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Terry Francona

Terry Jon Francona (Tito)

Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 22, 1959 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, US
High School: New Brighton HS (New Brighton, PA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from New Brighton HS (New Brighton, PA) and the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ).

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Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1980	21	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	60	224	210	20	63	13	2	1	23	1	4	10	20	.300	.333	.395	.729	83	1	2	1
1981	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MON	134	549	516	73	181	25	10	1	76	7	6	23	40	.351	.375	.444	.819	229	1	3	6	3
1981	22	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	41	169	161	20	56	8	1	0	18	0	3	7	18	.348	.373	.410	.783	66	0	0	1	3
1981	22	Denver	AA	AAA	MON	93	380	355	53	125	17	9	1	58	7	3	16	22	.352	.377	.459	.836	163	1	3	5	0

1986	27	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHC	17	64	60	7	15	3	2	0	8	1	0	4	5	.250	.297	.367	.664	22	0	0	0	2

1988	29	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	68	250	235	29	76	15	5	0	32	0	2	13	18	.323	.356	.430	.786	101	0	0	2	3

1990	31	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	86	302	285	29	75	9	3	6	30	1	1	12	23	.263	.291	.379	.670	108	1	0	4	2
5 Seasons						365	1389	1306	158	410	65	22	8	169	10	13	62	106	.314	.343	.416	.759	543	3	5	13	10
AAA (4 seasons)				AAA		264	996	935	118	291	44	19	7	128	9	6	45	68	.311	.340	.421	.762	394	2	3	11	7
AA (2 seasons)				AA		101	393	371	40	119	21	3	1	41	1	7	17	38	.321	.350	.402	.752	149	1	2	2	3

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1990	31	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	0	0		1.17	5	0	5	0	0	0	7.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	1		0.783	4.7	1.2	2.3	7.0	3.00
1 Season						0	0		1.17	5	0	5	0	0	0	7.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	1		0.783	4.7	1.2	2.3	7.0	3.00

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1980	21	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	OF	37	67	59	4	4	0	.940	1.70
1981	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MON	OF	128	231	214	11	6	1	.974	1.76
1981	22	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	OF	36	63	56	4	3	0	.952	1.67
1981	22	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	1B	5	51	46	3	2	2	.961	9.80
1981	22	Denver	AA	AAA	MON	OF	92	168	158	7	3	1	.982	1.79

1986	27	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHC	OF	8	13	12	1	0	1	1.000	1.63
1986	27	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHC	1B	9	73	70	2	1	4	.986	8.00

1988	29	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	OF	58	109	96	10	3	1	.972	1.83
1988	29	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	1B	2	20	19	1	0	5	1.000	10.00

1990	31	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	OF	63	97	93	3	1	0	.990	1.52
1990	31	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	1B	6	37	33	3	1	1	.973	6.00
1990	31	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	P	5	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20
5 Seasons							321	699	642	39	18	15	.974	2.12
OF (5 seasons)						OF	294	517	474	29	14	3	.973	1.71
1B (4 seasons)						1B	22	181	168	9	4	12	.978	8.05
P (1 season)						P	5	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20

Managing

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	W	L	W-L%
1992	33	South Bend	MIDW	A	CHW	1 of 1	138	73	64	.533
1993	34	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	1 of 1	142	78	64	.549
1994	35	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	1 of 1	139	65	74	.468
1995	36	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	1 of 1	144	80	64	.556

1997	38	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	PHI	1 of 1	162	68	94	.420
1998	39	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	PHI	1 of 1	162	75	87	.463
1999	40	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	PHI	1 of 1	162	77	85	.475
2000	41	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	PHI	1 of 1	162	65	97	.401

2004	45	Boston	AL	MLB	BOS	1 of 1	162	98	64	.605
2005	46	Boston	AL	MLB	BOS	1 of 2	162	95	67	.586
2006	47	Boston	AL	MLB	BOS	1 of 1	162	86	76	.531
2007	48	Boston	AL	MLB	BOS	1 of 1	162	96	66	.593
2008	49	Boston	AL	MLB	BOS	1 of 2	162	95	67	.586
2009	50	Boston	AL	MLB	BOS	1 of 1	162	95	67	.586
2010	51	Boston	AL	MLB	BOS	1 of 1	162	89	73	.549
2011	52	Boston	AL	MLB	BOS	1 of 1	162	90	72	.556

2013	54	Cleveland	AL	MLB	CLE	1 of 1	45	26	19	.578
17 Seasons							2552	1351	1200	.530
MLB (13 seasons)							1989	1055	934	.530
AA (3 seasons)							425	223	202	.525
A (1 season)							138	73	64	.533

W-L Totals are for the entire season even if they managed only part of the season.
Sequence may not be in order actually managed. Rank or Pennants Won may not be given for some seasons.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
1980	21	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	AA	MON
1981	22	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	AA	MON
1981	22	Denver Bears	American Association	AAA	MON
1981	22	Montreal Expos	National League	MLB	MON	1	1981-08-19	1981-10-04
1982	23	Montreal Expos	National League	MLB	MON	1	1982-04-10	1982-06-16
1983	24	Montreal Expos	National League	MLB	MON	1	1983-04-07	1983-10-02
1984	25	Montreal Expos	National League	MLB	MON	1	1984-04-03	1984-06-14
1985	26	Montreal Expos	National League	MLB	MON	1	1985-04-13	1985-10-06
1986	27	Iowa Cubs	American Association	AAA	CHC
1986	27	Chicago Cubs	National League	MLB	CHC	1	1986-04-20	1986-10-05
1987	28	Cincinnati Reds	National League	MLB	CIN	1	1987-04-06	1987-10-04
1988	29	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	AAA	CLE
1988	29	Cleveland Indians	American League	MLB	CLE	1	1988-07-05	1988-10-02
1989	30	Milwaukee Brewers	American League	MLB	MIL	1	1989-04-03	1989-10-01
1990	31	Louisville Redbirds	American Association	AAA	STL
1990	31	Milwaukee Brewers	American League	MLB	MIL	1	1990-04-10	1990-04-19

Sabr ID: 687a43f4

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