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: 23-8

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 8

1992 Pitching Game Log

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1992 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	501	1	Apr 6	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	10-GF(10)	S(1)	99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.78	3	8	7	0	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.073	1.58	0.07%	0.42	10b --- 0 out a2	10b end a 2
2	502	7	Apr 12	NYM		MON	L,2-8	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-0.22	3	14	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
3	503	9	Apr 14	NYM		PHI	W,8-5	8-GF	W(1-0)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.60	5	18	10	4	2	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.109	1.08	0.08%	1.26	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
4	504	14	Apr 21	NYM		STL	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.64	4	15	9	1	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.062	2.58	0.05%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
5	505	16	Apr 23	NYM		STL	W,1-0	12-GF(13)	W(2-0)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.28	6	23	13	4	1	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.13	0.244	3.32	0.23%	0.85	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
6	506	18	Apr 25	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.22	3	12	8	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.176	3.79	0.17%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
7	507	22	Apr 30	NYM		HOU	W,4-3	9-GF	S(4)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.74	3	15	7	0	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	0.145	4.33	0.13%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
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	508	23	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-7	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.65	3	10	6	1	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.187	3.99	0.18%	0.46	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
9	509	31	May 9	NYM		LAD	W,5-2	9-GF	W(3-0)	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.75	2	7	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.22	0.204	5.03	0.19%	0.79	9t 1-- 0 out tie	9t end tie
10	510	32	May 10	NYM		LAD	W,3-0	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.67	3	11	7	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.027	.57	0.03%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
11	511	36	May 15	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-1	9-GF	S(7)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.44	5	17	11	3	2	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.032	2.21	0.03%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
12	512	44	May 23	NYM	@	SFG	W,6-3	9-GF	S(8)	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.54	2	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.086	1.71	0.08%	0.74	9b 1-3 0 out a4	9b end a 3
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
13	513	51	Jun 2	NYM		SFG	W,4-3	8-GF	S(9)	9	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.85	5	26	13	3	0	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.169	3.44	0.18%	0.51	8t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
14	514	53	Jun 5	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-5	10-GF(10)		2	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	2.25	3	11	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.26	-0.381	13.03	-0.57%	-1.39	10b --3 2 out tie	10b end d 1
15	515	57	Jun 9	NYM	@	MON	W,6-5	8-GF	BW(4-0)	3	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.55	2.48	7	22	11	3	1	3	3	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	-0.224	6.72	-0.26%	-1.37	8b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 1
16	516	61	Jun 14	NYM		PIT	L,4-5	9-GF		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	2.49	2	6	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.62	-0.102	4.82	-0.11%	0.32	9t -23 1 out tie	9t end d 1
17	517	66	Jun 19	NYM		STL	W,4-3	8-GF	W(5-0)	4	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.47	2.31	7	27	22	4	6	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.219	2.41	0.13%	0.85	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
18	518	68	Jun 21	NYM		STL	W,6-2	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	2.33	4	25	18	2	2	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.011	.93	0.01%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
19	519	70	Jun 23	NYM		CHC	W,4-1	9-GF	S(10)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	2.35	3	11	7	1	1	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.027	.43	0.02%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
20	520	71	Jun 24	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	9-GF	S(11)	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.82	2.37	6	18	11	1	2	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	0.062	3.86	0.05%	-0.57	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
21	521	74	Jun 27	NYM	@	STL	W,2-1	10-GF(11)	W(6-0)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.77	2.31	4	16	9	3	3	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.297	3.87	0.23%	0.86	10b 1-3 2 out tie	11b end a 1
22	522	75	Jun 28	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	10-GF(11)	BL(6-1)	0	1.2	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	1.44	2.34	11	45	23	7	6	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	3.57	-0.709	4.92	-0.59%	-1.88	10b --- 0 out a1	11b end d 1
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
23	523	104	Aug 2	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	9-GF	S(12)	34	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	2.36	3	9	7	3	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.062	2.03	0.05%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
24	524	105	Aug 4	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-3	12-GF(12)		1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.38	2.48	2	13	7	0	2	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.26	-0.180	9.37	-0.19%	-0.95	12b --3 1 out tie	12b end d 1
25	525	110	Aug 9	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	2.41	3	9	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
26	526	111	Aug 10	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	10-10		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	2.43	5	15	8	1	1	1	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	0.122	.64	0.02%	0.43	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
27	527	112	Aug 11	NYM		PIT	W,2-0	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	2.37	3	13	8	5	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.062	.09	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
28	528	113	Aug 12	NYM		PIT	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	L(6-2)	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.50	2.48	6	26	17	4	1	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.326	.25	-0.03%	-0.57	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
29	529	118	Aug 20	NYM	@	LAD	W,11-4	9-GF		7	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.74	2.94	5	18	12	4	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.57	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 7
30	530	121	Aug 24	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-1	9-GF	S(14)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.69	3.03	4	18	9	4	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
31	531	122	Aug 25	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-1	9-GF	S(15)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	2.96	3	8	7	1	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.168	.03	0.00%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
							23-8		W-L:6-2,Sv:15,BSv:2	2.7	33.0	24	6	6	11	20	1	0	1.64	2.96	128	490	60%	13%	11%	1.43		18%	8%	0		12	42%	2	3	0	115	6	1	2	6	2	3	2.07	0.655	2.81	0.17%	5.72

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