Julio Franco
Julio Cesar Franco
Born: August 23, 1958
Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor D.R.
Primary Position: IF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 160
Career: 1982-2007
Minor League Statistics
Julio Franco compiled a career batting average of .298 with 173 home runs and 1194 RBI in his 2527-game career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. He began playing during the 1982 season and last took the field during the 2007 campaign.
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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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1982 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 16 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .276 | .323 | .310 | .633 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1983 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 149 | 598 | 560 | 68 | 153 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 32 | 12 | 27 | 50 | .273 | .306 | .388 | .693 | 217 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
1984 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 160 | 718 | 658 | 82 | 188 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 79 | 19 | 10 | 43 | 68 | .286 | .331 | .348 | .679 | 229 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
1985 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 160 | 703 | 636 | 97 | 183 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 90 | 13 | 9 | 54 | 74 | .288 | .343 | .381 | .723 | 242 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
1986 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 149 | 636 | 599 | 80 | 183 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 74 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 66 | .306 | .338 | .422 | .760 | 253 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
1987 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 128 | 560 | 495 | 86 | 158 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 32 | 9 | 57 | 56 | .319 | .389 | .428 | .818 | 212 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
1988 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 152 | 676 | 613 | 88 | 186 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 25 | 11 | 56 | 72 | .303 | .361 | .409 | .771 | 251 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
1989 | AL | Texas Rangers | 150 | 621 | 548 | 80 | 173 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 92 | 21 | 3 | 66 | 69 | .316 | .386 | .462 | .848 | 253 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
1990 | AL | Texas Rangers | 157 | 670 | 582 | 96 | 172 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 69 | 31 | 10 | 82 | 83 | .296 | .383 | .402 | .785 | 234 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
1991 | AL | Texas Rangers | 146 | 659 | 589 | 108 | 201 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 78 | 36 | 9 | 65 | 78 | .341 | .408 | .474 | .882 | 279 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
1992 | AL | Texas Rangers | 35 | 123 | 107 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .234 | .328 | .355 | .683 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1993 | AL | Texas Rangers | 144 | 607 | 532 | 85 | 154 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 84 | 9 | 3 | 62 | 95 | .289 | .360 | .438 | .798 | 233 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
1994 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 112 | 505 | 433 | 72 | 138 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 98 | 8 | 1 | 62 | 75 | .319 | .406 | .510 | .916 | 221 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
1996 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 112 | 499 | 432 | 72 | 139 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 76 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 82 | .322 | .407 | .470 | .877 | 203 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
1997 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 78 | 328 | 289 | 46 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 75 | .284 | .367 | .367 | .734 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1997 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 42 | 177 | 141 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 41 | .241 | .373 | .348 | .720 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
1999 | AL | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 25 | 101 | 90 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .300 | .376 | .444 | .821 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 125 | 383 | 338 | 51 | 96 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 75 | .284 | .357 | .382 | .739 | 129 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 103 | 223 | 197 | 28 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 43 | .294 | .372 | .452 | .824 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2004 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 125 | 361 | 320 | 37 | 99 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 68 | .309 | .378 | .441 | .818 | 141 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2005 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 108 | 265 | 233 | 30 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 57 | .275 | .348 | .451 | .799 | 105 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
2006 | NL | New York Mets | 95 | 179 | 165 | 14 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 49 | .273 | .330 | .370 | .699 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2007 | NL | New York Mets | 40 | 61 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .200 | .328 | .260 | .588 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2007 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 15 | 45 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .250 | .311 | .325 | .636 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 2527 | 9731 | 8677 | 1285 | 2586 | 407 | 54 | 173 | 1194 | 281 | 107 | 917 | 1341 | .298 | .365 | .417 | .782 | 3620 | 312 | 38 | 19 | 80 | 67 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1982 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 11 | 8 | 75.0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.720 | 2.818 |
1982 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 2 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.348 | 1.000 |
1983 | AL | Cleveland Indians | SS | 149 | 148 | 1323.0 | 247 | 438 | 28 | 92 | .961 | 4.660 | 4.597 |
1984 | AL | Cleveland Indians | SS | 159 | 158 | 1401.3 | 280 | 481 | 36 | 116 | .955 | 4.887 | 4.786 |
1985 | AL | Cleveland Indians | SS | 151 | 149 | 1288.0 | 238 | 419 | 35 | 95 | .949 | 4.591 | 4.351 |
1985 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2B | 8 | 8 | 69.0 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 4.174 | 4.000 |
1986 | AL | Cleveland Indians | SS | 134 | 133 | 1143.3 | 231 | 374 | 18 | 81 | .971 | 4.762 | 4.515 |
1986 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2B | 13 | 11 | 100.3 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 9 | .982 | 5.023 | 4.308 |
1987 | AL | Cleveland Indians | SS | 111 | 110 | 941.0 | 157 | 285 | 17 | 53 | .963 | 4.227 | 3.982 |
1987 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2B | 9 | 8 | 75.3 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 5.496 | 5.111 |
1988 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2B | 151 | 151 | 1300.0 | 310 | 434 | 14 | 87 | .982 | 5.151 | 4.927 |
1989 | AL | Texas Rangers | 2B | 140 | 139 | 1199.3 | 256 | 386 | 13 | 70 | .980 | 4.818 | 4.586 |
1990 | AL | Texas Rangers | 2B | 152 | 152 | 1309.7 | 310 | 444 | 19 | 101 | .975 | 5.181 | 4.961 |
1991 | AL | Texas Rangers | 2B | 146 | 144 | 1283.3 | 294 | 372 | 14 | 80 | .979 | 4.671 | 4.562 |
1992 | AL | Texas Rangers | 2B | 9 | 10 | 70.0 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 3.729 | 3.222 |
1992 | AL | Texas Rangers | OF | 4 | 3 | 23.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.522 | 2.250 |
1994 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1B | 14 | 13 | 115.0 | 88 | 7 | 3 | 9 | .969 | 7.435 | 6.786 |
1996 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 97 | 96 | 833.7 | 852 | 77 | 9 | 89 | .990 | 1.029 | 9.577 |
1997 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2B | 35 | 34 | 288.7 | 69 | 107 | 3 | 23 | .983 | 5.487 | 5.029 |
1997 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 1B | 13 | 13 | 121.3 | 108 | 11 | 1 | 20 | .992 | 8.827 | 9.154 |
1997 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
1999 | AL | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.000 | 2.000 |
2001 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 23 | 22 | 188.0 | 181 | 16 | 1 | 20 | .995 | 9.431 | 8.565 |
2002 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 95 | 70 | 694.0 | 717 | 59 | 8 | 79 | .990 | 1.063 | 8.168 |
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 75 | 38 | 412.0 | 432 | 32 | 1 | 47 | .998 | 1.136 | 6.187 |
2004 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 84 | 71 | 631.3 | 627 | 48 | 2 | 68 | .997 | 9.622 | 8.036 |
2005 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 62 | 45 | 423.3 | 450 | 37 | 5 | 47 | .990 | 1.354 | 7.855 |
2006 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 27 | 20 | 194.0 | 197 | 5 | 1 | 22 | .995 | 9.371 | 7.481 |
2006 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 3 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 2.000 |
2007 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 10 | 10 | 91.3 | 101 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 1.938 | 11.100 |
2007 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 6 | 4 | 40.0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 4.167 |
2007 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Totals | 1897 | 1773 | 15683.0 | 6249 | 4182 | 234 | 1233 | .978 | 5.986 | 5.499 |
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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1996 | AL | Cleveland Indians | ALDS1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .133 | .176 | .133 | .310 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2001 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .538 | .846 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 5 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .261 | .261 | .391 | .652 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS1 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .500 | .600 | .625 | 1.225 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | NL | New York Mets | NLDS1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 105 | 98 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .224 | .267 | .296 | .563 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1996 | AL | Cleveland Indians | ALDS1 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.897 | 6.333 |
2001 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS1 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 9.000 |
2001 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLCS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.818 | 9.600 |
2002 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS1 | 1B | 5 | 5 | 42.7 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.016 | 7.600 |
2003 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 1B | 3 | 2 | 20.0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 8.333 |
2004 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 2.000 |
2005 | NL | Atlanta Braves | NLDS2 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 19.3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.845 | 9.500 |
Totals | 23 | 19 | 187.3 | 170 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 8.648 | 7.826 |
Awards
1988 - AL Silver Slugger 2B
1989 - AL TSN All-Star 2B
1989 - AL Silver Slugger 2B
1990 - AL TSN All-Star 2B
1990 - AL Silver Slugger 2B
1991 - AL TSN All-Star 2B
1991 - AL Silver Slugger 2B
1994 - AL Silver Slugger DH
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