Manny Francois

Manuel Antonio Francois

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

• Born May 28, 1966 in San Pedro de Macorís, San Pedro de Macorís D.R.

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Biographical Information

Manny Francois played in the minor leagues, Mexico, Italy and Taiwan.

Francois was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1984, and he hit .299/.372/.391 with the Great Falls Dodgers in his first season. He then had a .277/.375/.364 batting line for the Vero Beach Dodgers in 1985, and he hit .253/.335/.318 in 39 games with the Bakersfield Dodgers in 1986. He also played 9 games with the San Antonio Dodgers, and he was 5-for-19. Francois then hit .280/.335/.354 in Vero Beach in 1987, and he recorded a .245/.339/.330 batting line in San Antonio in 1988. After hitting .273/.336/.378 for the San Antonio Dodgers in 1989, Francois slumped to a .175/.265/.273 batting line in 1990 for the AA Canton-Akron Indians. He then played in Mexico for four seasons.

After hitting .313/.388/.493 with the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks, the Wei Chuan Dragons of the CPBL signed him in 1995. He hit .242/.325/.318 in 19 games in 1995 and he had a .344/.405/.515 batting line in 1996. Had he qualified, he would have tied Hector Roa and George Hinshaw for 7th in batting. In the 1996 Taiwan Series, Francois hit .250/.308/.333 but the Dragons were beaten by the Uni-President Lions in 6 games. He then batted .425/.500/.694 in 43 games in 1997, and he hit .320/.346/.440 in the 1997 Taiwan Series. The Dragons beat the China Times Eagles in 6 games. Francois hit .259/.339/.354 in 1998, and he left the team. In 2001, he hit .431/.523/.602 with 36 runs in 31 regular season games for Nettuno, but the middle infielder fell to .217/.308/.217 in the 2001 Italian Series. He won the batting title by .043 over Ramón Tavárez. He returned to Taiwan in 2003 and signed with the First Financial Holdings Agan. However, his batting line fell to .214/.421/.214, and he was released after playing 6 games for them.

Overall, Francois hit .321/.396/.475 with 221 hits and 20 homers in 5 seasons in the CPBL.