Francisco Liriano
Francisco Casillas Liriano
Born: October 26, 1983
San Cristobal, San Cristóbal D.R.
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 220
Career: 2005-2019
Minor League Statistics
Francisco Liriano compiled a career record of 112 wins and 114 losses in his 421-game career with the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers. He began playing during the 2005 season and last took the field during the 2019 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.70 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| 2006 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.16 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 121.0 | 89 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 144 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 473 |
| 2008 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.91 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 74 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 329 |
| 2009 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.80 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136.7 | 147 | 93 | 88 | 21 | 65 | 0 | 122 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 609 |
| 2010 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.62 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191.7 | 184 | 77 | 77 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 201 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 806 |
| 2011 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.09 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 134.3 | 125 | 81 | 76 | 14 | 75 | 1 | 112 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 591 |
| 2012 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.31 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 89 | 63 | 59 | 12 | 55 | 4 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 440 |
| 2012 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 54 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 253 |
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3.02 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 134 | 54 | 54 | 9 | 63 | 0 | 163 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 666 |
| 2014 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.38 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3 | 130 | 68 | 61 | 13 | 81 | 3 | 175 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 691 |
| 2015 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.38 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186.7 | 155 | 75 | 70 | 15 | 70 | 1 | 205 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 773 |
| 2016 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.46 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113.7 | 115 | 76 | 69 | 19 | 69 | 1 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 523 |
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.92 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 208 |
| 2017 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.88 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.7 | 91 | 57 | 54 | 11 | 43 | 1 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 375 |
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.40 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| 2018 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.58 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133.7 | 127 | 84 | 68 | 19 | 73 | 0 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 586 |
| 2019 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.47 | 69 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 60 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 301 |
| Totals | 112 | 114 | .496 | 4.15 | 419 | 300 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1813.7 | 1649 | 911 | 837 | 184 | 816 | 15 | 1815 | 62 | 8 | 100 | 7781 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2006 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 28 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 56 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .064 | .137 | .064 | .201 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 29 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .111 | .149 | .111 | .260 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 67 | 65 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .169 | .169 | .246 | .415 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 23 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .286 | .286 | .381 | .667 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 421 | 242 | 218 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 85 | .156 | .189 | .197 | .387 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 6 | 4 | 23.7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.901 | .833 |
| 2006 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 28 | 16 | 121.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .669 | .321 |
| 2008 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 14 | 14 | 76.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.539 | .929 |
| 2009 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 29 | 24 | 136.7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.054 | .552 |
| 2010 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 31 | 31 | 191.7 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.315 | .903 |
| 2011 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 26 | 24 | 134.3 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.474 | .846 |
| 2012 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 22 | 17 | 100.0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.980 | 1.000 |
| 2012 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 12 | 11 | 56.7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.112 | .583 |
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 26 | 26 | 161.0 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 2.068 | 1.423 |
| 2014 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 29 | 29 | 162.3 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.441 | .897 |
| 2015 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 31 | 31 | 186.7 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.398 | .935 |
| 2016 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 21 | 21 | 113.7 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.584 | .952 |
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | P | 10 | 8 | 49.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .547 | .300 |
| 2017 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | P | 18 | 18 | 82.7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.089 | .556 |
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | P | 20 | 0 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .628 | .050 |
| 2018 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 27 | 26 | 133.7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.414 | .778 |
| 2019 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 69 | 0 | 70.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | .217 |
| Totals | 419 | 300 | 1813.7 | 45 | 239 | 11 | 18 | .963 | 1.409 | .678 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALDS1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 2010 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALDS2 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | |
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLWC | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLDS1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | |
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALWC | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALDS1 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.96 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 103 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALDS1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALDS2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLWC | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLDS1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALWC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALDS1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALDS1 | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2010 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALDS2 | P | 1 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.000 |
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLWC | P | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 |
| 2013 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLDS1 | P | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALWC | P | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2016 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALDS1 | P | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | P | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2017 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 11 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.080 | .273 |
Awards
2006 - AL Rookie of the Month July
2006 - AL Rookie of the Month June
2010 - AL Pitcher of the Month April
2010 - AL Comeback Player of the Year
2011 - AL Player of the Week Week of 2011-05-08
2013 - NL Player of the Week Week of 2013-08-04
2013 - NL Comeback Player of the Year
2013 - NL TSN Comeback Player of the Year
2013 - NL MLB Players Choice Comeback Player
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