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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	CIN		LAD	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	2	Apr 5	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	4 (1)	Apr 7	CIN		SFG	W,4-3		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8 (3)	Apr 12	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	10 (1)	Apr 15	CIN	@	SDP	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	12 (1)	Apr 17	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	19 (6)	Apr 26	CIN		MON	W,6-5	GF	11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	20	Apr 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	22 (1)	Apr 30	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	25 (2)	May 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	28 (2)	May 6	CIN		PHI	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	30 (1)	May 8	CIN		NYM	W,3-0	GF	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	34 (3)	May 13	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	35	May 14	CIN	@	STL	W,5-2	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	38 (2)	May 17	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	42 (3)	May 23	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	44 (1)	May 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-8		12	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
18	49 (4)	May 31	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	52 (2)	Jun 4	CIN		SDP	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	54 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	57 (2)	Jun 8	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	62 (4)	Jun 13	CIN	@	SDP	W,9-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	64 (1)	Jun 15	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-1		13	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
24	65	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	68 (2)	Jun 21 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	71 (2)	Jun 23	CIN		LAD	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	74 (2)	Jun 26	CIN		LAD	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	79 (4)	Jul 1	CIN		NYM	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	82 (2)	Jul 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	83	Jul 5	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	88 (4)	Jul 13	CIN		MON	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	90 (1)	Jul 15	CIN		MON	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
33	91	Jul 16	CIN		MON	L,3-6		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	97 (5)	Jul 22	CIN	@	MON	L,5-6	GF	12	2.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
35	100 (2)	Jul 26	CIN		SDP	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	102 (1)	Jul 28	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-2		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	103	Jul 29	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	106 (2)	Aug 2	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	108 (1)	Aug 4	CIN		ATL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	113 (4)	Aug 9	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	116 (2)	Aug 12	CIN	@	HOU	L,5-6	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	118 (1)	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	L,2-5		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	120 (1)	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	124 (3)	Aug 20	CIN		STL	L,1-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	125	Aug 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	127 (1)	Aug 23	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	129 (1)	Aug 26	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	130	Aug 27	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	133 (2)	Aug 30	CIN	@	STL	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	135 (1)	Sep 2	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-2	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
51	137 (1)	Sep 4	CIN		SFG	L,8-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	138	Sep 5	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	142 (3)	Sep 9	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	143	Sep 10	CIN		ATL	W,5-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	146 (2)	Sep 13	CIN	@	SFG	L,7-8		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	153 (6)	Sep 21	CIN		SDP	L,7-11		12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	155 (1)	Sep 23	CIN	@	ATL	W,11-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
58	157 (1)	Sep 25	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
59	159 (1)	Sep 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-1		10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
60	160	Sep 29	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							60gm		80.2	2	19	1	22	1