Tito Francona

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: November 4, 1933 in Aliquippa, PA us

Died: February 13, 2018 in New Brighton, PA

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, New Brighton, PA

High School: New Brighton HS (New Brighton, PA)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 22-165d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1970 (Age 36-329d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: John Patsy Francona

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Relatives: Father of Terry Francona

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.0

5121

1395

125

.272

650

RBI

656

OBP

.344

SLG

.403

OPS

.746

OPS+

107

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

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
2	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	43	11.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
3	3	Apr 13	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	CG	24	5.1	4	0	0	4	0	1B
4	4	Apr 14	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	3	1B
6	6	Apr 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 22 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
8	8	Apr 22 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
9	9	Apr 24	CLE	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	LAA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	2	9	0	1B
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
12	12	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 28	CLE		MIN	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
14	14	Apr 29 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
15	15	Apr 29 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE		LAA	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
17	17	May 4	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
18	18	May 5 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-18	CG	51	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
19	19	May 5 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
20	20	May 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
21	21	May 8	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
23	23	May 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
24	24	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
25	25	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	26	May 13 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	12	2	1	15	0	1B
27	27	May 13 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
28	28	May 15	CLE		KCA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
29	29	May 16	CLE		KCA	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
30	30	May 18	CLE		DET	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
31	31	May 19	CLE		DET	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
32	32	May 20 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
33	33	May 20 (2)	CLE		DET	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
34	34	May 21	CLE		BAL	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
35	35	May 22	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
36	36	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
37	37	May 25	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
38	38	May 26	CLE	@	WSA	L,6-8	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
39	39	May 27	CLE	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
40	40	May 28	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
41	41	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
42	42	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
43	43	May 31	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	2	11	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
45	45	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
46	46	Jun 3	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
47	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
48	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
49	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-9	CG	59	13.0	6	3	1	10	1	1B
50	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-10	CG	46	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
51	51	Jun 10 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
52	52	Jun 10 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
53	53	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
54	54	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
55	55	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
56	56	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
57	57	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
58	58	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
59	59	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
60	60	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
61	61	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
62	62	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
63	63	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
64	64	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
65	65	Jun 22	CLE		WSA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
66	66	Jun 23	CLE		WSA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
67	67	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
68	68	Jun 24 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
69	69	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
70	70	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	44	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
71	71	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
72	72	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
73	73	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	74	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	11	1	0	12	2	1B
75	75	Jul 1 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
76	76	Jul 2	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
77	77	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	33	10.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
78	78	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	55	13.0	8	6	0	14	3	1B
79	79	Jul 5	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
80	80	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
81	81	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
82	82	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	13	1	1	15	2	1B
83	83	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
84	84	Jul 12	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
85	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
86	86	Jul 14	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	49	13.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
87	87	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
88	88	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	GF	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
89	89	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
90	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-14	CG	42	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
91	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-8	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
92	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	LAA	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
93	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
94	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	LAA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
95	95	Jul 24	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	4	1B
96	96	Jul 25	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
97	97	Jul 27	CLE		MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
98	98	Jul 28	CLE		MIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
99	99	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
100	100	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,5-7	CG	54	11.0	10	1	2	13	0	1B
101	101	Jul 31	CLE		LAA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		LAA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
103	103	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		LAA	L,4-8	CG	50	10.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B
104	104	Aug 2	CLE		LAA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	6	0	12	3	1B
105	105	Aug 3	CLE		KCA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	4	0	12	2	1B
106	106	Aug 4	CLE		KCA	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
107	107	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
108	108	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
109	109	Aug 6	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
110	110	Aug 7	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
111	111	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
112	112	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
113	113	Aug 10	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
114	114	Aug 11	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
115	115	Aug 12	CLE	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
116	116	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,2-11	CG	43	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
117	117	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
118	118	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
119	119	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
120	120	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
121	121	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	4	1B
122	122	Aug 17	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
123	123	Aug 18	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
124	124	Aug 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
125	125	Aug 21	CLE	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
126	126	Aug 22	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
127	127	Aug 23	CLE	@	DET	L,5-8	GF	10	3.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
128	128	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
129	129	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
130	130	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
131	131	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
132	132	Aug 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
133	133	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	18	4.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B
134	134	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
135	135	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
136	136	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
137	137	Sep 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-8	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
138	138	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
139	139	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
140	140	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
141	141	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
142	142	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	54	12.2	13	2	0	15	1	1B
143	143	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
144	144	Sep 7	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
145	145	Sep 8	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
146	146	Sep 9	CLE		KCA	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
147	147	Sep 11	CLE		WSA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
148	148	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
149	149	Sep 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
150	150	Sep 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
151	151	Sep 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
152	153 (1)	Sep 19	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
153	154	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
154	155	Sep 21	CLE	@	LAA	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
155	156	Sep 22	CLE	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	50	10.2	13	1	0	14	2	1B
156	157	Sep 23	CLE	@	LAA	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
157	158	Sep 25	CLE		MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
158	159	Sep 29 (1)	CLE		LAA	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
							158gm		1396.0	1402	127	22	1551	157