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

+11

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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.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
2	2	Apr 6	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
3	3	Apr 7	CLE	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
4	4	Apr 8	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
5	5	Apr 9	CLE		BAL	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
6	6	Apr 10	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	2B
7	7	Apr 11	CLE		BAL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
8	8	Apr 12	CLE		MIN	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
9	9	Apr 13	CLE		MIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
10	10	Apr 14	CLE		MIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
11	11	Apr 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
12	12	Apr 16	CLE	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	43	11.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
13	13	Apr 17	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
14	14	Apr 19	CLE		TEX	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
15	15	Apr 20	CLE		TEX	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
16	16	Apr 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	2B
17	17	Apr 23	CLE	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
18	18	Apr 24	CLE	@	MIN	L,7-13	CG	43	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
19	19	Apr 26	CLE		SEA	W,12-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
20	20	Apr 27	CLE		SEA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
21	21	Apr 28	CLE		SEA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
22	22	Apr 30	CLE		OAK	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1	CLE		OAK	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
24	24	May 2	CLE		CAL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
25	25	May 3	CLE		CAL	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
26	26	May 4	CLE	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
27	27	May 5	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
28	28	May 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-14	GS	42	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
29	29	May 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
30	30	May 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
31	31	May 10	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
32	32	May 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
33	33	May 12	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
34	34	May 13	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
35	35	May 14	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	2B
36	36	May 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
37	37	May 17	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
38	38	May 18	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
39	39	May 19	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
40	40	May 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
41	41	May 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
42	42	May 22	CLE	@	KCR	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
43	43	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
44	44	May 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
45	45	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
46	46	May 27	CLE		MIL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
47	47	May 28	CLE		MIL	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	2	10	0	12	1	2B
48	48	May 29	CLE		MIL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
49	49	May 30	CLE		KCR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
50	50	May 31	CLE		KCR	L,3-6	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 1	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	7	0	12	2	2B
52	52	Jun 3	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
53	53	Jun 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
54	54	Jun 5	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
55	55	Jun 6	CLE		TOR	W,6-3	GS	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
56	56	Jun 7	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
57	60 (3)	Jun 11	CLE		DET	L,3-11	GS	39	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
58	61	Jun 12	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
59	62	Jun 13	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
60	63	Jun 14	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
61	64	Jun 15	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-15	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
62	65	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
63	66	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
64	67	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
65	68	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	L,7-14	GS	50	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
66	69	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,6-10	CG	50	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
67	70	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
68	71	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.2	1	6	0	7	2	2B
69	72	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
70	73	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
71	74	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	4	2	0	6	2	2B
72	75	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
73	76	Jun 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
74	77	Jun 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	78	Jul 1	CLE		SEA	L,3-11	GS	24	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
76	80 (1)	Jul 3	CLE		SEA	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
77	81	Jul 4	CLE		OAK	L,2-4	GS	48	12.0	4	6	0	10	3	2B
78	82	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
79	83	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
80	84	Jul 6	CLE		OAK	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
81	85	Jul 7	CLE		CAL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
82	86	Jul 8	CLE		CAL	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
83	87	Jul 9	CLE		CAL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
84	88	Jul 10	CLE		CAL	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
85	89	Jul 14	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
86	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
87	91	Jul 16	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
88	92	Jul 17	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
89	93	Jul 18	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
90	94	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
91	95	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
92	96	Jul 20	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
93	97	Jul 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
94	98	Jul 23	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
95	99	Jul 24	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
96	100	Jul 26	CLE		BAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
97	101	Jul 27	CLE		BAL	W,12-2	GS	27	7.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
98	102	Jul 28	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
99	103	Jul 29	CLE		MIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
100	104	Jul 30	CLE		MIN	L,2-4	CG	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
101	105	Jul 31	CLE		MIN	L,4-12	CG	44	9.0	2	4	2	8	2	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	106	Aug 2	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
103	107	Aug 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
104	108	Aug 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
105	109	Aug 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
106	110	Aug 6	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
107	111	Aug 7	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
108	113 (1)	Aug 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
109	114	Aug 10	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
110	115	Aug 11	CLE		TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
111	116	Aug 12	CLE		TEX	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
112	117	Aug 13	CLE		TEX	L,3-12	GS	40	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
113	118	Aug 14	CLE		TEX	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
114	122 (3)	Aug 19	CLE		KCR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
115	123	Aug 20	CLE		KCR	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
116	124	Aug 21	CLE		KCR	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
117	125	Aug 22	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
118	126	Aug 23	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-2	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
119	127	Aug 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-2	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
120	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
121	129	Aug 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
122	130	Aug 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
123	131	Aug 29	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
124	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
125	133	Aug 31	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	134	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
127	135	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
128	136	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
129	137	Sep 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
130	138	Sep 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
131	139	Sep 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
132	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
133	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
134	143 (1)	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	GS	28	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
135	144	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
136	145	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
137	146	Sep 15	CLE	@	TOR	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
138	147	Sep 16	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	1	3	1	5	0	2B
139	148	Sep 17	CLE	@	TOR	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
140	149	Sep 18	CLE	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
141	150	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
142	151	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	2B
143	152	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
144	153	Sep 23	CLE		TOR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
145	154	Sep 24	CLE		TOR	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
146	155	Sep 25	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
147	156	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
148	157	Sep 27	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
149	158	Sep 28	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
150	159	Sep 29	CLE		BOS	L,0-12	GS	40	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
151	160	Sep 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
							151gm		1300.0	310	434	14	758	87