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.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	NYM		PHI	W,1-0		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 4	NYM		PIT	W,7-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (2)	Apr 11	NYM	@	MIL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	13 (2)	Apr 15	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	16 (2)	Apr 18	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
7	20 (3)	Apr 24	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	22 (1)	Apr 27	NYM		HOU	L,3-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	23	Apr 28	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-4		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	27 (3)	May 3	NYM		COL	W,5-2	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	30 (2)	May 6	NYM		ARI	W,8-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	31	May 7	NYM		STL	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	34 (2)	May 13	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	38 (3)	May 16	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	41 (2)	May 19 (2)	NYM		CIN	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	44 (2)	May 22	NYM		MIL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	48 (3)	May 27	NYM	@	FLA	W,8-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	50 (1)	May 30	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	51	May 31	NYM	@	PHI	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	56 (4)	Jun 6	NYM	@	BOS	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	59 (2)	Jun 9	NYM		TBD	L,4-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	61 (1)	Jun 11	NYM	@	FLA	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	63 (1)	Jun 13	NYM	@	FLA	W,7-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	68 (4)	Jun 19	NYM		FLA	L,2-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	70 (1)	Jun 21	NYM		FLA	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	72 (1)	Jun 23	NYM	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	73	Jun 24	NYM		BAL	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	80 (6)	Jul 2	NYM	@	TOR	W,9-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	83 (2)	Jul 5	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	84	Jul 9	NYM		MON	L,8-9	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	85	Jul 10	NYM		MON	L,6-8	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	89 (3)	Jul 15	NYM		ATL	L,1-12	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	95 (5)	Jul 21	NYM		PIT	W,4-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	96	Jul 22 (1)	NYM	@	MIL	W,7-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	98 (1)	Jul 23	NYM	@	MIL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	101 (2)	Jul 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	104 (2)	Jul 29	NYM		SDP	W,7-6	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
38	106 (1)	Jul 31	NYM		LAD	L,3-4		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	110 (3)	Aug 4	NYM		SFG	W,7-6		7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	113 (2)	Aug 7	NYM	@	COL	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	114	Aug 8	NYM	@	COL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	116 (1)	Aug 10	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	118 (1)	Aug 12	NYM	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	120 (1)	Aug 15	NYM	@	ARI	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	123 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	NYM		COL	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	124	Aug 19	NYM		COL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
47	128 (3)	Aug 21 (2)	NYM		STL	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	135 (6)	Aug 28	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	136	Aug 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	138 (1)	Aug 31	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	140 (1)	Sep 2	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	142 (1)	Sep 5	NYM		ATL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	144 (1)	Sep 7	NYM		ATL	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	146 (1)	Sep 9	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	147	Sep 10	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
56	150 (2)	Sep 13	NYM	@	MON	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	151	Sep 14	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	152	Sep 15 (1)	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	155 (2)	Sep 18	NYM		FLA	L,6-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	156	Sep 19	NYM		FLA	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
61	158 (1)	Sep 22	NYM		MON	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							61gm		64.2	4	16	0	20	2