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

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Team Record in Appearances: 37-11

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 11

1995 Pitching Game Log

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1995 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	614	1	Apr 26	NYM	@	COL	L,9-11	9-9	BS(1)	99	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	9.00	4.10	5	18	10	2	3	0	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	-0.246	4.29	-0.16%	-0.34	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
2	615	3	Apr 28	NYM		STL	W,10-8	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.50	2.10	4	18	11	6	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.073	.97	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	616	8	May 4	NYM	@	MON	W,5-1	8-9	W(1-0)	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	1.47	4	20	12	3	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.29	0.316	2.17	0.18%	1.48	8b 12- 1 out tie	9b 3 out tie
4	617	9	May 5	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-0	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	2.46	6					2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.042	1.70	0.02%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
5	618	13	May 10	NYM		ATL	W,5-2	9-GF	S(3)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	2.57	3	11	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.033	.40	0.02%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
6	619	14	May 11	NYM		ATL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.70	4.45	6	26	15	3	6	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.033	1.96	0.02%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
7	620	17	May 14	NYM		MON	L,2-3	9-9	BS(2)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.52	4.28	6	21	14	2	3	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	-0.202	3.55	-0.11%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out tie
8	621	18	May 15	NYM		MON	W,5-3	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.12	4.49	4	12	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.073	1.59	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
9	622	27	May 25	NYM		LAD	L,0-3	9-GF		9	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.72	4.34	7	24	11	2	1	4	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.033	.30	-0.01%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
10	623	30	May 28	NYM		SFG	L,1-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.23	3	13	8	2	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.004	.04	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
11	624	31	May 29	NYM		SDP	L,2-3	10-10		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.09	4.39	4	15	8	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	0.136	1.41	0.03%	0.50	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
12	625	33	May 31	NYM		SDP	W,7-5	9-GF(10)	BW(2-0)	1	2.0	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	3.29	5.01	10	32	23	6	3	6	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.89	-0.504	1.06	-0.11%	-1.01	9t --- 0 out a1	10t end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	626	35	Jun 3	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-3	9-GF	S(6)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.07	4.60	4	17	10	1	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.084	.46	0.02%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
14	627	38	Jun 6	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-2	8-GF	BL(2-1)	2	0.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.52	4.60	6	20	11	0	4	2	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.53	-0.606	1.68	-0.17%	-2.09	8b -2- 2 out a1	9b end d 1
15	628	46	Jun 15	NYM		FLA	W,5-4	9-9		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	4.39	4	16	10	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.008	.04	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t 3 out d3
16	629	47	Jun 16	NYM		HOU	L,5-7	11-12		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.44	3.92	8	30	19	7	5	2	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.165	.54	-0.03%	-0.01	11t --- 0 out tie	12t 3 out d1
17	630	55	Jun 24	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.26	3.93	4	14	8	5	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.033	.10	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
18	631	58	Jun 27	NYM	@	FLA	W,2-0	8-GF	S(7)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.86	4	17	10	1	3	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.95	0.275	.07	0.01%	1.45	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
19	632	60	Jun 30	NYM		CIN	W,7-6	8-GF	S(8)	2	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.18	3.85	7	33	22	9	2	3	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	0.171	.19	0.01%	0.17	8t -2- 1 out a2	9t end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	633	65	Jul 5	NYM		CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	W(3-1)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	3.84	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.95	0.137	.09	0.00%	0.50	9t 1-3 2 out tie	9t end tie
21	634	67	Jul 7	NYM	@	PIT	W,9-8	9-GF	S(9)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.94	5	20	9	2	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	0.208	.08	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
22	635	70	Jul 13	NYM		COL	W,4-2	8-GF	S(10)	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	3.88	5	16	11	2	2	1	4	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.146	.02	0.00%	0.68	8t 1-3 1 out a3	9t end a 2
23	636	73	Jul 16	NYM		COL	W,2-1	9-GF(10)	W(4-1)	2	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.60	3.86	8	33	19	7	3	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.273	.03	0.00%	0.99	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
24	637	76	Jul 19	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	S(11)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.51	3.70	4	12	10	2	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	0.202	.10	0.00%	0.51	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
25	638	83	Jul 26	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	8-10		6	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.27	3.55	12	44	27	10	6	6	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.385	.02	0.00%	1.52	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
26	639	84	Jul 28	NYM		PIT	L,9-10	9-GF	BL(4-2)	1	1.0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.48	3.47	6	14	8	0	3	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.15	-0.640	.01	0.00%	-1.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
27	640	85	Jul 29	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	9-GF	BW(5-2)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.67	3.46	5	21	14	7	2	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	-0.202	.01	0.00%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
28	641	86	Jul 30	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	9-GF	S(12)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.60	3.39	3	13	10	5	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	0.161	.01	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	642	93	Aug 6	NYM		FLA	W,7-3	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.52	3.33	3	11	8	3	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
30	643	94	Aug 7	NYM		FLA	W,5-2	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.27	3	19	10	5	1	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
31	644	95	Aug 8	NYM	@	PHI	W,12-10	9-GF	S(14)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	3.27	2	5	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.048	.01	0.00%	-1.22	9b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 2
32	645	97	Aug 10	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-1	11-GF(11)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.37	3.16	4	14	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.51	11b --- 0 out a4	11b end a 4
33	646	98	Aug 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-5	9-GF	S(15)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.31	3.05	3	14	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.086	.01	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
34	647	102	Aug 16	NYM		MON	W,1-0	9-GF	S(16)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	3.08	4	15	10	4	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	0.161	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
35	648	104	Aug 19	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	9-GF	S(17)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.20	3.03	3	13	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.94	0.161	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
36	649	105	Aug 20	NYM		LAD	W,5-3	9-GF	S(18)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	2.98	3	12	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
37	650	111	Aug 26	NYM		SDP	W,7-6	9-GF	S(19)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	2.94	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.036	.01	0.00%	0.10	9t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
38	651	113	Aug 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-3	9-GF	S(20)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.08	2.92	4	15	8	2	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.190	.03	0.00%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	652	116	Sep 1	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-6	8-GF	BL(5-3)	2	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	2.42	3.51	6	13	9	0	1	2	4	2	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.696	.02	-0.01%	-2.10	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end d 1
40	653	120	Sep 5	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-0	9-GF	S(21)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	3.50	1	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.44	9b 12- 2 out a4	9b end a 4
41	654	123	Sep 9	NYM	@	MON	W,6-5	9-GF	S(22)	3	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.54	3.62	6	20	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.54	0.098	.01	0.00%	-0.47	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
42	655	128	Sep 14	NYM		HOU	W,4-2	9-GF	S(23)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	3.61	4	8	8	2	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
43	656	129	Sep 15	NYM		PHI	W,4-1	9-GF	S(24)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	3.60	4	14	9	2	1	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
44	657	130	Sep 16	NYM		PHI	W,10-8	9-GF	S(25)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	3.59	3	11	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
45	658	134	Sep 20	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-4	9-GF	S(26)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.59	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.80	9b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 4
46	659	140	Sep 27(1)	NYM		CIN	W,5-4	9-GF	S(27)	6	1.0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2.50	3.56	6	32	20	7	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.033	.00	0.00%	-1.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
47	660	142	Sep 29	NYM		ATL	W,6-3	9-GF	S(28)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.51	3	10	7	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
48	661	143	Sep 30	NYM		ATL	W,8-4	9-GF	S(29)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	3.51	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t -23 2 out a4	9t end a 4
							37-11		W-L:5-3,Sv:29,BSv:7	2.3	51.2	48	17	14	17	41	4	0	2.44	3.51	213	773	61%	18%	10%	1.18		15%	5%	0		21	24%	1	1	1	191	11	0	2	6	1	1	2.10	0.741	.57	-0.19%	8.39

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