John Franco
John Franco
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John Franco
Top Performances
Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1984 CIN N Daily Splits 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1984 CIN N
1985 CIN N Daily Splits 67 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0.0 1985 CIN N
1986 CIN N Daily Splits 74 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1986 CIN N
1987 CIN N Daily Splits 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1987 CIN N
1988 CIN N Daily Splits 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1988 CIN N
1989 CIN N Daily Splits 60 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0.0 1989 CIN N
1990 NY N Daily Splits 55 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1990 NY N
1991 NY N Daily Splits 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1991 NY N
1992 NY N Daily Splits 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1992 NY N
1993 NY N Daily Splits 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1993 NY N
1994 NY N Daily Splits 47 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1994 NY N
1995 NY N 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1995 NY N
1996 NY N Daily Splits 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1996 NY N
1997 NY N 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1997 NY N
1998 NY N Daily Splits 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1998 NY N
1999 NY N 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1999 NY N
2000 NY N Daily Splits 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 2000 NY N
2001 NY N 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2001 NY N
2003 NY N 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2003 NY N
2004 NY N 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 2004 NY N
Total Splits 1088 34 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .088 .088 .088 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
Division Series Batting Record Division Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1999 NY N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1999 NY N
2000 NY N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2000 NY N
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1999 NY N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1999 NY N
2000 NY N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2000 NY N
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2000 NY N 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 2000 NY N
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1987 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1987 NL
1990 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1990 NL
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1984 CIN N Daily Splits 54 0 0 0 30 4 79.1 74 335 3 28 23 36 4 55 4 4 2 2 0 10 1 8 5 6 2 2.61 0.9 1984 CIN N
1985 CIN N Daily Splits 67 0 0 0 33 12 99 83 407 5 27 24 40 8 61 11 1 4 1 0 10 3 8 3 12 3 2.18 3.0 1985 CIN N
1986 CIN N Daily Splits 74 0 0 0 52 29 101 90 429 7 40 33 44 12 84 8 3 4 2 2 10 1 8 6 6 6 2.94 1.5 1986 CIN N
1987 CIN N Daily Splits 68 0 0 0 60 32 82 76 344 6 26 23 27 6 61 5 2 1 0 0 13 0 8 8 8 5 2.52 2.9 1987 CIN N
1988 CIN N Daily Splits 70 0 0 0 61 39 86 60 336 3 18 15 27 3 46 5 1 1 0 2 4 0 8 6 6 6 1.57 4.0 1988 CIN N
1989 CIN N Daily Splits 60 0 0 0 50 32 80.2 77 345 3 35 28 36 8 60 7 3 3 0 2 7 0 8 3 4 8 3.12 0.7 1989 CIN N
1990 NY N Daily Splits 55 0 0 0 48 33 67.2 66 287 4 22 19 21 2 56 3 1 7 0 2 11 1 5 4 5 3 2.53 1.8 1990 NY N
1991 NY N Daily Splits 52 0 0 0 48 30 55.1 61 247 2 27 18 18 4 45 3 0 6 1 0 8 3 6 12 5 9 2.93 0.3 1991 NY N
1992 NY N Daily Splits 31 0 0 0 30 15 33 24 128 1 6 6 11 2 20 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 6 3 6 2 1.64 1.7 1992 NY N
1993 NY N Daily Splits 35 0 0 0 30 10 36.1 46 172 6 24 21 19 3 29 4 1 5 1 0 4 0 2 2 4 3 5.20 -0.9 1993 NY N
1994 NY N Daily Splits 47 0 0 0 43 30 50 47 216 2 20 15 19 0 42 2 1 1 1 0 7 1 6 6 1 4 2.70 1.3 1994 NY N
1995 NY N Daily Splits 48 0 0 0 41 29 51.2 48 213 4 17 14 17 2 41 4 1 0 0 0 11 0 6 2 5 3 2.44 1.8 1995 NY N
1996 NY N Daily Splits 51 0 0 0 44 28 54 54 235 2 15 11 21 0 48 6 0 2 0 0 4 0 4 4 4 3 1.83 2.5 1996 NY N
1997 NY N Daily Splits 59 0 0 0 53 36 60 49 244 3 18 17 20 2 53 5 1 6 1 0 11 0 9 3 5 3 2.55 2.2 1997 NY N
1998 NY N Daily Splits 61 0 0 0 54 38 64.2 66 289 4 28 26 29 7 59 4 5 2 4 0 8 2 6 6 0 8 3.62 0.8 1998 NY N
1999 NY N Daily Splits 46 0 0 0 34 19 40.2 40 182 1 14 13 19 1 41 3 1 0 2 0 9 1 2 1 0 2 2.88 0.8 1999 NY N
2000 NY N Daily Splits 62 0 0 0 14 4 55.2 46 239 6 24 21 26 6 56 3 0 2 2 0 4 0 3 2 5 4 3.40 0.9 2000 NY N
2001 NY N Daily Splits 58 0 0 0 16 2 53.1 55 232 8 25 24 19 2 50 2 1 4 2 1 7 1 4 3 6 2 4.05 0.1 2001 NY N
2003 NY N Daily Splits 38 0 0 0 13 2 34.1 35 148 5 11 10 13 2 16 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 5 4 0 3 2.62 0.6 2003 NY N
2004 NY N Daily Splits 52 0 0 0 16 0 46 46 207 6 28 27 24 2 36 0 2 2 1 0 7 2 4 2 2 7 5.28 -0.8 2004 NY N
Total Splits 1088 0 0 0 770 424 1230.2 1143 5235 81 453 388 486 76 959 80 31 54 21 9 157 17 116 85 90 86 2.84 26.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
Division Series Pitching Record Division Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1999 NY N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 2 0 3.2 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 1999 NY N
2000 NY N Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2000 NY N
Total Splits 5 0 0 0 3 1 5.2 2 18 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1999 NY N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 12 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 1999 NY N
2000 NY N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 13 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75 2000 NY N
Total Splits 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 25 0 3 3 3 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
2000 NY N Daily Splits 4 0 0 0 1 0 3.1 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.00 2000 NY N
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1987 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1987 NL
1990 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1990 NL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1984 CIN N Daily P 54 0 0 79.1 5 15 0 0 0 1 9 7 1 1.000
1985 CIN N Daily P 67 0 0 99 9 21 1 1 0 0 5 4 2 .968
1986 CIN N Daily P 74 0 0 101 6 22 4 2 0 2 5 4 0 .875
1987 CIN N Daily P 68 0 0 82 4 7 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 1.000
1988 CIN N Daily P 70 0 0 86 3 18 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 .955
1989 CIN N Daily P 60 0 0 80.2 2 19 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 .955
1990 NY N Daily P 55 0 0 67.2 4 13 1 0 0 3 1 6 1 .944
1991 NY N Daily P 52 0 0 55.1 3 10 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 .929
1992 NY N Daily P 31 0 0 33 2 12 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1.000
1993 NY N Daily P 35 0 0 36.1 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1.000
1994 NY N Daily P 47 0 0 50 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1.000
1995 NY N Daily P 48 0 0 51.2 2 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1.000
1996 NY N Daily P 51 0 0 54 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1.000
1997 NY N Daily P 59 0 0 60 4 14 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 1.000
1998 NY N Daily P 61 0 0 64.2 4 16 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1.000
1999 NY N Daily P 46 0 0 40.2 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 1.000
2000 NY N Daily P 62 0 0 55.2 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 .900
2001 NY N Daily P 58 0 0 53.1 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .889
2003 NY N Daily P 38 0 0 34.1 1 9 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1.000
2004 NY N Daily P 52 0 0 46 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 1088 0 0 1230.2 63 234 11 13 0 15 42 67 16 .964
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Division Series Fielding Record Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1999 NY N Daily P 3 0 0 3.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 NY N Daily P 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 5 0 0 5.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1999 NY N Daily P 3 0 0 2.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
2000 NY N Daily P 3 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 6 0 0 5.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
2000 NY N Daily P 4 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1987 NL Daily P 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1990 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 2 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 8,
1981 ).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Brett Wise to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for
Rafael Landestoy (May 9, 1983 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Don Brown to New York Mets in exchange for Randy
Myers and Kip Gross (December 6, 1989 ).
Granted free agency (October 18, 1994 ).
Signed by New York Mets (April 5, 1995 ).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2000 ).
Signed by New York Mets (November 25, 2000 ).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003 ).
Signed by New York Mets (December 18, 2003 ).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2004 ).
Signed by Houston Astros (January 23, 2005).
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