John Franco

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John's University (Queens, NY).

High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)

School: St. John's University (Queens, NY)

Debut: April 24, 1984 (Age 23-220d, 14,885th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 1, 2005 (Age 44-287d)
vs. CIN 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, Dan Horwits, ??? Giordano

Full Name: John Anthony Franco

Twitter: @TEAMFRANCO45

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4x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.4

ERA

2.89

1119

424

1245.2

975

WHIP

1.333

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Team Record in Appearances: 38-14

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 15

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	449	1	Apr 8	NYM		PHI	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.86	3	9	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.151	3.26	0.15%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
2	450	3	Apr 10	NYM		PHI	L,7-8	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	4.86	5	19	10	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	-0.235	6.71	-0.25%	-0.18	10t 1-- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
3	451	4	Apr 11	NYM		MON	W,6-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.57	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.032	1.88	0.03%	0.47	9t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
4	452	5	Apr 12	NYM		MON	L,3-4	11-GF(11)	L(0-1)	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.46	6	25	16	2	4	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.316	4.29	-0.33%	-0.55	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
5	453	12	Apr 20	NYM	@	MON	W,3-1	9-GF	S(3)	7	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.08	3.09	4	14	9	1	7	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.081	2.01	0.08%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
6	454	14	Apr 23	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.69	3.23	5	25	12	4	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	0.184	7.37	0.20%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
7	455	17	Apr 26	NYM		PIT	W,2-0	9-GF	S(5)	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	3.69	3	12	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.078	4.87	0.12%	0.48	9t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	456	22	May 3	NYM		SFG	W,3-0	9-GF	S(6)	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	3.57	4	14	9	5	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.029	1.30	0.03%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
9	457	23	May 4	NYM		SFG	W,6-4	10-11		0	2.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.00	3.08	10	45	25	4	5	4	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.10	0.256	4.70	0.23%	0.91	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
10	458	25	May 7	NYM		LAD	W,6-5	9-GF	S(7)	2	1.0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.90	2.86	7	20	15	4	3	4	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.89	0.029	3.13	0.03%	-1.55	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
11	459	29	May 12	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-2	10-GF(11)	W(1-1)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.75	2.69	6	26	15	5	2	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.203	2.26	0.20%	0.88	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 2
12	460	34	May 18	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	8-GF(8)	BL(1-2)	5	1.0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.69	2.93	8	27	11	4	0	6	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	3.55	-0.713	6.88	-0.83%	-3.18	8b 1-- 0 out a2	8b end d 2
13	461	36	May 21	NYM		CHC	W,8-6	8-GF	S(8)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	2.93	6	23	14	2	3	4	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.96	0.107	5.75	0.12%	0.76	8t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
14	462	38	May 23	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	L(1-3)	1	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.59	3.12	6	26	13	4	0	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.69	-0.316	5.25	-0.37%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
15	463	42	May 27	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-1	8-GF	S(9)	3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	3.09	5	8	6	0	1	4	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	0.258	2.92	0.25%	1.36	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
16	464	43	May 28	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-8	9-GF	S(10)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.50	2.86	4	20	13	2	5	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	0.192	8.48	0.20%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	465	46	Jun 1	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	L(1-4)	3	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.96	2.75	4	14	9	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	-0.371	7.28	-0.47%	-0.76	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
18	466	48	Jun 4	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-2	9-GF	S(11)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.92	2.55	3	13	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.086	1.63	0.07%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
19	467	52	Jun 8	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	S(12)	3	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.87	2.47	6	23	16	5	2	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.07	0.174	7.38	0.15%	0.43	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
20	468	54	Jun 10	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-6	8-GF(8)	BL(1-5)	1	1.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.49	2.53	7	28	16	6	4	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	-0.801	5.76	-0.80%	-3.58	8b --- 0 out a2	8b end d 2
21	469	55	Jun 11	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(13)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	2.54	2	7	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.082	2.48	0.07%	0.24	9t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
22	470	58	Jun 14	NYM		HOU	L,1-4	9-9	L(1-6)	2	0.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.57	2.81	7	30	14	3	3	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.22	-0.483	2.99	-0.39%	-4.06	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 123 1 out d3
23	471	69	Jun 26	NYM		MON	W,7-4	9-GF	S(14)	11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	2.81	1	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.032	2.11	0.04%	0.47	9t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
24	472	70	Jun 27	NYM		MON	W,4-3	9-GF	S(15)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.38	2.65	3	10	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.151	3.74	0.17%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	473	74	Jul 1	NYM	@	MON	W,4-2	9-GF	S(16)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.24	2.58	3	8	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.081	1.45	0.06%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
26	474	75	Jul 2	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	9-GF	S(17)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.12	2.43	5	15	11	4	4	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.73	0.184	7.16	0.17%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
27	475	78	Jul 5	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-1	9-GF	S(18)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	2.56	5	17	9	0	1	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	0.081	6.85	0.09%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
28	476	79	Jul 6	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	9-GF	S(19)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.96	2.49	2	14	10	3	2	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.22	0.084	10.77	0.10%	-0.59	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 1
29	477	81	Jul 11	NYM		SDP	W,4-3	8-GF	W(2-6)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.83	2.37	4	19	11	3	1	1	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	0.266	6.15	0.37%	1.19	8t 123 2 out tie	9t end tie
30	478	83	Jul 13	NYM		SDP	W,3-1	9-GF	S(20)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	2.32	4	21	14	2	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.066	3.06	0.09%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
31	479	86	Jul 16	NYM		SFG	W,6-4	9-GF	S(21)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.32	1	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.010	.77	0.01%	0.09	9t --- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
32	480	94	Jul 25	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	2.34	6	27	17	3	3	2	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.003	.04	0.00%	-1.56	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
33	481	96	Jul 27	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-0	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.53	2.45	3	15	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.016	.53	0.01%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	482	103	Aug 4	NYM		CHC	L,3-8	9-GF		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	2.40	3	7	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
35	483	106	Aug 7	NYM		PIT	W,7-1	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	2.41	3	5	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
36	484	107	Aug 8	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF	S(22)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.57	2.74	4	17	13	3	0	2	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.070	3.84	0.09%	-0.94	9t -2- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
37	485	110	Aug 11	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	10-11		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.43	2.64	8	27	22	4	8	4	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.08	0.265	3.89	0.20%	0.95	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
38	486	113	Aug 14	NYM	@	STL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	BL(2-7)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.61	2.59	5	17	11	3	3	2	2	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.78	-0.451	1.70	-0.17%	-1.20	8b 1-3 0 out a2	8b end d 1
39	487	121	Aug 23	NYM		CIN	L,1-6	9-GF		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.54	2.50	3	19	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
40	488	123	Aug 25	NYM		CIN	W,2-1	9-GF	S(23)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	2.51	4	12	7	2	1	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	0.151	.17	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
41	489	124	Aug 26	NYM	@	HOU	W,6-4	9-GF(10)	W(3-7)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.36	2.43	7	27	19	4	6	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.197	.09	0.01%	0.85	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
42	490	128	Aug 30	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	S(24)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.28	2.39	4	14	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	0.312	.04	0.00%	0.90	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
43	491	129	Aug 31	NYM	@	CIN	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	BW(4-7)	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.38	2.33	8	31	23	2	7	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.30	-0.117	.04	0.00%	-0.05	9b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
44	492	136	Sep 8	NYM		ATL	L,5-7	8-GF	L(4-8)	7	1.2	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.87	2.71	10	40	25	3	3	1	6	2	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.360	.00	0.00%	-2.06	8t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end d 3
45	493	139	Sep 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-1	9-GF	S(25)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	2.71	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.01	0.175	.00	0.00%	1.46	9b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
46	494	145	Sep 17(2)	NYM		MON	W,3-2	9-GF	S(26)	5	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.76	2.63	4	15	12	3	5	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	0.151	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
47	495	148	Sep 21	NYM		STL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(27)	3	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.88	2.66	6	30	17	8	1	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
48	496	152	Sep 26(2)	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	9-GF	S(28)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	2.66	4	8	5	0	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.52	0.151	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
49	497	153	Sep 27	NYM		PHI	W,6-4	9-GF	S(29)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.77	2.63	5	19	13	4	2	4	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.16	0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.58	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 2
50	498	155	Sep 29	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	S(30)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	2.63	4	11	7	1	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.68	0.151	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
51	499	158	Oct 2	NYM	@	PIT	W,9-6	9-10	BW(5-8)	2	2.0	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	2.78	2.66	9	33	22	5	4	4	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	3.32	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-1.09	9b --- 0 out a2	10b 3 out tie
52	500	159	Oct 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	L(5-9)	1	0.1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.93	2.73	5	15	5	0	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.83	-0.372	.00	0.00%	-2.06	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
							38-14		W-L:5-9,Sv:30,BSv:5	2.3	55.1	61	27	18	18	45	2	1	2.93	2.73	247	936	63%	15%	12%	1.58		21%	4%	0		25	32%	4	2	0	225	8	3	4	6	0	10	2.57	-0.196	3.01	-0.25%	-4.99

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