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: 34-12

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 1, Entered with runners on base: 5

1999 Pitching Game Log

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1999 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	833	3	Apr 7	NYM	@	FLA	W,6-0	9-GF		99	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.13	2	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.11	9b --- 2 out a6	9b end a 6
2	834	5	Apr 9	NYM	@	MON	W,10-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.63	3	7	6	2	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
3	835	6	Apr 10	NYM	@	MON	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	S(1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.28	4	11	5	0	1	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	0.213	3.41	0.15%	0.54	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
4	836	7	Apr 11	NYM	@	MON	W,6-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.43	4	14	7	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.046	1.05	0.03%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
5	837	9	Apr 14	NYM		FLA	W,4-1	9-GF	S(3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.98	4	21	12	5	4	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.036	.60	0.03%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
6	838	12	Apr 17	NYM		MON	W,3-2	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.01	4	18	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.171	2.92	0.13%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
7	839	14	Apr 20	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.42	2.34	7	23	14	2	4	3	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.01	0.107	6.63	0.07%	-0.43	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
8	840	16	Apr 22	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-1	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	1.91	3	10	8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.050	.69	0.03%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
9	841	17	Apr 23	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-5	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	1.81	3	9	7	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.213	3.18	0.15%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
10	842	22	Apr 29	NYM		SDP	W,8-5	9-GF	S(8)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	1.96	3	9	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.036	.54	0.03%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
11	843	25	May 2	NYM		SFG	W,2-0	9-GF	S(9)	2	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.87	2.17	5	19	11	2	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.37	0.079	4.23	0.06%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
12	844	26	May 3	NYM		HOU	W,5-3	9-GF	S(10)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.79	2.08	3	10	7	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.079	1.27	0.06%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
13	845	30	May 8	NYM	@	ARI	W,4-2	9-9		4	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.31	3.48	5	21	10	4	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	-0.192	2.36	-0.14%	-2.41	9b --- 0 out a4	9b 12- 1 out a2
14	846	34	May 12	NYM	@	COL	W,10-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.13	3.13	3	12	9	4	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.21	0.01%	0.70	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
15	847	35	May 14	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.98	2.84	3	12	8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.023	.40	0.02%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
16	848	36	May 15	NYM	@	PHI	W,9-7	9-GF	S(11)	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.45	2.79	6	30	18	5	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.050	1.98	0.05%	-0.42	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
17	849	40	May 20(1)	NYM		MIL	W,11-10	9-GF	S(12)	4	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.30	2.88	5	23	12	4	3	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.65	0.079	3.04	0.06%	-0.46	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
18	850	42	May 21	NYM		PHI	W,7-5	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.16	2.53	3	11	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.079	1.47	0.07%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
19	851	46	May 25	NYM	@	PIT	W,8-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	2.57	3	7	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.15	0.01%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
20	852	47	May 26	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-2	9-GF	S(14)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.93	2.54	4	14	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.048	1.16	0.04%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
21	853	49	May 29	NYM		ARI	L,7-8	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.83	2.63	5	13	7	2	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.042	1.02	0.03%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
22	854	51	May 31	NYM		CIN	L,3-5	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.74	2.84	6	21	11	6	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.020	.69	0.02%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
23	855	53	Jun 2	NYM		CIN	L,7-8	9-GF	BL(0-1)	1	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.49	3.04	7	34	19	7	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	-0.617	4.06	-0.40%	-1.46	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
24	856	58	Jun 8	NYM		TOR	W,11-3	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.38	2.87	4	16	12	5	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
25	857	59	Jun 9	NYM		TOR	W,4-3	11-11		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	2.88	4	19	13	3	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	0.145	2.38	0.09%	0.54	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
26	858	60	Jun 11	NYM		BOS	L,2-3	12-GF(12)	L(0-2)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.55	3.01	6	32	18	8	0	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.287	2.65	-0.18%	-0.46	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
27	859	61	Jun 12	NYM		BOS	W,4-2	9-GF	S(15)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	2.94	4	12	8	4	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.079	1.54	0.05%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
28	860	65	Jun 16	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-2	9-GF	S(16)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	2.95	3	10	7	4	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.050	.78	0.04%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
29	861	66	Jun 17	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	9-9		0	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.04	2.95	4	8	7	2	0	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	-0.490	3.98	-0.39%	-3.02	9b --- 0 out a3	9b 12- 0 out a1
30	862	69	Jun 20	NYM	@	STL	W,9-6	9-GF	S(17)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	2.95	4	13	8	2	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.048	1.20	0.04%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
31	863	71	Jun 23	NYM		FLA	W,6-3	9-GF	S(18)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	2.96	3	14	9	3	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.036	.67	0.03%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
32	864	72	Jun 24	NYM		FLA	W,3-2	9-GF	S(19)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.73	2.83	3	16	9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0.171	3.12	0.15%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
33	865	76	Jun 28	NYM	@	FLA	W,10-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.64	2.71	3	14	9	4	0	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
34	866	80	Jul 2	NYM		ATL	L,0-16	9-9		3	0.2	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.45	2.85	5	29	14	5	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.92	9t --- 0 out d12	9t 12- 2 out d13
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
35	867	137	Sep 5	NYM		COL	W,6-2	8-8		64	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.34	2.95	5	21	11	2	2	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.026	.52	0.02%	0.54	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
36	868	139	Sep 7	NYM		SFG	L,4-7	8-9		1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.55	2.95	4	11	7	1	0	3	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.166	2.02	-0.11%	-0.68	8t -2- 1 out tie	9t 1-- 0 out d1
37	869	142	Sep 10	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.44	2.99	5	19	9	3	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.015	.49	0.01%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
38	870	147	Sep 15	NYM	@	COL	W,10-5	8-8	H(1)	4	0.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	3.02	5	26	15	4	1	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.048	3.98	-0.05%	-0.21	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 123 2 out a2
39	871	149	Sep 18	NYM		PHI	W,11-1	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.28	2.91	3	13	9	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a10	9t end a10
40	872	151	Sep 21	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.22	3.00	3	12	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	0.035	1.09	0.02%	0.57	8b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
41	873	152	Sep 22	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	3.00	4	9	5	0	1	1	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.051	.63	-0.04%	-0.44	8b 12- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
42	874	155	Sep 25	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-4	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	3.00	3	14	8	1	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.38	0.02%	0.58	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
43	875	156	Sep 26	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-3	7-7		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.97	2.96	4	13	9	3	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	0.050	3.45	0.13%	0.58	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
44	876	158	Sep 29	NYM		ATL	W,9-2	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	2.96	3	13	8	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.19	0.01%	0.54	8t --- 0 out a7	8t 3 out a7
45	877	159	Sep 30	NYM		ATL	L,3-4	8-8		0	0.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	3.03	3	13	5	2	0	0	2	2	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.317	8.50	-0.89%	-2.46	8t 1-- 0 out tie	8t 123 0 out d1
46	878	160	Oct 1	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	8-8	BS(2)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	2.99	2	7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.21	-0.076	22.15	-0.16%	-0.20	8t 123 2 out a1	8t 3 out tie
							34-12		W-L:0-2,Sv:19,BSv:2,Hld:1	1.5	40.2	40	14	13	19	41	1	2	2.88	2.99	182	706	59%	21%	9%	1.26		21%	3%	0		8	63%	10	0	0	157	9	1	1	2	1	1	1.53	-0.176	2.17	-0.73%	4.14

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