John Franco

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John's University (Queens, NY).

High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)

School: St. John's University (Queens, NY)

Debut: April 24, 1984 (Age 23-220d, 14,885th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 1, 2005 (Age 44-287d)
vs. CIN 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, Dan Horwits, ??? Giordano

Full Name: John Anthony Franco

Twitter: @TEAMFRANCO45

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4x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.4

ERA

2.89

1119

424

1245.2

975

WHIP

1.333

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	Apr 24	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	21 (3)	Apr 28	CIN		SFG	W,7-6		7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
3	22	Apr 29 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,8-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	23	Apr 29 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	24	May 1	CIN		HOU	W,2-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	27 (2)	May 5	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-11	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	28	May 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	30 (1)	May 9	CIN	@	MON	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (1)	May 11	CIN		STL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	34 (1)	May 13	CIN		STL	L,2-6	GF	8	1.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	36 (1)	May 16	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	40 (3)	May 20	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3		8	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	45 (4)	May 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	46	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	48 (1)	May 30	CIN		PIT	W,6-4		15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	51 (2)	Jun 1 (2)	CIN		ATL	L,3-7	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	53 (1)	Jun 3	CIN		ATL	L,0-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	55 (1)	Jun 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	58 (2)	Jun 8	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	59	Jun 9	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-12		12	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	62 (2)	Jun 12	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-7		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	65 (2)	Jun 15	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	67 (1)	Jun 17	CIN	@	ATL	L,5-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	70 (2)	Jun 21	CIN		LAD	L,7-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	71	Jun 22	CIN		SDP	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	73 (1)	Jun 24	CIN		SDP	L,3-8		9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	80 (6)	Jul 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	82 (1)	Jul 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	84 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	85	Jul 6 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	L,5-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	90 (4)	Jul 14	CIN	@	MON	L,2-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	92 (1)	Jul 16	CIN		PHI	L,2-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	94 (1)	Jul 18	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	95	Jul 19	CIN		NYM	W,9-6	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	100 (4)	Jul 25	CIN	@	SDP	L,5-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	101	Jul 26	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-8		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	108 (6)	Aug 3	CIN		LAD	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	109	Aug 4	CIN		LAD	L,3-5		9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	112 (2)	Aug 7	CIN		SDP	W,8-7		10	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	115 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	117 (1)	Aug 11	CIN		HOU	L,2-8		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	121 (3)	Aug 15	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	123 (1)	Aug 18	CIN		CHC	L,11-13		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	125 (1)	Aug 20	CIN		STL	L,7-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	129 (3)	Aug 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	133 (3)	Aug 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	136 (2)	Sep 1	CIN		PIT	W,7-5		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	138 (1)	Sep 3	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	140 (1)	Sep 5	CIN	@	SDP	L,11-15		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	142 (1)	Sep 7	CIN	@	LAD	W,1-0		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	147 (4)	Sep 14	CIN		LAD	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
52	149 (1)	Sep 16	CIN		LAD	L,5-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	155 (5)	Sep 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-1		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	159 (3)	Sep 27	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							54gm		79.1	5	15	0	20	0