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

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

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	NYM	@	SDP	L,5-6		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	3	Apr 3	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (2)	Apr 6	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	7	Apr 7	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	12 (4)	Apr 14	NYM		SFG	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	14 (1)	Apr 16	NYM		LAD	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	15	Apr 19	NYM		CHC	W,6-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	20 (4)	Apr 23	NYM		CIN	W,10-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	23 (2)	Apr 27	NYM	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	25 (1)	Apr 29	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	6	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
11	26	Apr 30	NYM		SDP	W,6-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	28 (1)	May 2	NYM		STL	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	33 (4)	May 7	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	36 (2)	May 10	NYM	@	STL	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	37	May 11	NYM	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	38	May 13	NYM		HOU	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	41 (2)	May 17	NYM		COL	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	44 (2)	May 20	NYM	@	FLA	L,5-6	GF	6	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	48 (3)	May 24	NYM	@	PHI	W,8-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	49	May 26	NYM	@	MON	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	53 (3)	May 31	NYM		PHI	W,10-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	56 (2)	Jun 3	NYM		MON	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	61 (4)	Jun 9	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	62	Jun 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	65 (2)	Jun 14	NYM		BOS	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	69 (3)	Jun 18	NYM	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	70	Jun 19	NYM		PIT	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	71	Jun 20	NYM		PIT	W,1-0	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	73 (1)	Jun 22	NYM		PIT	W,12-9		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
30	78 (4)	Jun 28	NYM	@	PIT	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	79	Jun 29	NYM	@	PIT	W,10-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	83 (3)	Jul 3	NYM		FLA	L,4-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	85 (1)	Jul 5	NYM		FLA	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	86	Jul 6	NYM		FLA	W,3-2		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	87	Jul 10	NYM	@	ATL	W,10-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	88	Jul 11	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	90 (1)	Jul 13	NYM	@	ATL	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	94 (3)	Jul 17	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
39	95	Jul 18	NYM		CIN	W,4-3	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	98 (2)	Jul 21	NYM		CIN	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	100 (1)	Jul 23	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	101	Jul 24	NYM	@	LAD	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	106 (4)	Jul 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	107	Aug 1	NYM	@	HOU	W,8-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	110 (2)	Aug 4	NYM		STL	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	111	Aug 5	NYM		STL	W,5-4		4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	116 (4)	Aug 10	NYM		HOU	L,8-11	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
48	119 (2)	Aug 13	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	125 (5)	Aug 21 (1)	NYM		LAD	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	127 (1)	Aug 22	NYM		SDP	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	128	Aug 23	NYM		SDP	W,9-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	132 (3)	Aug 27	NYM		SFG	W,15-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	133	Aug 29	NYM	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	135 (1)	Aug 31	NYM	@	BAL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	136	Sep 1	NYM		TOR	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	138 (1)	Sep 3	NYM		TOR	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
57	140 (1)	Sep 6	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	145 (4)	Sep 11	NYM		MON	W,9-5	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
59	147 (1)	Sep 13	NYM		MON	W,9-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							59gm		60.0	4	14	0	18	1