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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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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
1995 25 CHC NL 16 17 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .294 .294 .353 .647 72 6 0 0 0 0 0 /435
1996 26 NYM NL 14 34 31 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .194 .235 .323 .558 49 10 1 1 0 1 0 /53
1997 27 NYM NL 112 176 163 21 45 5 0 5 21 1 0 13 23 .276 .330 .399 .728 93 65 4 0 0 0 4 53/D7
1998 28 NYM NL 103 187 161 20 44 7 2 1 13 0 1 23 26 .273 .366 .360 .726 93 58 8 1 1 1 6 573/D9
1999 29 NYM NL 122 161 132 18 31 5 0 4 21 0 0 28 21 .235 .366 .364 .730 88 48 9 0 0 1 3 375/D91
2000 30 NYM NL 101 157 134 9 32 4 0 2 14 0 0 21 22 .239 .340 .313 .653 70 42 3 0 1 1 3 35/7D4
2002 32 ATL NL 81 233 205 25 65 15 4 6 30 1 0 27 31 .317 .395 .517 .912 136 106 5 0 0 1 2 3/79
2003 33 ATL NL 112 148 134 11 33 5 0 3 15 0 1 11 26 .246 .299 .351 .650 69 47 4 0 1 2 0 3/D97
8 Seasons 661 1113 977 110 261 43 6 22 117 2 2 124 158 .267 .349 .391 .740 93 382 34 2 3 7 18
162 Game Avg. 162 273 239 27 64 11 1 5 29 0 0 30 39 .267 .349 .391 .740 93 94 8 0 1 2 4
NYM (5 yrs) 452 715 621 71 158 22 2 13 71 1 1 86 97 .254 .345 .359 .704 85 223 25 2 2 4 16
ATL (2 yrs) 193 381 339 36 98 20 4 9 45 1 1 38 57 .289 .358 .451 .809 110 153 9 0 1 3 2
CHC (1 yr) 16 17 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .294 .294 .353 .647 72 6 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 29 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 29 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 5 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 2 0 0 0 0 0
2000 30 NYM NL NLCS STL W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 30 NYM NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 32 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 33 ATL NL NLDS CHC L 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (6 Series) 15 12 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .100 .250 .200 .450 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 7 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 7 6 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .400 .733 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1999 29 NYM NL 0 0 13.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 10 33 4.500 20.3 6.8 20.3 13.5 0.67
1 Season 0 0 13.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 10 33 4.500 20.3 6.8 20.3 13.5 0.67
162 Game Avg. 0 0 13.50 68 0 68 0 0 0 44 102 68 68 34 102 0 68 0 0 0 340 33 4.500 20.3 6.8 20.3 13.5 0.67

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1987.

April 8, 1996: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Chris DeWitt (minors) (June 11, 1996) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

October 15, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

December 21, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

February 2, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

November 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

November 5, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1995Chicago Cubs$109,000
1997New York Mets$160,000
1998New York Mets$202,500
1999New York Mets$250,000
2000New York Mets$462,500
2003Atlanta Braves$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,984,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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