Julio Franco

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic do

High School: Divine Providence (San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic)

Debut: April 23, 1982 (Age 23-243d, 14,579th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 17, 2007 (Age 49-025d)
vs. FLA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: International Baseball Consulting • Previously: Chuck Berry, John Davimos, Tom Reich

Full Name: Julio Cesar Franco

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3x All-Star
5x Silver Slugger
Batting Title
AS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.6

8677

2586

173

.298

1285

RBI

1194

281

OBP

.365

SLG

.417

OPS

.782

OPS+

111

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

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	CLE	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 9	CLE		BAL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	CLE		BAL	L,2-13	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
6	6	Apr 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 13	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
8	8	Apr 16 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 16 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
10	10	Apr 17	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
12	12	Apr 19	CLE	@	TOR	L,7-9	CG	42	8.2	4	5	0	9	1	SS
13	13	Apr 20	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
15	15	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
17	17	Apr 26	CLE		MIN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
18	18	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
19	19	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	4	4	0	8	2	SS
20	20	Apr 30	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
22	22	May 3	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
23	23	May 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
24	24	May 5	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
25	25	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
26	26	May 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
27	27	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
28	28	May 10	CLE		KCR	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
29	29	May 11	CLE		KCR	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
30	30	May 12	CLE		TOR	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
31	31	May 13	CLE		TOR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
32	32	May 14	CLE		TOR	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
33	33	May 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
34	34	May 17	CLE	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	52	11.1	3	6	1	10	1	SS
35	35	May 18	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	4	8	0	12	0	SS
36	36	May 20	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
37	37	May 21	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
38	38	May 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
39	39	May 23	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	40	May 24	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
41	41	May 25	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
42	42	May 27	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	CG	54	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
43	43	May 28	CLE		CAL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
44	44	May 29	CLE		CAL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
45	45	May 30	CLE		CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
46	46	May 31	CLE		SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	CLE		SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	48	Jun 2	CLE		SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
49	49	Jun 4	CLE		OAK	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
50	50	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
51	52 (1)	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
52	53	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
53	54	Jun 10	CLE	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
54	57 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
55	58	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
56	59	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
57	60	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
58	61	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
59	63 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		DET	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
60	64	Jun 19	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
61	65	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
62	66	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
63	67	Jun 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
64	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
65	69	Jun 24	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
66	70	Jun 25	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
67	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
68	72	Jun 28	CLE		BOS	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
69	73	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
70	74	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,10-11	CG	53	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	75	Jul 1	CLE		MIL	L,10-11	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
72	76	Jul 2	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
73	77	Jul 3	CLE		MIL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
74	78	Jul 4	CLE		MIL	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
75	79	Jul 8	CLE	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
76	80	Jul 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
77	81	Jul 10	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
78	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
79	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
80	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
81	85	Jul 14	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
82	86	Jul 15	CLE		KCR	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
83	87	Jul 16	CLE		KCR	W,17-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
84	88	Jul 17	CLE		KCR	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	6	1	10	3	SS
85	89	Jul 18	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
86	90	Jul 19	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
87	91	Jul 20	CLE		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
88	92	Jul 22	CLE		MIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	3	SS
89	93	Jul 23	CLE		MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
90	94	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
91	95	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
92	96	Jul 25	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
93	97	Jul 26	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	SS
94	98	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
95	99	Jul 29	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
96	100	Jul 30	CLE	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	59	12.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
97	101	Jul 31	CLE	@	TOR	W,16-11	CG	45	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	102	Aug 1	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
99	103	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
100	104	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
101	105	Aug 3	CLE		BAL	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
102	106	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
103	107	Aug 5	CLE		TEX	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
104	108	Aug 6	CLE		TEX	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
105	109	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
106	110	Aug 7 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
107	111	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
108	112	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
109	113	Aug 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
110	114	Aug 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
111	115	Aug 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
112	116	Aug 14	CLE	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	117	Aug 15	CLE		TOR	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
114	118	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
115	119	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		TOR	L,6-9	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
116	120	Aug 17	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	CG	40	10.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
117	121	Aug 19	CLE		SEA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
118	122	Aug 20	CLE		SEA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
119	123	Aug 21	CLE		SEA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
120	124	Aug 22	CLE		CAL	L,3-7	CG	54	13.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
121	125	Aug 23	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
122	126	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
123	127	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
124	128	Aug 25	CLE		OAK	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
125	129	Aug 26	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
126	130	Aug 27	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
127	131	Aug 28	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
128	132	Aug 29	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
129	133	Aug 30	CLE	@	CAL	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
130	134	Aug 31	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-5	CG	40	10.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
132	136	Sep 3	CLE	@	OAK	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
133	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	138	Sep 5	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
135	139	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
136	140	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
137	141	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
138	142	Sep 10	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
139	143	Sep 11	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
140	144	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
141	145	Sep 13	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
142	146	Sep 14	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
143	147	Sep 17	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
144	148	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
145	149	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,8-13	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
146	150	Sep 20	CLE		MIL	L,7-11	CG	50	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
147	151	Sep 21	CLE		MIL	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
148	152	Sep 22	CLE		MIL	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
							149gm		1323.0	247	438	28	713	92