John Franco Batting Statistics and History

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John Franco

John Anthony Franco

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)
School: St. John's University (Queens, NY)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1984 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/Astros 1984-2005
Agents: Dennis Gilbert,Dan Horwits,??? Giordano [*]
Final Game: July 1, 2005 (Age 44)
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1981	20	LAD-min	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		VRO · FLOR
1982	21	LAD-min	AA,AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
1983	22	CIN-LAD-min	AAA	34	40	38	7	15	2	2	1	10	1	2	1	6	.395	.410	.632	1.042		24		0	1	0	0		INA,ABQ · AA,PCL
1984	23	CIN-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		WCH · AA
1984	23	CIN	NL	54	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1985	24	CIN	NL	67	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1986	25	CIN	NL	74	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1987	26	CIN	NL	68	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1988	27	CIN	NL	70	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	MVP-12
1989	28	CIN	NL	60	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	89	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1990	29	NYM	NL	55	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1991	30	NYM	NL	52	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	31	NYM	NL	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	32	NYM	NL	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	33	NYM	NL	47	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-7,MVP-20
1995	34	NYM	NL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	35	NYM	NL	51	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	36	NYM	NL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	37	NYM	NL	61	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	38	NYM-min	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BNG · EL
1999	38	NYM	NL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	39	NYM	NL	62	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	40	NYM	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003	42	NYM-min	AAA,A+	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NFK,SCE · IL,FLOR
2003	42	NYM	NL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	43	NYM	NL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	44	HOU	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21 Yrs				1119	37	34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	-52	3	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.088	.088	.088	.176	-52	0	0	0	0	0	0
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
NYM (14 yrs)				695	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (6 yrs)				393	22	19	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.158	.158	.158	.316	-13	3	0	0	3	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1984	23	CIN	NL	54	4	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.1	0		1
1985	24	CIN	NL	67	8	1	-0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$75,000	1
1986	25	CIN	NL	74	4	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	0	$195,000	1	AS
1987	26	CIN	NL	68	2	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000	1	AS
1988	27	CIN	NL	70	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$675,000	1	MVP-12
1989	28	CIN	NL	60	3	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$1,067,500	1	AS
1990	29	NYM	NL	55	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.1	-0	$1,633,333	1	AS
1991	30	NYM	NL	52	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,633,333	1
1992	31	NYM	NL	31	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,333,334	1
1993	32	NYM	NL	35	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,000,000	1
1994	33	NYM	NL	47	3	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$4,000,000	1	CYA-7,MVP-20
1995	34	NYM	NL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,550,000	1
1996	35	NYM	NL	51	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$2,600,000	1
1997	36	NYM	NL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$3,000,000	1
1998	37	NYM	NL	61	2	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$2,900,000	1
1999	38	NYM	NL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$2,950,000	1
2000	39	NYM	NL	62	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$3,350,000	1
2001	40	NYM	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$3,583,333	1

2003	42	NYM	NL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,833,333	1
2004	43	NYM	NL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,000,000	1
2005	44	HOU	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$700,000	1
21 Seasons				1119	37	-6	0	0	0	11	5	0.5	1	6	0.5	.500	.500	0.5	0.3	6	$44,379,166
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
NYM (14 yrs)				695	15	-4	0	0	0	6	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	2	$41,366,666
CIN (6 yrs)				393	22	-2	0	0	0	5	3	0.4	1	4	0.4	.501	.500	0.4	0.2	4	$2,312,500
HOU (1 yr)				31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$700,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1984	23	CIN	NL	4	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.390	.000	.723	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1985	24	CIN	NL	8	6	1	4.5	98	.333	.333	.264	.333	.333	.333	.394	.667	.728	85	.530	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1986	25	CIN	NL	4	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.266	.000	.337	.000	.401	.000	.738	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1987	26	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.274	.000	.344	.000	.426	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1988	27	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.261	.000	.325	.000	.383	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1989	28	CIN	NL	3	2	0	0.0	94	1.000	.333	.258	.333	.326	.333	.385	.667	.711	89	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1990	29	NYM	NL	5	5	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.264	.000	.331	.000	.397	.000	.728	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1991	30	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	93		.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.384	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1992	31	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	91		.000	.258	.000	.323	.000	.380	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1993	32	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.269	.000	.334	.000	.409	.000	.743	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1994	33	NYM	NL	3	3	0	0.0	108		.000	.273	.000	.340	.000	.427	.000	.768	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1996	35	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.264	.000	.332	.000	.413	.000	.745	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1998	37	NYM	NL	2	2	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.268	.000	.338	.000	.422	.000	.760	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2000	39	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	112		.000	.268	.000	.345	.000	.438	.000	.783	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
21 Yrs				37	34	1	0.8	100	.150	.088	.266	.088	.334	.088	.402	.176	.736	-52	.041	-7.3	-0.8	.097	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				5	5	0	0.8	100	.150	.088	.266	.088	.334	.088	.402	.176	.736	-52	.041	-7.3	-0.8	.097	.000	.000

NYM (14 yrs)				15	15	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.266	.000	.334	.000	.409	.000	.743	-100		-4.3	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
CIN (6 yrs)				22	19	1	1.4	99	.214	.158	.265	.158	.334	.158	.396	.316	.730	-13	.119	-3.0	-0.3	.188	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1999	38	NYM	NL	NLDS	ARI	W	3
1999	38	NYM	NL	NLCS	ATL	L	3
2000	39	NYM	NL	NLDS	SFG	W	2
2000	39	NYM	NL	NLCS	STL	W	3
2000	39	NYM	NL	WS	NYY	L	4
2 Yrs (5 Series)							15
2 NLDS							5
2 NLCS							6
1 WS							4

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1986	CIN	NL	25	DNP
1987	CIN	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1989	CIN	NL	28	DNP
1990	NYM	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (2 GP)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1984	23	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5					25%
1985	24	CIN	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				6.0			75%
1986	25	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							3.00	100%
1987	26	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%
1988	27	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
1989	28	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5					33%	0%
1990	29	NYM	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			1.00	1.00	80%	0%	0.0%	0%
1991	30	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1992	31	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1993	32	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
1994	33	NYM	NL	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

1996	35	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

1998	37	NYM	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%	0%

2000	39	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
21 Yrs				37	0.0%	37.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.4		34.0	1.67	3.75	54%	0%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.5%	15.9%	8.7%	7.4%	32%	1.82	5.6	35.3	7.8	0.79	1.07	71%	21%	7.5%	16%

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	23	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.59	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.92	-0.9		0
1985	24	CIN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.40	-0.0	-0.0	1.1	0.1	1.17	0.3		0
1986	25	CIN	NL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.40	-0.1	0.0	-2.4	-0.2	2.01	-1.2		0
1987	26	CIN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.54	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.35	-0.7		0
1988	27	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.06	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.50	-0.3		0
1989	28	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.08	0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	1.29	0.2		0
1990	29	NYM	NL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.29	-0.1	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.18	-1.4		0
1991	30	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.49	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.81	-0.3		0
1992	31	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2		0
1993	32	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.45	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.47	-0.3		0
1994	33	NYM	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.55	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.46	-0.9		0
1995	34	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1996	35	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.30	-0.5		0
1997	36	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	37	NYM	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.17	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.5		0
1999	38	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2000	39	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.30	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.74	-0.3		0
2001	40	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

2003	42	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2004	43	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2005	44	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
21 Yrs				-7.3	-0.8	38	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.43	-0.6	-0.2	-8.4	-0.8	1.27	-7.0		0
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	23	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	24	CIN	NL	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	25	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	26	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	27	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	28	CIN	NL	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1990	29	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	30	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	31	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	32	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	33	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1996	35	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1998	37	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	39	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21 Yrs				1	0	67%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

Situational Batting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1984	23	CIN	NL	4	75%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	24	CIN	NL	8	88%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	2	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1986	25	CIN	NL	4	75%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	26	CIN	NL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1988	27	CIN	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1989	28	CIN	NL	3	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	29	NYM	NL	5	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1991	30	NYM	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1992	31	NYM	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1993	32	NYM	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1994	33	NYM	NL	3	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1996	35	NYM	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1998	37	NYM	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2000	39	NYM	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
21 Yrs				37	86%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	0	0%	11	2	18%	48	2	4%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			73%			11%			34%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	S/SO	L/SO%	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	27	CIN	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	0%	33%	33%	33%	100%		100%	67%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
1989	28	CIN	NL	3	8	2.67	7	88%	29%	43%	14%	14%	71%	0%	63%	40%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	2	0%	0	0	0
1990	29	NYM	NL	5	15	3.00	12	80%	17%	8%	33%	33%	75%	0%	60%	80%	60%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	1
1991	30	NYM	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%	0%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0
1992	31	NYM	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	33%	33%	33%	0%	67%		67%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0
1993	32	NYM	NL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
1994	33	NYM	NL	3	14	4.67	10	71%	20%	40%	40%	0%	80%	0%	57%	50%	67%	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	0%	0	0	1	1	33%	0	0	0

1998	37	NYM	NL	2	6	3.00	5	83%	40%	40%	0%	20%	60%	0%	50%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0

2000	39	NYM	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%	0%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0
9 Yrs				18	58	3.22	47	81%	23%	34%	23%	17%	74%	0%	60%	53%	50%	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	0%	0	0	1	7	11%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.69		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%					27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1984	23	54	4	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1985	24	121	12	9	1	2	1	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	23	2	3
1986	25	195	16	13	1	2	1	2	.154	.154	.154	.308	-15	2	3
1987	26	263	18	15	1	2	1	3	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	3
1988	27	333	19	16	1	2	1	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	2	3
1989	28	393	22	19	2	3	1	5	.158	.158	.158	.316	-13	3	3
1990	29	448	27	24	2	3	1	6	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	3	3
1991	30	500	28	25	2	3	1	7	.120	.120	.120	.240	-34	3	3
1992	31	531	29	26	2	3	1	8	.115	.115	.115	.231	-36	3	3
1993	32	566	30	27	2	3	1	8	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	3	3
1994	33	613	33	30	2	3	1	11	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	3	3
1995	34	661	33	30	2	3	1	11	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	3	3
1996	35	712	34	31	2	3	1	12	.097	.097	.097	.194	-47	3	3
1997	36	771	34	31	2	3	1	12	.097	.097	.097	.194	-47	3	3
1998	37	832	36	33	2	3	1	13	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	3	3
1999	38	878	36	33	2	3	1	13	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	3	3
2000	39	940	37	34	2	3	1	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	-52	3	3
2001	40	998	37	34	2	3	1	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	-52	3	3
2002	41	998	37	34	2	3	1	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	-52	3	3
2003	42	1036	37	34	2	3	1	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	-52	3	3
2004	43	1088	37	34	2	3	1	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	-52	3	3
2005	44	1119	37	34	2	3	1	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	-52	3	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	23	54	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	54
1985	24	67	9	7	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	67
1986	25	74	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	74
1987	26	68	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	68
1988	27	70	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	70
1989	28	60	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	60
1990	29	55	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	55
1991	30	52	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	52
1992	31	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
1993	32	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35
1994	33	66	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	47

1996	35	51	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	51

1998	37	61	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	61

2000	39	62	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	62
14 Yrs		806	39	36	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	787
162 Game Avg.		162	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	0	787

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