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

+11

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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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	TEX		TOR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
2	2	Apr 10	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 11	TEX	@	TOR	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
4	4	Apr 12	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
5	5	Apr 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
6	6	Apr 14	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
7	7	Apr 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
8	8	Apr 17	TEX		MIL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
9	9	Apr 18	TEX		MIL	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
10	10	Apr 19	TEX		MIL	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
11	11	Apr 20	TEX		NYY	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
12	12	Apr 21	TEX		NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
13	13	Apr 22	TEX		NYY	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
14	14	Apr 24	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
15	15	Apr 25	TEX		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
16	16	Apr 26	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
17	17	Apr 27	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
18	18	Apr 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
19	19	Apr 29	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
20	20	Apr 30	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	56	12.1	2	6	1	9	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
22	22	May 2	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
23	23	May 5	TEX	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
24	24	May 6 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
25	25	May 6 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
26	26	May 8	TEX		KCR	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
27	27	May 9	TEX		KCR	W,9-3	GS	28	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
28	28	May 10	TEX		KCR	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
29	29	May 11 susp	TEX		CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
30	30	May 12	TEX		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
31	31	May 13	TEX		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
32	32	May 15	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
33	33	May 16	TEX		DET	L,0-12	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	3	2B
34	34	May 17	TEX		DET	L,5-7	CG	49	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
35	35	May 18	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-13	GS	34	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
36	36	May 19	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
37	37	May 20	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
38	38	May 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
39	39	May 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
40	40	May 23	TEX	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
41	41	May 24	TEX	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
42	42	May 25	TEX		BAL	L,2-12	CG	49	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
43	43	May 26	TEX		BAL	L,5-7	CG	49	11.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
44	44	May 27	TEX		BAL	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
45	45	May 28	TEX		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
46	46	May 29	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
47	47	May 30	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 1	TEX		CAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
49	49	Jun 2	TEX		CAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
50	50	Jun 3	TEX		CAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	51	Jun 4	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
52	52	Jun 5	TEX		OAK	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
53	53	Jun 6	TEX		OAK	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
54	54	Jun 7	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
55	55	Jun 8	TEX	@	CAL	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
56	56	Jun 9	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
57	57	Jun 10	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	2B
58	58	Jun 11	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
59	59	Jun 12	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	2B
60	60	Jun 13	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
61	61	Jun 14	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	2B
62	62	Jun 15	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
63	63	Jun 16	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
64	64	Jun 17	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
65	65	Jun 18	TEX		MIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
66	66	Jun 19	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
67	67	Jun 20	TEX		MIN	W,8-0	GS	21	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
68	68	Jun 22	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
69	69	Jun 23	TEX		SEA	L,6-8	CG	54	11.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
70	70	Jun 24	TEX		SEA	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
71	71	Jun 25	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
72	72	Jun 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
73	73	Jun 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-2	GS	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
74	74	Jun 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
75	75	Jun 29	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	81 (5)	Jul 5	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
77	82	Jul 6	TEX		BOS	W,4-0	GS	30	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
78	83	Jul 7	TEX		BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
79	84	Jul 8	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	8	2	0	10	2	2B
80	85	Jul 12	TEX	@	DET	W,11-1	GS	28	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
81	86	Jul 13	TEX	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
82	87	Jul 14	TEX	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
83	88	Jul 15	TEX	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
84	89	Jul 16	TEX	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
85	90	Jul 17	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
86	91	Jul 18	TEX	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
87	92	Jul 20	TEX		DET	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
88	93	Jul 21	TEX		DET	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
89	94	Jul 22	TEX		DET	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
90	95	Jul 23	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
91	96	Jul 24	TEX		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
92	97	Jul 25	TEX		NYY	W,9-7	CG	48	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
93	98	Jul 27	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
94	99	Jul 28	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
95	100	Jul 29	TEX	@	TOR	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
96	101	Jul 30	TEX	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
97	102	Jul 31	TEX	@	MIL	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	106 (3)	Aug 4	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
99	107	Aug 5	TEX		TOR	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	1	8	2	2B
100	108	Aug 6	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
101	109	Aug 7	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	5	4	2	11	2	2B
102	110	Aug 8	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
103	111	Aug 9	TEX	@	CLE	W,13-5	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
104	112	Aug 10 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
105	113	Aug 10 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
106	114	Aug 11	TEX	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
107	115	Aug 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
108	116	Aug 14	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-1	GS	27	7.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
109	118 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	45	13.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
110	119	Aug 17 (2)	TEX		CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
111	120	Aug 18	TEX		CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
112	121	Aug 19	TEX		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
113	122	Aug 20	TEX		SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
114	123	Aug 21	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
115	124	Aug 22	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
116	125	Aug 24	TEX		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
117	126	Aug 25	TEX		MIN	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
118	127	Aug 26	TEX		MIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
119	128	Aug 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
120	129	Aug 28	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
121	130	Aug 29	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
122	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	132	Sep 1	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
124	133	Sep 2	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
125	134	Sep 3	TEX		CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
126	135	Sep 4	TEX		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
127	136	Sep 5	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	2B
128	137	Sep 6	TEX		KCR	W,12-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
129	138	Sep 7	TEX		KCR	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
130	139	Sep 8	TEX		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
131	140	Sep 9	TEX		KCR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
132	141	Sep 10	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
133	142	Sep 11	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
134	144 (1)	Sep 14	TEX		MIL	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
135	145	Sep 15	TEX		MIL	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
136	146	Sep 16	TEX		MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
137	147	Sep 17	TEX	@	SEA	W,10-4	GS	28	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
138	148	Sep 18	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
139	149	Sep 19	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
140	150	Sep 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
141	151	Sep 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
142	152	Sep 23	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
143	153	Sep 24	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
144	154	Sep 25	TEX		CAL	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
145	155	Sep 26	TEX		CAL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
146	156	Sep 27	TEX		OAK	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
147	157	Sep 28	TEX		OAK	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	7	3	1	11	1	2B
148	158	Sep 29	TEX		OAK	L,3-7	GS	30	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
149	159	Sep 30	TEX		OAK	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
150	160	Oct 1	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
151	161	Oct 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
152	162	Oct 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
							152gm		1309.2	310	444	19	773	101