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John Franco
John Anthony Franco

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
School St. John's

MLB Debut April 24, 1984
Final Game July 1, 2005
Born September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY (age 64)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1984 23 CIN NL   4   3  .571  66   0   0  33   8   0   78.1   71   336   19   19   2   38   0   1   68   1  0  2.18  
 1985 24 CIN NL   6   6  .500  72   0   0  41  15   0  102.1   94   423   38   35   7   35   0   0   61   4  0  3.08  
 1986 25 CIN NL   7   4  .636  60   0   0  35  14   0   82.0   81   345   35   32   7   28   0   0   54   7  1  3.51  
 1987 26 CIN NL   5   6  .455  45   0   0  29  14   0   68.0   65   286   30   29  10   25   0   1   44   0  0  3.84  
 1988 27 CIN NL   7   4  .636  55   0   0  42  21   0   83.1   63   342   24   19   2   23   0   3   44   1  4  2.05  
 1989 28 NYN NL   4   5  .444  57   0   0  47  32   0   70.0   82   321   31   29   2   34   1   1   53   3  5  3.73  
 1990 29 NYN NL   5   7  .417  64   0   0  56  40   0   67.0   78   295   42   40   5   22   0   1   53   6  2  5.37  CY-15
 1991 30 NYN NL   2   2  .500  47   0   0  38  30   0   57.2   64   249   29   28   3   18   3   4   47   6  0  4.37  
 1992 31 NYN NL   3   2  .600  27   0   0  23  16   0   32.1   24   129    9    7   1    6   2   1   23   1  0  1.95  
 1993 32 NYN NL   1   5  .167  30   0   0  21  13   0   32.1   43   160   33   32   6   22   3   0   27   5  0  8.91  
 1994 33 NYN NL   2   7  .222  54   0   0  45  28   0   60.1   58   260   36   34   6   25   3   2   48   2  0  5.07  
 1995 34 NYN NL   0   1  .000  45   0   0  35  26   0   57.0   67   255   30   23   5   24   2   1   49   0  0  3.63  
 1996 35 NYN NL   3   3  .500  53   0   0  47  35   0   54.2   67   251   27   20   1   26   2   1   47   4  0  3.29  
 1997 36 NYN NL   1   8  .111  60   0   0  54  31   0   62.0   69   267   34   30   3   20   2   3   51   9  0  4.35  
 1998 37 NYN NL   2   7  .222  62   0   0  51  29   0   62.2   75   286   39   37   8   26   0   6   52   5  0  5.31  
 1999 38 NYN NL   3   4  .429  45   0   0  10   3   0   41.1   39   184   24   19   0   26   1   1   41   0  0  4.14  
 2000 39 NYN NL   6   4  .600  50   0   0  10   0   0   53.2   37   228   26   24   6   33   2   3   51   3  0  4.02  
 2001 40 NYN NL   4   4  .500  62   0   0   7   0   0   47.1   49   202   27   21   4   13   3   3   41   2  1  3.99  
 2002           [Did not play]
 2003 42 OAA AL   3   0 1.000  31   0   0  20   4   0   33.2   20   134    5    4   0   14   2   0   17   2  0  1.07  
 2004 43 OAA AL   2   1  .667  19   0   0   6   0   0   32.2   31   150   21   21   2   22   0   2   25   3  0  5.79  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 20 Seasons      70  83  .458 1004   0   0 650 359   0 1178.2 1177  5103  559  503  80  480  26  34  896  64 13  3.84
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With NYN      36  59  .379 656   0   0 444 283   0  698.1  752  3087  387  344  50  295  24  27  583  46  8  4.43
   With CIN      29  23  .558 298   0   0 180  72   0  414.0  374  1732  146  134  28  149   0   5  271  13  5  2.91
   With OAA       5   1  .833  50   0   0  26   4   0   66.1   51   284   26   25   2   36   2   2   42   5  0  3.39
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      90  87  .508 1119   0   0 774 424   0 1247.2 1166  5312  466  400  81  495  78  22  975  54  9  2.89
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1984 23 CIN NL  26   31   3.6  10          7   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    4    2  .667  -30   
 1985 24 CIN NL  23   38   3.4  20          6   0   0  .000   1    6    5  .833    1    0 1.000   -3   
 1986 25 CIN NL  28   35   3.8  17         12   6   0  .500   2    2    0  .000    1    1  .500   11   
 1987 26 CIN NL  35   33   4.4  17         12   3   0  .250   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   46   
 1988 27 CIN NL  24   22   2.3  28          5   1   0  .200   2    4    2  .500    2    0 1.000   10   
 1989 28 NYN NL  18   35   4.5  41          2   0   0  .000   0    4    4 1.000    3    0 1.000   35   
 1990 29 NYN NL  27   40   5.4  50          3   0   0  .000   2    2    1  .500    3    2  .600   82   
 1991 30 NYN NL  24   30   4.9  38          4   0   0  .000   1    2    1  .500    3    0 1.000  -20   
 1992 31 NYN NL  27    8   2.3  19          1   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    1    0 1.000  -38   
 1993 32 NYN NL  18   30   8.6  19          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    2    0 1.000   38   
 1994 33 NYN NL  24   29   4.4  37          4   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000   32   
 1995 34 NYN NL  21   34   5.5  32          2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   86   
 1996 35 NYN NL  26   28   4.7  42          3   1   0  .333   0    3    1  .333    1    0 1.000   64   
 1997 36 NYN NL  18   28   4.2  37          1   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000   57   
 1998 37 NYN NL  32   41   6.0  41          3   0   0  .000   0    4    4 1.000    1    0 1.000   42   
 1999 38 NYN NL  30   19   4.2   5          2   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    4    2  .667  -36   
 2000 39 NYN NL  33   21   3.6   0          0   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    9    4  .692  -61   
 2001 40 NYN NL  42   22   4.3   1          0   0   0  .000   2    3    0  .000    2    0 1.000  -94   
 2002           [Did not play]
 2003 42 OAA AL  27    7   2.0   8          1   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    0    0  .000 -290   
 2004 43 OAA AL  32   18   5.2   0          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  -49   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 20 Seasons          560   4.3 462         69  11   0  .159  10   43   30  .698   37   11  .771    4   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 90.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1986 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    4  0.00   0-0   2  0   4.2   0   0   0   5
      WS    CIN BOA   L    3  9.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   5   3   0   1
 1987 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    2  6.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   3   2   1   3
      WS    CIN BOA   W    3  0.00   0-0   2  0   3.0   1   0   2   5
 1988 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    1  0.00   0-0   0  0   1.2   1   0   1   0
      WS    CIN OAA   W    2  0.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   4   0   2   1
 1990 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    2 18.00   0-1   0  0   1.0   3   2   1   2
 1995 NLDS  NYN CIN   L    1 13.50   0-0   0  0   1.1   4   2   0   1
 1998 NLDS  NYN SDN   L    2 16.20   0-0   0  0   1.2   4   3   0   2
 1999 NLDS  NYN SDN   W    1  9.00   0-0   0  0   1.0   2   1   2   0
      NLCS  NYN CIN   L    4  3.86   0-0   0  0   2.1   2   1   1   2
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1984  CIN   70-92   Alan Boodman
 1985  CIN   81-81   Alan Boodman
 1986  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1987  CIN   92-70   Alan Boodman
 1988  CIN  103-59   Alan Boodman
 1989  NYN   86-76   Jon Fellows
 1990  NYN   99-63   Jon Fellows
 1991  NYN   86-76   Jon Fellows
 1992  NYN   56-106  Jon Fellows
 1993  NYN   76-86   Jon Fellows
 1994  NYN   80-82   Jon Fellows
 1995  NYN   88-74   Jon Fellows
 1996  NYN   75-87   Jon Fellows
 1997  NYN   79-83   Jon Fellows
 1998  NYN   90-72   Jon Fellows
 1999  NYN   89-73   Jon Fellows
 2000  NYN   80-82   Jon Fellows
 2001  NYN   70-92   Jon Fellows
 2003  OAA  101-61   Drew Kennedy
 2004  OAA   78-84   Drew Kennedy

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