MATT FRANCO

| Retired | Played: 1987-2006

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 34th in pinchhits
Positions: 1B-760, 3B-624, LF-34, OF-22, DH-12, RF-8, 2B-5, SS-3, P-2
Full Name: Matthew Neil Franco
Born: Aug 19, 1969 (43.279) in Santa Monica,California

Top Prospect: team 1994 (#9-CHC)

MLB Debut: Sep 6, 1995 (26.018)

Speed
36

Contact
81

Patience
56

Batting
69

Power
48

Ht/Wt: 6-2 / 200 Bats/Throws: Left / Right
High School: Westlake (Westlake Village,CA)
College: None listed
Drafted: Chicago Cubs: 1987-7-166 (June-Reg)

Tags: Major Leaguers who played in Japan || Named in Mitchell Report || Top Prospect

TBC Player ID: 11552
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Leagues Only

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
1987	Wytheville	App	Rk	-	chc	17	3b-1b	68	62	202	25	50	10	1	1	21	4	1	26	41	0	1	0	0		.248	.333	.322	655	-	-	65	228		--	--	.306
1988	Wytheville	App	Rk	-	chc	18	3b-1b	-	20	79	14	31	9	1	0	16	0	1	7	5	0	0	0	0		.392	.442	.532	974	-	-	42	86		--	--	.419
1988	Geneva	NYPL	A-	-	chc	18	3b-1b	94	44	164	19	42	2	0	3	21	2	0	19	13	0	3	0	1		.256	.332	.323	655	-	-	53	184		--	--	.262
1989	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A	-	chc	19	3b	40	109	377	42	102	16	1	5	48	2	2	57	40	0	0	5	4		.271	.363	.358	721	-	-	135	443		--	--	.289
1989	Peoria	Midw	A	-	chc	19	3b	-	16	58	4	13	4	0	0	9	0	1	5	5	1	0	0	1		.224	.292	.293	585	-	-	17	65		--	--	.241
1990	Peoria	Midw	A	-	chc	20	1b	16	123	443	52	125	33	2	6	65	4	4	43	39	1	2	1	2		.282	.346	.406	752	-	-	180	490		--	--	.297
1991	Winston-Salem	Caro	A+	-	chc	21	1b	57	104	307	47	66	12	1	4	41	4	1	46	42	2	2	2	6		.215	.316	.300	615	-	-	92	363		--	--	.232
1992	Charlotte	Sou	AA	-	chc	22	3b-1b	-	108	343	35	97	18	3	2	31	3	3	26	46	1	1	0	3		.283	.332	.370	703	-	-	127	373		--	--	.319
1993	Orlando	Sou	AA	-	chc	23	1b	-	68	237	31	75	20	1	7	37	3	6	29	30	2	2	1	2		.316	.393	.498	890	-	-	118	271		--	--	.337
1993	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	chc	23	1b	-	62	199	24	58	17	4	5	29	4	1	16	30	1	3	0	3		.291	.342	.492	835	-	-	98	219		--	--	.317
1994	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	chc	24	1b	16	128	437	63	121	32	4	11	71	3	3	52	66	2	5	2	5	7	.277	.353	.444	797	-	-	194	498	333	77	6.2	.301
1995	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	chc	25	3b-1b	17	121	455	51	128	28	5	6	58	1	1	37	44	0	5	1	6	11	.281	.331	.404	736	-	-	184	499	346	69	5.4	.297
1995	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	15	chc	25	2b-3b	-	16	17	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.353	647	1	6	6	17	12	2	3.8	.385
1996	Norfolk	IL	AAA	-	nym	26	3b-1b	3	133	508	74	164	40	2	7	81	5	2	36	55	3	3	1	9	10	.323	.365	.451	816	-	-	229	557	366	93	6.9	.345
1996	NY Mets	NL	MLB	15	nym	26	3b-1b	-	14	31	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	1	1	.194	.235	.323	558	7	50	10	34	27	2	2.2	.192
1997	Norfolk	IL	AAA	-	nym	27	of-1b	-	7	26	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	.269	.345	.346	691	-	-	9	29	19	4	5.4	.292
1997	NY Mets	NL	MLB	15	nym	27	3b-1b	-	112	163	21	45	5	0	5	21	1	0	13	23	0	4	0	0	4	.276	.330	.399	728	24	21	65	176	122	22	4.9	.296
1998	Norfolk	IL	AAA	-	nym	28	of-3b	-	5	19	2	7	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.368	.455	.421	876	-	-	8	22	13	4	8.8	.389
1998	NY Mets	NL	MLB	15	nym	28	3b-lf	-	103	161	20	44	7	2	1	13	0	1	23	26	1	6	1	1	8	.273	.366	.360	726	27	26	58	187	128	21	4.5	.319
1999	NY Mets	NL	MLB	15	nym	29	1b-lf	-	122	132	18	31	5	0	4	21	0	0	28	21	0	3	0	1	9	.235	.366	.364	730	17	14	48	161	111	18	4.4	.250
2000	Norfolk	IL	AAA	35	nym	30	3b-of	-	14	51	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.185	.157	342	-	-	8	54	44	0	-0.1	.171
2000	NY Mets	NL	MLB	15	nym	30	1b-3b	-	101	134	9	32	4	0	2	14	0	0	21	22	0	3	1	1	3	.239	.340	.313	653	16	16	42	157	107	15	3.9	.270
2001	Norfolk	IL	AAA	-	nym	31	3b-1b	28	124	433	49	106	25	1	8	47	5	2	52	72	2	7	0	5	16	.245	.325	.363	688	-	-	157	492	350	53	4.1	.274
2002	Richmond	IL	AAA	-	atl	32	1b	-	47	173	24	50	11	0	6	28	1	0	14	19	3	0	0	2	6	.289	.349	.457	806	-	-	79	192	131	30	6.2	.293
2002	Atlanta	NL	MLB	4	atl	32	1b	-	81	205	25	65	15	4	6	30	1	0	27	31	0	2	0	1	5	.317	.395	.517	912	50	62	106	233	146	45	8.4	.349
2003	Atlanta	NL	MLB	4	atl	33	1b	-	112	134	11	33	5	0	3	15	0	1	11	26	0	0	1	2	4	.246	.299	.351	650	13	12	47	148	109	13	3.3	.280
2004	Chiba Lotte	Jap Pac	Intl	-	-	34		-	130	439	70	122	35	2	16	65	1		58	66	2				11	.278	.000	.476	476	-	-	209			--	--
2006	Chiba Lotte	Jap Pac	Intl	-	-	36		-	91	274	33	72	8	0	7	20	1	1	21	49	1	1	1	1	9	.263	.316	.369	685	-	-	101	298	214	31	3.9	.297
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MLB Totals (8 years) Career Ranks									661	977	110	261	43	6	22	117	2	2	124	158	2	18	3	7	34	.267	.349	.391	740	155	23	382	1113	762	138.6	4.9	.297
Minor League Totals (15 years)									1295	4511	564	1249	281	26	71	605	43	28	473	560	19	35	13	49	51	.277	.345	.398	743	--	--	1795	5065	3403	709.4	5.6	.300
AAA Totals (9 years)									641	2301	295	648	157	16	43	316	21	9	215	299	12	24	4	30	51	.282	.342	.420	762	--	--	966	2562	1747	368.6	5.7	.304
AA Totals (2 years)									176	580	66	172	38	4	9	68	6	9	55	76	3	3	1	5	0	.297	.358	.422	780	--	--	245	644	423	99.1	6.3	.326
A+ Totals (1 year)									104	307	47	66	12	1	4	41	4	1	46	42	2	2	2	6	0	.215	.316	.300	615	--	--	92	363	250	36	3.9	.232
A Totals (2 years)									248	878	98	240	53	3	11	122	6	7	105	84	2	2	6	7	0	.273	.350	.378	728	--	--	332	998	658	140.2	5.8	.290
A- Totals (1 year)									44	164	19	42	2	0	3	21	2	0	19	13	0	3	0	1	0	.256	.332	.323	655	--	--	53	184	123	21	4.6	.262
Rookie Totals (2 years)									82	281	39	81	19	2	1	37	4	2	33	46	0	1	0	0	0	.288	.363	.381	744	--	--	107	314	202	44.5	5.9	.342
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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
1993	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	chc	23	-	0	0	36.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	5	4	4	2	1	1	1		6.00	45.00	18.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	--	--
1995	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	chc	25	-	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	--	--
1999	NY Mets	NL	MLB	15	nym	29	-	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.1	3	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	4.50	20.25	6.75	20.25	13.50	1.50	.500	0.00
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MLB Totals (1 year) Career Ranks								0	0	18.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	6.00	27.00	9.00	27.00	18.00	1.50	.500	0.00
Minor League Totals (2 years)								0	0	18.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	4.00	27.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	--	--
AAA Totals (2 years)								0	0	18.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	4.00	27.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	--	--
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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1987	Wytheville	App	Rk	1B	10		65	60	5	0	3		1.000	--	--
	Wytheville	App	Rk	2B	1		2	0	1	1	0		.500	--	--
	Wytheville	App	Rk	3B	48		138	35	82	21	10		.848	--	--
1988	Wytheville	App	Rk	1B	3		25	23	2	0	2		1.000	--	--
	Wytheville	App	Rk	3B	11		36	8	22	6	2		.833	--	--
	Geneva	NYPL	A-	1B	18		165	155	5	5	18		.970	--	--
	Geneva	NYPL	A-	3B	24		82	35	38	9	6		.890	--	--
1989	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A	1B	6		53	51	2	0	9		1.000	--	--
	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A	3B	83		261	57	182	22	10		.916	--	--
	Peoria	Midw	A	3B	16		49	11	32	6	3		.878	--	--
	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A	SS	2		7	3	4	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Charleston (Wv)	SAL	A	OF	3		3	2	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
1990	Peoria	Midw	A	1B	101		878	804	60	14	55		.984	--	--
	Peoria	Midw	A	3B	9		25	6	15	4	0		.840	--	--
1991	Winston-Salem	Caro	A+	1B	84		758	706	44	8	53		.989	--	--
	Winston-Salem	Caro	A+	3B	10		14	4	8	2	1		.857	--	--
	Winston-Salem	Caro	A+	SS	1		3	1	1	1	1		.667	--	--
1992	Charlotte	Sou	AA	1B	25		227	211	14	2	20		.991	--	--
	Charlotte	Sou	AA	3B	37		89	23	55	11	5		.876	--	--
	Charlotte	Sou	AA	OF	8		14	14	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1993	Orlando	Sou	AA	1B	51		483	441	39	3	34		.994	--	--
	Orlando	Sou	AA	3B	3		5	3	1	1	0		.800	--	--
	Iowa	Amer	AAA	1B	52		486	445	39	2	47		.996	--	--
	Iowa	Amer	AAA	OF	3		5	5	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1994	Iowa	Amer	AAA	1B	116		1062	975	80	7	90		.993	--	--
	Iowa	Amer	AAA	3B	2		2	1	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
1995	Iowa	Amer	AAA	1B	36		241	222	18	1	26		.996	--	--
	Iowa	Amer	AAA	3B	95		240	61	161	18	11		.925	--	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	1B	1		2	2	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	2B	3		2	0	2	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	3B	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
1996	Norfolk	IL	AAA	1B	42		361	330	29	2	25		.994	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	3B	91		211	53	138	20	9		.905	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	1B	2		13	12	1	0	1		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	3B	8		17	3	11	3	0		.824	--	--
1997	Norfolk	IL	AAA	1B	2		14	11	3	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	OF	3		3	2	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	1B	13		54	50	4	0	5		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	3B	39		63	11	48	4	6		.937	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	LF	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	DH	1		0						--	--	--
1998	Norfolk	IL	AAA	1B	1		10	9	1	0	2		1.000	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	3B	2		7	4	3	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	OF	2		5	3	0	2	0		.600	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	1B	11		72	68	4	0	3		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	3B	13		23	5	18	0	2		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	LF	12		13	11	1	1	0		.923	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	RF	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	DH	2		0						--	--	--
1999	NY Mets	NL	MLB	1B	19		46	41	5	0	8		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	3B	12		20	1	18	1	1		.950	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	LF	15		11	11	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	RF	3		2	2	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	P	2		0	0	0	0	0	1	--	0.00	0.00
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	DH	4		0						--	--	--
2000	Norfolk	IL	AAA	1B	1		7	6	1	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	3B	7		21	3	16	2	2		.905	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	OF	2		2	2	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	1B	28		98	90	7	1	10	109	.990	3.46	8.01
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	2B	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	--	0.00	0.00
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	3B	22		30	9	18	3	0	86	.900	1.23	2.83
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	LF	3		2	2	0	0	0	11	1.000	0.67	1.64
	NY Mets	NL	MLB	DH	2		0						--	--	--
2001	Norfolk	IL	AAA	1B	40		309	282	26	1	37		.997	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	3B	85		217	38	166	13	16		.940	--	--
	Norfolk	IL	AAA	OF	1		2	2	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
2002	Richmond	IL	AAA	1B	32		297	274	21	2	25		.993	--	--
	Richmond	IL	AAA	3B	6		10	2	8	0	1		1.000	--	--
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	1B	51		387	353	30	4	31	382	.990	7.51	9.02
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	LF	2		3	3	0	0	0	12	1.000	1.50	2.25
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	RF	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	--	0.00	0.00
2003	Atlanta	NL	MLB	1B	15	10	131	122	6	3	13	100	.977	8.53	11.52
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	--	0.00	0.00
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	RF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1.000	0.50	1.29
	Atlanta	NL	MLB	DH	3		0						--	--	--
Major League Totals:				1B	140	10	803	738	57	8	71	591	.990	5.68	9.26
				2B	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.000	0.50	0.00
				3B	95	0	153	29	113	11	9	86	.928	1.49	2.83
				LF	34	0	29	27	1	1	0	28	.966	0.82	1.61
				RF	8	0	3	3	0	0	0	19	1.000	0.38	0.47
				DH	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minor League Totals:				1B	620	0	5441	5005	389	47	448	0	.991	8.70
				2B	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	.500	1.00
				3B	529	0	1407	344	928	135	77	0	.904	2.40
				SS	3	0	10	4	5	1	2	0	.900	3.00
				OF	22	0	34	30	2	2	0	0	.941	1.45

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