Terry Francona
Terry Jon Francona (Tito)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 22, 1959 in Aberdeen, SD
High School: New Brighton (New Brighton, PA)
School: University of Arizona
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1981
Final Game: April 19, 1990
Relatives: Son of Tito Francona
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Standard Batting

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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
1981 22 MON NL 34 104 95 11 26 0 1 1 8 1 0 5 6 .274 .317 .326 .643 83 31 0 1 3 0 1 7/93
1982 23 MON NL 46 144 131 14 42 3 0 0 9 2 3 8 11 .321 .360 .344 .703 97 45 2 0 5 0 0 73/98
1983 24 MON NL 120 238 230 21 59 11 1 3 22 0 2 6 20 .257 .273 .352 .625 73 81 7 0 0 2 2 397/8
1984 25 MON NL 58 223 214 18 74 19 2 1 18 0 0 5 12 .346 .360 .467 .828 136 100 4 1 1 2 3 3/79
1985 26 MON NL 107 296 281 19 75 15 1 2 31 5 5 12 12 .267 .299 .349 .648 85 98 1 1 2 0 4 39/75
1986 27 CHC NL 86 133 124 13 31 3 0 2 8 0 1 6 8 .250 .286 .323 .608 63 40 3 1 0 2 0 379/8
1987 28 CIN NL 102 219 207 16 47 5 0 3 12 2 0 10 12 .227 .266 .295 .561 46 61 5 1 1 0 1 3/97
1988 29 CLE AL 62 221 212 24 66 8 0 1 12 0 0 5 18 .311 .324 .363 .687 91 77 4 0 2 2 1 D/37
1989 30 MIL AL 89 244 233 26 54 10 1 3 23 2 1 8 20 .232 .255 .322 .577 63 75 4 0 1 2 3 3D9/1
1990 31 MIL AL 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
10 Seasons 707 1826 1731 163 474 74 6 16 143 12 12 65 119 .274 .300 .351 .652 81 608 30 5 15 10 15
162 Game Avg. 162 418 397 37 109 17 1 4 33 3 3 15 27 .274 .300 .351 .652 81 139 7 1 3 2 3
MON (5 yrs) 365 1005 951 83 276 48 5 7 88 8 10 36 61 .290 .317 .373 .690 95 355 14 3 11 4 10
MIL (2 yrs) 92 248 237 27 54 10 1 3 23 2 1 8 20 .228 .251 .316 .567 60 75 4 0 1 2 3
CLE (1 yr) 62 221 212 24 66 8 0 1 12 0 0 5 18 .311 .324 .363 .687 91 77 4 0 2 2 1
CIN (1 yr) 102 219 207 16 47 5 0 3 12 2 0 10 12 .227 .266 .295 .561 46 61 5 1 1 0 1
CHC (1 yr) 86 133 124 13 31 3 0 2 8 0 1 6 8 .250 .286 .323 .608 63 40 3 1 0 2 0
NL (7 yrs) 553 1357 1282 112 354 56 5 12 108 10 11 52 81 .276 .306 .356 .661 83 456 22 5 12 6 11
AL (3 yrs) 154 469 449 51 120 18 1 4 35 2 1 13 38 .267 .285 .339 .624 75 152 8 0 3 4 4

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1981 22 MON NL 104 72 11 4.1 93 .284 .274 .264 .317 .329 .326 .378 .643 .707 83 .502 -2.6 -0.3 .551 .116 .053 1.0
1982 23 MON NL 144 99 16 4.4 96 .350 .321 .268 .360 .331 .344 .389 .703 .721 97 .515 -0.7 -0.1 .553 .076 .023 .0
1983 24 MON NL 238 182 20 3.0 96 .268 .257 .262 .273 .330 .352 .388 .625 .719 73 .340 -9.1 -0.9 .472 .113 .096 .0
1984 25 MON NL 223 147 35 6.4 90 .360 .346 .259 .360 .323 .467 .376 .828 .699 136 .686 9.7 1.0 .736 .145 .121 .0
1985 26 MON NL 296 214 29 3.7 91 .273 .267 .254 .299 .321 .349 .379 .648 .700 85 .436 -6.0 -0.6 .524 .125 .082 2.9
1986 27 CHC NL 133 99 11 3.0 103 .250 .250 .269 .286 .341 .323 .406 .608 .747 63 .339 -6.7 -0.7 .474 .113 .073 .0
1987 28 CIN NL 219 166 16 2.6 109 .229 .227 .274 .266 .344 .295 .427 .561 .770 46 .248 -17.1 -1.7 .448 .126 .068 2.4
1988 29 CLE AL 221 154 24 4.2 96 .333 .311 .262 .324 .327 .363 .394 .687 .721 91 .474 -3.0 -0.3 .547 .075 .052 .0
1989 30 MIL AL 244 187 18 2.6 92 .241 .232 .260 .255 .324 .322 .382 .577 .706 63 .278 -12.2 -1.2 .457 .129 .090 2.4
1990 31 MIL AL 4 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .258 .000 .326 .000 .386 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
10 Seasons 1826 1324 180 3.7 96 .285 .274 .262 .300 .329 .351 .390 .652 .720 81 .425 -48.7 -4.9 .522 .115 .077 13.7
162 Game Avg. 418 303 41 3.7 96 .285 .274 .262 .300 .329 .351 .390 .652 .720 81 .425 -48.7 -4.9 .522 .115 .077 3
MON (5 yrs) 1005 714 111 4.2 93 .303 .290 .260 .317 .326 .373 .382 .690 .708 95 .499 -8.7 -0.9 .561 .119 .083 7.5
MIL (2 yrs) 248 191 18 2.5 92 .236 .228 .260 .251 .324 .316 .382 .567 .707 60 .270 -13.2 -1.3 .447 .127 .089 2.4
CLE (1 yr) 221 154 24 4.2 96 .333 .311 .262 .324 .327 .363 .394 .687 .721 91 .475 -3.0 -0.3 .547 .075 .052 .0
CIN (1 yr) 219 166 16 2.6 109 .229 .227 .274 .266 .344 .295 .427 .561 .770 46 .247 -17.1 -1.7 .448 .126 .068 2.4
CHC (1 yr) 133 99 11 3.0 103 .250 .250 .269 .286 .341 .323 .406 .608 .747 63 .340 -6.7 -0.7 .474 .113 .073 .0
NL (7 yrs) 1357 979 138 3.8 96 .286 .276 .263 .306 .330 .356 .391 .661 .722 83 .443 -32.4 -3.3 .533 .119 .080 10.9
AL (3 yrs) 469 345 42 3.3 94 .282 .267 .261 .285 .326 .339 .388 .624 .713 75 .369 -16.2 -1.6 .491 .102 .071 2.7

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
1981 22 MON NL NLDS PHI W 5 14 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 .333 .429 .333 .762 4 0 0 0 0 1
1981 22 MON NL NLCS LAD L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 7 15 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 .308 .400 .308 .708 4 0 0 0 0 1
1 NLDS 5 14 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 .333 .429 .333 .762 4 0 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1981 22 MON NL 104 1.0% 5.8% 4.8% 1.9% 8% 1.20 15.8 95.0 11.9 1.25 85%
1982 23 MON NL 144 0.0% 7.6% 5.6% 2.1% 7% 1.38 11.9 14.6 1.66 83%
1983 24 MON NL 238 1.3% 8.4% 2.5% 6.3% 25% 3.33 11.5 76.7 10.5 1.53 88%
1984 25 MON NL 223 0.5% 5.4% 2.2% 9.9% 30% 2.40 17.8 214.0 11.9 1.00 91%
1985 26 MON NL 296 0.7% 4.1% 4.1% 6.1% 24% 1.00 23.4 140.5 9.1 1.09 90%
1986 27 CHC NL 133 1.5% 6.0% 4.5% 3.8% 16% 1.33 15.5 62.0 15.5 1.28 87%
1987 28 CIN NL 219 1.4% 5.5% 4.6% 3.7% 17% 1.20 17.3 69.0 17.3 1.14 88%
1988 29 CLE AL 221 0.5% 8.1% 2.3% 4.1% 14% 3.60 11.8 212.0 17.7 0.95 1.13 88% 23% 1.6% 36%
1989 30 MIL AL 244 1.2% 8.2% 3.3% 5.7% 26% 2.50 11.7 77.7 10.1 1.19 1.53 87% 18% 3.5% 12%
1990 31 MIL AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.00 3.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
10 Seasons 1826 0.9% 6.5% 3.6% 5.3% 20% 1.83 14.6 108.2 12.1 1.08 1.26 88% 20% 2.7% 24%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 22 MON NL 3 0 32% 35 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 7 6 1 3 1 2 4 0 3
1982 23 MON NL 0 0 28% 60 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 42% 11 6 5 4 2 2 4 2 1
1983 24 MON NL 0 0 29% 73 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 40% 11 6 5 4 2 1 5 2 2
1984 25 MON NL 1 0 22% 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 41% 13 9 4 1 0 1 8 3 4
1985 26 MON NL 6 0 20% 90 5 5 50% 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 42% 7 5 2 5 3 2 7 2 4
1986 27 CHC NL 0 0 31% 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29% 6 6 0 4 2 2 4 2 2
1987 28 CIN NL 3 0 24% 86 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 25% 11 11 0 7 5 2 6 1 4
1988 29 CLE AL 3 1 33% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 39% 15 13 2 6 4 2 7 0 7
1989 30 MIL AL 0 0 39% 65 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 26% 10 9 1 2 1 1 11 6 4
1990 31 MIL AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 16 1 28% 652 12 12 50% 11 10 1 1 0 1 2 2 16 34 36% 91 71 20 37 21 15 56 18 31
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1981 22 MON NL 104 91% 26 10 5 0 1 2.21 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 25 0 0% 12 7 58% 74 8 11% 4 3 75% 11 7 64% 0
1982 23 MON NL 144 78% 42 7 2 0 1 1.22 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 11 2 18% 19 7 37% 82 9 11% 7 3 43% 21 12 57% 0
1983 24 MON NL 238 91% 59 38 8 0 2 1.68 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0% 39 7 18% 19 6 32% 140 19 14% 9 6 67% 21 10 48% 0
1984 25 MON NL 223 81% 74 3 0 0 0 1.55 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 48 4 8% 21 4 19% 136 18 13% 11 4 36% 7 5 71% 0
1985 26 MON NL 296 91% 75 31 7 0 4 1.88 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 67% 51 1 2% 17 3 18% 197 32 16% 18 10 56% 17 9 53% 0
1986 27 CHC NL 133 93% 31 41 8 0 0 0.90 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 3 12% 13 8 62% 66 6 9% 4 2 50% 5 1 20% 0
1987 28 CIN NL 218 90% 47 44 12 0 3 1.02 3 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 41 5 12% 18 6 33% 133 10 8% 3 2 67% 15 10 67% 1
1988 29 CLE AL 222 96% 66 13 1 15 5 0 2 1.61 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 45 4 9% 23 8 35% 101 14 14% 9 4 44% 6 3 50% 0
1989 30 MIL AL 244 91% 54 8 2 7 1 0 0 1.23 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 33% 44 4 9% 23 10 43% 147 20 14% 13 8 62% 11 5 45% 0
1990 31 MIL AL 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1826 89% 474 21 3 196 48 0 13 1.39 16 0 39 16 0 7 9 0 20 15 75% 331 30 9% 166 59 36% 1083 136 13% 79 42 53% 114 62 54% 1
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 CLE AL 212 688 3.25 481 70% 23% 9% 29% 39% 77% 2% 54% 88% 34% 4% 8 0 13% 27 7 4% 9 7 11% 10 0 0
1989 30 MIL AL 239 726 3.04 501 69% 17% 11% 29% 43% 83% 4% 57% 86% 41% 4% 10 0 10% 25 6 3% 7 7 5% 5 1 2
1990 31 MIL AL 4 13 3.25 9 69% 11% 11% 33% 44% 89% 0% 62% 88% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 455 1427 3.14 991 69% 20% 10% 29% 41% 80% 3% 56% 87% 38% 4% 18 0 11% 52 13 4% 16 14 8% 15 1 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 22 34 104 95 11 26 0 1 1 8 1 0 5 6 .274 .317 .326 .643 83 31 0 1 3 0 1
1982 23 80 248 226 25 68 3 1 1 17 3 3 13 17 .301 .342 .336 .678 91 76 2 1 8 0 1
1983 24 200 486 456 46 127 14 2 4 39 3 5 19 37 .279 .308 .344 .652 82 157 9 1 8 2 3
1984 25 258 709 670 64 201 33 4 5 57 3 5 24 49 .300 .324 .384 .708 99 257 13 2 9 4 6
1985 26 365 1005 951 83 276 48 5 7 88 8 10 36 61 .290 .317 .373 .690 95 355 14 3 11 4 10
1986 27 451 1138 1075 96 307 51 5 9 96 8 11 42 69 .286 .313 .367 .681 91 395 17 4 11 6 10
1987 28 553 1357 1282 112 354 56 5 12 108 10 11 52 81 .276 .306 .356 .661 83 456 22 5 12 6 11
1988 29 615 1578 1494 136 420 64 5 13 120 10 11 57 99 .281 .308 .357 .665 85 533 26 5 14 8 12
1989 30 704 1822 1727 162 474 74 6 16 143 12 12 65 119 .274 .301 .352 .653 82 608 30 5 15 10 15
1990 31 707 1826 1731 163 474 74 6 16 143 12 12 65 119 .274 .300 .351 .652 81 608 30 5 15 10 15

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
1981 22 51 160 149 19 45 0 2 2 14 2 9 9 .302 .350 .369 .719 18 34
1982 23 46 140 132 15 43 3 0 0 10 2 8 11 .326 .364 .348 .713 17 46
1983 24 120 236 228 23 57 11 1 3 24 0 6 20 .250 .267 .346 .613 21 120
1984 25 58 227 219 21 79 20 2 1 21 0 5 12 .361 .374 .484 .858 40 58
1985 26 107 301 287 22 81 16 1 2 36 5 13 12 .282 .316 .366 .681 33 107
1986 27 86 132 123 13 30 3 0 2 8 0 6 8 .244 .280 .317 .597 11 86
1987 28 102 216 205 15 45 5 0 3 11 2 10 12 .220 .259 .288 .547 15 102
1988 29 62 220 213 26 67 8 0 1 13 0 5 18 .315 .327 .366 .693 26 62
1989 30 89 244 234 28 55 10 1 3 25 2 8 20 .235 .258 .325 .583 20 89
1990 31 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
10 Seasons 724 1880 1794 183 502 76 7 17 162 13 70 122 .280 .307 .358 .666 201 707
162 Game Avg. 162 421 401 41 112 17 2 4 36 3 16 27 .280 .307 .358 .666 45 707

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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