Matt Franco

Matthew Neil Franco
Born: August 19, 1969
Santa Monica, CA US
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, C, LF, OF, P, SS
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200
Draft: Round 7 (1987 June Amateur Draft, Chicago Cubs)
School: Westlake HS (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Career: 1987-2006
Major League Statistics
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Matt Franco compiled a career batting average of .278 with 115 home runs and 768 RBI in his 1645-game career with the Wytheville Cubs, Geneva Cubs, Charleston Wheelers, Peoria Chiefs, Winston-Salem Spirits, Charlotte Knights, Orlando Cubs, Iowa Cubs, Norfolk Tides, Richmond Braves and Chiba Lotte Marines. He began playing during the 1987 season and last took the field during the 2006 campaign.

Wytheville Cubs	Geneva Cubs	Charleston Wheelers	Peoria Chiefs	Winston-Salem Spirits	Charlotte Knights
Orlando Cubs	Iowa Cubs	Norfolk Tides	Richmond Braves	Chiba Lotte Marines

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF
1993	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	36.00	1	1	1.0	5	4	4	2	1	1	1	9
1995	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	0.00	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	5
Totals				18.00	2	2	2.0	6	4	4	2	2	2	2	14

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
1987	R	APPY	Wytheville Cubs	62	228	202	25	50	10	1	1	21	4	1	26	41	.248	.333	.322	.655	65		0	0	0	1
1988	Short Season A	NYPL	Geneva Cubs	44	184	164	19	42	2	0	3	21	2	0	19	13	.256	.332	.323	.655	53		0	0	1	3
1988	R	APPY	Wytheville Cubs	20	86	79	14	31	9	1	0	16	0	1	7	5	.392	.442	.532	.974	42		0	0	0	0
1989	A	MIDW	Peoria Chiefs	16	65	58	4	13	4	0	0	9	0	1	5	5	.224	.292	.293	.585	17	1	1	0	1	0
1989	A	SALL3	Charleston Wheelers	109	443	377	42	102	16	1	5	48	2	2	57	40	.271	.363	.358	.721	135		0	5	4	0
1990	A	MIDW	Peoria Chiefs	123	490	443	52	125	33	2	6	65	4	4	43	39	.282	.346	.406	.752	180		1	1	2	2
1991	Advanced A	CARL	Winston-Salem Spirits	104	363	307	47	66	12	1	4	41	4	1	46	42	.215	.316	.300	.615	92	6	2	2	6	2
1992	AA	SOUL	Charlotte Knights	108	373	343	35	97	18	3	2	31	3	3	26	46	.283	.332	.370	.703	127	4	1	0	3	1
1993	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	62	219	199	24	58	17	4	5	29	4	1	16	30	.291	.342	.492	.835	98	6	1	0	3	3
1993	AA	SOUL	Orlando Cubs	68	271	237	31	75	20	1	7	37	3	6	29	30	.316	.393	.498	.890	118	2	2	1	2	2
1994	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	128	498	437	63	121	32	4	11	71	3	3	52	66	.277	.353	.444	.797	194	7	2	2	5	5
1995	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	121	499	455	51	128	28	5	6	58	1	1	37	44	.281	.331	.404	.736	184	11	0	1	6	5
1996	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	133	557	508	74	164	40	2	7	81	5	2	36	55	.323	.365	.451	.816	229	10	3	1	9	3
1997	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	7	29	26	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.269	.345	.346	.691	9	0	1	0	0	1
1998	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	5	22	19	2	7	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	.368	.455	.421	.876	8	1	0	0	0	0
2000	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	14	54	51	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.137	.185	.157	.342	8	0	0	0	0	0
2001	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	124	492	433	49	106	25	1	8	47	5	2	52	72	.245	.325	.363	.688	157	16	2	0	5	7
2002	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	47	192	173	24	50	11	0	6	28	1	0	14	19	.289	.349	.457	.806	79	6	3	0	2	0
2004	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	130	503	439	70	122	35	2	16	65	1	2	58	66	.278	.363	.476	.839	209	11	2	1	3	1
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	129	520	464	73	139	28	0	21	78	2	2	52	90	.300	.372	.496	.868	230	7	2	1	1	1
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	91	298	274	33	72	8	0	7	20	1	1	21	49	.263	.316	.369	.685	101	9	1	1	1	1
Totals				1645	6386	5688	740	1582	352	28	115	768	47	33	604	765	.278	.347	.411	.757	2335	97	24	16	54	38

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1987	R	APPY	Wytheville Cubs	3B	48	35	82	21	10	.848	2.438
1987	R	APPY	Wytheville Cubs	1B	10	60	5	0	3	1.000	6.500
1987	R	APPY	Wytheville Cubs	2B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
1988	R	APPY	Wytheville Cubs	1B	3	23	2	0	2	1.000	8.333
1988	Short Season A	NYPL	Geneva Cubs	3B	24	35	38	9	6	.890	3.042
1988	Short Season A	NYPL	Geneva Cubs	1B	18	155	5	5	18	.970	8.889
1988	R	APPY	Wytheville Cubs	3B	11	8	22	6	2	.833	2.727
1989	A	SALL3	Charleston Wheelers	3B	83	57	182	22	10	.916	2.880
1989	A	SALL3	Charleston Wheelers	1B	6	51	2	0	9	1.000	8.833
1989	A	SALL3	Charleston Wheelers	OF	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
1989	A	SALL3	Charleston Wheelers	SS	2	3	4	0	1	1.000	3.500
1989	A	MIDW	Peoria Chiefs	3B	16	11	32	6	3	.878	2.688
1990	A	MIDW	Peoria Chiefs	3B	9	6	15	4	0	.840	2.333
1990	A	MIDW	Peoria Chiefs	1B	101	804	60	14	55	.984	8.554
1991	Advanced A	CARL	Winston-Salem Spirits	1B	84	706	44	8	53	.989	8.929
1991	Advanced A	CARL	Winston-Salem Spirits	3B	10	4	8	2	1	.857	1.200
1991	Advanced A	CARL	Winston-Salem Spirits	SS	1	1	1	1	1	.667	2.000
1992	AA	SOUL	Charlotte Knights	OF	8	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
1992	AA	SOUL	Charlotte Knights	3B	37	23	55	11	5	.876	2.108
1992	AA	SOUL	Charlotte Knights	1B	25	211	14	2	20	.991	9.000
1993	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	1B	52	445	39	2	47	.996	9.308
1993	AA	SOUL	Orlando Cubs	1B	51	441	39	3	34	.994	9.412
1993	AA	SOUL	Orlando Cubs	3B	3	3	1	1	0	.800	1.333
1993	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	OF	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
1993	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1993	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1994	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
1994	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
1994	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	1B	116	975	80	7	90	.993	9.095
1995	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	3B	95	61	161	18	11	.925	2.337
1995	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	1B	36	222	18	1	26	.996	6.667
1995	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1995	AAA	AA2	Iowa Cubs	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1996	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	3B	91	53	138	20	9	.905	2.099
1996	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	1B	42	330	29	2	25	.994	8.548
1997	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	LF	3						.000
1997	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	OF	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
1997	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	1B	2	11	3	0	1	1.000	7.000
1997	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1998	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	3B	2	4	3	0	1	1.000	3.500
1998	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	LF	2						.000
1998	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	OF	2	3	0	2	0	.600	1.500
1998	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	1B	1	9	1	0	2	1.000	1.000
2000	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	3B	7	3	16	2	2	.905	2.714
2000	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	LF	2						.000
2000	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2000	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	1B	1	6	1	0	1	1.000	7.000
2001	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	3B	85	38	166	13	16	.940	2.400
2001	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	1B	40	282	26	1	37	.997	7.700
2001	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	LF	1						.000
2001	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2002	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	3B	6	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.667
2002	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	1B	32	274	21	2	25	.993	9.219
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	OF	89	116	3	2	1	.983	1.337
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	1B	36	197	11	1	17	.995	5.778
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	3B	1	1	3	2	1	.667	4.000
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	OF	58	73	1	2	0	.974	1.276
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	1B	26	148	18	2	6	.988	6.385
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Totals					1401	5918	1361	196	552	.974	5.196

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation
1987	R	Appalachian League	Wytheville Cubs	CHN
1988	R	Appalachian League	Wytheville Cubs	CHN
1988	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	Geneva Cubs	CHN
1989	A	South Atlantic League	Charleston Wheelers	CHN
1989	A	Midwest League	Peoria Chiefs	CHN
1990	A	Midwest League	Peoria Chiefs	CHN
1991	Advanced A	Carolina League	Winston-Salem Spirits	CHN
1992	AA	Southern League	Charlotte Knights	CHN
1993	AAA	American Association 2	Iowa Cubs	CHN
1993	AA	Southern League	Orlando Cubs	CHN
1994	AAA	American Association 2	Iowa Cubs	CHN
1995	AAA	American Association 2	Iowa Cubs	CHN
1996	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
1997	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
1998	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
2000	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
2001	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
2002	AAA	International League	Richmond Braves	ATL
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines

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