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

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-34

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 17

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	17	Apr 24	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	9.00	6.77	6	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.058	.66	-0.03%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
2	2	21	Apr 28	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	4.10	7	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.054	.35	0.03%	0.94	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d2
3	3	22	Apr 29(1)	CIN		SFG	W,8-1	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	1.80	4.97	10	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.040	.36	0.03%	0.94	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 7
4	4	23	Apr 29(2)	CIN		SFG	W,7-3	8-GF		-1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.29	4.20	7	1	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.77	0.053	.81	0.03%	0.92	8t 12- 0 out a5	9t end a 4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	24	May 1	CIN		HOU	W,2-1	9-GF	W(1-0)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	4.07	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.133	2.88	0.09%	0.50	9t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end tie
6	6	27	May 5	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-11	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.08	4.73	7	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.54	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 9
7	7	28	May 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	7-8	W(2-0)	0	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.86	4.63	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.165	1.93	-0.12%	-0.88	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-3 0 out a2
8	8	30	May 9	CIN	@	MON	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	4.27	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.38	0.077	3.39	0.07%	0.44	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
9	9	32	May 11	CIN		STL	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.54	4.05	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	0.155	3.48	0.14%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	10	34	May 13	CIN		STL	L,2-6	8-GF		1	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.70	4.12	8	3	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.44	-0.026	.78	-0.03%	-1.03	8t 1-- 1 out d2	9t end d 4
11	11	36	May 16	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	8-GF		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.45	4.20	6	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.95	8t 1-3 2 out d6	9t end d 6
12	12	40	May 20	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	7-8	BS(1)	3	1.1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	4.14	8	2	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	-0.140	5.40	-0.14%	-0.49	7b 1-- 1 out a1	8b 12- 2 out a1
13	13	45	May 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	6-6	BS(2)	5	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.81	4.52	3	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	-0.367	5.16	-0.37%	-2.24	6b --3 1 out a2	6b 1-3 1 out tie
14	14	46	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	6-6	BS(3)	0	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.71	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.375	3.62	-0.41%	-2.38	6b --- 0 out a2	6b 1-- 0 out tie
15	15	48	May 30	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	9-12		2	4.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.60	3.92	15	4	4	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.429	3.72	0.46%	1.88	9t --- 0 out d1	12t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	16	51	Jun 1(2)	CIN		ATL	L,3-7	7-GF		1	2.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.97	4.27	10	3	3	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	-0.117	.81	-0.15%	-1.14	7t --3 1 out d1	9t end d 4
17	17	53	Jun 3	CIN		ATL	L,0-4	9-GF		1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.24	4.35	5	0	2	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.92	-0.266	3.53	-0.29%	-2.46	9t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 4
18	18	55	Jun 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.07	4.21	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.026	.56	0.02%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
19	19	58	Jun 8	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.76	4.06	9	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.91	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
20	20	59	Jun 9	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-12	6-7		0	1.2	6	5	3	0	2	0	0	4.50	3.84	12	2	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	1	1	.07	-0.019	.08	-0.01%	-3.50	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 12- 2 out d9
21	21	62	Jun 12	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-7	4-5		2	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.25	3.75	9	3	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	-0.002	.04	0.00%	0.30	4b --3 1 out d6	5b 3 out d7
22	22	65	Jun 15	CIN	@	ATL	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.11	3.65	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.005	.04	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
23	23	67	Jun 17	CIN	@	ATL	L,5-6	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.98	3.56	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.046	.52	0.02%	0.49	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
24	24	70	Jun 21	CIN		LAD	L,7-9	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.63	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.54	-0.071	.37	-0.03%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
25	25	71	Jun 22	CIN		SDP	W,8-7	9-GF	W(3-0)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.74	3.69	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.131	1.40	0.06%	0.47	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
26	26	73	Jun 24	CIN		SDP	L,3-8	10-12		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.44	3.50	9	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.394	1.52	0.19%	1.41	10t --- 0 out tie	12t 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	27	80	Jul 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		7	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.29	3.42	5	2	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.008	.05	0.00%	0.95	7b 1-- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
28	28	82	Jul 4	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.12	3.41	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.142	.75	0.06%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out tie
29	29	84	Jul 6(1)	CIN	@	NYM	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.05	3.35	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.027	.32	0.01%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
30	30	85	Jul 6(2)	CIN	@	NYM	L,5-6	6-7		-1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.91	3.28	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.155	.67	0.06%	0.90	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
31	31	90	Jul 14	CIN	@	MON	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.78	3.17	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.02	0.00%	0.87	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
32	32	92	Jul 16	CIN		PHI	L,2-7	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.66	3.11	7	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.94	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
33	33	94	Jul 18	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.55	3.17	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.041	.05	0.00%	0.94	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
34	34	95	Jul 19	CIN		NYM	W,9-6	8-GF	S(4)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	3.12	4	1	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	0.160	.19	0.01%	1.22	8t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 3
35	35	100	Jul 25	CIN	@	SDP	L,5-6	8-8	H(1)	5	0.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.82	3.08	4	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	-0.332	.33	-0.02%	-1.68	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 1-3 1 out a1
36	36	101	Jul 26	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-8	6-7		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.75	3.04	4	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.76	6b -2- 2 out d6	7b 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	37	108	Aug 3	CIN		LAD	L,2-5	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	3.05	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
38	38	109	Aug 4	CIN		LAD	L,3-5	7-9		0	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.59	3.02	9	1	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	0.309	.00	0.00%	1.36	7t 12- 2 out tie	9t 3 out tie
39	39	112	Aug 7	CIN		SDP	W,8-7	7-9		2	2.1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.48	2.91	10	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.16	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-0.09	7t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
40	40	115	Aug 10(1)	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	11-GF(12)	W(4-0)	2	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	2.90	9	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.263	.01	0.00%	0.94	11t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
41	41	117	Aug 11	CIN		HOU	L,2-8	7-8		0	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.80	3.13	7	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-2.65	7t --- 2 out d2	8t 1-- 2 out d5
42	42	121	Aug 15	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	9-9	BS(4)	3	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.77	3.14	3	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.13	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.50	9b 123 1 out a1	9b 3 out tie
43	43	123	Aug 18	CIN		CHC	L,11-13	6-7		2	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.83	3.10	9	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	.28	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.06	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
44	44	125	Aug 20	CIN		STL	L,7-9	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.78	3.11	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
45	45	129	Aug 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.11	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b -23 2 out d3	8b end d 3
46	46	133	Aug 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	7-7		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	3.15	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	.17	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
47	47	136	Sep 1	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	8-9		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	3.11	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.235	.00	0.00%	0.94	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
48	48	138	Sep 3	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	9-GF		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.65	3.15	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.89	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.00	9b 123 1 out tie	9b end d 1
49	49	140	Sep 5	CIN	@	SDP	L,11-15	6-6	BS(5)	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.62	3.19	4	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.36	6b -2- 1 out a1	6b 3 out tie
50	50	142	Sep 7	CIN	@	LAD	W,1-0	8-9	W(5-0)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.56	3.12	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out tie	9b --3 2 out a1
51	51	147	Sep 14	CIN		LAD	L,5-6	8-GF	L(5-1)	6	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.61	3.29	7	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-0.06	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
52	52	149	Sep 16	CIN		LAD	L,5-7	10-GF(10)	L(5-2)	1	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.82	3.30	6	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	-0.415	.00	0.00%	-1.53	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
53	53	155	Sep 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-1	8-10		5	3.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.71	3.28	11	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.335	.00	0.00%	1.25	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
54	54	159	Sep 27	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	8-GF(10)	W(6-2)	4	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.61	3.31	11	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.366	.00	0.00%	1.41	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
							20-34		W-L:6-2,Sv:4,BSv:5,Hld:1	1.9	79.1	74	28	23	36	55	3	2	2.61	3.31	335	1.18		0%	0%	74		29	38%	7	9	1	289	10	1	4	8	4	5	1.25	0.619	.77	-0.31%	4.33

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