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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CIN		MON	W,11-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 10	CIN		SDP	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (3)	Apr 14	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	9 (1)	Apr 17	CIN		HOU	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	17 (7)	Apr 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-3		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	18	Apr 25	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-0		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	19	Apr 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,11-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	22 (2)	Apr 30	CIN		ATL	W,9-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	25 (2)	May 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	26	May 5	CIN	@	NYM	W,2-0	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	28 (1)	May 8	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	33 (4)	May 13	CIN	@	MON	W,12-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	34	May 14	CIN	@	MON	W,10-9	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	40 (5)	May 21	CIN	@	CHC	L,7-8	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	43 (2)	May 24	CIN		PIT	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	44	May 25	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	45	May 26	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	48 (2)	May 30	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	49	May 31	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	50	Jun 1	CIN		STL	L,6-8	GF	3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	51	Jun 2	CIN		STL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	52	Jun 3	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	53	Jun 5	CIN		LAD	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	56 (2)	Jun 8	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	61 (4)	Jun 13	CIN		ATL	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	62	Jun 14	CIN		ATL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
27	66 (3)	Jun 18	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	69 (2)	Jun 21	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	70	Jun 23	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	71	Jun 24	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-4	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	72	Jun 25	CIN	@	SFG	L,6-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	74 (1)	Jun 27	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	76 (1)	Jun 30	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	77	Jul 1	CIN		HOU	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	81 (3)	Jul 5	CIN		NYM	W,7-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	83 (1)	Jul 7	CIN		PHI	L,8-10	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	88 (4)	Jul 12	CIN		MON	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	90 (1)	Jul 17	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	92 (1)	Jul 19	CIN	@	NYM	L,5-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	93	Jul 20	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	96 (2)	Jul 23	CIN	@	MON	W,8-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	98 (1)	Jul 25	CIN	@	MON	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	100 (1)	Jul 28	CIN		SDP	W,8-7	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	105 (4)	Aug 2	CIN		SFG	W,5-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	107 (1)	Aug 4	CIN		LAD	W,10-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	108	Aug 5	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	113 (4)	Aug 10	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	116 (2)	Aug 13	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	117	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	118	Aug 14 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,8-15	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	119	Aug 16	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	121 (1)	Aug 19	CIN		PIT	L,9-10	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
53	122	Aug 20	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	125 (2)	Aug 23	CIN		STL	L,6-12	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	128 (2)	Aug 26	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	129	Aug 28	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	133 (3)	Sep 1	CIN	@	STL	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	134	Sep 2	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	135	Sep 4	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	146 (10)	Sep 17 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	149 (2)	Sep 20	CIN	@	SFG	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	150	Sep 22	CIN		SDP	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	151	Sep 23	CIN		SDP	L,4-6		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	152	Sep 24	CIN		SDP	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	155 (2)	Sep 27	CIN		HOU	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	156	Sep 28	CIN		ATL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	158 (1)	Sep 30	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
68	162 (3)	Oct 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							68gm		82.0	4	7	0	11	0