John Franco

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John's University (Queens, NY).

High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)

School: St. John's University (Queens, NY)

Debut: April 24, 1984 (Age 23-220d, 14,885th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 1, 2005 (Age 44-287d)
vs. CIN 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, Dan Horwits, ??? Giordano

Full Name: John Anthony Franco

Twitter: @TEAMFRANCO45

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4x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.4

ERA

2.89

1119

424

1245.2

975

WHIP

1.333

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	CIN		PHI	L,3-5		10	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
2	3	Apr 11	CIN	@	SDP	L,3-4		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 13	CIN	@	SDP	L,6-7		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	6	Apr 15	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	7	Apr 16	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	9 (1)	Apr 19	CIN		HOU	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	10	Apr 20	CIN		HOU	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	11	Apr 23	CIN		SDP	L,4-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	13 (1)	Apr 25	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	18 (4)	May 2	CIN		NYM	L,7-8		7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
11	19	May 3	CIN		NYM	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
12	21 (1)	May 5	CIN		ATL	L,3-4		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	22	May 6	CIN		ATL	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	24 (1)	May 9	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	26 (1)	May 11	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	29 (2)	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-8		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	31 (1)	May 16	CIN		PIT	W,7-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	34 (2)	May 20	CIN	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	36 (1)	May 22	CIN	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	37	May 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,12-9		11	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
21	43 (5)	May 30	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	45 (1)	Jun 1	CIN		STL	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
23	47 (1)	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	51 (3)	Jun 8 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	54 (2)	Jun 10	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-1	GF	7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	55	Jun 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	57 (1)	Jun 14	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-1	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	59 (1)	Jun 16	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	60	Jun 17	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	62 (1)	Jun 19	CIN		HOU	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	63	Jun 20 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	64	Jun 20 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,8-5	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	66 (1)	Jun 22	CIN		ATL	W,5-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	69 (2)	Jun 25	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-3	GF	11	2.2	0	2	1	3	0	P
35	70	Jun 27	CIN		SFG	L,6-7		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	71	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	L,1-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	73 (1)	Jun 30	CIN		LAD	W,6-5		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	74	Jul 2	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	GF	10	2.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
39	79 (4)	Jul 7	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-6	GF	10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	80	Jul 8	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	83 (2)	Jul 11	CIN	@	MON	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	85 (1)	Jul 13 susp	CIN	@	MON	W,10-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	86	Jul 17	CIN		PHI	W,7-6		11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
44	87	Jul 18	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	91 (3)	Jul 22	CIN		NYM	L,3-6		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	93 (1)	Jul 24	CIN		MON	L,5-6		9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
47	96 (2)	Jul 27	CIN		MON	W,9-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	101 (4)	Aug 2	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	103 (1)	Aug 4	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	105 (1)	Aug 6	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
51	108 (2)	Aug 9	CIN		LAD	W,6-2	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	112 (3)	Aug 13	CIN		SFG	W,8-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	116 (3)	Aug 16	CIN		SDP	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	117	Aug 17	CIN		SDP	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	118	Aug 18	CIN		SDP	W,6-5	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	120 (1)	Aug 20	CIN		STL	W,3-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	125 (4)	Aug 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
58	126	Aug 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	127	Aug 27	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	131 (3)	Sep 1	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	133 (1)	Sep 3	CIN		PIT	L,3-5	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	138 (4)	Sep 9	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	141 (2)	Sep 12	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	143 (1)	Sep 14	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	145 (1)	Sep 17	CIN		HOU	L,1-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	147 (1)	Sep 19	CIN		LAD	L,7-9		10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	149 (1)	Sep 21	CIN		LAD	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	152 (2)	Sep 24	CIN		ATL	W,4-1	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	154 (1)	Sep 26	CIN	@	SDP	W,8-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	155	Sep 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-4		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	158 (2)	Oct 1	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	159	Oct 2	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
73	160	Oct 3	CIN		SDP	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
74	161	Oct 4	CIN		SDP	W,10-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							74gm		101.0	6	22	4	32	2