Julio Franco

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic do

High School: Divine Providence (San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic)

Debut: April 23, 1982 (Age 23-243d, 14,579th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 2007 (Age 49-025d)
vs. FLA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: International Baseball Consulting • Previously: Chuck Berry, John Davimos, Tom Reich

Full Name: Julio Cesar Franco

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3x All-Star
5x Silver Slugger
Batting Title
AS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.6

8677

2586

173

.298

1285

RBI

1194

281

OBP

.365

SLG

.417

OPS

.782

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	CLE	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	CLE	@	DET	L,10-11	CG	50	9.2	2	3	1	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
6	6	Apr 16	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 17	CLE		BAL	L,3-6	CG	48	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
8	8	Apr 18	CLE		BAL	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	2	SS
9	9	Apr 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
10	11 (1)	Apr 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
11	12	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
12	13	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
13	14	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
14	15	Apr 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
15	16	Apr 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
16	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	2	SS
17	18	Apr 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
18	19	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
19	20	Apr 30	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
21	22	May 3	CLE		TEX	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
22	23	May 4	CLE		TEX	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	7	1	11	0	SS
23	24	May 5	CLE		TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
24	25	May 7	CLE		CHW	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
25	26	May 8	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
26	27	May 10	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
27	28	May 11	CLE	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
28	29	May 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
29	30	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
30	31	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
31	32	May 15	CLE		KCR	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
32	33	May 16	CLE		KCR	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
33	34	May 17	CLE		BOS	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
34	35	May 18	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
35	36	May 19	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	2	7	0	SS
36	37	May 21	CLE		MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
37	38	May 22	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	3	SS
38	39	May 23	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
39	40	May 24	CLE		TOR	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
40	41	May 25	CLE		TOR	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
41	42	May 26	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	GS	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
42	43	May 27	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-0	GS	27	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
43	44	May 28	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
44	45	May 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
45	46	May 31	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	6	2	1	9	1	SS
47	48	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
48	49	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
49	50	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
50	51	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
51	52	Jun 6	CLE		SEA	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
52	53	Jun 7	CLE		SEA	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	2	7	0	SS
53	54	Jun 8	CLE		SEA	W,12-8	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
54	55	Jun 9	CLE		SEA	L,6-10	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
55	57 (1)	Jun 14	CLE		OAK	W,6-1	GS	24	6.0	2	0	2	4	0	SS
56	58	Jun 15	CLE		OAK	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
57	59	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
58	61 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		CAL	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
59	62	Jun 19	CLE		CAL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
60	63	Jun 20	CLE		CAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
61	64	Jun 21	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
62	65	Jun 22	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	47	10.1	5	5	1	11	1	SS
63	66	Jun 23	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-9	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
64	67	Jun 24	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
65	68	Jun 25	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	60	12.2	4	3	0	7	1	SS
66	69	Jun 26	CLE	@	CAL	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
67	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
68	71	Jun 29	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
69	72	Jun 30	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
71	74	Jul 2	CLE	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
72	75	Jul 3	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
73	76	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
74	77	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
75	78	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	47	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
76	79	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
77	80	Jul 8	CLE		TEX	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
78	81	Jul 9	CLE		TEX	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
79	82	Jul 10	CLE		TEX	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
80	83	Jul 11	CLE		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
81	84	Jul 12	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
82	85	Jul 13	CLE		KCR	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
83	86	Jul 14	CLE		KCR	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
84	87	Jul 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-10	GS	33	7.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
85	88	Jul 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
86	89	Jul 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
87	90	Jul 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
88	91	Jul 22	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
89	92	Jul 23	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
90	93	Jul 24	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
91	94	Jul 26	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
92	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
93	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
94	97	Jul 29	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
95	98	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
96	99	Jul 30 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
97	100	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	101	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,9-1	GS	28	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	SS
99	102	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
100	103	Aug 3	CLE		BAL	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
101	104	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
102	105	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS	36	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
103	106	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
104	107	Aug 9	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
105	108	Aug 10	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	50	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
106	109	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
107	110	Aug 12	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
108	111	Aug 13	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
109	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
110	113	Aug 15	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
111	114	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
112	115	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
113	116	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
114	117	Aug 19	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
115	118	Aug 20	CLE		TOR	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
116	119	Aug 21	CLE		TOR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
117	120	Aug 23	CLE		MIL	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
118	121	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
119	122	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
120	123	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
121	124	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
122	125	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
123	126	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
124	127	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-17	GS	28	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
125	128	Aug 30	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
126	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	MIL	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-4	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
128	131	Sep 2	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
129	132	Sep 4	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
130	133	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-13	GS	34	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
131	134	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
132	135	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	44	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
133	136	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
134	137	Sep 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
135	138	Sep 9	CLE	@	SEA	L,7-8	CG	49	11.2	2	3	0	5	0	SS
136	139	Sep 10	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
137	140	Sep 11	CLE	@	SEA	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
138	141	Sep 13 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
139	142	Sep 13 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
140	143	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,11-9	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
141	144	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
142	145	Sep 15	CLE		MIN	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
143	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
144	147	Sep 17	CLE		OAK	W,15-8	GS	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
145	148	Sep 18	CLE		OAK	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
146	149	Sep 20	CLE	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
147	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-12	GS	41	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
148	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,9-10	CG	55	11.1	3	1	1	5	0	SS
149	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
150	153	Sep 24	CLE	@	OAK	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
151	154	Sep 25	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
152	155	Sep 27	CLE		CAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
153	156	Sep 28	CLE		CAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
154	157	Sep 29	CLE		CAL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
155	158	Oct 1	CLE		SEA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
156	159	Oct 2	CLE		SEA	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
157	160	Oct 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
158	161	Oct 5	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
159	162	Oct 6	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
							159gm		1357.0	252	437	36	725	99