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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	3 (1)	Apr 11	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	4	Apr 13	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	5	Apr 14	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	6	Apr 16	CLE		WSA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	7	Apr 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	8	Apr 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	9	Apr 21 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	10	Apr 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	11	Apr 24	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 1	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	15	May 2	CLE	@	KCA	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
15	16	May 3	CLE	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	17	May 4	CLE	@	LAA	W,6-0	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	18	May 5	CLE	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	19	May 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	20	May 8	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-6	GS	37	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
20	21	May 9	CLE	@	WSA	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	22	May 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-14	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	23	May 11	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	26 (2)	May 15	CLE		KCA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	27	May 16	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
25	28	May 17	CLE		MIN	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	29	May 18	CLE		MIN	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
27	30	May 19 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	31	May 19 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	32	May 20	CLE		LAA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	33	May 22	CLE		LAA	L,6-7	GS	51	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
31	34	May 24	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	35	May 25	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	37 (1)	May 26 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	38	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	41 (2)	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	42	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	43	Jun 2 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	44	Jun 2 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	45	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	46	Jun 5	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
41	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	48	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	59 (8)	Jun 17	CLE		WSA	W,1-0	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
46	60	Jun 18	CLE		BAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
47	61	Jun 19 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
48	62	Jun 19 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
49	63	Jun 20	CLE		BAL	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
50	64	Jun 21	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	65	Jun 22	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
52	66	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	67	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
54	68	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
55	69	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	70	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	34	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	LF
58	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
59	73	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	74	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	75	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	76	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	77	Jul 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	78	Jul 3	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	79	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
66	80	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	81	Jul 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	82	Jul 6	CLE		NYY	L,6-11	GS	34	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	83	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
70	84	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	85	Jul 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	86	Jul 13 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	87	Jul 13 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	91 (3)	Jul 16	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	92	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	LAA	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	93	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	94	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	96 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	97	Jul 23	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	98	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
81	99	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	100	Jul 25	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
83	101	Jul 26	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
84	102	Jul 27	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
85	103	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	104	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	105	Jul 29	CLE		LAA	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	106	Jul 30	CLE		LAA	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
89	107	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
90	108	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		LAA	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	109	Aug 2	CLE	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	110	Aug 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
93	112 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
94	113	Aug 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	115	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	116	Aug 9	CLE		KCA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	117	Aug 10	CLE		KCA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	118	Aug 11	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	119	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	120	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	121	Aug 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	122	Aug 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	GS	29	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	126 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
105	127	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
106	128	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
107	129	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	130	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	131	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
110	132	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	59	15.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	133	Aug 27	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	134	Aug 28 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	135	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
114	136	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
115	137	Aug 30	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	138	Aug 31	CLE		DET	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	141 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,15-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
118	142	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	143	Sep 4	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
120	144	Sep 6	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-7	GS	35	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
121	145	Sep 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	147 (1)	Sep 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-7	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
123	151 (3)	Sep 13	CLE	@	LAA	W,7-6	CG	53	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
124	152	Sep 14	CLE	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	155 (2)	Sep 21	CLE		LAA	L,2-4	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 1B
126	158 (2)	Sep 24	CLE		MIN	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
127	159	Sep 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
128	160	Sep 27	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
129	161	Sep 28	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
130	162	Sep 29	CLE	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							133gm		1120.1	292	8	3	303	3