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 runs
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 an outfielder for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He is a 1999 graduate of Servite High School in Anaheim, California where he played on the same baseball team as current Indians' teammate Ryan Garko. He attended and played baseball at Cypress Junior College in 2000 and went on to play at the University of California, Los Angeles in by|2001 and by|2002. He was selected by the Indians in the fifth round (154th overall) of the 2002 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-A Buffalo Bisons on May 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. On June 29, 2007, Francisco got his first hit and his first home 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.

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*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]