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Tito Francona Tito Francona
Full name: John Patsy Francona
Born: November 4, 1933, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
First Game: April 17, 1956; Final Game: September 29, 1970
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 190
Father of Terry Francona
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Batting RecordBatting 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 TeamTeam
1956 BAL A               139   445   62  115  16   4   9   57   51   4   60   1   0   3           6   11   5  .258  .334  .373  -0.7 1956 BAL A
1957 BAL A                97   279   35   65   8   3   7   38   29   4   48   3   0   5           7    7   3  .233  .307  .358  -1.2 1957 BAL A
1958 CHI A                41   128   10   33   3   2   1   10   14   1   24   0   0   0           4    2   3  .258  .331  .336  -0.5 1958 CHI A
1958 DET A                45    69   11   17   5   0   0   10   15   3   16   0   0   0           2    0   0  .246  .381  .319  -0.1 1958 DET A
1958 TOT A                86   197   21   50   8   2   1   20   29   4   40   0   0   0           6    2   3  .254  .350  .330  -0.6 1958 TOT A
1959 CLE A               122   399   68  145  17   2  20   79   35   3   42   3   1   5          11    2   0  .363  .414  .566   3.2 1959 CLE A
1960 CLE A Daily Splits  147   544   84  159  36   2  17   79   67   7   67   5   3   5   0   7  11    4   1  .292  .372  .460   1.5 1960 CLE A
1961 CLE A Daily Splits  155   592   87  178  30   8  16   85   56   3   52   4  12   3   0   5  11    2   1  .301  .363  .459   0.8 1961 CLE A
1962 CLE A Daily Splits  158   621   82  169  28   5  14   70   47   3   74   7   8   7   0  11   8    3   2  .272  .327  .401  -1.2 1962 CLE A
1963 CLE A Daily Splits  142   500   57  114  29   0  10   41   47   7   77   2   2   2   0   5  10    9   1  .228  .296  .346  -2.3 1963 CLE A
1964 CLE A Daily Splits  111   270   35   67  13   2   8   24   44   9   46   4   1   1   0   9   3    1   3  .248  .361  .400  -0.4 1964 CLE A
1965 STL N Daily Splits   81   174   15   45   6   2   5   19   17   0   30   0   1   1   0   3   4    0   0  .259  .323  .402  -0.8 1965 STL N
1966 STL N Daily Splits   83   156   14   33   4   1   4   17    7   1   27   1   0   0   0   2   1    0   0  .212  .250  .327  -1.0 1966 STL N
1967 PHI N Daily Splits   27    73    7   15   1   0   0    3    7   1   10   0   1   1   0   1   2    0   1  .205  .272  .219  -0.6 1967 PHI N
1967 ATL N Daily Splits   82   254   28   63   5   1   6   25   20   2   34   1   4   1   0   8i  6    1   0  .248  .304  .346  -0.8 1967 ATL N
1967 TOT N               109   327   35   78   6   1   6   28   27   3   44   1   5   2   0   9i  8    1   1  .239  .297  .318  -1.4 1967 TOT N
1968 ATL N Daily Splits  122   346   32   99  13   1   2   47   51   5   45   0   1   2   0   1i 12    3   0  .286  .376  .347   0.0 1968 ATL N
1969 ATL N Daily Splits   51    88    5   26   1   0   2   22   13   2   10   0   0   4   0   1   1    0   1  .295  .371  .375   0.1 1969 ATL N
1969 OAK A Daily Splits   32    85   12   29   6   1   3   20   12   2   11   0   1   1   0   0   0    0   0  .341  .418  .541   0.5 1969 OAK A
1969 Total                83   173   17   55   7   1   5   42   25   4   21   0   1   5   0   1   1    0   1  .318  .394  .457   0.6 1969 Total
1970 OAK A Daily Splits   32    33    2    8   0   0   1    6    6   1    6   1   1   0   0   0   4    0   0  .242  .375  .333   0.1 1970 OAK A
1970 MIL A Daily Splits   52    65    4   15   3   0   0    4    6   1   15   0   2   0   0   1   0    1   0  .231  .296  .277  -0.3 1970 MIL A
1970 TOT A                84    98    6   23   3   0   1   10   12   2   21   1   3   0   0   1   4    1   0  .235  .324  .296  -0.2 1970 TOT A
Total NL                 446  1091  101  281  30   5  19  133  115  11  156   2   7   9   0  16i 26    4   2  .258  .327  .346  -3.1 Total NL        
Total AL                1273  4030  549 1114 194  29 106  523  429  48  538  30  31  32   0i 38i 77   42  19  .276  .348  .418  -0.6 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1719  5121  650 1395 224  34 125  656  544  59  694  32  38  41   0i 54i103   46  21  .272  .343  .403  -3.7 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 TeamTeam
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Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1956 BAL A        OF  122                     240   10    6    1      .977     1   41   97 
1956 BAL A        1B   21                      86    3    1    7      .989
1957 BAL A        OF   73                     119    0    1    0      .992    28    2   55 
1957 BAL A        1B    4                      11    1    0    2     1.000
1958 CHI A        OF   35                      50    3    0    1     1.000     7    0   32 
1958 DET A        OF   18                      22    0    0    0     1.000    11    0    9 
1958 DET A        1B    1                       1    0    0    0     1.000
1958 TOT A        LF                                                     -
1958 TOT A        RF                                                     -
1958 TOT A        OF   53                      72    3    0    1     1.000    18    0   41 
1959 CLE A        OF   64                     136    2    4    0      .972     4   61    0 
1959 CLE A        1B   35                     296   19    1   21      .997
1960 CLE A Daily  OF  138  135  117  1200.1   278    4    3    0   0  .989   138    0    1 
1960 CLE A        LF  138  135  117  1199.2   275    4    3    0   0  .989
1960 CLE A        1B   13    7    7    75.1    68    8    1    6   0  .987
1960 CLE A        RF    1    0    0     0.2     0    0    0    0   0     -
1961 CLE A Daily  OF  138  134  127  1189     289    5    4    1   0  .987   138    0    0 
1961 CLE A        LF  138  134  127  1189     287    5    4    1   0  .986
1961 CLE A        1B   14   13   11   112.2   106    6    4    9   0  .966
1962 CLE A Daily  1B  158  156  156  1396    1402  127   22  157   0  .986
1963 CLE A Daily  OF  122  118  102  1043.2   215    2    3    0   0  .986   121    0    1 
1963 CLE A        LF  121  117  101  1035.2   213    2    3    0   0  .986
1963 CLE A        1B   11    8    8    76.2    77    6    0    3   0 1.000
1963 CLE A        RF    1    1    1     8       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1964 CLE A Daily  OF   70   59   39   504.2    65    2    1    0   0  .985     1    1   69 
1964 CLE A        RF   69   59   39   496.2    75    1    1    0   0  .987
1964 CLE A        1B   17    7    6    89      92    5    1   10   0  .990
1964 CLE A        CF    1    0    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -
1964 CLE A        LF    1    0    0     2       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1965 STL N Daily  OF   34   31    8   230      35    0    1    0   0  .972     1    0   34 
1965 STL N        RF   34   31    8   229      33    0    1    0   0  .971
1965 STL N        1B   13   11    9    95     102    3    1    8   0  .991
1965 STL N        LF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1966 STL N Daily  1B   30   21   21   208.1   210   18    3   20   0  .987
1966 STL N        LF    9    9    3    62      12    1    0    0   0 1.000
1966 STL N        OF    9    9    3    62      14    0    0    0   0 1.000     9    0    0 
1967 PHI N Daily  1B   24   17   14   161.1   167   14    0   15   0 1.000
1967 PHI N        RF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1967 PHI N        OF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    1 
1967 ATL N Daily  1B   56   51   48   465.2i  503   32    5   36   0  .991
1967 ATL N        OF    6    5    3    42       4    2    0    0   0 1.000     5    0    1 
1967 ATL N        LF    5    5    3    38       2    2    0    0   0 1.000
1967 ATL N        RF    1    0    0     4       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1967 TOT N        1B   80   68   62   627  i  670   46    5   51   0  .993
1967 TOT N        RF    2    0    0     7       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1967 TOT N        OF    7    5    3    45       5    2    0    0   0 1.000     5    0    2 
1968 ATL N Daily  OF   65   64   26   496.2    89    2    2    1   0  .978    65    0    0 
1968 ATL N        LF   65   64   26   496.2    86    2    2    2i  0  .978
1968 ATL N        1B   33   30   16   258     293   10    2   17   0  .993
1969 ATL N Daily  OF   15   15    6   102      21    1    1    0   0  .957    15    0    0 
1969 ATL N        LF   15   15    6   102      21    1    1    0   0  .957
1969 ATL N        1B    7    5    3    45.1    43    3    1    4   0  .979
1969 OAK A Daily  1B   19   17   13   158.2   158    6    2   11   0  .988
1969 OAK A        LF    1    1    1     9       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1969 OAK A        OF    1    1    1     9       0    1    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1969 Total        1B   26   22   16   204     201    9    3   15   0  .986
1969 Total        LF   16   16    7   111      21    2    1    0   0  .958
1969 Total        OF   16   16    7   111      21    2    1    0   0  .958    16    0    0 
1970 OAK A Daily  1B    6    3    0    26.1    24    3    0    3   0 1.000
1970 OAK A        LF    1    1    1     9       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 OAK A        OF    1    1    1     9       3    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1970 MIL A Daily  1B   13    6    3    69      76    7    0   10   0 1.000
1970 TOT A        1B   19    9    3    95.1   100   10    0   13   0 1.000
Total             OF  912  572i 433i 4891.1i 1581   34   26    4   0i .984   546  105  300 
Total             LF  495i 481i 385i 4144  i  901i  18i  13i   3i  0i .986
Total             1B  475  352i 315i 3237.1i 3715  271   44  339   0i .989
Total             RF  107i  91i  48i  741.1i  113i   1i   2i   0i  0i .983
Total             CF    1i   0i   0i    6  i    0i   0i   0i   0i  0i    -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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TransactionsTransactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1952).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Ray Moore and Billy Goodman to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for Larry Doby, Jim Marshall, Russ Heman and Jack Harshman (December 3,
1957).

Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bill Fischer to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ray
Boone and Bob Shaw (June 15, 1958).

Traded by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Larry Doby (March 21,
1959).

Sold by Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Cardinals (December 15, 1964).

Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies (April 10, 1967).

Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Atlanta Braves (June 12, 1967).

Sold by Atlanta Braves to Oakland Athletics (August 22, 1969).

Traded by Oakland Athletics with Al Downing to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for
Steve Hovley (June 11, 1970).

Released by Milwaukee Brewers (October 27, 1970).


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