Francisco Cervelli

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 220lb (183cm, 99kg)

Born: March 6, 1986 in Valencia, Venezuela ve

Debut: September 18, 2008 (Age 22-196d, 19,471st in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 22, 2020 (Age 34-169d)
vs. WSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Republik Sports • Previously: Beverly Hills Sports Council, Relativity Baseball, Wasserman

Full Name: Francisco Cervelli

Nicknames: Cisco

Pronunciation: \sir-VEL-lee\

Twitter: @fran_cervelli

Instagram: @fran_cervelli

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2009 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.9

2256

605

.268

281

RBI

275

OBP

.358

SLG

.382

OPS

.740

OPS+

101

Summary of 41 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 15 go ahead

4 Tms
PIT	26
NYY	10
MIA	3
ATL	2

Platoon
vs RHP	29
vs LHP	12

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	20

Outs
2	18
0	12
1	11

18 Opps
CHC	7
TOR	4
SFG	3
STL	3
BAL	3
LAD	3
CIN	2
DET	2
ATL	2
BOS	2
WSN	2
MIL	2
ARI	1
TEX	1
KCR	1
NYM	1
MIA	1
CHW	1

39 Pitchers
Jon Lester	2
Michael Wacha	2
J.J. Putz	1
J.A. Happ	1
Mike Montgomery	1
Danny Duffy	1
Jeff Samardzija	1
Chris Tillman	1
Josh Collmenter	1
Bud Norris	1
Chase Anderson	1
Tommy Hunter	1
Yu Darvish	1
Ricky Romero	1
Jordan Zimmermann	1
Stephen Strasburg	1
Pierce Johnson	1
Cody Eppley	1
Kris Medlen	1
Junior Guerra	1
Abel De Los Santos	1
Kenley Jansen	1
Kenta Maeda	1
Kyle Ryan	1
Josh A. Smith	1
Clayton Mortensen	1
Jack Flaherty	1
David Phelps	1
John Means	1
John Lackey	1
Jose Quintana	1
Justin Wilson	1
Mark Buehrle	1
Cole Hamels	1
Homer Bailey	1
Anthony Bass	1
Jake Arrieta	1
Dereck Rodríguez	1
Joel Peralta	1

18 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	13
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	6
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
Sahlen Field (BUF)	1

Where Hit
7	23
78	8
8	4
89	3
9	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
5	13
4	9
2	6
1	4
3	4
7+	4
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	6
123	4
12-	3
1-3	3
-23	2
--3	1
-2-	1

77 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	21
1 on	8
2 on	8
3 on	4
Any on	20

Inning
1	4
2	5
3	3
4	4
5	7
6	5
7	5
8	4
9	4

1-3	12
4-6	16
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	4
+1	4
Tied	13
-1	5
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	5

Ahead	13
Tied	13
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-1	8
3-2	5
1-2	5
0-0	4
2-1	4
1-0	3
0-1	3
2-2	3
0-2	2
1-1	2
3-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	39
PH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
6th	11
7th	10
9th	6
5th	5
2nd	4
3rd	2
8th	2
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2009-06-24	NYY	@	ATL	Kris Medlen	behind 0-1	t 6	1	---	5,(2-2) 11..BFBSX	1	8	2	0.167	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2011-05-08	NYY	@	TEX	Cody Eppley	ahead 6-5	t 8	0	123	8,(3-2) BCBCFFBX	4	9	2	0.097	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); N. Swisher Scores; J. Posada Scores; B. Gardner Scores
3	3	2	1	2011-08-30	NYY	@	BOS	John Lackey	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BSBBX	1	9	2	0.112	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	2011-09-03	NYY		TOR	Ricky Romero	behind 1-2	b 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.204	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Núñez Scores
5	5	4	1	2011-09-06	NYY		BAL	Tommy Hunter	tied 3-3	b 7	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	9	2	0.230	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2013-04-04	NYY		BOS	Clayton Mortensen	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) .SBBBX	1	9	2	0.053	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	2	1	2013-04-18	NYY		ARI	J.J. Putz	behind 1-2	b 9	1	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	6	2	0.469	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	2013-04-25	NYY		TOR	Mark Buehrle	ahead 4-3	b 4	0	---	8,(3-2) CFBFBFBX	1	5	2	0.103	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2014-07-27	NYY		TOR	J.A. Happ	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.167	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	2	1	2014-08-13	NYY	@	BAL	Chris Tillman	tied 0-0	t 3	1	--3	7,(3-2) BFCBFBX	2	9	2	0.150	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Drew Scores
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2015-05-25	PIT		MIA	David Phelps	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1-3	5,(2-2) BBCF1X	3	7	2	0.233	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Walker Scores; P. Álvarez Scores
12	12	2	1	2015-06-16	PIT		CHW	Jose Quintana	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	2	0.064	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	3	1	2015-06-23	PIT		CIN	Josh A. Smith	behind 1-4	b 4	0	-23	4,(2-1) BFBX	3	7	2	0.200	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Harrison Scores; P. Álvarez Scores
14	14	4	1	2015-07-02	PIT	@	DET	Kyle Ryan	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	6	2	0.137	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	5	1	2015-07-23	PIT		WSN	Abel De Los Santos	ahead 6-1	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	7	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	6	1	2015-08-09	PIT		LAD	Joel Peralta	ahead 12-6	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	1	7	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
17	17	7	1	2015-09-30 (1)	PIT		STL	Michael Wacha	tied 1-1	b 4	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	7	2	0.241	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. McCutchen Scores; A. Ramírez Scores; P. Álvarez Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2016-09-22	PIT	@	MIL	Chase Anderson	behind 0-2	t 5	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	2	0.107	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2017-04-07	PIT		ATL	Josh Collmenter	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	---	5,(1-2) CCBFX	1	6	2	0.072	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	2017-04-15	PIT	@	CHC	Jake Arrieta	behind 0-4	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	6	2	0.058	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	3	1	2017-05-10	PIT	@	LAD	Kenta Maeda	behind 0-5	t 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	2	0.019	3%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Harrison Scores
22	22	4	1	2017-07-09	PIT	@	CHC	Jon Lester	ahead 5-0	t 1	2	123	8,(3-2) BFCFBB>F>X	4	2	2	0.089	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Mercer Scores/unER; M. Moroff Scores/unER; J. Harrison Scores/unER; F. Cervelli Scores/unER
23	23	5	1	2017-07-18	PIT		MIL	Junior Guerra	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	7	2	0.097	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2018-04-10	PIT	@	CHC	Mike Montgomery	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	1-3	4,(2-1) *BCBX	3	6	2	0.085	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Bell Scores; C. Dickerson Scores
25	25	2	1	2018-04-12	PIT	@	CHC	Justin Wilson	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	6	2	0.151	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Bell Scores; C. Dickerson Scores
26	26	3	1	2018-04-25 (1)	PIT		DET	Jordan Zimmermann	tied 3-3	b 3	2	12-	5,(3-1) BCBBX	3	6	2	0.286	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); S. Marte Scores/unER; J. Bell Scores/unER; F. Cervelli Scores/unER
27	27	4	1	2018-04-28	PIT		STL	Jack Flaherty	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	4,(0-2) CSFX	1	6	2	0.119	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
28	28	5	1	2018-05-02	PIT	@	WSN	Stephen Strasburg	behind 2-8	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.017	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	6	1	2018-05-12	PIT		SFG	Jeff Samardzija	tied 3-3	b 6	2	1--	5,(1-2) B1CSFX	2	6	2	0.301	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Bell Scores
30	30	7	1	2018-05-23	PIT	@	CIN	Homer Bailey	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	3,(1-1) C11BX	2	3	2	0.171	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Polanco Scores
31	31	8	1	2018-05-31	PIT	@	STL	Bud Norris	tied 5-5	t 8	2	-23	6,(3-2) ...BBCCBX	3	2	2	0.412	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Polanco Scores; A. Frazier Scores
32	32	9	1	2018-06-07	PIT		LAD	Kenley Jansen	behind 6-8	b 9	1	---	3,(0-2) .CCX	1	2	PH	0.064	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	10	1	2018-07-31	PIT		CHC	Jon Lester	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	-2-	4,(1-2) CBCX	2	5	2	0.171	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); D. Freese Scores
34	34	11	1	2018-08-10	PIT	@	SFG	Pierce Johnson	behind 3-11	t 7	1	123	5,(3-1) BFBBX	4	5	2	0.026	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Luplow Scores; A. Frazier Scores; C. Moran Scores
35	35	12	1	2018-09-24	PIT	@	CHC	Cole Hamels	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	2	0.185	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Bell Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2019-04-10	PIT	@	CHC	Yu Darvish	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	3	2	0.098	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	2	1	2019-09-21	ATL		SFG	Dereck Rodríguez	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	5	2	0.054	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Hechavarría Scores
38	38	3	1	2019-09-24	ATL	@	KCR	Danny Duffy	behind 1-6	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	DH	0.042	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2020-08-04	MIA	@	BAL	John Means	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	7	2	0.142	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
40	40	2	1	2020-08-07	MIA	@	NYM	Michael Wacha	tied 0-0	t 2	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	2	0.223	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Anderson Scores; M. Joyce Scores
41	41	3	1	2020-08-11	MIA	@	TOR	Anthony Bass	behind 1-4	t 9	2	1-3	4,(3-0) *BBBX	3	6	2	0.356	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Berti Scores; B. Anderson Scores