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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	CLE	@	TEX	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
2	2	Apr 5	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-3	GS	22	5.2	2	2	2	6	2	SS
3	3	Apr 6	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 8	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
5	5	Apr 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	4	2	9	1	SS
6	6	Apr 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
7	7	Apr 14	CLE		BAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
8	8	Apr 15	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 16	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
10	10	Apr 18	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 20	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
12	12	Apr 21	CLE		KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
13	13	Apr 23	CLE		TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
14	14	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	3	SS
15	15	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
16	16	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	70	19.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
17	17	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
18	18	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
19	19	Apr 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
21	21	May 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,9-7	CG	64	16.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
22	23 (1)	May 5	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	7	1	9	0	SS
23	24	May 6	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	57	12.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
24	25	May 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
25	26	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
26	27	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	62	15.2	6	6	0	12	1	SS
27	28	May 12	CLE		TOR	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
28	29	May 13	CLE		TOR	T,4-4	CG	34	7.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
29	30	May 14	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
30	31	May 15	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
31	32	May 16	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
32	33	May 17	CLE		BOS	L,10-11	CG	51	10.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
33	34	May 18	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
34	35	May 19	CLE	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	36	May 20	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	3	SS
36	37	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
37	38	May 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
38	39	May 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	40	May 25	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
40	41	May 26	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
41	42	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	43	May 27 (2)	CLE	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	44	May 29	CLE		MIL	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	SS
44	45	May 30 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	46	May 30 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
47	48	Jun 2	CLE		CAL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
48	49	Jun 3	CLE		CAL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
49	50	Jun 4	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
50	51	Jun 5	CLE		OAK	L,2-4	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
51	53 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
52	54	Jun 9	CLE		SEA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	7	1	13	5	SS
53	55	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		SEA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
54	56	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		SEA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
55	57	Jun 12	CLE	@	OAK	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
56	58	Jun 13	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	59	Jun 14	CLE	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
58	60	Jun 15	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	61	Jun 16	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
60	62	Jun 17	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
61	63	Jun 19	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
62	64	Jun 20	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	5	2	9	0	SS
63	65	Jun 21	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
64	66	Jun 22	CLE	@	SEA	W,13-3	GS	28	6.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
65	67	Jun 23	CLE	@	SEA	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
66	68	Jun 24	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
67	69	Jun 26	CLE		MIN	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
68	70	Jun 27	CLE		MIN	W,6-4	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	71	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
70	72	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	73	Jun 29	CLE		TEX	W,13-12	CG	64	13.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
72	74	Jun 30	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	75	Jul 1	CLE		TEX	W,13-5	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
74	76	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
75	77	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		KCR	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
76	78	Jul 3	CLE		KCR	W,15-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
77	79	Jul 4	CLE		KCR	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
78	80	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	SS
79	81	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
80	84 (2)	Jul 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
81	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
82	86	Jul 14	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
83	87	Jul 15	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	3	1	2	6	1	SS
84	88	Jul 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
85	89	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	KCR	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
86	90	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
87	91	Jul 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
88	92	Jul 19	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
89	93	Jul 20	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
90	94	Jul 21	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
91	95	Jul 22	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
92	96	Jul 23	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
93	97	Jul 24	CLE		DET	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
94	98	Jul 25	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
95	99	Jul 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
96	100	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
97	101	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
98	102	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
99	103	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	104	Aug 1	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
101	105	Aug 2	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
102	106	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-9	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
103	107	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
104	108	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
105	109	Aug 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
106	110	Aug 6	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
107	111	Aug 7	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
108	112	Aug 8	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
109	113	Aug 9	CLE		BAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
110	114	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
111	115	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	GS	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
112	116	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
113	117	Aug 12	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
114	118	Aug 13	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
115	119	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		TOR	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	2	7	0	SS
116	120	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		TOR	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
117	121	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,16-1	GS	27	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
118	122	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	CG	62	13.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
119	123	Aug 16	CLE		TOR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
120	124	Aug 17	CLE		MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
121	125	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
122	126	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
123	127	Aug 21	CLE	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
124	128	Aug 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
125	129	Aug 23	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-6	GS	37	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
126	130	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
127	131	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
128	132	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	133	Aug 27	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
130	134	Aug 28	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
131	135	Aug 29	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
132	136	Aug 30	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
133	137	Aug 31	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	138	Sep 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
135	139	Sep 2	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
136	140	Sep 3	CLE		CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
137	141	Sep 4	CLE		CAL	L,3-5	CG	50	12.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
138	142	Sep 5	CLE		CAL	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
139	143	Sep 7	CLE		OAK	W,13-2	GS	25	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
140	144	Sep 8	CLE		OAK	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
141	145	Sep 9	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
142	146	Sep 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
143	147	Sep 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
144	148	Sep 13	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
145	149	Sep 14	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
146	150	Sep 15	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
147	151	Sep 16	CLE	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
148	152	Sep 17	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	50	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	SS
149	153	Sep 18	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	6	1	10	2	SS
150	154	Sep 19	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
151	155	Sep 21	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
152	156	Sep 22	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
153	157	Sep 23	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
154	158	Sep 25	CLE		SEA	W,13-5	GS	26	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
155	159	Sep 26	CLE		SEA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
156	160	Sep 27	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
157	161	Sep 28	CLE		MIN	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
158	162	Sep 29	CLE		MIN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
159	163	Sep 30	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
							159gm		1401.1	280	481	36	797	116