MLB Stats for John Franco

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John Franco, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Saturday, September 17, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York. Franco was 23 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 24, 1984, with the Cincinnati Reds. John Franco stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.
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"You can't judge a person by his size, but you could judge 'em by the heart he has. And I have always had a big heart. Every time I went out there I gave 150 percent. It wasn't pretty at times, but I was under control and I knew what I was doing. And I enjoyed every minute of it, through the good times and the bad times." - John Franco in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Mike Fitzpatrick, 06/04/2012, 'Mets put John Franco, lefty Brooklyn closer, in team's Hall of Fame', Source)

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John Franco Autograph on a 1987 Topps Baseball Card (#305)

John Franco Autograph on a 1987 Topps Baseball Card (#305)
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Birth Name:   John Anthony Franco (Twitter: @TEAMFRANCO45)
Nickname:   None
Born On:   09-17-1960  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Brooklyn, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Lafayette High School (Brooklyn, NY)
College:   St. John's University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-24-1984 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-01-2005
Draft:   1981 : 5th Round (124th)

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John Franco Pitching Stats
1984 24 Reds 54 0 30 6 2 .750 2.61 0 0 4 79.1 335 74 23 28 3 36 4 55 2 2 0 -
1985 25 Reds 67 0 33 12 3 .800 2.18 0 0 12 99.0 407 83 24 27 5 40 8 61 4 1 0 -
1986 26 Reds 74 0 52 6 6 .500 2.94 0 0 29 101.0 429 90 33 40 7 44 12 84 4 2 2 -
1987 27 Reds 68 0 60 8 5 .615 2.52 0 0 32 82.0 344 76 23 26 6 27 6 61 1 0 0 -
1988 28 Reds 70 0 61 6 6 .500 1.57 0 0 39 86.0 336 60 15 18 3 27 3 46 1 0 2 -
1989 29 Reds 60 0 50 4 8 .333 3.12 0 0 32 80.2 345 77 28 35 3 36 8 60 3 0 2 -
1990 30 Mets 55 0 48 5 3 .625 2.53 0 0 33 67.2 287 66 19 22 4 21 2 56 7 0 2 -
1991 31 Mets 52 0 48 5 9 .357 2.93 0 0 30 55.1 247 61 18 27 2 18 4 45 6 1 0 -
1992 32 Mets 31 0 30 6 2 .750 1.64 0 0 15 33.0 128 24 6 6 1 11 2 20 0 0 0 -
1993 33 Mets 35 0 30 4 3 .571 5.20 0 0 10 36.1 172 46 21 24 6 19 3 29 5 1 0 -
1994 34 Mets 47 0 43 1 4 .200 2.70 0 0 30 50.0 216 47 15 20 2 19 0 42 1 1 0 -
1995 35 Mets 48 0 41 5 3 .625 2.44 0 0 29 51.2 213 48 14 17 4 17 2 41 0 0 0 -
1996 36 Mets 51 0 44 4 3 .571 1.83 0 0 28 54.0 235 54 11 15 2 21 0 48 2 0 0 -
1997 37 Mets 59 0 53 5 3 .625 2.55 0 0 36 60.0 244 49 17 18 3 20 2 53 6 1 0 -
1998 38 Mets 61 0 54 0 8 .000 3.62 0 0 38 64.2 289 66 26 28 4 29 7 59 2 4 0 -
1999 39 Mets 46 0 34 0 2 .000 2.88 0 0 19 40.2 182 40 13 14 1 19 1 41 0 2 0 1
2000 40 Mets 62 0 14 5 4 .556 3.40 0 0 4 55.2 239 46 21 24 6 26 6 56 2 2 0 20
2001 41 Mets 58 0 16 6 2 .750 4.05 0 0 2 53.1 232 55 24 25 8 19 2 50 4 2 1 17
2003 43 Mets 38 0 13 0 3 .000 2.62 0 0 2 34.1 148 35 10 11 5 13 2 16 2 1 0 4
2004 44 Mets 52 0 16 2 7 .222 5.28 0 0 0 46.0 207 46 27 28 6 24 2 36 2 1 0 11
2005 45 Astros 31 0 4 0 1 .000 7.20 0 0 0 15.0 77 23 12 13 0 9 2 16 0 1 0 6
21 Years 1,119 0 774 90 87 .508 2.89 0 0 424 1,245.2 5,312 1,166 400 466 81 495 78 975 54 22 9 59

John Franco Pitching Stats

John Franco

John Franco Hitting Stats
1984 24 Reds 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 25 Reds 67 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1986 26 Reds 74 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1987 27 Reds 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1988 28 Reds 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1989 29 Reds 60 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1990 30 Mets 55 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1991 31 Mets 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1992 32 Mets 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1993 33 Mets 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1994 34 Mets 47 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1995 35 Mets 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1996 36 Mets 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1997 37 Mets 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1998 38 Mets 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1999 39 Mets 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2000 40 Mets 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2001 41 Mets 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2003 43 Mets 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2004 44 Mets 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2005 45 Astros 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
21 Years 1,119 34 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 3 0 0 0 .088 .088 .088

John Franco Hitting Stats

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John Franco Fielding Stats
1984 Reds P 54 0 238 20 0.4 20 5 15 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.27
1985 Reds P 67 0 297 31 0.5 30 9 21 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.73
1986 Reds P 74 0 303 32 0.4 28 6 22 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.50
1987 Reds P 68 0 246 11 0.2 11 4 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.21
1988 Reds P 70 0 258 22 0.3 21 3 18 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.20
1989 Reds P 60 0 242 22 0.4 21 2 19 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.34
1990 Mets P 55 0 203 18 0.3 17 4 13 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.26
1991 Mets P 52 0 166 14 0.3 13 3 10 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .929 2.11
1992 Mets P 31 0 99 14 0.5 14 2 12 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.82
1993 Mets P 35 0 109 12 0.3 12 3 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.97
1994 Mets P 47 0 150 11 0.2 11 4 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.98
1995 Mets P 48 0 155 11 0.2 11 2 9 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.92
1996 Mets P 51 0 162 9 0.2 9 1 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1997 Mets P 59 0 180 18 0.3 18 4 14 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.70
1998 Mets P 61 0 194 20 0.3 20 4 16 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.78
1999 Mets P 46 0 122 8 0.2 8 4 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.77
2000 Mets P 62 0 167 11 0.2 10 2 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.62
2001 Mets P 58 0 160 9 0.2 8 1 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.35
2003 Mets P 38 0 103 10 0.3 10 1 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.62
2004 Mets P 52 0 138 6 0.1 6 0 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.17
2005 Astros P 31 0 45 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
P Totals   1,119 0 3,737 309 0.3 298 64 234 11 13 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.15
21 Years   1,119 0 3,737 309 0.3 298 64 234 11 13 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.15

John Franco Fielding Stats

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John Franco Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
1984 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.53 6.24 4.08
1985 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 6.0 1.53 5.55 3.64
1986 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.91 7.49 3.92
1987 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.26 6.70 2.96
1988 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.70 4.81 2.83
1989 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.67 6.69 4.02
1990 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 0.0 2.67 7.45 2.79
1991 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.50 7.32 2.93
1992 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.82 5.45 3.00
1993 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.53 7.18 4.71
1994 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.21 7.56 3.42
1995 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.41 7.14 2.96
1996 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.29 8.00 3.50
1997 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.65 7.95 3.00
1998 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.03 8.21 4.04
1999 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.16 9.07 4.20
2000 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.15 9.05 4.20
2001 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.63 8.44 3.21
2003 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.23 4.19 3.41
2004 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.50 7.04 4.70
2005 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.78 9.60 5.40
21 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2.4 34.0 1.97 7.04 3.58

John Franco Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

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John Franco Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
1984 Cincinnati Reds 52, 31 $49,000.00 - -
1985 Cincinnati Reds 31 $75,000.00 - -
1986 Cincinnati Reds 31 $195,000.00 Stats -
1987 Cincinnati Reds 31 $300,000.00 Stats -
1988 Cincinnati Reds 31 $675,000.00 - -
1989 Cincinnati Reds 31 $1,067,500.00 Stats -
1990 New York Mets 31 $1,633,333.00 Stats -
1991 New York Mets 31 $2,633,333.00 - -
1992 New York Mets 31 $3,333,334.00 - -
1993 New York Mets 31 $4,000,000.00 - -
1994 New York Mets 31 $4,000,000.00 - n/a
1995 New York Mets 31 $2,550,000.00 - -
1996 New York Mets 31 $2,600,000.00 - -
1997 New York Mets 31 $3,000,000.00 - -
1998 New York Mets 31, 45 $2,900,000.00 - -
1999 New York Mets 45 $2,950,000.00 - -
2000 New York Mets 45 $3,350,000.00 - Stats
2001 New York Mets 45 $3,583,333.00 - -
2003 New York Mets 45 $3,833,333.00 - -
2004 New York Mets 45 $1,100,000.00 - -
2005 Houston Astros 31 $700,000.00 - -

John Franco Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

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Did you know that John Franco was the third New York Mets Team Captain in franchise history? New York Mets Team Captains: Keith Hernandez 1987-1989, Gary Carter 1988-1989, John Franco 2001–2004, David Wright 2013-(present). In 2012, the Mets inducted the four-time All-Star (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990), three-time saves champion (1988, 1990, 1994) and two-time Rolaids Relief Man Award (1988, 1990) into the team Hall of Fame - their twenty-sixth inductee and fifth pitcher (1st: Tom Seaver, 2nd: Jerry Koosman, 3rd: Tug McGraw, 4th: Dwight Gooden).

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John Franco received 27 votes (4.6% of the 581 ballots) during his first year of eligibility on the 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot, missing the required 5% threshold to stay on the ballot by three votes. A bit surprising considering Franco recorded more saves in Major League history than any left-handed pitcher - ever - and his final total of 424 was the second most in baseball history when he retired [Top 1,000].

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John Franco Bobblehead | Image Courtesy of New York Mets | May 25, 2012 [John Franco Day]<
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The National League started in 1876 and John Franco has walked to the mound and pitched in more games in the National League than any senior circuit pitcher in history! His 1,119 games pitched are the most in National League history and the third most in Major League history [Top 1,000].

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