Matt Franco
Matthew Neil Franco
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 19, 1969 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Westlake (Westlake Village, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1995
Final Game: September 27, 2003
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 CHC NL 25 2B 3 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 0.67 1.000 5.20 4.57
1995 CHC NL 25 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1995 CHC NL 25 3B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1996 NYM NL 26 3B 8 6 45.0 17 3 11 3 0 .824 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 0 2.80 1.75 .953 2.72 2.21
1996 NYM NL 26 1B 2 1 9.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 13.00 6.50 .992 9.60 8.35
1997 NYM NL 27 3B 39 20 191.2 63 11 48 4 6 .937 -0.7 -4.4 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0 2.77 1.51 .946 2.66 2.19
1997 NYM NL 27 1B 13 3 48.1 54 50 4 0 5 1.000 -0.1 -2.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 10.06 4.15 .993 9.52 8.16
1997 NYM NL 27 DH 1
1997 NYM NL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1997 NYM NL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1998 NYM NL 28 3B 13 11 84.0 23 5 18 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -5.7 -0.4 -1.1 0.7 0 2.46 1.77 .957 2.73 2.37
1998 NYM NL 28 OF 13 8 76.0 13 11 1 1 0 .923 1.2 18.9 0.2 0.9 -0.7 1 1.42 0.92 .985 2.17 1.78
1998 NYM NL 28 LF 12 8 75.0 13 11 1 1 0 .923 1.3 20.8 0.3 1.0 -0.7 1 1.44 1.00 .977 1.88 1.38
1998 NYM NL 28 1B 11 6 72.1 72 68 4 0 3 1.000 0.2 3.3 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 8.96 6.55 .993 9.46 8.01
1998 NYM NL 28 DH 2
1998 NYM NL 28 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1999 NYM NL 29 1B 19 2 44.0 46 41 5 0 8 1.000 1.0 27.3 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 9.41 2.42 .993 9.20 7.64
1999 NYM NL 29 OF 18 6 68.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -3.1 -54.7 -2.1 0.7 -2.8 -1 1.72 0.72 .977 2.26 1.86
1999 NYM NL 29 LF 15 5 56.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -3.3 -70.7 -2.3 0.5 -2.8 -1 1.77 0.73 .973 1.99 1.48
1999 NYM NL 29 3B 12 5 55.1 20 1 18 1 1 .950 0.5 10.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.09 1.58 .955 2.68 2.30
1999 NYM NL 29 DH 4
1999 NYM NL 29 RF 3 1 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 20.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.50 0.67 1.000 2.17 1.73
1999 NYM NL 29 P 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.50
2000 NYM NL 30 1B 28 8 109.0 98 90 7 1 10 .990 0.5 5.5 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 8.01 3.46 .992 9.25 7.73
2000 NYM NL 30 3B 22 7 86.2 30 9 18 3 0 .900 -0.6 -8.3 -0.6 -0.3 -0.4 0 2.80 1.23 .953 2.64 2.18
2000 NYM NL 30 LF 3 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 1.64 0.67 1.000 1.88 1.40
2000 NYM NL 30 OF 3 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 1.64 0.67 1.000 2.29 1.87
2000 NYM NL 30 DH 2
2000 NYM NL 30 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30
2002 ATL NL 32 1B 51 49 384.2 387 353 30 4 31 .990 -1.7 -5.3 -1.7 -0.8 -1.0 0 8.96 7.51 .992 9.39 7.97
2002 ATL NL 32 OF 4 1 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -16.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.23 0.75 .967 2.21 1.85
2002 ATL NL 32 LF 2 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 10.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 1.50 .967 1.95 1.50
2002 ATL NL 32 RF 2 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.07 1.65
2003 ATL NL 33 1B 15 10 100.2 131 122 6 3 13 .977 -0.9 -10.7 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 0 11.44 8.53 .993 9.60 7.98
2003 ATL NL 33 DH 3
2003 ATL NL 33 OF 3 0 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -230.0 -2.3 -0.2 -2.1 0 0.75 0.33 1.000 2.17 1.87
2003 ATL NL 33 RF 2 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -377.1 -2.2 -0.2 -2.0 0 1.29 0.50 1.000 2.06 1.70
2003 ATL NL 33 LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.50
8 Seasons 1B 140 79 770.0 803 738 57 8 71 .990 -0.7 -1.1 -0.7 0.6 -1.4 0 9.29 5.68 .992 9.41 7.91
6 Seasons 3B 95 49 464.0 153 29 113 11 9 .928 -1.3 -3.4 -1.3 -0.7 -0.7 0 2.75 1.49 .951 2.68 2.23
6 Seasons OF 42 16 190.0 32 30 1 1 0 .969 -4.5 -28.4 -4.5 1.0 -5.5 0 1.47 0.74 .981 2.21 1.83
6 Seasons LF 34 14 160.0 29 27 1 1 0 .966 -2.0 -15.0 -2.0 1.5 -3.5 0 1.58 0.82 .976 1.93 1.44
5 Seasons DH 12
4 Seasons RF 8 2 30.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -100.0 -2.5 -0.5 -2.0 0 0.90 0.38 1.000 2.10 1.70
2 Seasons 2B 4 1 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 12.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 5.22 4.50
1 Season P 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.50
8 Seasons TOT 283 145 1435.1 990 797 173 20 80 .980 -6.4 -5.4 -6.4 0.9 -7.5 0 0 6.08 3.43 .965 6.21 4.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1995 CHC NL 25 16 1 16 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1996 NYM NL 26 14 7 14 9 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1997 NYM NL 27 112 24 112 52 0 0 13 0 39 0 1 0 0 1 1 71 0
1998 NYM NL 28 103 27 103 36 0 0 11 0 13 0 12 0 1 13 2 70 1
1999 NYM NL 29 122 17 122 49 2 0 19 0 12 0 15 0 3 18 4 88 0
2000 NYM NL 30 101 16 101 52 0 0 28 1 22 0 3 0 0 3 0 61 1
2002 ATL NL 32 81 50 81 53 0 0 51 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 29 0
2003 ATL NL 33 112 13 112 18 0 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 92 0
8 Seasons 661 155 661 274 2 0 140 4 95 0 34 0 8 42 10 428 3
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 CHC NL 25 7 71% 86% 29% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYM NL 26 39 44% 87% 51% 4 100% 0 12 0 12 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYM NL 27 211 65% 77% 36% 12 92% 1 50 2 48 0 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1998 NYM NL 28 321 59% 69% 29% 17 82% 0 70 6 64 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1999 NYM NL 29 183 59% 73% 27% 10 90% 0 42 4 38 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0
2000 NYM NL 30 479 67% 71% 26% 20 90% 0 89 4 83 2 9 7 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 2 50%
2002 ATL NL 32 1717 62% 74% 30% 66 91% 0 380 17 363 1 37 12 2 5 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 8 63%
2003 ATL NL 33 417 61% 80% 40% 20 85% 1 123 3 119 1 9 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 13 0 0 0 12 0 1 1 0 0
8 Seasons 3374 62% 74% 31% 149 89% 2 768 36 729 4 69 37 18 8 1 2 8 1 4 3 6 71 2 0 0 69 2 2 1 1 13 69%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 CHC NL 25 4 25% 25% 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 NYM NL 26 201 60% 74% 30% 18 78% 0 3 3 0 0 11 7 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYM NL 27 839 54% 77% 35% 69 83% 0 11 8 2 1 49 35 13 0 0 4 0 2 2 4 6 5 0 5 1 1 0 4 50%
1998 NYM NL 28 368 53% 68% 28% 25 72% 0 5 1 3 1 18 12 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1999 NYM NL 29 235 66% 76% 29% 23 78% 0 1 1 0 0 18 15 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2000 NYM NL 30 404 58% 73% 30% 27 89% 0 9 6 2 1 18 16 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 2051 57% 74% 31% 162 81% 0 29 19 7 3 114 85 25 1 2 11 0 4 7 10 9 7 1 8 1 1 0 5 60%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1997 NYM NL 27 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 0 5 40% 80% 60% 0
1998 NYM NL 28 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 6 75.0% 1 1 12.5% 0 332 52% 74% 39% 26 46%
1999 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 256 60% 76% 38% 32 34%
2000 NYM NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 43 74% 63% 35% 3 67%
2002 ATL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 52 69% 69% 37% 7 43%
2003 ATL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 23 70% 74% 48% 2 0%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 7 3 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 11 55.0% 8 1 5.0% 0 711 58% 74% 38% 70 40%
MLB Averages 61.1% 2.5% 56% 74% 38% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1998 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 5 60% 80% 40% 2 0%
1999 NYM NL 29 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 0 55 71% 58% 27% 4 50%
2002 ATL NL 32 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 0 42 79% 76% 40% 1 0%
2003 ATL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 42 64% 83% 48% 8 13%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 144 71% 72% 38% 15 20%
MLB Averages 46.2% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1995 CHC NL 25 30 60% 50% 23% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 NYM NL 30 3 67% 33% 33% 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
2 Seasons 33 61% 48% 24% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

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%
1999 NYM NL 29 10 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 10 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* 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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