Iker Franco

Iker Arce (Arce) Franco
Born: March 3, 1981
Ensenada, Baja California MX
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, LF, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 240
Draft: Round 1 (2005 Rule V (3A phase), St. Louis Cardinals)
School: N/A
Career: 1999-2019

Iker (Arce) Franco compiled a career batting average of .257 with 143 home runs and 731 RBI in his 1465-game career with the Mexico City Tigres, Hudson Valley Renegades, St. Petersburg Devil Rays, Charleston RiverDogs, Angelopolis Tigres, Montgomery Biscuits, Mississippi Braves, Richmond Braves, Springfield Cardinals, Quintana Roo Tigres, Mexico City Diablos Rojos and Oaxaca Guerreros. He began playing during the 1999 season and last took the field during the 2019 campaign.

Mexico City Tigres	St. Petersburg Devil Rays	Hudson Valley Renegades	Charleston RiverDogs	Angelopolis Tigres	Montgomery Biscuits
Mississippi Braves	Richmond Braves	Springfield Cardinals	Mexico City Diablos Rojos	Oaxaca Guerreros

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Batting:

Year	Level	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
2000	Short Season A	NYPL	Hudson Valley Renegades	22	81	73	11	19	5	0	2	15	1	1	5	18	.260	.321	.411	.732	30	1	2	0	1	0
2000	AAA	MEX	Mexico City Tigres	19	55	51	4	13	6	0	2	9	1	0	1	15	.255	.283	.490	.773	25	2	1	2	0	0
2000	Advanced A	FLOR	St. Petersburg Devil Rays	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	87	292	265	15	53	10	2	3	21	1	2	19	81	.200	.253	.287	.540	76	7	1	4	3	0
2002	AAA	MEX	Mexico City Tigres	26	73	68	12	24	5	2	1	17	1	3	5	10	.353	.397	.529	.927	36	0	0	0	0	0
2002	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	64	240	216	28	56	14	2	4	33	1	1	14	42	.259	.309	.398	.707	86	6	3	4	3	2
2003	AAA	MEX	Angelopolis Tigres	86	261	233	30	61	15	4	5	37	3	2	21	46	.262	.326	.425	.750	99	6	2	3	2	0
2004	AA	SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	63	205	187	17	39	6	0	3	14	1	0	15	32	.209	.271	.289	.560	54	3	1	2	0	0
2005	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	9	34	32	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.250	.294	.281	.575	9	1	0	0	0	0
2005	AA	SOUL	Mississippi Braves	48	191	179	14	53	7	0	3	23	0	3	8	31	.296	.323	.385	.708	69	5	0	2	2	0
2006	AA	TL	Springfield Cardinals	96	367	340	47	79	16	1	10	46	0	1	24	79	.232	.284	.374	.658	127	12	1	1	1	0
2007	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	60	201	177	16	39	8	0	2	27	0	2	20	33	.220	.302	.299	.601	53	7	1	2	1	0
2008	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	109	451	408	55	116	22	1	22	73	3	2	37	59	.284	.343	.505	.848	206	18	1	2	3	2
2009	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	102	420	370	53	101	20	1	16	68	1	2	42	44	.273	.348	.462	.811	171	11	3	1	4	1
2010	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	100	415	352	44	91	22	0	11	69	0	3	52	58	.259	.354	.415	.768	146	19	3	2	6	4
2011	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	105	426	362	59	100	13	1	23	74	1	0	54	66	.276	.367	.508	.875	184	14	2	1	7	4
2012	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	94	377	316	43	85	13	0	11	61	0	1	53	72	.269	.370	.415	.784	131	9	1	1	6	8
2013	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	52	178	149	16	34	3	0	3	15	0	0	27	32	.228	.347	.309	.655	46	8	0	2	0	3
2014	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	78	293	257	21	63	7	0	6	49	0	0	28	46	.245	.322	.342	.664	88	10	2	4	2	2
2015	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	78	269	232	27	62	11	0	4	26	1	0	29	43	.267	.348	.366	.715	85	6	1	5	2	0
2016	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	73	251	213	19	66	8	0	7	27	0	1	31	47	.310	.397	.446	.843	95	6	1	4	2	2
2017	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	17	56	51	2	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	12	.157	.214	.216	.430	11	2	0	0	1	0
2018	AAA	MEX	Mexico City Diablos Rojos	24	48	42	5	13	2	0	0	5	1	0	5	10	.310	.383	.357	.740	15	2	0	1	0	0
2019	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	52	123	111	10	24	4	0	4	18	0	2	9	27	.216	.273	.360	.633	40	5	0	2	1	0
Totals				1465	5311	4688	548	1207	218	14	143	731	16	26	505	914	.257	.330	.401	.731	1882	160	26	45	47	28

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
2000	AAA	MEX	Mexico City Tigres	C	19	81	11	2	2	.979	4.842	1	10	4	28.6
2000	Short Season A	NYPL	Hudson Valley Renegades	C	10	80	7	4	1	.956	8.700	0	14	6	30.0
2000	Short Season A	NYPL	Hudson Valley Renegades	1B	1	10	1	0	0	1.000	11.000
2000	Advanced A	FLOR	St. Petersburg Devil Rays	C	1	7	0	1	0	.875	7.000	1	4	0	0.0
2001	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	C	87	646	91	7	6	.991	8.471	19	83	49	37.1
2002	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	C	42	261	21	7	1	.976	6.714	7	30	10	25.0
2002	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	1B	26	195	12	2	20	.990	7.962
2002	AAA	MEX	Mexico City Tigres	C	21	86	10	2	2	.980	4.571	3	7	6	46.2
2002	AAA	MEX	Mexico City Tigres	LF	2						.000
2002	AAA	MEX	Mexico City Tigres	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
2002	A	SALL3	Charleston RiverDogs	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2003	AAA	MEX	Angelopolis Tigres	C	85	317	36	9	2	.975	4.153	2	33	23	41.1
2003	AAA	MEX	Angelopolis Tigres	LF	1						.000
2003	AAA	MEX	Angelopolis Tigres	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2004	AA	SOUL	Montgomery Biscuits	C	60	387	51	6	3	.986	7.300	8
2005	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	C	9	55	7	0	1	1.000	6.889	0	0	5	100.0
2005	AA	SOUL	Mississippi Braves	C	43	318	29	7	1	.980	8.070	1	32	26	44.8
2005	AA	SOUL	Mississippi Braves	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2006	AA	TL	Springfield Cardinals	C	90	618	61	8	10	.988	7.544	9	47	41	46.6
2007	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	C	57	388	36	4	6	.991	7.439	4	28	26	48.1
2008	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	85	387	50	8	7	.982	5.141	5	29	30	50.8
2008	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	25	199	12	1	25	.995	8.440
2009	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	62	258	29	6	3	.980	4.629	4	17	19	52.8
2009	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	39	334	25	3	38	.992	9.205
2010	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	73	368	41	4	4	.990	5.603	6	27	21	43.8
2010	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	32	265	13	0	30	1.000	8.688
2011	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	81	404	37	6	8	.987	5.444	3	43	22	33.8
2011	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	27	194	12	1	25	.995	7.630
2012	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	41	212	21	4	4	.983	5.683	4	32	12	27.3
2012	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	23	191	15	2	17	.990	8.957
2013	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	8	52	3	0	5	1.000	6.875
2013	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	40	201	18	1	1	.995	5.475	2	17	11	39.3
2014	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	63	337	33	3	2	.992	5.873	4	23	26	53.1
2014	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	13	106	5	1	11	.991	8.538
2015	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	8	54	4	1	9	.983	7.250
2015	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	69	334	39	7	4	.982	5.406	2	27	26	49.1
2016	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	47	202	19	2	1	.991	4.702	3	26	14	35.0
2016	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	25	199	9	2	23	.990	8.320
2017	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	C	5	26	2	0	0	1.000	5.600	0	1	2	66.7
2017	AAA	MEX	Quintana Roo Tigres	1B	1	14	1	0	1	1.000	15.000
2018	AAA	MEX	Mexico City Diablos Rojos	C	22	67	11	1	0	.987	3.545	0	9	2	18.2
2019	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	C	41	187	14	2	1	.990	4.902	0	14	12	46.2
2019	AAA	MEX	Oaxaca Guerreros	1B	2	6	0	0	1	1.000	3.000
Totals					1391	8051	786	114	275	.987	6.353	88	553	393	41.5

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1999	AAA	Mexican League	Mexico City Tigres
2000	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	Hudson Valley Renegades	TBA
2000	Advanced A	Florida State League	St. Petersburg Devil Rays	TBA
2000	AAA	Mexican League	Mexico City Tigres
2001	A	South Atlantic League	Charleston RiverDogs	TBA
2002	A	South Atlantic League	Charleston RiverDogs	TBA
2002	AAA	Mexican League	Mexico City Tigres
2003	AAA	Mexican League	Angelopolis Tigres
2004	AA	Southern League	Montgomery Biscuits	TBA	April 8, 2004	August 26, 2004
2005	AA	Southern League	Mississippi Braves	ATL	April 10, 2005	July 28, 2005
2005	AAA	International League	Richmond Braves	ATL	May 20, 2005	June 7, 2005
2006	AA	Texas League	Springfield Cardinals	SLN	April 6, 2006	September 3, 2006
2007	AAA	International League	Richmond Braves	ATL	April 10, 2007	September 2, 2007
2008	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		March 19, 2008	July 27, 2008
2009	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		March 25, 2009	July 30, 2009
2010	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		March 17, 2010	July 16, 2010
2011	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		March 19, 2011	July 28, 2011
2012	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		March 16, 2012	July 29, 2012
2013	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		April 16, 2013	August 3, 2013
2014	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		April 1, 2014	August 13, 2014
2015	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		April 4, 2015	August 13, 2015
2016	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		April 1, 2016	August 11, 2016
2017	AAA	Mexican League	Quintana Roo Tigres		March 31, 2017	April 29, 2017
2018	AAA	Mexican League (Autumn)	Mexico City Diablos Rojos		July 4, 2018	September 6, 2018
2019	AAA	Mexican League	Oaxaca Guerreros		April 6, 2019	August 29, 2019

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