Tito Francona

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: November 4, 1933 in Aliquippa, PA us

Died: February 13, 2018 in New Brighton, PA

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, New Brighton, PA

High School: New Brighton HS (New Brighton, PA)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 22-165d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1970 (Age 36-329d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: John Patsy Francona

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Relatives: Father of Terry Francona

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.0

5121

1395

125

.272

650

RBI

656

OBP

.344

SLG

.403

OPS

.746

OPS+

107

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 19	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
4	4	Apr 20	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
5	6 (1)	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-3	GF	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF RF
6	7	Apr 22 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	9 (1)	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,7-5		22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
8	10	Apr 27	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-8	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
9	11	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
10	12	Apr 29 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-6	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH RF
11	13	Apr 29 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	21	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH RF
13	15	May 3	BAL		CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	16	May 4	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
15	17	May 5	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	18	May 6 (1)	BAL		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
17	19	May 6 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
18	20	May 7	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
19	21	May 8	BAL		KCA	W,7-4		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	22	May 9	BAL		KCA	L,0-4	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
21	24 (1)	May 12	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	25	May 13 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
23	27 (1)	May 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-5	GF	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
24	30 (2)	May 19	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
25	31	May 20 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	32	May 20 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
27	34 (1)	May 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-10	GS	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
28	36 (1)	May 28	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	GF	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH RF 1B
29	37	May 29	BAL		WSH	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
30	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
31	40	May 31	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	41	Jun 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
33	42	Jun 3 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-12	CG	50	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
34	43	Jun 3 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	45 (1)	Jun 5	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	46	Jun 6	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	47	Jun 7	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
38	48	Jun 8	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	49	Jun 9 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF RF
40	50	Jun 9 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-5	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
41	51	Jun 10	BAL		KCA	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	52	Jun 11	BAL		DET	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
43	54 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	55	Jun 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,1-0	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	56	Jun 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
46	57	Jun 17	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	GS	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF 1B
47	58	Jun 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	62 (3)	Jun 22	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	46	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
49	64 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
50	65	Jun 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
51	66	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,11-12	GS	52	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
52	67	Jun 29	BAL		BOS	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
53	68	Jun 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
54	69	Jun 30 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	70	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,8-10	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
57	73	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
58	74	Jul 7	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
59	75	Jul 8 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	76	Jul 8 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
61	77	Jul 12	BAL		KCA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
62	79 (1)	Jul 14	BAL		KCA	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	80	Jul 15 (1)	BAL		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	81	Jul 15 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
65	82	Jul 17 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
66	83	Jul 17 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	84	Jul 18	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
68	86 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF 1B
69	87	Jul 21 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
70	88	Jul 22	BAL		CLE	L,0-8	GS	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
71	89	Jul 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,7-9	GS	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B CF
72	90	Jul 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,11-5	GS	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF RF
73	91	Jul 25	BAL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
74	92	Jul 26	BAL	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
75	93	Jul 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
76	94	Jul 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF 1B
77	96 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	97	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
79	98	Jul 31	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	99	Aug 1	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	100	Aug 2	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF 1B
82	101	Aug 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	GF	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	103 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	104	Aug 5 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
85	105	Aug 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	106	Aug 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	RF 1B
87	107	Aug 10	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	0	1	2	0	RF
88	108	Aug 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
89	109	Aug 12 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
90	110	Aug 12 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B RF
91	111	Aug 14	BAL		WSH	W,3-0	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF 1B
92	112	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
93	113	Aug 17	BAL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	114	Aug 18 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
95	115	Aug 18 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
96	116	Aug 19	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	117	Aug 21	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
98	118	Aug 22	BAL		KCA	L,2-7	CG	49	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
99	119	Aug 23	BAL		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	120	Aug 24	BAL		DET	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
101	121	Aug 25	BAL		DET	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	122	Aug 26 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	123	Aug 26 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
104	124	Aug 28	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
105	125	Aug 29	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
106	126	Aug 31	BAL	@	BOS	W,13-6	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	127	Sep 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
108	128	Sep 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
109	129	Sep 3 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
110	130	Sep 3 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	26	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
111	131	Sep 5	BAL	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
112	133 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF 1B
113	134	Sep 7 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
114	135	Sep 8	BAL		BOS	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
115	136	Sep 9	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	49	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
116	137	Sep 11	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
117	138	Sep 12	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
118	139	Sep 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
119	140	Sep 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	3	1	0	4	0	RF
120	141	Sep 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
121	142	Sep 16 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
122	143	Sep 16 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
123	144	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
124	145	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	L,1-9	GS	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
125	146	Sep 21	BAL		WSH	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
126	147	Sep 22	BAL		WSH	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
127	148	Sep 23	BAL		WSH	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
128	149	Sep 24	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
129	150	Sep 25	BAL		NYY	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
130	151	Sep 26	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
131	152	Sep 29	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							161gm		1033.0	330	14	7	351	8