- Ben Francisco
Infobox MLB player
width = 150
name = Ben Francisco
team = Cleveland Indians
number = 12
position = Outfielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|10|23
birthplace = city-state|Santa Ana|California
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = May 1
debutyear = 2007
debutteam = Cleveland Indians
statyear = September 26, 2008
stat1label =Batting average
stat1value = .270
stat2label =Home run s
stat2value = 18
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 66
teams =
*Cleveland Indians (by|2007-present)Louis Ben Francisco (born
October 23 ,1981 in Santa Ana,California ) is anoutfielder for theCleveland Indians ofMajor League Baseball . He is a 1999 graduate ofServite High School in Anaheim, California where he played on the samebaseball team as current Indians' teammateRyan Garko . He attended and played baseball at Cypress Junior College in 2000 and went on to play at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles in by|2001 and by|2002. He was selected by the Indians in the fifth round (154th overall) of the2002 Major League Baseball Draft . [cite web
url = http://thebaseballcube.com/players/F/ben-francisco.shtml
title = Ben Francisco Baseball Statistics
accessdate = 2007-07-02
publisher = The Baseball Cube] He was recalled from the Triple-ABuffalo Bisons onMay 1 , mlby|2007, [cite web
url = http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070501&content_id=1940255&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle
title = Tribe sends Carmona to Triple-A
accessdate = 2007-07-02
last = Castrovince
first = Anthony
date = 2007-05-01
publisher = MLB.com] and made his major league debut that night as a late-game defensive replacement. OnJune 29 , 2007, Francisco got his first hit and his firsthome run in his first major league start. His home run came leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Indians a 2-1, walk-off win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.References
External links
*baseball-reference|id=f/francbe01
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=450204 MLB.com player info page]
* [http://thebaseballcube.com/players/F/Ben-Francisco.shtml The Baseball Cube player page]
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