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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	Apr 29	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-2	GS	22	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	19 (1)	May 1	ATL	@	LAD	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
3	21 (1)	May 3	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
4	22	May 4	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
5	23	May 5	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
6	24	May 6	ATL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
7	25	May 7	ATL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
8	26	May 8	ATL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	58	14.0	20	1	0	21	2	1B
9	27	May 9	ATL		PIT	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	28	May 10	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
11	30 (1)	May 12	ATL		LAD	L,0-1	CG	49	12.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
12	32 (1)	May 14	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	23	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
13	33	May 17	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
14	34	May 18	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	35	May 19 (1)	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
16	37 (1)	May 20	ATL		SFG	W,6-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	40 (2)	May 23	ATL		SFG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	41	May 24	ATL		NYM	W,4-2	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	43 (1)	May 26	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	44	May 28	ATL		HOU	W,3-1	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	46 (1)	May 31	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	47	Jun 2 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	48	Jun 2 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	W,10-5	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	49	Jun 3	ATL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	51 (1)	Jun 5	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-10	GS	34	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	52	Jun 7	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	57 (4)	Jun 12	ATL		STL	W,7-1	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
28	60 (2)	Jun 15	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	1	LF
29	61	Jun 16	ATL		CHC	W,1-0	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	62	Jun 17	ATL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	63	Jun 18	ATL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	65 (1)	Jun 20	ATL		CIN	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	68 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	ATL	@	STL	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	70 (1)	Jun 25	ATL		PHI	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	71	Jun 26	ATL		PHI	L,2-3	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	75 (3)	Jun 30	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	76	Jul 1	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	77	Jul 2	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	78	Jul 3	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	81 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,5-0	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	82	Jul 6 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,2-1	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	83	Jul 7	ATL		HOU	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	85 (1)	Jul 12	ATL		LAD	W,7-0	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	86	Jul 13	ATL		LAD	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	88 (1)	Jul 15	ATL		SFG	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	91 (2)	Jul 18	ATL	@	HOU	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	92	Jul 19	ATL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
48	94 (1)	Jul 21	ATL		PIT	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	95	Jul 22	ATL		NYM	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	96	Jul 23	ATL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	97	Jul 24	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	100 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	102 (1)	Jul 28	ATL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	104 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
55	105	Jul 30 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	107 (1)	Aug 1	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
57	108	Aug 3 (1)	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
58	109	Aug 3 (2)	ATL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	110	Aug 4	ATL		CIN	L,4-6	GF	29	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	PH 1B
60	111	Aug 5	ATL		CHC	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
61	112	Aug 6	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
62	114 (1)	Aug 8	ATL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
63	115	Aug 9	ATL		STL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	116	Aug 10	ATL		STL	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
65	118 (1)	Aug 12	ATL	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B LF
66	119	Aug 13	ATL	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	1	1B
67	123 (3)	Aug 18	ATL	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	125 (1)	Aug 20	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	126	Aug 21 (1)	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
70	128 (1)	Aug 23	ATL		PHI	W,6-0	GS	25	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
71	129	Aug 24	ATL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
72	130	Aug 25	ATL		PHI	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
73	131	Aug 26	ATL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
74	132	Aug 27	ATL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	20	1	0	21	0	1B
75	134 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	135	Aug 29	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-0	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	136	Aug 30	ATL	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	137	Aug 31	ATL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	138	Sep 1	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-7	GS	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	140 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	ATL	@	NYM	T,2-2	CG	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	141	Sep 3 (1)	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
82	142	Sep 3 (2)	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	143	Sep 6	ATL		HOU	W,7-1	GS	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
84	144	Sep 7	ATL		HOU	L,3-6	GF	12	2.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	145	Sep 8	ATL		HOU	W,4-1	GS	0	6.0	10	0	0	10	0
86	147 (1)	Sep 10	ATL		SFG	L,2-4	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	148	Sep 11	ATL		SFG	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	150 (1)	Sep 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	151	Sep 15	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	152	Sep 16	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	155 (2)	Sep 19	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-1	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	156	Sep 20	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	157	Sep 21	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	158	Sep 22	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	160 (1)	Sep 25	ATL		NYM	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	162 (1)	Sep 28	ATL		LAD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
97	163	Sep 29	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							98gm		752.2	375	12	4	391	19