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: 37-14

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

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

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	662	1	Apr 1	NYM		STL	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.17	3	8	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.161	2.14	0.10%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
2	663	3	Apr 4	NYM		STL	W,10-9	8-GF	BW(1-0)	2	1.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.86	1.46	8	23	17	6	2	4	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.19	-0.559	3.27	-0.34%	-2.01	8t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end d 1
3	664	7	Apr 9	NYM	@	CIN	W,12-5	8-GF	S(2)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.08	4					2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.035	.31	0.02%	0.63	8b --- 2 out a1	9b end a 7
4	665	13	Apr 17	NYM		HOU	L,5-7	9-GF		7	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	1.89	4	16	10	3	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.017	.35	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	666	15	Apr 20	NYM		COL	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	BW(2-0)	2	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.70	3.92	7	32	18	4	2	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.065	1.36	-0.03%	-0.01	9t --- 0 out a1	10t end tie
6	667	16	Apr 21	NYM		COL	L,4-6	9-9	BL(2-1)	0	0.2	3	4	3	3	2	0	0	6.14	4.54	9	40	22	6	3	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.12	-0.808	2.31	-0.36%	-4.27	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 123 2 out d3
7	668	22	Apr 27	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-4	9-GF	S(3)	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.40	4.73	5	19	12	3	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.046	1.22	0.02%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
8	669	23	Apr 28	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-5	9-GF	S(4)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.00	4.17	3	10	8	0	5	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	0.108	2.05	0.05%	-0.05	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 2
9	670	24	Apr 29	NYM		MON	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	3.67	4	17	12	4	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	0.161	3.00	0.09%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
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
10	671	32	May 8	NYM	@	FLA	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.09	3.26	3	12	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.06	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
11	672	33	May 10	NYM		CHC	W,2-0	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.75	3.09	3	14	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.073	.57	0.03%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
12	673	38	May 15	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(2-2)	4	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.26	3.09	5					2	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	-0.364	1.49	-0.10%	-0.94	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
13	674	39	May 16	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-3	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	3.10	3	4	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.040	.23	0.01%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
14	675	45	May 22	NYM	@	LAD	W,3-2	8-GF	S(8)	5	1.1	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	3.60	3.24	9	35	18	6	4	3	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.57	0.060	1.09	0.02%	-1.29	8b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 1
15	676	48	May 26	NYM		SDP	W,1-0	9-GF	S(9)	3	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.38	3.48	6	24	11	5	1	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	0.161	1.65	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
16	677	51	May 30	NYM		SFG	W,1-0	9-GF	S(10)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	3.35	4	19	13	3	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	0.161	1.46	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 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
17	678	53	Jun 1	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	9-GF	S(11)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.34	3	7	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.161	.79	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
18	679	59	Jun 8	NYM		FLA	W,7-6	9-GF	S(12)	6	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	3.34	3	9	5	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	0.037	.92	0.01%	-2.23	9t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 1
19	680	62	Jun 11	NYM		ATL	L,3-4	10-11		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.66	3.12	9	32	20	7	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	0.273	1.43	0.09%	0.99	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
20	681	63	Jun 12	NYM		ATL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	3.03	4	15	10	4	3	0	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.161	1.25	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
21	682	67	Jun 16	NYM	@	STL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	BS(4)	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.49	3.08	3	13	6	1	2	0	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.72	-0.524	1.83	-0.12%	-1.49	8b 1-3 2 out a1	8b end d 1
22	683	68	Jun 17	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	S(14)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.08	5	15	10	1	1	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	0.213	1.27	0.04%	0.54	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
23	684	70	Jun 19(2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-3	9-GF	S(15)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.28	3.13	5	17	9	4	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	0.100	.82	0.02%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
24	685	73	Jun 22	NYM		CIN	W,5-2	9-GF	S(16)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.19	3.05	3	6	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.033	.14	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
25	686	75	Jun 24	NYM		COL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(17)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	3.06	3	9	7	0	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.161	.64	0.03%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
26	687	76	Jun 25	NYM		COL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(18)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.03	3.02	4	21	12	3	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.161	.83	0.04%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
27	688	80	Jun 30	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.95	3.14	5	16	10	2	2	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
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
28	689	85	Jul 5	NYM	@	MON	W,9-6	9-GF	S(19)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	3.14	3	14	9	1	4	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.045	.32	0.02%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
29	690	88	Jul 11	NYM		HOU	W,8-2	9-9		5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	3.14	1	7	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.38	9t --- 0 out a7	9t 1-- 0 out a7
30	691	90	Jul 14(1)	NYM		HOU	L,5-7	9-10	BS(5)	2	2.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.05	3.20	11	58	38	7	5	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	-0.065	2.08	-0.02%	-0.01	9t --- 0 out a1	10t 3 out tie
31	692	93	Jul 16	NYM		PHI	W,6-3	9-GF	S(20)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99	3.14	5	18	13	4	3	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.033	.42	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
32	693	97	Jul 20	NYM		MON	W,4-1	9-GF	S(21)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	3.14	3	5	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.033	.29	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
33	694	103	Jul 27	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.87	3.08	4	17	11	4	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.04	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
34	695	106	Jul 30(1)	NYM		PIT	W,5-4	9-GF	S(22)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	3.03	3	15	9	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.161	.45	0.02%	0.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
35	696	107	Jul 30(2)	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	12-GF(12)	W(3-2)	-1	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.77	2.86	5	25	17	7	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	0.137	.86	0.02%	0.50	12t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
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
36	697	111	Aug 3	NYM		STL	W,5-4	8-GF	S(23)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.70	2.82	5	18	13	4	0	3	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.49	0.337	.98	0.04%	1.27	8t 123 2 out a1	9t end a 1
37	698	115	Aug 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,11-7	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	2.83	3	10	7	2	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.01	0.00%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
38	699	116	Aug 8	NYM	@	FLA	W,3-0	9-GF	S(24)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	2.84	3	7	5	2	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.042	.04	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
39	700	119	Aug 11	NYM	@	FLA	W,5-3	9-GF	S(25)	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.59	2.87	4	14	10	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	0.048	.23	0.00%	-0.81	9b 1-3 1 out a4	9b end a 2
40	701	122	Aug 14	NYM		CHC	W,8-5	9-GF	S(26)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	2.88	2	9	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.070	.02	0.00%	0.88	9t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
41	702	127	Aug 20	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-3	9-GF	S(27)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	2.83	2	7	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.042	.02	0.00%	0.91	9b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
42	703	131	Aug 25	NYM	@	LAD	L,5-6	8-GF(8)	BL(3-3)	4	0.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.73	2.91	5	16	8	0	2	3	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.614	.02	0.00%	-1.78	8b 1-- 2 out a1	8b end d 1
43	704	133	Aug 28	NYM		SDP	L,2-3	9-10	BS(7)	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.85	3.17	7	25	16	8	0	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.01	9t --- 0 out a1	10t 3 out tie
44	705	135	Aug 30	NYM		SFG	L,4-6	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.01	3.13	5	16	10	4	1	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
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
45	706	137	Sep 1	NYM		SFG	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	W(4-3)	1	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.12	3.26	9	33	16	4	2	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.165	.00	0.00%	-0.01	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
46	707	140	Sep 4	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	8-10	BS(8)	2	2.1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.02	3.09	9	35	24	5	7	3	2	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.22	8t 1-- 2 out a1	10t 3 out tie
47	708	143	Sep 8	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-2	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.98	3.15	5	16	8	3	0	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
48	709	145	Sep 10	NYM		FLA	L,3-9	11-11		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	3.15	4	22	11	2	2	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.137	.00	0.00%	0.50	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
49	710	153	Sep 19	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-2	9-GF		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.90	3.08	3	16	10	5	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
50	711	154	Sep 20	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-2	9-GF	S(28)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	3.08	3	10	6	1	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
51	712	160	Sep 27	NYM		PHI	L,5-6	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	3.04	4	20	11	5	2	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
							37-14		W-L:4-3,Sv:28,BSv:8	2.6	54.0	54	15	11	21	48	2	0	1.83	3.04	235	866	62%	18%	10%	1.31		20%	4%	0		20	60%	1	1	1	208	4	0	0	4	0	4	2.16	0.382	.88	-0.13%	3.36

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