JOHN FRANCO

| Retired | Played: 1979-2005

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High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 3rd in G
Positions: P-1201
Full Name: John Anthony Franco
Born: Sep 17, 1960 (52.248) in Brooklyn,New York

MLB Debut: Apr 24, 1984 (23.219)

Father of J.J. Franco

Control
44

K-Rating
68

Efficiency
50

vsPower
81

Ht/Wt: 5-10 / 185 Bats/Throws: Left / Left
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn,NY)
College: St. John's University
Drafted: Los Angeles Dodgers: 1981-5-125 (June-Reg)

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TBC Player ID: 1031
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1979	St. John's	NCAA	NCAA			18	-			--							--									--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
1980	St. John's	NCAA	NCAA			19	-			--							--									--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
1981	St. John's	NCAA	NCAA			20	-	5	1	2.22	9	8	3	2		1	52.2	33	18	13		30	48			1.20	5.64	--	5.13	8.20	0.63	--	--
1981	Vero Beach	FSL	A+	-	lad	20	-	7	4	3.53	13	11	3	0	1	0	79.0	78	41	31	1	41	60	5		1.51	8.89	0.11	4.67	6.84	0.68	--	--
1982	San Antonio	Tex	AA	-	lad	21	56	10	5	4.96	17	17	3	0	0	0	105.1	137	70	58	11	46	76	3	4	1.74	11.71	0.94	3.93	6.49	0.61	--	--
1982	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	-	lad	21	-	1	2	7.24	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.1	41	22	22	3	15	24	1		2.05	13.50	0.99	4.94	7.90	0.63	--	--
1983	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	-	lad	22	-	0	0	5.40	11	0	0	0	6	0	15.0	10	11	9	3	11	8	4		1.40	6.00	1.80	6.60	4.80	1.38	--	--
1983	Indianapolis	Amer	AAA	-	cin	22	59	6	10	4.85	23	18	2	0	4	2	115.0	148	69	62	10	42	54	2		1.65	11.58	0.78	3.29	4.23	0.78	--	--
1984	Wichita	Amer	AAA	-	cin	23	-	1	0	5.79	6	0	0	0	3	0	9.1	8	6	6	1	4	11	0		1.29	7.71	0.96	3.86	10.61	0.36	--	--
1984	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31,52	cin	23	67	6	2	2.61	54	0	0	0	30	4	79.1	74	28	23	3	36	55	2	0	1.39	8.39	0.34	4.08	6.24	0.65	.307	1.18
1985	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	24	42	12	3	2.18	67	0	0	0	33	12	99.0	83	27	24	5	40	61	4	0	1.24	7.55	0.45	3.64	5.55	0.66	.271	1.85
1986	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	25	30	6	6	2.94	74	0	0	0	52	29	101.0	90	40	33	7	44	84	4	2	1.33	8.02	0.62	3.92	7.49	0.52	.296	1.53
1987	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	26	30	8	5	2.52	68	0	0	0	60	32	82.0	76	26	23	6	27	61	1	0	1.26	8.34	0.66	2.96	6.70	0.44	.288	1.29
1988	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	27	26	6	6	1.57	70	0	0	0	61	39	86.0	60	18	15	3	27	46	1	2	1.01	6.28	0.31	2.83	4.81	0.59	.224	1.61
1989	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	28	36	4	8	3.12	60	0	0	0	50	32	80.2	77	35	28	3	36	60	3	2	1.40	8.59	0.33	4.02	6.69	0.60	.314	1.34
1990	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	29	34	5	3	2.53	55	0	0	0	48	33	67.2	66	22	19	4	21	56	7	2	1.29	8.78	0.53	2.79	7.45	0.38	.307	1.36
1991	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	30	36	5	9	2.93	52	0	0	0	48	30	55.1	61	27	18	2	18	45	6	0	1.43	9.92	0.33	2.93	7.32	0.40	.331	1.58
1992	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	31	61	6	2	1.64	31	0	0	0	30	15	33.0	24	6	6	1	11	20	0	0	1.06	6.55	0.27	3.00	5.45	0.55	.245	1.43
1993	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	32	67	4	3	5.20	35	0	0	0	30	10	36.1	46	24	21	6	19	29	5	0	1.79	11.39	1.49	4.71	7.18	0.66	.357	1.41
1994	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	33	32	1	4	2.70	47	0	0	0	43	30	50.0	47	20	15	2	19	42	1	0	1.32	8.46	0.36	3.42	7.56	0.45	.302	1.05
1995	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	34	51	5	3	2.44	48	0	0	0	41	29	51.2	48	17	14	4	17	41	0	0	1.26	8.36	0.70	2.96	7.14	0.41	.301	1.15
1996	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	35	51	4	3	1.83	51	0	0	0	44	28	54.0	54	15	11	2	21	48	2	0	1.39	9.00	0.33	3.50	8.00	0.44	.329	1.38
1997	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	36	43	5	3	2.55	59	0	0	0	53	36	60.0	49	18	17	3	20	53	6	0	1.15	7.35	0.45	3.00	7.95	0.38	.286	1.59
1998	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31,45	nym	37	46	0	8	3.62	61	0	0	0	54	38	64.2	66	28	26	4	29	59	2	0	1.47	9.19	0.56	4.04	8.21	0.49	.337	1.25
1999	Binghamton	East	AA	-	nym	38	-	0	0	--	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	--	--	0.00	--	6.75	0.00	--	--
1999	NY Mets	NL	MLB	45	nym	38	78	0	2	2.88	46	0	0	0	34	19	40.2	40	14	13	1	19	41	0	0	1.45	8.85	0.22	4.20	9.07	0.46	.339	1.26
2000	NY Mets	NL	MLB	45	nym	39	-	5	4	3.40	62	0	0	0	14	4	55.2	46	24	21	6	26	56	2	0	1.29	7.44	0.97	4.20	9.05	0.46	.274	1.89
2001	NY Mets	NL	MLB	45	nym	40	-	6	2	4.05	58	0	0	0	16	2	53.1	55	25	24	8	19	50	4	1	1.39	9.28	1.35	3.21	8.44	0.38	.313	1.65
2003	St. Lucie	FSL	A+	-	nym	42	-	0	1	6.23	4	3	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	3	3	1	1	5	0		1.62	12.46	2.08	2.08	10.38	0.20	--	--
2003	Norfolk	IL	AAA	-	nym	42	-	0	0	--	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0		1.20	5.40	0.00	5.40	10.80	0.50	--	--
2003	NY Mets	NL	MLB	45	nym	42	-	0	3	2.62	38	0	0	0	13	2	34.1	35	11	10	5	13	16	2	0	1.40	9.17	1.31	3.41	4.19	0.81	.270	1.83
2004	NY Mets	NL	MLB	45	nym	43	-	2	7	5.28	52	0	0	0	16	0	46.0	46	28	27	6	24	36	2	0	1.52	9.00	1.17	4.70	7.04	0.67	.294	1.25
2005	Houston	NL	MLB	31	hou	44	-	0	1	7.20	31	0	0	0	4	0	15.0	23	13	12	0	9	16	0	0	2.13	13.80	0.00	5.40	9.60	0.56	.451	0.96
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MLB Totals (21 years) Career Ranks								90	87	2.89	1119	0	0	0	774	424	1246	1166	466	400	81	495	975	54	9	1.33	8.42	0.59	3.58	7.04	0.51	.299	1.41
Minor League Totals (6 years)								25	22	4.82	82	55	8	0	14	2	357	429	222	191	30	161	241	15	4	1.65	10.82	0.76	4.06	6.08	0.67	--	--
College Totals (3 years)								5	1	2.21	9	8	3	2	0	1	53	33	18	13	0	30	48	0	0	1.19	5.60	0.00	5.09	8.15	0.62	--	--
AAA Totals (4 years)								8	12	5.30	47	23	2	0	13	2	168	208	108	99	17	73	99	7	0	1.67	11.14	0.91	3.91	5.30	0.74	--	--
AA Totals (2 years)								10	5	4.92	18	18	3	0	0	0	106	137	70	58	11	46	77	3	4	1.73	11.63	0.93	3.91	6.54	0.60	--	--
A+ Totals (2 years)								7	5	3.69	17	14	3	0	1	0	83	84	44	34	2	42	65	5	0	1.52	9.11	0.22	4.55	7.05	0.65	--	--
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1983	Indianapolis	Amer	AAA	-	cin	22	p	-	23	38	7	15	2	2	1	10	1	2	1	6	0	0	1	0		.395	.410	.632	1042	-	-	24	40		--	--	.452
1984	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31,52	cin	23	p	-	54	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	4	4	--	--	.000
1985	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	24	p	-	67	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	-	-	2	8	6	1	3.7	.333
1986	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	25	p	-	74	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	4	4	--	--	.000
1987	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	26	p	-	68	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	2	2	--	--	.000
1988	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	27	p	-	70	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1989	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	31	cin	28	p	-	60	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	-	-	1	3	2	0	1.8	1.000
1990	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	29	p	-	55	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	5	5	--	--	.000
1991	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	30	p	-	52	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1992	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	31	p	-	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1993	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	32	p	-	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1994	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	33	p	-	47	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	3	3	--	--	.000
1996	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31	nym	35	p	-	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1998	NY Mets	NL	MLB	31,45	nym	37	p	-	58	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	2	2	--	--	.000
2000	NY Mets	NL	MLB	45	nym	39	p	-	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
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MLB Totals (14 years) Career Ranks									780	34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	3	0	0	.088	.088	.088	176	0	0	3	37	34	-2.9	-2.3	.150
Minor League Totals (1 year)									23	38	7	15	2	2	1	10	1	2	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	.395	.410	.632	1042	--	--	24	40	26	9.5	9.9	.452
AAA Totals (1 year)									23	38	7	15	2	2	1	10	1	2	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	.395	.410	.632	1042	--	--	24	40	26	9.5	9.9	.452
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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1981	Vero Beach	FSL	A+	P	13		20	2	17	1	1		.950	--	--
1982	San Antonio	Tex	AA	P	17		15	1	12	2	0		.867	--	--
	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	P	5		8	1	7	0	1		1.000	--	--
1983	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	P	11		7	1	5	1	1		.857	--	--
	Indianapolis	Amer	AAA	P	23		25	7	16	2	2		.920	--	--
1984	Wichita	Amer	AAA	P	6		2	0	2	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	P	54		20	5	15	0	0	79	1.000	0.37	2.28
1985	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	P	67		31	9	21	1	1	99	.968	0.45	2.73
1986	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	P	74		32	6	22	4	2	101	.875	0.38	2.50
1987	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	P	68		11	4	7	0	0	82	1.000	0.16	1.21
1988	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	P	70		22	3	18	1	1	86	.955	0.30	2.20
1989	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	P	60		22	2	19	1	1	80	.955	0.35	2.36
1990	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	55		18	4	13	1	0	67	.944	0.31	2.28
1991	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	52		14	3	10	1	1	55	.929	0.25	2.13
1992	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	31		14	2	12	0	2	33	1.000	0.45	3.82
1993	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	35		12	3	9	0	0	36	1.000	0.34	3.00
1994	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	47		11	4	7	0	1	50	1.000	0.23	1.98
1995	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	48		11	2	9	0	1	51	1.000	0.23	1.94
1996	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	51		9	1	8	0	0	54	1.000	0.18	1.50
1997	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	59		18	4	14	0	1	60	1.000	0.31	2.70
1998	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	61		20	4	16	0	2	64	1.000	0.33	2.81
1999	Binghamton	East	AA	P	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	46		8	4	4	0	0	40	1.000	0.17	1.80
2000	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	62		10	1	8	1	0	55	.900	0.15	1.47
2001	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	58		9	1	7	1	0	53	.889	0.14	1.36
2003	St. Lucie	FSL	A+	P	4		1	0	0	1	0		.000	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	P	2		1	0	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	38	0	10	1	9	0	0	34	1.000	0.26	2.65
2004	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	52	0	6	0	6	0	0	46	1.000	0.12	1.17
2005	Houston	NL	MLB	P	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	--	0.00	0.00
Minor League Totals:				P	82	0	79	12	60	7	6	0	.911	0.88

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