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, 12,501st in MLB 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

W

L

ERA

2.89

G

1119

GS

SV

424

IP

1245.2

SO

975

WHIP

1.333

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1981	20	LAD-min	A	7	4	.636	3.53	13	11	1	3	0	0	79.0	78	41	31	1	41	2	60	2	3	5				1.506	8.9	0.1	4.7	6.8	1.46	VRO FLOR
1982	21	LAD-min	AA,AAA	11	7	.611	5.43	22	22	0	3	0	0	132.2	178	92	80	14	61	2	100	1	5	4				1.802	12.1	0.9	4.1	6.8	1.64	SAN,ABQ TL,PCL
1983	22	CIN-LAD-min	AAA	6	10	.375	4.92	34	18	10	2	0	2	130.0	158	80	71	13	53	5	62	3	1	6				1.623	10.9	0.9	3.7	4.3	1.17	INA,ABQ AA,PCL
1984	23	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.79	6	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	8	6	6	1	4	0	11	0	0	0				1.286	7.7	1.0	3.9	10.6	2.75	WCH AA
1984	23	CIN	NL	6	2	.750	2.61	54	0	30	0	0	4	79.1	74	28	23	3	36	4	55	2	0	2	335	145	3.31	1.387	8.4	0.3	4.1	6.2	1.53
1985	24	CIN	NL	12	3	.800	2.18	67	0	33	0	0	12	99.0	83	27	24	5	40	8	61	1	0	4	407	172	3.35	1.242	7.5	0.5	3.6	5.5	1.53
1986	25	CIN	NL	6	6	.500	2.94	74	0	52	0	0	29	101.0	90	40	33	7	44	12	84	2	2	4	429	131	3.37	1.327	8.0	0.6	3.9	7.5	1.91	AS
1987	26	CIN	NL	8	5	.615	2.52	68	0	60	0	0	32	82.0	76	26	23	6	27	6	61	0	0	1	344	167	3.32	1.256	8.3	0.7	3.0	6.7	2.26	AS
1988	27	CIN	NL	6	6	.500	1.57	70	0	61	0	0	39	86.0	60	18	15	3	27	3	46	0	2	1	336	230	3.09	1.012	6.3	0.3	2.8	4.8	1.70	MVP-12
1989	28	CIN	NL	4	8	.333	3.12	60	0	50	0	0	32	80.2	77	35	28	3	36	8	60	0	2	3	345	116	3.10	1.401	8.6	0.3	4.0	6.7	1.67	AS
1990	29	NYM	NL	5	3	.625	2.53	55	0	48	0	0	33	67.2	66	22	19	4	21	2	56	0	2	7	287	150	2.85	1.286	8.8	0.5	2.8	7.4	2.67	AS
1991	30	NYM	NL	5	9	.357	2.93	52	0	48	0	0	30	55.1	61	27	18	2	18	4	45	1	0	6	247	126	2.73	1.428	9.9	0.3	2.9	7.3	2.50
1992	31	NYM	NL	6	2	.750	1.64	31	0	30	0	0	15	33.0	24	6	6	1	11	2	20	0	0	0	128	217	2.96	1.061	6.5	0.3	3.0	5.5	1.82
1993	32	NYM	NL	4	3	.571	5.20	35	0	30	0	0	10	36.1	46	24	21	6	19	3	29	1	0	5	172	78	5.19	1.789	11.4	1.5	4.7	7.2	1.53
1994	33	NYM	NL	1	4	.200	2.70	47	0	43	0	0	30	50.0	47	20	15	2	19	0	42	1	0	1	216	156	3.17	1.320	8.5	0.4	3.4	7.6	2.21	CYA-7,MVP-20
1995	34	NYM	NL	5	3	.625	2.44	48	0	41	0	0	29	51.2	48	17	14	4	17	2	41	0	0	0	213	166	3.51	1.258	8.4	0.7	3.0	7.1	2.41
1996	35	NYM	NL	4	3	.571	1.83	51	0	44	0	0	28	54.0	54	15	11	2	21	0	48	0	0	2	235	220	3.04	1.389	9.0	0.3	3.5	8.0	2.29
1997	36	NYM	NL	5	3	.625	2.55	59	0	53	0	0	36	60.0	49	18	17	3	20	2	53	1	0	6	244	161	3.04	1.150	7.4	0.5	3.0	8.0	2.65
1998	37	NYM	NL	0	8	.000	3.62	61	0	54	0	0	38	64.2	66	28	26	4	29	7	59	4	0	2	289	117	3.65	1.469	9.2	0.6	4.0	8.2	2.03
1999	38	NYM-min	AA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8		BNG EL
1999	38	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	2.88	46	0	34	0	0	19	40.2	40	14	13	1	19	1	41	2	0	0	182	155	2.99	1.451	8.9	0.2	4.2	9.1	2.16
2000	39	NYM	NL	5	4	.556	3.40	62	0	14	0	0	4	55.2	46	24	21	6	26	6	56	2	0	2	239	132	4.03	1.293	7.4	1.0	4.2	9.1	2.15
2001	40	NYM	NL	6	2	.750	4.05	58	0	16	0	0	2	53.1	55	25	24	8	19	2	50	2	1	4	232	103	4.31	1.388	9.3	1.4	3.2	8.4	2.63
2002			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
2003	42	NYM-min	A+,AAA	0	1	.000	4.50	6	3	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	27			1.500	10.5	1.5	3.0	10.5	3.50	SCE,NFK FLOR,IL
2003	42	NYM	NL	0	3	.000	2.62	38	0	13	0	0	2	34.1	35	11	10	5	13	2	16	1	0	2	148	162	5.22	1.398	9.2	1.3	3.4	4.2	1.23
2004	43	NYM	NL	2	7	.222	5.28	52	0	16	0	0	0	46.0	46	28	27	6	24	2	36	1	0	2	207	81	4.81	1.522	9.0	1.2	4.7	7.0	1.50
2005	44	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	7.20	31	0	4	0	0	0	15.0	23	13	12	0	9	2	16	1	0	0	77	60	2.89	2.133	13.8	0.0	5.4	9.6	1.78
21 Yrs				90	87	.508	2.89	1119	0	774	0	0	424	1245.2	1166	466	400	81	495	78	975	22	9	54	5312	138	3.45	1.333	8.4	0.6	3.6	7.0	1.97
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.508	2.89	68	0	47	0	0	26	76	71	28	24	5	30	5	59	1	1	3	323	138	3.45	1.333	8.4	0.6	3.6	7.0	1.97
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYM (14 yrs)				48	56	.462	3.10	695	0	484	0	0	276	702.2	683	279	242	54	276	35	592	16	3	39	3039	132	3.60	1.365	8.7	0.7	3.5	7.6	2.14
CIN (6 yrs)				42	30	.583	2.49	393	0	286	0	0	148	528.0	460	174	146	27	210	41	367	5	6	15	2196	153	3.26	1.269	7.8	0.5	3.6	6.3	1.75
HOU (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.20	31	0	4	0	0	0	15.0	23	13	12	0	9	2	16	1	0	0	77	60	2.89	2.133	13.8	0.0	5.4	9.6	1.78

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