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John
Franco		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 17, 1960 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8
1985 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1986 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1987 26 KCR AL $ 3,514,286 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1988 27 KCR AL $ 2,500,000 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 7 7 7
1989 28 KCR AL $ 2,500,000 6 4 3 4 6 5 5 8 8 8
1990 29 DET AL $ 688,990 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,514,286 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1984 23 CLE AL 10 3 .769 75 0 0 0 16 87.3 87 39 9 22 41 4.02 .262 .310 .413 .723 9.2
1985 24 CLE AL 6 6 .500 73 0 0 0 47 78.7 70 22 5 26 55 2.52 .244 .304 .362 .666 14.4
1986 25 CLE AL 16 10 .615 36 36 4 3 0 249.3 227 91 17 78 134 3.28 .243 .303 .368 .671 17.6
1987 26 KCR AL 14 13 .519 36 36 1 1 0 217.3 205 96 10 78 125 3.98 .247 .311 .360 .671 12.5
1988 27 KCR AL 7 14 .333 31 31 0 0 0 163.7 184 89 20 72 58 4.89 .288 .359 .447 .805 5.2
1989 28 KCR AL 3 3 .500 34 0 0 0 3 48.3 57 27 7 20 29 5.03 .305 .373 .471 .844 2.3
1990 29 DET AL 1 5 .167 33 0 0 0 3 54.7 71 37 2 30 18 6.09 .306 .386 .440 .826 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 1 16.3 11 6 1 10 13 3.31 .196 .318 .268 .586  
7 Years Sim 57 54 .514 318 103 5 4 69 899.3 901 401 70 326 460 4.01 .262 .326 .395 .721 61.2
1 Years AAA 0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 1 16.3 11 6 1 10 13 3.31 .196 .318 .268 .586  
Season Average 8 7 .533 45 14 0 0 9 128.5 128 57 10 46 65 4.01 .262 .326 .395 .721  
Career Highs 16 14 .769 75 36 4 3 47 249.3 227 96 20 78 134 6.09 .306 .386 .471 .844  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   690 293 54 243 319   .277 .341 .414 .754
vs LH   211 108 16 83 141   .223 .285 .346 .631
Home 33 23 .589 179 55 3 3 42 496.0 494 217 44 168 233 3.94 .261 .321 .407 .728
Away 24 31 .436 139 48 2 1 33 403.3 407 184 26 158 227 4.11 .263 .331 .380 .712
Mar/Apr 11 7 .611 50 16 1 1 16 144.0 130 69 13 47 68 4.31 .239 .300 .385 .685
May 7 10 .412 61 17 1 0 16 170.0 176 70 11 60 92 3.71 .271 .333 .393 .726
June 10 4 .714 40 17 2 2 8 137.7 112 38 8 52 70 2.48 .222 .295 .312 .606
July 9 9 .500 51 18 1 1 8 136.3 142 69 9 63 72 4.56 .267 .345 .391 .736
August 10 11 .476 61 17 0 0 9 169.0 176 75 13 59 81 3.99 .271 .332 .410 .742
Sep/Oct 10 13 .435 55 18 0 0 18 142.3 165 80 16 45 77 5.06 .292 .344 .468 .812
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1984 23 CLE AL P 75 0 87.3 5 23 0 1 1.000 2.89    
1985 24 CLE AL P 73 0 78.7 5 11 0 3 1.000 1.83    
1986 25 CLE AL P 36 36 249.3 21 45 1 5 .985 2.38    
1987 26 KCR AL P 36 36 217.3 10 41 2 0 .962 2.11    
1988 27 KCR AL P 31 31 163.7 6 29 3 3 .921 1.92    
1989 28 KCR AL P 34 0 48.3 7 9 0 0 1.000 2.98    
1990 29 DET AL P 33 0 54.7 4 15 0 0 1.000 3.13    
Career Totals   318 103 899.3 58 173 6 12 .975 2.31    
Career Highs   75 36 249.3 21 45 3 5 1.000 3.13    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1984 23 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 24 CLE AL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 6 6.0 7 2 1 0 4 3.00 .292 .292 .417 .708
1987 26 KCR AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 6.3 11 5 2 4 1 7.11 .379 .455 .655 1.110
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 9 2 0 0 6 13.0 18 7 3 4 5 4.85 .327 .373 .527 .900
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1986-10-3.28
 Wins
1986-7-16
1987-10-14
 Losses
1988-10-14
 Saves
1984-9-16
1985-1-47
 Games Pitched
1984-4-75
1985-3-73
 Games Started
1986-2-36
1987-2-36
Shutouts
1986-3-3
1987-5-1
 Innings Pitched
1986-8-249.3
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  6. Dave Tomlin (944)
  7. Brad Havens (941)
  8. Chris Short (940)
  9. Fred Kipp (938)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 22nd overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1984
Earned first career win on 4/12/1984
Injured on 5/30/1985 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1986, winning 2 games with a 2.08 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1986, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1986, going 4-0, 1.05
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 3/4/1987 (Going to KCR: P John Franco, P Scott Terry. Going to CLE: P Mike Chris)
Injured on 10/8/1987 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
10/31/1987: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/17/1990 to a 4-year deal worth $688,990 per year
 
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