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.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	CIN		STL	W,5-4		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 8	CIN		HOU	L,3-8		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	7 (3)	Apr 12	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	8	Apr 13	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-5		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	10 (1)	Apr 15	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13 (2)	Apr 18	CIN		SFG	L,3-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	16 (2)	Apr 21	CIN		SFG	W,7-6		8	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
8	19 (2)	Apr 26	CIN	@	MON	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	22 (2)	Apr 30	CIN		NYM	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	24 (1)	May 2	CIN		MON	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	25	May 3	CIN		MON	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	28 (2)	May 6	CIN	@	NYM	L,3-4	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	33 (4)	May 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	8	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	35 (1)	May 14	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	36	May 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
16	41 (4)	May 21	CIN		CHC	L,6-11	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	43 (1)	May 23	CIN	@	STL	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	44	May 24	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	10	1.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
19	46 (1)	May 27	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	52 (5)	Jun 3	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-13		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	57 (4)	Jun 8	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	60 (2)	Jun 11	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	63 (2)	Jun 15	CIN		HOU	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	64	Jun 16	CIN		HOU	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
25	66 (1)	Jun 18	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
26	68 (1)	Jun 20	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	72 (3)	Jun 25	CIN		LAD	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	73	Jun 26	CIN		LAD	L,6-9	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	76 (2)	Jun 29	CIN		SDP	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	77	Jun 30	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	78	Jul 1	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	81 (2)	Jul 4	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	82	Jul 5	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	84 (1)	Jul 7	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	86 (1)	Jul 9	CIN		PHI	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	87	Jul 10	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	89 (1)	Jul 15	CIN	@	MON	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	91 (1)	Jul 17	CIN	@	MON	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	92	Jul 18	CIN		NYM	W,2-1	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	95 (2)	Jul 22	CIN		MON	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	98 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	W,3-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	100 (1)	Jul 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,3-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	101	Jul 28	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	103 (1)	Jul 30	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-0	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	105 (1)	Aug 1	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	107 (1)	Aug 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	108	Aug 5	CIN		SDP	W,10-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
48	110 (1)	Aug 7	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	113 (2)	Aug 11	CIN		LAD	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	114	Aug 12	CIN		ATL	L,4-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	116 (1)	Aug 14	CIN		ATL	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	117	Aug 16	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	120 (2)	Aug 19	CIN	@	STL	L,4-10	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	122 (1)	Aug 21	CIN	@	STL	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	126 (3)	Aug 25	CIN		STL	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	128 (1)	Aug 27	CIN		STL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	131 (2)	Aug 30	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	132	Aug 31	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	133	Sep 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	134	Sep 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	139 (4)	Sep 8	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-1	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
62	142 (2)	Sep 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	143	Sep 13	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	145 (1)	Sep 15	CIN		HOU	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	152 (6)	Sep 22	CIN		SFG	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	153	Sep 23	CIN	@	ATL	W,5-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	155 (1)	Sep 25	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
68	156	Sep 26	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
69	159 (2)	Sep 30	CIN		ATL	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	161 (1)	Oct 2	CIN		ATL	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							70gm		86.0	3	18	1	22	1