John Franco
John Anthony Franco
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn, NY)
School: St. John's University
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
Final Game: July 1, 2005
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 CIN NL 23 P 54 0 79.1 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.27 0.37 .950 1.88 0.67
1985 CIN NL 24 P 67 0 99.0 31 9 21 1 1 .968 2.73 0.45 .952 1.92 0.68
1986 CIN NL 25 P 74 0 101.0 32 6 22 4 2 .875 2.50 0.38 .959 1.94 0.66 AS
1987 CIN NL 26 P 68 0 82.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.16 .955 1.91 0.62 AS
1988 CIN NL 27 P 70 0 86.0 22 3 18 1 1 .955 2.20 0.30 .955 1.96 0.69 MVP-12
1989 CIN NL 28 P 60 0 80.2 22 2 19 1 1 .955 2.34 0.35 .945 1.87 0.63 AS
1990 NYM NL 29 P 55 0 67.2 18 4 13 1 0 .944 2.26 0.31 .956 1.80 0.58 AS
1991 NYM NL 30 P 52 0 55.1 14 3 10 1 1 .929 2.11 0.25 .957 1.85 0.59
1992 NYM NL 31 P 31 0 33.0 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 3.82 0.45 .950 1.94 0.60
1993 NYM NL 32 P 35 0 36.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.97 0.34 .950 1.83 0.54
1994 NYM NL 33 P 47 0 50.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.23 .955 1.85 0.54 CYA-7,MVP-20
1995 NYM NL 34 P 48 0 51.2 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.92 0.23 .955 1.85 0.51
1996 NYM NL 35 P 51 0 54.0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.18 .956 1.83 0.52
1997 NYM NL 36 P 59 0 60.0 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.70 0.31 .950 1.85 0.52
1998 NYM NL 37 P 61 0 64.2 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 2.78 0.33 .960 1.85 0.54
1999 NYM NL 38 P 46 0 40.2 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.77 0.17 .950 1.73 0.48
2000 NYM NL 39 P 62 0 55.2 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.46 0.15 .970 1.75 0.48
2001 NYM NL 40 P 58 0 53.1 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.35 0.14 .967 1.76 0.46
2003 NYM NL 42 P 38 0 34.1 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.62 0.26 .960 1.86 0.48
2004 NYM NL 43 P 52 0 46.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.12 .967 1.84 0.47
2005 HOU NL 44 P 31 0 15.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.74 0.46
21 Seasons P 1119 0 1245.2 308 63 234 11 13 .964 2.15 0.27 .955 1.86 0.57
21 Seasons TOT 1119 0 1245.2 308 63 234 11 13 .964 2.15 0.27 .919 1.86 0.57
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 CIN NL 23 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CIN NL 24 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CIN NL 25 74 0 74 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CIN NL 26 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CIN NL 27 70 0 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CIN NL 28 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYM NL 29 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 NYM NL 30 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 NYM NL 31 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYM NL 32 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 NYM NL 33 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 NYM NL 34 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYM NL 35 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYM NL 36 59 0 56 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYM NL 37 61 0 58 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 NYM NL 38 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 NYM NL 39 62 0 58 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 NYM NL 40 58 0 56 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 42 38 0 34 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYM NL 43 52 0 50 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 HOU NL 44 31 0 25 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 1119 0 1095 1119 1119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1984 CIN NL 23 354 74% 24% 12 100% 1 5 0 4 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1985 CIN NL 24 420 76% 31% 21 95% 0 8 0 6 21 15 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1986 CIN NL 25 445 71% 33% 25 84% 1 6 0 4 24 17 3 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 8 75%
1987 CIN NL 26 353 75% 34% 9 78% 0 5 0 5 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 CIN NL 27 345 79% 44% 18 83% 1 3 0 2 17 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1989 CIN NL 28 354 73% 38% 19 100% 1 2 1 1 19 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1990 NYM NL 29 305 75% 38% 13 92% 0 3 1 2 13 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1991 NYM NL 30 259 75% 41% 8 100% 0 3 0 3 10 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1992 NYM NL 31 133 77% 41% 10 100% 0 2 0 1 12 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1993 NYM NL 32 181 73% 36% 7 100% 0 3 0 3 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1994 NYM NL 33 219 72% 34% 6 100% 1 4 0 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1995 NYM NL 34 215 73% 36% 8 100% 1 3 0 3 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1996 NYM NL 35 240 71% 35% 11 73% 1 1 0 1 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1997 NYM NL 36 256 71% 34% 14 93% 0 4 0 4 14 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10 90%
1998 NYM NL 37 296 69% 34% 15 93% 0 4 0 3 16 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1999 NYM NL 38 192 68% 33% 5 100% 0 4 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 NYM NL 39 252 67% 34% 8 100% 0 2 0 1 8 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2001 NYM NL 40 242 71% 33% 7 86% 0 1 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 42 154 81% 47% 8 100% 0 1 0 1 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 NYM NL 43 210 71% 36% 6 100% 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2005 HOU NL 44 78 67% 32% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 5503 73% 35% 231 92% 7 64 3 49 235 165 23 11 1 4 6 3 14 10 13 0 67 93%
MLB Averages 76% 30% 91% 85%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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