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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 21	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
2	8	Apr 22	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
3	9	Apr 23 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
4	10	Apr 23 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
5	11	Apr 25	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	36	7.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
6	13 (1)	Apr 28	PHI	@	ATL	L,8-9	GF	4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
7	14	Apr 29	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
8	15	Apr 30 (1)	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
9	16	Apr 30 (2)	PHI	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	18 (1)	May 3	PHI		HOU	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
11	19	May 4	PHI		HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
12	20	May 5	PHI		LAD	W,3-1	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
13	24 (3)	May 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
14	26 (1)	May 14 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
15	27	May 14 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
16	28	May 16	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	34	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
17	31 (2)	May 19	PHI		CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
18	32	May 20	PHI		CIN	L,2-5	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
19	33	May 21	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	63	18.0	17	1	0	18	1	1B
20	34	May 22	PHI		SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
21	37 (2)	May 27	PHI		STL	L,4-11	GF	14	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	46 (8)	Jun 5	PHI		CHC	L,3-13	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
23	48 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
24	50 (1)	Jun 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-16	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	52 (1)	Jun 11	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-1	GF	9	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Atlanta Braves
26	55	Jun 12	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-7	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
27	56	Jun 13	ATL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	57	Jun 14	ATL	@	PHI	W,16-7	GS	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B RF
29	58	Jun 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
30	59	Jun 17 (1)	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
31	60	Jun 17 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
32	61	Jun 18	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
33	62	Jun 19	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	11	0	0	11	2	1B
34	63	Jun 20	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	61	14.2	12	0	0	12	1	1B
35	64	Jun 21	ATL	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
36	65	Jun 22 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
37	66	Jun 22 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
38	67	Jun 23	ATL		NYM	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
39	68	Jun 24 (1)	ATL		NYM	L,1-9	GS	30	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	1B
40	69	Jun 24 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
41	70	Jun 25	ATL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
42	71	Jun 27	ATL		HOU	W,13-5	GF	7	2.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH 1B
43	72	Jun 28	ATL		HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	74 (1)	Jul 1	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	ATL		CHC	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
46	87 (10)	Jul 19	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
47	88	Jul 20	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
48	89	Jul 21	ATL	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
49	90	Jul 22	ATL	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	50	13.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
50	93 (2)	Jul 25	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
51	94	Jul 26	ATL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	102 (7)	Aug 3	ATL	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
53	104 (1)	Aug 5	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 1B
54	105	Aug 6	ATL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
55	107 (1)	Aug 9	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
56	119 (11)	Aug 21	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
57	120	Aug 22	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
58	121	Aug 23	ATL	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
59	122	Aug 24	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	14	1	0	15	1	1B
60	123	Aug 25	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS	12	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	124	Aug 26 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	125	Aug 26 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	54	13.1	12	0	0	12	1	1B
63	127 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
64	128	Aug 28	ATL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
65	129	Aug 29	ATL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
66	130	Aug 30	ATL		PIT	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
67	131	Aug 31	ATL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	2	14	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	132	Sep 1	ATL		LAD	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
69	133	Sep 2	ATL		LAD	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
70	134	Sep 3	ATL		LAD	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
71	135	Sep 4 (1)	ATL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
72	138 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
73	139	Sep 6 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	11	2	1	14	1
74	145 (5)	Sep 13	ATL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
75	149 (3)	Sep 17	ATL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
76	150	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
77	151	Sep 19	ATL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
78	152	Sep 20	ATL		CIN	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
79	153	Sep 21	ATL	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
80	154	Sep 22	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	50	11.2	5	1	0	6	0	1B
81	155	Sep 23	ATL	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
82	156	Sep 24	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
83	157	Sep 26	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
84	158	Sep 28 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	159	Sep 28 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-9	GS	24	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
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