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Julio Franco
Julio Cesar Franco

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.

MLB Debut April 23, 1982
Final Game September 17, 2007
Born August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor, D.R. (age 66)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 23 MNA AL    8   19    7    8   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .421  .450  .474  .924   122     9   0   0   0   0   1  
 1983 24 MNA AL  145  578   84  153  22  11   6   55  27   7   23   47  .265  .294  .372  .666    90   215  24   3   0   2  11  
 1984 25 MNA AL  160  668   90  169  18   5   5   50  22  12   50   75  .253  .310  .317  .627    86   212  10   4   0   7  13  
 1985 26 MNA AL  160  625   60  181  31   5   3   58  15   7   55   59  .290  .346  .370  .716    98   231   8   4   3   1  16  
 1986 27 MNA AL  149  581   69  179  29   4  11   68   2   1   28   64  .308  .337  .429  .766   103   249   1   5   3   0  17  
 1987 28 MNA AL  137  502   80  155  31   3  11   73  27   8   73   76  .309  .398  .448  .846   104   225   3   3   2   3  12  
 1988 29 MNA AL  161  644   86  201  25   4   9   83  33  13   53   86  .312  .364  .405  .769   103   261   4   5   2   2  11  
 1989 30 SEA AL  141  567   87  176  31   4  14   58  11   3   56   81  .310  .372  .453  .825   119   257   0   1   5   0  16  
 1990 31 SEA AL  156  607  104  183  29   0  16   72  27  10   87   92  .301  .387  .428  .815   112   260   1   6   2   1  22  MVP-7
 1991 32 SEA AL  148  604  111  218  29   8  18   83  31   7   61   81  .361  .420  .525  .944   132   317   1   4   2   3  20  MVP-11
 1992 33 SEA AL   21   49    3   10   4   0   0    4   1   0    2   11  .204  .231  .286  .516    72    14   0   1   0   0   2  
 1993 34 CHA AL  140  517   73  153  20   3  14   59   7   2   60  101  .296  .367  .427  .794   104   221   2   4   3   0  17  
 1994 35 CHA AL  159  596  113  197  24   2  31  102   3   1   90  105  .331  .423  .534  .956   126   318   0   4  10   8  20  MVP-6
 1995           [Did not play]
 1996 37 TEA AL   90  350   50   95  12   1   4   41   2   4   53   80  .271  .373  .346  .719    89   121   4   4   0   6  13  
 1997 38 MON NL    7   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .214  .267  .214  .481    63     3   0   0   0   0   0  
         LAN NL    2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500  .667  .500 1.167   164     1   0   0   0   0   0  
         TOT       9   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    6  .250  .333  .250  .583           4   0   0   0   0   0 
 1998           [Did not play]
 1999           [Did not play]
 2000           [Did not play]
 2001 42 SEA AL   22   92   13   28   5   0   3   17   0   0   13   16  .304  .393  .457  .849   114    42   0   1   2   1   3  
 2002 43 SEA AL   21   62    8   20   3   0   0    6   0   0    8   14  .323  .400  .371  .771   107    23   0   0   0   0   4  
 2003 44 SEA AL   65  189   27   52  12   2   4   29   0   0   26   37  .275  .363  .423  .786   106    80   0   0   0   0  11  
 2004 45 LAN NL   74  186   21   58  11   2   3   28   0   0   21   39  .312  .373  .441  .814   108    82   1   5   2   0   4  
 2005 46 NYN NL   52  147   23   36   7   1   2   12   0   0   14   28  .245  .317  .347  .664    87    51   0   1   0   2   5  
 2006 47 NYN NL   25   33    2    5   2   0   1    4   1   0    3   11  .152  .222  .303  .525    69    10   0   0   0   0   1  
 2007 48 FLN NL   11   35    3    7   1   0   0    1   1   1    3   10  .200  .263  .229  .492    65     8   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons     2054 7667 1116 2288 347  55 155  904 210  76  782 1123  .298  .364  .419  .782        3210  59  55  36  36 219
 Per 600 PA           535   78  160  24   4  11   63  15   5   55   78                                 224   4   4   3   3  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MNA      920 3617  476 1046 157  32  45  387 126  48  283  411  .289  .341  .388  .729        1402  50  24  10  15  81
   With SEA      574 2170  353  687 113  14  55  269  70  20  253  332  .317  .387  .458  .845         993   2  13  11   5  78
   With CHA      299 1113  186  350  44   5  45  161  10   3  150  206  .314  .397  .484  .881         539   2   8  13   8  37
   With TEA       90  350   50   95  12   1   4   41   2   4   53   80  .271  .373  .346  .719         121   4   4   0   6  13
   With NYN       77  180   25   41   9   1   3   16   1   0   17   39  .228  .300  .339  .639          61   0   1   0   2   6
   With LAN       76  188   22   59  11   2   3   28   0   0   22   39  .314  .377  .441  .818          83   1   5   2   0   4
   With FLN       11   35    3    7   1   0   0    1   1   1    3   10  .200  .263  .229  .492           8   0   0   0   0   0
   With MON        7   14    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .214  .267  .214  .481           3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2527 8677 1285 2586 407  54 173 1194 281 107  917 1341  .298  .365  .417  .782        3620  19  80  67  38 312
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1982 23 MNA AL  85    3   8.3   0   0   0  .000   6   10    3  .300    0    0  .000  SS   3e48      291   
 1983 24 MNA AL  36   63   3.6   0   0   0  .000  31  198  138  .697    0    0  .000  SS   3e30      -28   
 1984 25 MNA AL  29   66   3.4   0   0   0  .000  38  200  147  .735    0    0  .000  SS   2e38      -51   
 1985 26 MNA AL  30   79   4.5   0   0   0  .000  36  181  100  .552    0    0  .000  SS   3e38       -8   
 1986 27 MNA AL  34   79   5.1   2   0   0  .000  23  190  141  .742    0    0  .000  SS   2e23        5   
 1987 28 MNA AL  30   94   6.8   4   1   0  .250  19  165  129  .782    0    0  .000  SS   2e26       28   
 1988 29 MNA AL  22   97   5.5   0   0   0  .000  11  146  105  .719    0    0  .000  2B   3e15       -2   
 1989 30 SEA AL  27   94   6.2   6   1   0  .167   9   79   50  .633    0    0  .000  2B   3e16      -23   
 1990 31 SEA AL  30  102   6.0   3   1   0  .333  21  166  108  .651    0    0  .000  2B   3e21       30   
 1991 32 SEA AL  29  133   8.6   5   0   0  .000  11  127   80  .630    0    0  .000  2B   4e16       63   
 1992 33 SEA AL  35    2   1.9   4   0   0  .000   3   10    3  .300    0    0  .000  2B   4e62     -167   
 1993 34 CHA AL  32   80   5.6   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              -4   
 1994 35 CHA AL  28  135   8.6   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              40   
 1995           [Did not play]
 1996 37 TEA AL  33   46   4.5   0   0   0  .000   3   15    9  .600    0    0  .000  1B   3e16     -158   
 1997 38 MON NL  47    0   2.1   4   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  2B   5e15     -249   
         LAN NL   0    0  22.7   1   1   0 1.000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   3e12      437   
         TOT                     5   1   0  .200   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000
 1998           [Did not play]
 1999           [Did not play]
 2000           [Did not play]
 2001 42 SEA AL  55   16   6.6   0   0   0  .000   0    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  1B   4e8        28   
 2002 43 SEA AL  59    8   5.0   4   1   0  .250   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   3e17       32   
 2003 44 SEA AL  70   27   4.9  17   6   0  .353   1   14    7  .500    0    0  .000  1B   3e4       -38   
 2004 45 LAN NL  25   31   6.2  23   8   0  .348   5   26   15  .577    0    0  .000  1B   4e5        -5   
 2005 46 NYN NL  73   15   3.7  12   5   0  .417   2    8    6  .750    0    0  .000  1B   4e17     -135   
 2006 47 NYN NL   8    2   2.0  15   4   0  .267   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   4e8      -174   
 2007 48 FLN NL  34    2   2.1   1   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   4e5      -118   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 22 Seasons         1186   5.5 103  28   0  .272 219 1545 1050  .680    0    0  .000                  -8   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 41.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 80.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1982 23 MNA AL  SS     8     6    19    6    2   .806     6    47.0   4.79
 1983 24 MNA AL  SS   144   224   541   31   71   .961   137  1234.1   5.58
                 2B     1     2     1    0    0  1.000     1     3.0   9.00
 1984 25 MNA AL  SS   160   277   516   38   89   .954   158  1425.2   5.01
 1985 26 MNA AL  SS   108   229   275   26   59   .951   102   905.2   5.01
                 2B    60   189   144   10   45   .971    58   507.2   5.90
 1986 27 MNA AL  SS   148   278   485   23   91   .971   140  1289.1   5.33
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1987 28 MNA AL  SS   131   211   421   19   86   .971   129  1160.0   4.90
                 2B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1988 29 MNA AL  2B   161   423   379   11   99   .986   161  1388.1   5.20
 1989 30 SEA AL  2B    90   247   194    9   61   .980    84   776.1   5.11
 1990 31 SEA AL  2B   154   422   369   21   95   .974   148  1355.2   5.25
 1991 32 SEA AL  2B   131   311   321   11   86   .983   126  1150.1   4.94
 1992 33 SEA AL  2B    17    20    35    3    5   .948    13   108.1   4.57
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2   1.93
 1993           [Did not play]
 1994           [Did not play]
 1995           [Did not play]
 1996 37 TEA AL  1B    43   399    39    3   45   .993    42   387.0  10.19
 1997 38 MON NL  2B     3     4     6    0    0  1.000     3    19.0   4.74
         LAN NL  1B     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   9.00
 1998           [Did not play]
 1999           [Did not play]
 2000           [Did not play]
 2001 42 SEA AL  1B    19   160    13    0   16  1.000    19   181.0   8.60
 2002 43 SEA AL  1B     4    25     2    0    2  1.000     4    33.0   7.36
 2003 44 SEA AL  1B    45   382    26    1   38   .998    42   374.2   9.80
 2004 45 LAN NL  1B    55   404    31    5   34   .989    43   396.2   9.87
 2005 46 NYN NL  1B    37   298    19    2   36   .994    35   301.1   9.47
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     5.0   0.00
 2006 47 NYN NL  1B     8    47     4    0    2  1.000     4    40.0  11.48
 2007 48 FLN NL  1B    10    79     3    0    6  1.000     8    70.2  10.44
                 3B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.1   0.87
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS   699  1225  2257  143  398   .961   672  6062.0   5.17
                 2B   620  1619  1450   65  391   .979   595  5316.2   5.20
                 1B   223  1798   137   11  179   .994   197  1788.1   9.74
                 3B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.1   0.87
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2   1.93
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1990 ALCS  SEA TOA   W    4  17  3  6  1  0  0   1  0  2  .353  .353  .412  0
      WS    SEA CIN   L    4  16  1  1  0  0  0   1  3  2  .062  .211  .062  0
 1991 ALCS  SEA DEA   W    4  19  5  6  0  0  0   1  0  2  .316  .316  .316  1
      WS    SEA CIN   W    7  33  5 11  1  0  1   3  1  7  .333  .371  .455  1
 1993 ALCS  CHA NYA   W    5  21  4  6  2  0  0   1  1  4  .286  .318  .381  0
      WS    CHA ATN   L    3  10  2  4  0  0  1   3  2  2  .400  .500  .700  0
 1994 ALDS  CHA SEA   W    4  16  3  7  1  1  2   8  3  1  .438  .526 1.000  0
      ALCS  CHA NYA   L    4  16  2  3  0  0  1   3  1  6  .188  .235  .375  0
 2003 ALDS  SEA TOA   W    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 2005 NLDS  NYN CHN   L    3   9  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .222  .222  .222  0
 2006 NLDS  NYN PIN   L    2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1982  MNA   63-99   Tom Austad
 1983  MNA   65-97   Tom Austad
 1984  MNA   71-91   Tom Austad
 1985  MNA   73-89   Tom Austad
 1986  MNA   84-78   Tom Austad
 1987  MNA   86-76   Tom Austad
 1988  MNA   93-69   Darren Dawson
 1989  SEA   72-90   Jeff Tripodi
 1990  SEA   96-66   Jeff Tripodi
 1991  SEA  109-53   Jeff Tripodi
 1992  SEA   94-68   Jeff Tripodi
 1993  CHA  101-61   Ben Lea, Jon Fellows
 1994  CHA   90-72   Ben Lea, Shane Parendo
 1996  TEA   89-73   Mike Rescigno
 1997  MON   85-77   Steve Bivens
 1997  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson
 2001  SEA  112-50   Jeff Tripodi
 2002  SEA  102-60   Jeff Tripodi
 2003  SEA   99-63   Jeff Tripodi
 2004  LAN   85-77   Billy Vanson
 2005  NYN   96-66   Jon Fellows
 2006  NYN  104-58   Jon Fellows
 2007  FLN   72-90   Thomas Treece

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