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.

Cincinnati Reds

New York Mets

Houston Astros

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1984	NL	Cincinnati Reds	6	2	.750	2.61	54	30	4	79.3	74	28	23	3	36	4	55	2	0	2	335
1985	NL	Cincinnati Reds	12	3	.800	2.18	67	33	12	99.0	83	27	24	5	40	8	61	1	0	4	407
1986	NL	Cincinnati Reds	6	6	.500	2.94	74	52	29	101.0	90	40	33	7	44	12	84	2	2	4	429
1987	NL	Cincinnati Reds	8	5	.615	2.52	68	60	32	82.0	76	26	23	6	27	6	61	0	0	1	344
1988	NL	Cincinnati Reds	6	6	.500	1.57	70	61	39	86.0	60	18	15	3	27	3	46	0	2	1	336
1989	NL	Cincinnati Reds	4	8	.333	3.12	60	50	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	48	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	48	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	30	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	30	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	43	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	41	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	44	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	53	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	54	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	34	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	14	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	16	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	13	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	16	0	46.0	46	28	27	6	24	2	36	1	0	2	207
2005	NL	Houston Astros	0	1	.000	7.20	31	4	0	15.0	23	13	12	0	9	2	16	1	0	0	77
Totals			90	87	.508	2.89	1119	774	424	1245.7	1166	466	400	81	495	78	975	22	9	54	5312

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1984	NL	Cincinnati Reds	54	4	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1985	NL	Cincinnati Reds	67	8	6	1	2	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	2
1986	NL	Cincinnati Reds	74	4	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1987	NL	Cincinnati Reds	68	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1988	NL	Cincinnati Reds	70	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1989	NL	Cincinnati Reds	60	3	3	1	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0
1990	NL	New York Mets	55	5	5	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1991	NL	New York Mets	52	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1992	NL	New York Mets	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1993	NL	New York Mets	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1994	NL	New York Mets	47	3	3	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1995	NL	New York Mets	48	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1996	NL	New York Mets	51	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1997	NL	New York Mets	59	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1998	NL	New York Mets	61	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1999	NL	New York Mets	46	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2000	NL	New York Mets	62	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2001	NL	New York Mets	58	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2003	NL	New York Mets	38	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2004	NL	New York Mets	52	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2005	NL	Houston Astros	31	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
Totals			1119	37	34	2	3	1	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	3	3

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1984	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	54	79.3	5	15	0	0	1.000	2.269	.370
1985	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	67	99.0	9	21	1	1	.968	2.727	.448
1986	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	74	101.0	6	22	4	2	.875	2.495	.378
1987	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	68	82.0	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.207	.162
1988	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	70	86.0	3	18	1	1	.955	2.198	.300
1989	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	60	80.7	2	19	1	1	.955	2.343	.350
1990	NL	New York Mets	P	55	67.7	4	13	1	0	.944	2.261	.309
1991	NL	New York Mets	P	52	55.3	3	10	1	1	.929	2.114	.250
1992	NL	New York Mets	P	31	33.0	2	12	0	2	1.000	3.818	.452
1993	NL	New York Mets	P	35	36.3	3	9	0	0	1.000	2.972	.343
1994	NL	New York Mets	P	47	50.0	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.980	.234
1995	NL	New York Mets	P	48	51.7	2	9	0	1	1.000	1.916	.229
1996	NL	New York Mets	P	51	54.0	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.500	.176
1997	NL	New York Mets	P	59	60.0	4	14	0	1	1.000	2.700	.305
1998	NL	New York Mets	P	61	64.7	4	16	0	2	1.000	2.784	.328
1999	NL	New York Mets	P	46	40.7	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.770	.174
2000	NL	New York Mets	P	62	55.7	1	8	1	0	.900	1.455	.145
2001	NL	New York Mets	P	58	53.3	1	7	1	0	.889	1.350	.138
2003	NL	New York Mets	P	38	34.3	1	9	0	0	1.000	2.621	.263
2004	NL	New York Mets	P	52	46.0	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.174	.115
2005	NL	Houston Astros	P	31	15.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Totals				1119	1245.7	63	234	11	13	.964	2.146	.265

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	W%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	BF
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	1	1.000	0.00	3	2	0	3.7	1	0	0	0	2	0	11
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	0		3.38	3	0	0	2.7	3	1	1	1	3	0	12
2000	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	0		0.00	2	1	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	7
2000	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	0		6.75	3	0	0	2.7	3	2	2	2	2	1	13
2000	NL	New York Mets	WS	1	1.000	0.00	4	1	0	3.3	3	0	0	0	1	0	11
Totals				2	1.000	1.88	15	4	1	14.3	11	3	3	3	10	1	54

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	3
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	3
2000	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	2
2000	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	3
2000	NL	New York Mets	WS	4
Totals				15

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	P	3	3.7	1	1	0	1.000	4.909	.667
1999	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	P	3	2.7	0	2	0	1.000	6.750	.667
2000	NL	New York Mets	NLDS2	P	2	2.0	0	1	0	1.000	4.500	.500
2000	NL	New York Mets	NLCS	P	3	2.7	0	0	0		.000	.000
2000	NL	New York Mets	WS	P	4	3.3	1	0	1	1.000	2.700	.250
Totals					15	14.3	2	4	1	1.000	3.767	.400

Awards

1988 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
1988 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
1990 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
1990 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
1994 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year

Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License