John Franco
John Anthony Franco
Born: September 17, 1960
Brooklyn, NY USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 170
College: St. John's University
Career: 1984-2005
Draft: Round 5 (1981 June Amateur Draft, Los Angeles Dodgers)
School: St. John's (NY)
Minor League Statistics
John Franco compiled a career record of 90 wins and 87 losses in his 1119-game career with the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and Houston Astros. He began playing during the 1984 season and last took the field during the 2005 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1984 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.61 | 54 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79.3 | 74 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 335 |
1985 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.18 | 67 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 99.0 | 83 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 40 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 407 |
1986 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.94 | 74 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 101.0 | 90 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 44 | 12 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 429 |
1987 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.52 | 68 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 82.0 | 76 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 344 |
1988 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 6 | .500 | 1.57 | 70 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 86.0 | 60 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 336 |
1989 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.12 | 60 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 80.7 | 77 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 345 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.53 | 55 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 67.7 | 66 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 287 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | 5 | 9 | .357 | 2.93 | 52 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 55.3 | 61 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 247 |
1992 | NL | New York Mets | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.64 | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33.0 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
1993 | NL | New York Mets | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.20 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 36.3 | 46 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 172 |
1994 | NL | New York Mets | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.70 | 47 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 50.0 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 216 |
1995 | NL | New York Mets | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.44 | 48 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 51.7 | 48 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 |
1996 | NL | New York Mets | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.83 | 51 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 54.0 | 54 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 235 |
1997 | NL | New York Mets | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.55 | 59 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 60.0 | 49 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 244 |
1998 | NL | New York Mets | 0 | 8 | .000 | 3.62 | 61 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 64.7 | 66 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 289 |
1999 | NL | New York Mets | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.88 | 46 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 40.7 | 40 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 182 |
2000 | NL | New York Mets | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.40 | 62 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55.7 | 46 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 239 |
2001 | NL | New York Mets | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.05 | 58 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.3 | 55 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 232 |
2003 | NL | New York Mets | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.62 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.3 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 148 |
2004 | NL | New York Mets | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.28 | 52 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 46 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 207 |
2005 | NL | Houston Astros | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
Totals | 90 | 87 | .508 | 2.89 | 1119 | 0 | 774 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 1245.7 | 1166 | 466 | 400 | 81 | 495 | 78 | 975 | 22 | 9 | 54 | 5312 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1984 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 54 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1985 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1987 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1988 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1989 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | 55 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | NL | New York Mets | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | NL | New York Mets | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | NL | New York Mets | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | NL | New York Mets | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1996 | NL | New York Mets | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | NL | New York Mets | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1998 | NL | New York Mets | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | NL | New York Mets | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2000 | NL | New York Mets | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | NL | New York Mets | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2003 | NL | New York Mets | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2004 | NL | New York Mets | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2005 | NL | Houston Astros | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1119 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .088 | .088 | .088 | .176 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1984 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 54 | 0 | 79.3 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.269 | .370 |
1985 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 67 | 0 | 99.0 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 2.727 | .448 |
1986 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 74 | 0 | 101.0 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .875 | 2.495 | .378 |
1987 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 68 | 0 | 82.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.207 | .162 |
1988 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 70 | 0 | 86.0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.198 | .300 |
1989 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 60 | 0 | 80.7 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.343 | .350 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | P | 55 | 0 | 67.7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 2.261 | .309 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | P | 52 | 0 | 55.3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.114 | .250 |
1992 | NL | New York Mets | P | 31 | 0 | 33.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.818 | .452 |
1993 | NL | New York Mets | P | 35 | 0 | 36.3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.972 | .343 |
1994 | NL | New York Mets | P | 47 | 0 | 50.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.980 | .234 |
1995 | NL | New York Mets | P | 48 | 0 | 51.7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.916 | .229 |
1996 | NL | New York Mets | P | 51 | 0 | 54.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .176 |
1997 | NL | New York Mets | P | 59 | 0 | 60.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.700 | .305 |
1998 | NL | New York Mets | P | 61 | 0 | 64.7 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.784 | .328 |
1999 | NL | New York Mets | P | 46 | 0 | 40.7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.770 | .174 |
2000 | NL | New York Mets | P | 62 | 0 | 55.7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.455 | .145 |
2001 | NL | New York Mets | P | 58 | 0 | 53.3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.350 | .138 |
2003 | NL | New York Mets | P | 38 | 0 | 34.3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.621 | .263 |
2004 | NL | New York Mets | P | 52 | 0 | 46.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.174 | .115 |
2005 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 31 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 1119 | 0 | 1245.7 | 63 | 234 | 11 | 13 | .964 | 2.146 | .265 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1999 | NL | New York Mets | NLDS2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
1999 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
2000 | NL | New York Mets | NLDS2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
2000 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
2000 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.88 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1999 | NL | New York Mets | NLDS2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1999 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2000 | NL | New York Mets | NLDS2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2000 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2000 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1999 | NL | New York Mets | NLDS2 | P | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.909 | .667 |
1999 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | P | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | .667 |
2000 | NL | New York Mets | NLDS2 | P | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 |
2000 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | P | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
2000 | NL | New York Mets | WS | P | 4 | 0 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.700 | .250 |
Totals | 15 | 0 | 14.3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.767 | .400 |
Awards
1988 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
1988 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
1990 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
1990 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
1994 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
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