Years AAA 9 10 .474 58 17 0 0 1 179.7 231 115 30 60 133 5.76 .313 .364 .516 .880  
3 Years AA 14 9 .609 29 28 2 2 0 191.3 175 74 17 61 183 3.48 .241 .300 .360 .660  
1 Years A 8 6 .571 17 17 0 0 0 109.7 132 64 17 45 82 5.25 .298 .363 .483 .846  
8 Years Minors 31 25 .554 104 62 2 2 1 480.6 538 253 64 166 398 4.74 .282 .340 .449 .788  
Season Average 4 4 .500 33 7 0 0 1 79.6 90 38 8 20 45 4.32 .287 .330 .434 .764  
Career Highs 9 11 .750 50 32 1 0 6 197.0 224 84 18 39 126 10.13 .344 .421 .500 .921  
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   252 99 21 59 136   .268 .311 .390 .700
vs LH   288 130 31 66 135   .307 .353 .479 .832
Home 15 14 .517 94 20 1 0 6 230.0 266 123 29 62 125 4.81 .292 .337 .442 .779
Away 11 10 .524 108 23 0 0 5 247.3 274 106 23 63 146 3.86 .283 .327 .427 .754
Mar/Apr 6 4 .600 30 5 0 0 1 62.3 64 26 6 19 41 3.75 .272 .327 .417 .744
May 2 9 .182 31 10 1 0 0 97.3 103 43 8 20 49 3.98 .272 .309 .405 .714
June 5 4 .556 27 10 0 0 3 78.7 95 38 6 33 45 4.35 .302 .368 .451 .819
July 2 3 .400 26 7 0 0 4 67.0 85 47 13 20 28 6.31 .315 .362 .504 .866
August 4 3 .571 44 6 0 0 1 85.3 102 44 9 16 57 4.64 .297 .329 .429 .757
Sep/Oct 7 1 .875 44 5 0 0 2 86.7 91 31 10 17 51 3.22 .269 .304 .414 .718
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1989 24 VAL JL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1990 25 VAL JL 44 25 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .120 .115 .160 .275 0.1 0.0
1991 26 VAL JL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1992 27 VAL JL 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
1993 28 VAL JL 50 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.6 0.2
1994 29 VAL JL 32 61 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 26 .082 .138 .098 .237 -1.4 0.0
6 Years Sim 202 92 3 9 2 0 0 4 1 0 4 36 .098 .143 .120 .262 -0.7 0.2
162 Game Average 73 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 28 .098 .143 .120 .262 -0.5  
Career Highs 50 61 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 26 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.6  
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   76 3 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 31 .092 .146 .105 .252 -1.4
vs LH   16 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .188 .313 -0.1
Home 92 44 1 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 16 .136 .191 .182 .373 0.7
Away 84 48 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .063 .098 .063 .161 -2.1
RISP   21 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 .095 .091 .095 .186 -0.8
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2
May 23 24 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .042 .040 .042 .082 -1.7
June 16 17 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 .294 .333 .353 .686 2.1
July 21 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .071 .188 .143 .330 0.2
August 17 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .071 .133 .071 .205 -0.7
Sep/Oct 29 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
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    
1989 24 VAL JL P 6 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1990 25 VAL JL P 44 11 120.0 9 28 2 2 .949 2.78    
1991 26 VAL JL P 23 0 25.3 2 3 1 0 .833 1.78    
1992 27 VAL JL P 47 0 66.7 6 12 1 1 .947 2.43    
1993 28 VAL JL P 50 0 60.3 6 16 0 1 1.000 3.28    
1994 29 VAL JL P 32 32 197.0 9 35 3 3 .936 2.01    
Career Totals   202 43 477.3 33 95 7 7 .948 2.41    
Career Highs   50 32 197.0 9 35 3 3 1.000 3.28    
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
1993 28 VAL JL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 1 0 0 3 1.50 .304 .304 .435 .739
1994 29 VAL JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 5 1 0 0 7 1.29 .200 .200 .240 .440
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 5 1 0 0 0 13.0 12 2 0 0 10 1.38 .250 .250 .333 .583
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
1994 29 VAL JL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Career Post-Season Batting 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Walks per 9IP
1994-6-1.4
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  4. Eric Ezell (969)
  5. Vincent Vance (968)
  6. Mike Maddux (965)
  7. Javy Cordero (965)
  8. Steve Stanley (963)
  9. Todd Vogler (962)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 45th overall pick, by Valencia in 1986
Injured on 5/26/1986 with a Suspended For Scuffing Baseball, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/26/1987 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 5/7/1988 with a Broken Jaw, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 6/17/1988 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/11/1990
Injured on 5/16/1990 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/9/1990, off Michael Hottinger (VAN)
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
 
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