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 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
1981 MON NL 22 OF 26 21 201.0 45 40 5 0 0 1.000 1.5 9.0 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 2 2.01 1.73 .980 2.33 2.02
1981 MON NL 22 LF 24 21 197.0 42 39 3 0 0 1.000 1.8 11.0 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 2 1.92 1.75 .974 2.12 1.79
1981 MON NL 22 RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.65
1981 MON NL 22 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.70
1982 MON NL 23 OF 33 29 248.1 47 44 0 3 0 .936 -5.3 -25.6 -3.3 -0.9 -2.4 -2 1.59 1.33 .979 2.25 1.91
1982 MON NL 23 LF 30 27 229.2 44 41 0 3 0 .932 -4.8 -25.1 -2.8 -0.7 -2.1 -2 1.61 1.37 .975 2.08 1.60
1982 MON NL 23 1B 16 0 26.1 21 21 0 0 2 1.000 -0.9 -41.0 -0.9 -0.5 -0.5 0 7.18 1.31 .990 10.22 8.89
1982 MON NL 23 RF 3 2 16.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -36.0 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 1.08 0.67 1.000 2.00 1.63
1982 MON NL 23 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1983 MON NL 24 OF 51 38 361.1 89 84 3 2 1 .978 3.6 12.0 1.6 -0.5 1.9 2 2.17 1.71 .980 2.27 1.92
1983 MON NL 24 1B 47 3 97.0 96 88 7 1 9 .990 0.4 4.9 0.4 0.8 -0.4 0 8.81 2.02 .992 9.96 8.39
1983 MON NL 24 RF 36 29 269.0 72 69 2 1 1 .986 3.1 13.8 2.1 0.5 1.5 1 2.38 1.97 .979 2.01 1.64
1983 MON NL 24 LF 14 7 78.1 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.6 -0.7 -0.9 0.2 1 1.61 1.00 .979 2.03 1.60
1983 MON NL 24 CF 3 2 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 17.1 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0 2.57 1.33 .975 2.76 2.37
1984 MON NL 25 1B 50 49 432.2 479 427 49 3 43 .994 3.1 8.6 3.1 3.9 -0.8 0 9.90 9.52 .992 9.86 8.15
1984 MON NL 25 OF 6 5 40.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -69.0 -2.3 -1.4 -0.9 0 1.12 0.83 .980 2.27 1.92
1984 MON NL 25 LF 5 4 30.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -64.0 -1.6 -1.2 -0.4 0 1.20 0.80 .975 2.04 1.52
1984 MON NL 25 RF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -84.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 2.07 1.70
1985 MON NL 26 1B 57 37 370.1 422 382 35 5 32 .988 -1.7 -5.5 -1.7 -1.6 -0.1 0 10.13 7.32 .993 10.06 8.54
1985 MON NL 26 OF 28 24 197.0 52 49 2 1 0 .981 -1.6 -9.7 -0.6 -0.7 0.2 -1 2.33 1.82 .979 2.20 1.88
1985 MON NL 26 RF 24 19 159.0 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -12.1 -0.6 -0.9 0.4 -1 2.04 1.50 .978 2.02 1.68
1985 MON NL 26 LF 5 5 38.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 1.89 1.60 .978 1.92 1.50
1985 MON NL 26 3B 1 0 4.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.7 210.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 6.75 3.00 .933 2.92 2.50
1986 CHC NL 27 OF 30 6 103.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -12.8 -0.1 0.7 -0.7 -1 2.18 0.83 .980 2.19 1.82
1986 CHC NL 27 1B 23 10 107.1 105 98 7 0 9 1.000 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 8.80 4.57 .992 9.94 8.31
1986 CHC NL 27 LF 20 3 58.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.7 35.0 1.7 1.6 0.1 0 2.78 0.90 .972 1.97 1.44
1986 CHC NL 27 RF 10 3 40.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -70.8 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 -1 1.11 0.50 .980 1.99 1.63
1986 CHC NL 27 CF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.05
1987 CIN NL 28 1B 57 41 375.1 420 373 45 2 38 .995 3.8 12.1 3.8 4.1 -0.3 0 10.02 7.33 .991 9.88 8.47
1987 CIN NL 28 OF 8 1 21.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -55.4 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 0 1.66 0.50 .975 2.20 1.82
1987 CIN NL 28 RF 6 1 16.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -57.6 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 0 1.08 0.33 1.000 2.00 1.68
1987 CIN NL 28 LF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 1.98 1.60
1988 CLE AL 29 DH 38
1988 CLE AL 29 1B 5 4 34.0 44 40 3 1 3 .977 1.0 35.3 1.0 0.0 0.9 0 11.38 8.60 .993 9.58 8.40
1988 CLE AL 29 LF 5 5 41.0 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -8.8 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 1.98 1.80 .978 2.26 1.84
1988 CLE AL 29 OF 5 5 41.0 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -8.8 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 1.98 1.80 .978 2.48 2.14
1989 MIL AL 30 1B 46 32 313.1 349 320 25 4 32 .989 0.2 0.8 1.2 -1.1 2.3 -1 9.91 7.50 .993 9.79 8.35
1989 MIL AL 30 DH 23
1989 MIL AL 30 OF 16 5 61.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -29.5 -2.5 -1.1 -1.4 1 2.95 1.25 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 MIL AL 30 RF 16 5 61.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -29.5 -2.5 -1.1 -1.4 1 2.95 1.25 .980 2.33 1.90
1989 MIL AL 30 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1990 MIL AL 31 1B 2 0 8.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.75 3.00 1.000 9.67 8.35
1990 MIL AL 31 DH 1
10 Seasons 1B 304 176 1765.1 1943 1756 171 16 169 .992 6.0 4.1 7.0 5.7 1.1 -1 9.82 6.34 .992 9.90 8.41
9 Seasons OF 203 134 1274.1 296 276 14 6 1 .980 -8.0 -7.5 -9.0 -3.0 -6.0 1 2.05 1.43 .979 2.27 1.93
8 Seasons LF 105 72 677.1 141 130 7 4 0 .972 -3.1 -5.5 -4.1 -0.4 -3.7 1 1.82 1.30 .975 2.08 1.62
8 Seasons RF 99 60 577.0 138 133 4 1 1 .993 -4.7 -9.8 -4.7 -2.4 -2.3 0 2.14 1.38 .980 2.05 1.69
3 Seasons DH 62
3 Seasons CF 6 2 20.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -12.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 0.83 .980 2.74 2.25
1 Season 3B 1 0 4.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.7 210.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 6.75 3.00 .933 2.92 2.50
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
10 Seasons TOT 509 310 3044.2 2242 2032 188 22 170 .990 -1.3 -0.5 -1.3 3.4 -4.9 1 -1 6.56 4.36 .981 6.70 5.80
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
1981 MON NL 22 34 21 34 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 0 2 26 0 10 0
1982 MON NL 23 46 29 46 37 0 0 16 0 0 0 30 1 3 33 0 9 3
1983 MON NL 24 120 41 120 87 0 0 47 0 0 0 14 3 36 51 0 41 0
1984 MON NL 25 58 54 58 55 0 0 50 0 0 0 5 0 2 6 0 4 0
1985 MON NL 26 107 61 107 83 0 0 58 0 1 0 5 0 24 28 0 35 0
1986 CHC NL 27 86 16 86 51 0 0 23 0 0 0 20 2 10 30 0 44 4
1987 CIN NL 28 102 42 102 61 0 0 56 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 0 45 1
1988 CLE AL 29 62 47 62 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 38 15 0
1989 MIL AL 30 90 58 89 63 1 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 21 8 4
1990 MIL AL 31 3 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
10 Seasons 708 369 707 476 1 0 304 0 1 0 105 6 99 203 59 211 14
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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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%
1981 MON NL 22 8 88% 88% 13% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MON NL 23 109 41% 78% 19% 4 100% 0 22 3 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MON NL 24 437 47% 80% 26% 29 93% 0 88 3 85 0 16 9 8 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1984 MON NL 25 1893 46% 77% 25% 131 97% 0 424 20 403 1 60 50 34 13 0 2 3 1 2 0 2 43 1 3 0 38 4 5 3 2 8 100%
1985 MON NL 26 1665 52% 79% 26% 100 96% 1 388 22 364 1 43 34 25 3 2 3 5 0 5 0 4 33 0 0 0 28 2 5 1 4 12 92%
1986 CHC NL 27 459 59% 76% 22% 21 100% 0 97 5 89 2 10 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 1 100%
1987 CIN NL 28 1660 59% 79% 28% 101 94% 2 373 27 340 6 30 42 29 7 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 38 2 0 1 32 3 6 2 4 9 67%
1988 CLE AL 29 154 62% 83% 41% 10 90% 0 41 1 40 0 5 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1989 MIL AL 30 1432 54% 78% 31% 77 88% 2 315 23 289 2 20 26 19 5 0 1 4 0 2 2 3 32 0 0 0 28 0 4 2 2 3 33%
1990 MIL AL 31 37 68% 70% 27% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 7854 53% 78% 27% 474 95% 5 1755 105 1635 12 185 171 124 28 2 8 16 2 10 4 10 170 3 3 1 149 9 21 9 12 36 83%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 95% 88%

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%
1981 MON NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 8 7 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 5 0 19 14 73.7% 4 1 5.3% 2 804 54% 78% 32% 78 54%
1982 MON NL 23 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 8 8 0 25 15 60.0% 10 0 0.0% 0 1008 40% 76% 26% 76 54%
1983 MON NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 8 8 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 351 50% 77% 23% 28 50%
1984 MON NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 136 60% 74% 17% 3 100%
1985 MON NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 177 53% 76% 24% 8 100%
1986 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 264 51% 77% 24% 25 72%
1987 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 24 54% 71% 38% 3 33%
1988 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 2 166 80% 84% 47% 14 57%
8 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 7 0 4 0 1 18 17 0 13 5 1 5 1 0 7 3 0 20 20 0 63 46 73.0% 16 1 1.6% 6 2930 50% 77% 28% 235 57%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.7% 56% 78% 31% 54%

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%
1981 MON NL 22 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 18 39% 89% 39% 0
1982 MON NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 81 51% 68% 25% 5 40%
1983 MON NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 18 7 1 5 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 7 5 0 35 17 48.6% 17 1 2.9% 1 1189 47% 77% 25% 141 50%
1984 MON NL 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 0 0 0 0 0 50 66% 72% 14% 1 100%
1985 MON NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 1 722 60% 79% 24% 35 100%
1986 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 191 61% 80% 19% 13 38%
1987 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 76 75% 78% 22% 7 29%
1989 MIL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 271 54% 85% 41% 32 59%
8 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 20 8 1 12 4 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 13 9 0 52 24 46.2% 27 1 1.9% 3 2598 54% 78% 25% 234 57%
MLB Averages 43.9% 2.9% 56% 78% 31% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1982 MON NL 23 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 6 83% 67% 33% 0
1983 MON NL 24 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 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 65 63% 69% 28% 4 100%
1986 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 23 57% 78% 17% 5 20%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 94 63% 71% 26% 9 56%
MLB Averages 42.0% 2.0% 56% 78% 31% 61%

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%
1985 MON NL 26 15 73% 60% 27% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 15 73% 60% 27% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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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%
1989 MIL AL 30 3 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 87%

* 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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