#20 Eric "Wak" Franckowiak, Third Base, 34 yrs, Chicago Cardinals

#20 Eric "Wak" Franckowiak, Third Base, 34 yrs, Chicago Cardinals
Tuesday, 10/29/2010

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Eric Franckowiak
Wak
1/13/1976
34
USA
6"1
200

Third Base
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 9,250,000
2012
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1190 total Days)
170 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1190 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	68	59	34	47	48
Versus LHP	68	59	34	47	48
Versus RHP	68	59	34	47	48
Talent	75	51	38	55	56

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50
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46
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Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
3B : 95 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 3
Infield Arm : 91
Outfield Arm : 11

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/20	@DET	L 2-4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/21	@DET	L 1-5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/22	IND	W 5-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/23	IND	L 3-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#5
9/24	IND	W 5-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#5
9/25	IND	L 4-8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	#5
9/26	@CLE	L 2-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/27	@CLE	W 7-5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/28	@CLE	W 9-4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	#5
9/29	@CLE	L 1-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	145	525	159	28	5	8	67	72	65	86	.303	.378	.421	.799	.767	.118

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	139	595	1	9	0	11	0	4	221	41	9	9	50.0	90.2	6.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	133	37	6	1	3	17	18	18	21	1	0	1	.278	.366	.406	.772
vs. RHP	392	122	22	4	5	50	54	47	65	3	0	0	.311	.382	.426	.808
Close/Late	66	19	2	0	1	6	8	10	10	1	0	0	.288	.377	.364	.740
Scoring Position	145	46	11	1	0	56	0	29	26	4	0	0	.317	.421	.407	.828
Pinch Hitting	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	68	246	78	12	3	5	25	36	36	40	.317	.401	.451	.853
Road	77	279	81	16	2	3	42	36	29	46	.290	.357	.394	.751
March/April	25	92	28	7	2	4	18	19	15	13	.304	.404	.554	.958
May	19	66	17	4	0	2	8	10	8	10	.258	.333	.409	.742
June	25	96	38	7	1	1	13	11	10	16	.396	.453	.521	.974
July	23	87	26	5	1	0	13	10	9	12	.299	.361	.379	.740
August	27	98	28	3	1	0	10	12	10	18	.286	.349	.337	.685
Sept/Oct	26	86	22	2	0	1	5	10	13	17	.256	.354	.314	.667

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	155	526	163	26	4	17	75	77	58	8	3	74	20	18	.310	.385	.471	.856	CHI
2005	155	551	180	34	3	11	80	79	45	14	7	72	19	6	.327	.387	.459	.847	CHI
2006	156	555	183	29	2	11	84	89	44	3	5	77	23	16	.330	.379	.449	.828	CHI,NL
2007	154	578	197	41	3	18	103	101	61	5	9	79	10	13	.341	.403	.516	.918	CHI,NL
2008	152	597	164	32	2	14	83	79	54	7	5	92	23	10	.275	.339	.405	.745	CHI
2009	152	597	194	28	6	10	89	87	59	3	6	90	8	8	.325	.385	.442	.827	CHI
2010	145	525	159	28	5	8	67	72	65	1	4	86	9	9	.303	.378	.421	.799	CHI
Total	1069	3929	1240	218	25	89	581	584	386	41	39	570	112	80	.316	.379	.452	.831

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005	13	51	19	3	1	2	9	8	4	4	1	0	.373	.418	.588	1.006
2006	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2007	10	34	9	2	0	1	5	4	3	5	2	2	.265	.324	.412	.736
2008	11	41	10	4	1	0	6	6	6	7	1	1	.244	.340	.390	.731
2009	11	43	13	5	0	0	6	9	2	10	0	1	.302	.333	.419	.752
Total	46	169	51	14	2	3	26	27	15	26	4	4	.302	.359	.462	.820

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Third Base	141	137	61	346	27	413	6	.985	1235.2	3.01
Leftfield	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	3.2	7.36
Centerfield	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00

Player History

Drafted in 9th round, 142nd overall pick, by Chicago in 2004...
Had first career hit on 4/6/2004, off Fred Seifert (DET)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/2004, off Jason Konrad (STL)...
Won Platinum Glove at Third Base in 2004...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York on 10/9/2005...
Played for USA in the 2006 World Cup...
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game...
Injured on 10/5/2006 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks...
2/1/2007: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,050,000 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/2007, hitting .591 with 1 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Platinum Glove at Third Base in 2007...
2/1/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration...
Played for USA in the 2008 World Cup...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Indiana on 7/4/2008...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Diego on 5/6/2009...
10/19/2009: Signed a contract extension with Chicago, $9,250,000 per year, for 3 years.
Won Platinum Glove at Third Base in 2009...
Injured on 5/4/2010 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Platinum Glove at Third Base in 2010...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 2007 - .341 - 9th	OBP 2004 - .385 - 9th 2007 - .403 - 7th 2009 - .385 - 9th	SLG 2007 - .516 - 10th	OPS 2007 - .918 - 8th	Doubles 2005 - 34 - 4th 2007 - 41 - 4th
BB 2007 - 61 - 10th

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