Wayne Franklin
Gary Wayne Franklin
Also known as Gary Franklin
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 9, 1974 in Wilmington, DE
High School: Northeast (Baltimore, MD)
School: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 36th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 2000
Final Game: September 30, 2006
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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
2000 26 HOU NL 0 0 5.48 25 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 24 14 13 2 12 1 21 4 1 0 103 90 1.688 10.1 0.8 5.1 8.9 1.75
2001 27 HOU NL 0 0 6.75 11 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 17 9 9 4 9 0 9 0 0 0 60 68 2.167 12.8 3.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
2002 28 MIL NL 2 1 .667 2.62 4 4 0 0 0 0 24.0 16 8 7 1 17 1 17 0 0 0 103 155 1.375 6.0 0.4 6.4 6.4 1.00
2003 29 MIL NL 10 13 .435 5.50 36 34 1 1 1 0 194.2 201 129 119 36 94 2 116 10 4 3 870 78 1.515 9.3 1.7 4.3 5.4 1.23
2004 30 SFG NL 2 1 .667 6.39 43 2 8 0 0 0 50.2 55 37 36 11 22 2 40 3 0 0 227 68 1.520 9.8 2.0 3.9 7.1 1.82
2005 31 NYY AL 0 1 .000 6.39 13 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 11 12 9 1 8 0 10 1 0 0 57 66 1.500 7.8 0.7 5.7 7.1 1.25
2006 32 ATL NL 0 0 7.04 11 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 8 6 6 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 35 63 1.826 9.4 2.3 7.0 3.5 0.50
7 Seasons 14 16 .467 5.54 143 40 21 1 1 0 323.0 332 215 199 57 168 8 216 18 5 3 1455 78 1.548 9.3 1.6 4.7 6.0 1.29
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .467 5.54 53 15 8 0 0 0 120 123 80 74 21 62 3 80 7 2 1 541 78 1.548 9.3 1.6 4.7 6.0 1.29
HOU (2 yrs) 0 0 5.94 36 0 7 0 0 0 33.1 41 23 22 6 21 1 30 4 1 0 163 81 1.860 11.1 1.6 5.7 8.1 1.43
MIL (2 yrs) 12 14 .462 5.19 40 38 1 1 1 0 218.2 217 137 126 37 111 3 133 10 4 3 973 82 1.500 8.9 1.5 4.6 5.5 1.20
SFG (1 yr) 2 1 .667 6.39 43 2 8 0 0 0 50.2 55 37 36 11 22 2 40 3 0 0 227 68 1.520 9.8 2.0 3.9 7.1 1.82
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 7.04 11 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 8 6 6 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 35 63 1.826 9.4 2.3 7.0 3.5 0.50
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.39 13 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 11 12 9 1 8 0 10 1 0 0 57 66 1.500 7.8 0.7 5.7 7.1 1.25
NL (6 yrs) 14 15 .483 5.51 130 40 19 1 1 0 310.1 321 203 190 56 160 8 206 17 5 3 1398 79 1.550 9.3 1.6 4.6 6.0 1.29
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.39 13 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 11 12 9 1 8 0 10 1 0 0 57 66 1.500 7.8 0.7 5.7 7.1 1.25

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 26 HOU NL 25 103 85 14 24 5 0 2 2 0 12 21 .282 .388 .412 .800 .344 35 0 4 0 2 1
2001 27 HOU NL 11 60 51 9 17 1 0 4 0 0 9 9 .333 .433 .588 1.022 .342 30 2 0 0 0 0
2002 28 MIL NL 4 103 85 8 16 2 0 1 4 0 17 17 .188 .324 .247 .571 .224 21 1 0 1 0 1
2003 29 MIL NL 36 870 751 129 201 50 8 36 9 4 94 116 .268 .355 .499 .855 .274 375 18 10 12 3 2
2004 30 SFG NL 43 227 196 37 55 7 2 11 4 2 22 40 .281 .359 .505 .864 .299 99 4 3 4 2 2
2005 31 NYY AL 13 57 46 12 11 2 1 1 1 0 8 10 .239 .357 .391 .748 .278 18 2 1 1 1 0
2006 32 ATL NL 11 35 27 6 8 2 0 2 2 0 6 3 .296 .400 .593 .993 .250 16 2 0 0 2 2
7 Seasons 143 1455 1241 215 332 69 11 57 22 6 168 216 .268 .360 .479 .839 .281 594 29 18 18 10 8
162 Game Avg. 53 541 461 80 123 26 4 21 8 2 62 80 .268 .360 .479 .839 .281 221 11 7 7 4 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 28 MIL NL 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 3 75% 57 73 34 3 2 0 2 2.8 3.1 6.0 95 0 3 1 0 103
2003 29 MIL NL 36 34 10 13 11 3 1 18 16 .529 0 4 1 1 13 38% 44 86 8 27 6 3 7 5.3 5.0 5.6 94 2 20 12 0 118
2004 30 SFG NL 43 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 39 65 13 16 2 0 2 7.9 16.5 3.3 73 1 1 0 0 95
3 Seasons 83 40 13 15 12 3 1 21 19 .525 0 4 1 1 17 43% 45 86 8 46 10 3 11 5.1 5.1 5.6 93 3 24 13 0 118
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2000 26 HOU NL 25 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 16 4 25% 7 0.875 12 5 7 12 4 9 11 14 4 16 8 5 2.6 16
2001 27 HOU NL 11 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 17% 6 0.461 1 1 9 3 0 8 3 8 3 3 3 1 3.3 21
2003 29 MIL NL 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.916 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 13
2004 30 SFG NL 43 41 8 1 0 1 0 1 0% 6 5 43 9 21% 7 0.595 7 10 22 7 3 31 23 18 15 15 17 9 3.2 18
2005 31 NYY AL 13 13 2 0 1 3 0 3 0% 6 3 14 3 21% 7 0.965 4 2 6 6 0 7 8 5 4 7 7 1 2.9 20
2006 32 ATL NL 11 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 11% 9 0.351 1 0 10 3 0 8 5 6 0 6 1 3 2.1 13
6 Seasons 139 103 21 1 1 4 0 4 0% 24 19 89 18 20% 0.826 25 19 55 31 7 65 51 52 27 47 37 19 2.9 18

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2000 26 HOU NL 103 54% 1.9% 20.4% 11.7% 6.8% 29% 0.56 0.54 62% 26% 5.3% 7% 12 0 0%
2001 27 HOU NL 60 68% 6.7% 15.0% 15.0% 8.3% 29% 0.52 0.69 63% 33% 18.2% 12% 10 2 20%
2002 28 MIL NL 103 96% 1.0% 16.5% 16.5% 2.9% 19% 0.61 0.59 65% 22% 3.4% 29% 19 1 5%
2003 29 MIL NL 870 81% 4.1% 13.3% 10.8% 10.8% 47% 0.55 0.73 69% 21% 10.3% 14% 167 18 11%
2004 30 SFG NL 227 60% 4.9% 17.6% 9.7% 8.8% 36% 0.74 1.20 65% 16% 14.7% 16% 53 4 8%
2005 31 NYY AL 57 53% 1.8% 17.5% 14.0% 7.0% 36% 0.71 0.75 63% 11% 5.3% 10% 14 2 14%
2006 32 ATL NL 35 54% 5.7% 8.6% 17.1% 11.4% 50% 0.56 0.67 69% 15% 13.3% 6% 8 2 25%
7 Seasons 1455 75% 3.9% 14.9% 11.6% 9.4% 41% 0.58 0.76 67% 21% 10.4% 14% 283 29 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2000 26 HOU NL 103 401 3.89 247 62% 23% 19% 32% 27% 77% 3% 48% 76% 54% 7% 7 4 22% 23 15 1 33% 4 2 0 0 0
2001 27 HOU NL 60 228 3.80 135 59% 16% 21% 33% 31% 84% 0% 50% 75% 50% 12% 7 3 28% 17 9 2 11% 2 4 0 0 0
2002 28 MIL NL 103 379 3.68 218 58% 23% 18% 28% 32% 77% 1% 44% 77% 54% 12% 12 6 20% 21 14 2 18% 5 5 0 0 0
2003 29 MIL NL 870 3230 3.71 1959 61% 24% 15% 28% 33% 76% 0% 46% 81% 60% 7% 60 38 21% 185 102 8 21% 18 20 0 0 0
2004 30 SFG NL 227 902 3.97 551 61% 22% 17% 31% 29% 78% 2% 48% 78% 52% 7% 15 9 17% 38 17 4 25% 3 4 0 0 0
2005 31 NYY AL 57 264 4.63 153 58% 24% 14% 38% 25% 76% 0% 44% 82% 40% 9% 5 3 19% 11 4 0 40% 0 2 0 0 0
2006 32 ATL NL 35 141 4.03 77 55% 22% 13% 31% 34% 78% 13% 43% 83% 51% 9% 3 1 9% 3 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1455 5545 3.81 3340 60% 23% 16% 30% 32% 77% 1% 46% 79% 56% 7% 109 64 20% 298 162 17 23% 32 37 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2000 26 HOU NL 103 24 3 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 40 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2001 27 HOU NL 60 17 2 0 4 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 MIL NL 103 16 4 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0% 1 0 0 36 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 29 MIL NL 870 201 20 6 36 1 19 28 8 22 14 47 25 4 53% 11 3 0 325 9 4 69% 7 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 11 0
2004 30 SFG NL 227 55 10 3 11 1 16 5 6 5 6 18 8 4 44% 1 0 0 93 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 31 NYY AL 57 11 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 60% 1 0 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 32 ATL NL 35 8 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 1455 332 41 10 57 2 48 40 17 33 24 77 40 10 52% 15 3 0 568 22 6 79% 18 5 4 0 0 1 3 2 22 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2000 26 0 0 5.48 25 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 24 14 13 2 12 1 21 4 1 0 103 90 1.688 10.1 0.8 5.1 8.9 1.75 90
2001 27 0 0 5.94 36 0 7 0 0 0 33.1 41 23 22 6 21 1 30 4 1 0 163 81 1.860 11.1 1.6 5.7 8.1 1.43 81
2002 28 2 1 .667 4.55 40 4 7 0 0 0 57.1 57 31 29 7 38 2 47 4 1 0 266 99 1.657 8.9 1.1 6.0 7.4 1.24 99
2003 29 12 14 .462 5.29 76 38 8 1 1 0 252.0 258 160 148 43 132 4 163 14 5 3 1136 82 1.548 9.2 1.5 4.7 5.8 1.23 82
2004 30 14 15 .483 5.47 119 40 16 1 1 0 302.2 313 197 184 54 154 6 203 17 5 3 1363 79 1.543 9.3 1.6 4.6 6.0 1.32 79
2005 31 14 16 .467 5.51 132 40 18 1 1 0 315.1 324 209 193 55 162 6 213 18 5 3 1420 79 1.541 9.2 1.6 4.6 6.1 1.31 79
2006 32 14 16 .467 5.54 143 40 21 1 1 0 323.0 332 215 199 57 168 8 216 18 5 3 1455 78 1.548 9.3 1.6 4.7 6.0 1.29 78

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2000 26 1 1 .500 4.09 22.0 22 11 10 2 11 22 4 1.500 9.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.8 25
2001 27 0 1 .000 6.00 12.0 16 9 8 4 8 9 0 2.000 12.0 6.0 6.8 1.13 3.0 11
2002 28 1 1 .500 3.13 23.0 17 9 8 1 18 16 0 1.522 6.7 7.0 6.3 0.89 0.4 4
2003 29 7 13 .350 5.43 189.0 200 127 114 36 94 113 10 1.556 9.5 4.5 5.4 1.20 1.7 36
2004 30 1 4 .200 6.24 49.0 54 38 34 11 22 39 3 1.551 9.9 4.0 7.2 1.77 2.0 43
2005 31 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 11 10 9 1 8 9 1 1.583 8.3 6.0 6.8 1.13 0.8 13
2006 32 0 0 6.43 7.0 8 6 5 2 6 3 0 2.000 10.3 7.7 3.9 0.50 2.6 11
7 Seasons 10 21 .323 5.39 314.0 328 210 188 57 167 211 18 1.576 9.4 6.0 1.26 1.6 143

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2003 NL  34 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 NL  36 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2003 NL  94 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
2003 NL  13 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 NL  119 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 NL  10 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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