Roger LaFrancois

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Roger Victor LaFrancois

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb.
School University of Oklahoma
High School Griswold High School
Debut May 27, 1982
Final Game October 3, 1982
Born August 2, 1956 in Norwich, CT USA

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Roger LaFrancois spent the entire 1982 season on the Boston Red Sox roster, never went on the disabled list and hit .400, yet only played in 8 games, in one of the greatest feats of riding the pines ever recorded. Placed on the roster as a third-string catcher, it took him almost two months to even make his Major League debut.

LaFrancois played eight seasons in the minors, and was a teammate of Wade Boggs a couple seasons with Pawtucket.

Roger was at the University of Oklahoma from 1975-77, overlapping in his time there with Bob Shirley and Mickey Hatcher.