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: 36-11

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

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

1994 Pitching Game Log

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1994 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	567	1	Apr 4	NYM	@	CHC	W,12-8	9-GF		99	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	3.13	5	17	11	2	2	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.008	.23	0.01%	-0.49	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
2	568	6	Apr 10	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	2.13	4	12	8	0	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
3	569	7	Apr 11	NYM		CHC	L,5-9	8-GF		0	2.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.50	2.63	11	38	20	3	5	1	5	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.011	.11	-0.01%	0.02	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
4	570	8	Apr 14	NYM		CHC	W,10-9	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	1.93	4	17	13	3	4	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	0.165	2.42	0.10%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
5	571	11	Apr 17	NYM		HOU	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	1.80	3	9	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.075	1.04	0.05%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
6	572	13	Apr 19	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.57	1.13	4	17	12	1	5	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	0.200	4.45	0.13%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
7	573	16	Apr 22	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.38	3.01	4	18	10	3	2	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.039	1.12	0.02%	-0.52	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
8	574	18	Apr 24	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.02	3	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.18	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
9	575	20	Apr 27	NYM		SDP	W,3-2	11-12		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	2.68	7	27	22	4	2	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.279	1.83	0.16%	1.02	11t --- 0 out tie	12t 3 out tie
10	576	21	Apr 29	NYM		LAD	W,6-4	9-GF	S(5)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.55	4	10	6	0	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.075	1.40	0.04%	0.51	9t --- 0 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
11	577	23	May 1	NYM		LAD	W,7-4	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	2.82	3	18	9	4	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.034	.67	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
12	578	25	May 3	NYM		SFG	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(0-1)	1	1.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.57	3.06	7	25	15	2	0	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	4.09	-0.632	3.88	-0.36%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
13	579	26	May 4	NYM		SFG	W,7-4	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.40	2.93	3	9	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	.39	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
14	580	28	May 6	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	9-GF	BL(0-2)	1	0.2	1	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.45	3.58	7	39	17	7	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	-0.798	5.84	-0.51%	-2.27	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
15	581	31	May 9	NYM	@	MON	W,5-4	9-GF	S(8)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.24	3.61	4	18	9	1	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	0.208	5.37	0.16%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
16	582	35	May 14	NYM		ATL	W,11-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	3.58	3	12	8	4	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
17	583	38	May 17	NYM		FLA	W,4-3	9-GF	W(1-2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.58	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.019	.75	0.01%	0.23	9t 1-- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
18	584	43	May 24	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-2	9-GF	S(9)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.45	3	7	6	1	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.096	1.02	0.05%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
19	585	44	May 25	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-3	8-GF	S(10)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.61	3.23	6	19	12	1	4	2	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	0.224	1.39	0.12%	1.46	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 3
20	586	47	May 28	NYM		CIN	W,5-4	9-GF	S(11)	2	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.91	3.87	4	16	11	5	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	0.075	2.09	0.04%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
21	587	48	May 29	NYM		CIN	W,8-5	9-GF	S(12)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.78	3.75	4	20	14	3	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.034	1.09	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t 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
22	588	52	Jun 3	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	S(13)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.66	3.55	4	20	13	5	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	0.204	3.67	0.11%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
23	589	54	Jun 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,6-9	8-9	BS(3)	1	1.1	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.88	3.57	8	38	24	4	4	4	2	2	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	-0.323	2.35	-0.16%	-1.05	8b 12- 2 out a2	9b 3 out tie
24	590	59	Jun 10	NYM		MON	L,4-6	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.77	3.59	4	16	9	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.15	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
25	591	61	Jun 12	NYM		MON	W,5-4	9-GF	S(14)	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.67	3.72	4	22	10	5	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.75	0.165	1.66	0.04%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
26	592	62	Jun 13	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	S(15)	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.89	3.63	6	31	20	6	5	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.075	.91	0.02%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
27	593	64	Jun 15	NYM		PHI	W,1-0	9-GF	S(16)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	3.61	3	7	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.165	.80	0.04%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
28	594	70	Jun 21	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(1-3)	5	1.1	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	2.67	3.56	8	20	13	3	3	2	3	2	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.97	-0.640	1.63	-0.16%	-1.44	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
29	595	71	Jun 22	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-2	9-GF	S(17)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	3.55	3	12	6	3	0	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.044	.20	0.01%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
30	596	75	Jun 27	NYM		STL	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(1-4)	4	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.78	3.53	7	21	16	2	3	4	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.10	-0.632	.68	-0.08%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 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
31	597	81	Jul 4	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-1	10-GF(10)	S(18)	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.46	3	9	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	0.195	.41	0.01%	0.49	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
32	598	82	Jul 5	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-2	9-GF	S(19)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	3.39	3	9	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.088	.14	0.01%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
33	599	83	Jul 6	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-1	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.80	3.47	6	19	13	5	2	2	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.017	.13	0.00%	-0.52	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
34	600	87	Jul 10	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-1	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.72	3.49	4	16	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.017	.03	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
35	601	89	Jul 15(2)	NYM		SDP	L,1-2	11-11		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.65	3.56	5	14	7	1	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	0.140	.73	0.02%	0.51	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
36	602	90	Jul 16	NYM		SDP	W,5-4	9-GF	S(20)	0	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.05	3.50	7	16	11	1	0	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.034	.39	0.00%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
37	603	93	Jul 19	NYM		LAD	W,7-4	9-GF	S(21)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.97	3.56	5	18	10	5	1	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.034	.11	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
38	604	94	Jul 20	NYM		LAD	W,5-4	9-GF	S(22)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	3.55	3	5	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.165	.36	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
39	605	95	Jul 22	NYM		SFG	W,6-3	9-GF	S(23)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.83	3.40	3	15	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	.06	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
40	606	97	Jul 24	NYM		SFG	L,6-8	8-8	BS(6)	1	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	3.40	3	6	4	0	1	0	3	2	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	-0.525	.45	-0.04%	-2.22	8t 123 2 out a1	8t 3 out d2
41	607	99	Jul 26	NYM	@	STL	W,10-9	11-GF(11)	S(24)	1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.95	3.34	6	21	13	2	3	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.093	.28	0.01%	-0.49	11b --- 0 out a2	11b end a 1
42	608	100	Jul 27	NYM	@	STL	W,7-4	9-GF	S(25)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	3.34	4	14	9	3	1	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.042	.09	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
43	609	101	Jul 29	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-1	9-GF	S(26)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.82	3.24	3	9	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.044	.09	0.01%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
44	610	103	Jul 31	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-4	9-GF	S(27)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	3.24	4	11	7	1	2	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.096	.23	0.01%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
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
45	611	105	Aug 2	NYM		ATL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(28)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.20	4	17	11	5	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.034	.15	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
46	612	110	Aug 8	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	8-GF	S(29)	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.61	3.21	6	22	13	3	1	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.84	0.360	.33	0.02%	1.07	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
47	613	112	Aug 10	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-2	8-GF	S(30)	1	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.17	6	21	14	4	3	4	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.067	.04	0.00%	0.07	8b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 4
							36-11		W-L:1-4,Sv:30,BSv:6	1.8	50.0	47	20	15	19	42	2	1	2.70	3.17	216	784	63%	15%	13%	1.05		16%	10%	0		11	27%	1	1	1	193	7	1	0	6	1	6	2.05	0.150	1.20	-0.03%	3.68

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