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Tito
Francona		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 210
 
Born: November 4, 1933 in Usa, PA, ALIQUIPPA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964   
Gold Glove 1962    1964    1967   
All-Star Selections 1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 22 STL NL     7 7 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8
1957 23 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1958 24 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1959 25 STL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1960 26 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1961 27 STL NL $ 2,435,714   8 8 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1962 28 STL NL $ 2,550,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1963 29 STL NL $ 3,092,857   9 9 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1964 30 STL NL $ 4,230,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1965 31 STL NL $ 4,230,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1966 32 STL NL $ 4,230,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1967 33 STL NL $ 4,230,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1968 34 STL NL $ 1,750,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1969 35 STL NL $ 1,750,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1970 36 STL NL $ 1,750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1971 37 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6
1972 38 WAS NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,230,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1956 22 AAA   130 488 79 142 21 1 23 75 12 2 84 57 .291 .395 .480 .875 94.6  
1957 23 STL NL 128 430 50 111 20 2 9 46 4 0 54 58 .258 .342 .377 .719 56.1 8.1
    AAA   26 101 19 28 5 0 6 16 1 0 12 7 .277 .354 .505 .859 18.0  
1958 24 STL NL 155 565 64 153 21 3 15 64 1 1 59 75 .271 .341 .398 .739 74.9 8.7
1959 25 STL NL 156 570 76 176 29 1 21 72 4 2 64 68 .309 .381 .474 .855 96.1 18.3
1960 26 STL NL 160 583 80 162 25 3 11 48 4 3 71 66 .278 .359 .388 .746 80.2 15.5
1961 27 STL NL 152 570 77 159 29 1 10 54 4 0 72 73 .279 .360 .386 .746 80.4 15.6
1962 28 STL NL 155 584 76 165 25 4 18 93 4 1 54 63 .283 .347 .432 .778 87.4 22.6
1963 29 STL NL 153 561 74 143 17 0 10 55 10 3 66 77 .255 .333 .339 .671 63.2 10.8
1964 30 STL NL 136 523 68 158 25 1 7 60 13 2 54 44 .302 .368 .394 .762 73.7 16.5
1965 31 STL NL 141 532 66 168 20 1 8 53 8 4 45 52 .316 .368 .402 .771 76.2 17.5
1966 32 STL NL 155 597 75 172 35 1 10 63 9 2 40 70 .288 .333 .400 .733 74.6 15.3
1967 33 STL NL 150 591 74 157 13 2 13 46 5 2 46 53 .266 .318 .360 .679 63.8 9.9
1968 34 STL NL 141 470 43 122 8 0 11 47 6 6 46 52 .260 .327 .347 .674 54.2 7.8
1969 35 STL NL 133 410 44 107 18 2 5 32 2 3 47 48 .261 .343 .351 .694 48.7 6.7
1970 36 STL NL 123 445 61 107 19 3 5 44 1 0 51 60 .240 .319 .330 .650 49.5 6.5
1971 37 SDP NL 154 571 65 161 26 1 9 47 0 1 50 72 .282 .338 .378 .716 68.7 11.3
1972 38 AAA   131 494 54 129 22 2 3 46 1 1 44 99 .261 .322 .332 .654 53.0  
15 Years Sim 2192 8002 993 2221 330 25 162 824 75 30 819 931 .278 .346 .386 .731 1047.8 190.8
3 Years AAA 287 1083 152 299 48 3 32 137 14 3 140 163 .276 .359 .415 .774 165.7  
162 Game Average 591 73 164 24 1 11 60 5 2 60 68 .278 .346 .386 .731 77.4  
Career Highs 160 597 80 176 35 4 21 93 13 6 72 77 .316 .381 .474 .855 96.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5089 651 1451 199 18 114 567 45 19 540 542 .285 .355 .399 .754 722.5
vs LH   2913 342 770 131 7 48 257 30 11 279 389 .264 .329 .364 .693 353.7
Home 1091 3936 485 1103 165 10 82 416 35 15 385 461 .280 .344 .390 .734 530.7
Away 1101 4066 508 1118 165 15 80 408 40 15 434 470 .275 .347 .382 .729 545.6
RISP   1580 0 450 61 4 40 610 0 0 182 175 .285 .356 .404 .760 231.6
Pinch Hitting   143 12 31 4 1 0 14 0 1 14 15 .217 .296 .259 .554 10.6
Close/Late   986 81 287 40 5 21 133 0 0 111 116 .291 .363 .406 .769 145.4
Mar/Apr 328 1200 141 320 58 2 21 127 10 1 135 157 .267 .342 .371 .713 156.5
May 386 1404 164 355 44 5 29 120 12 4 140 165 .253 .322 .353 .675 164.9
June 359 1322 169 375 61 8 26 145 10 7 132 154 .284 .350 .401 .751 183.2
July 363 1340 189 379 50 3 33 153 15 8 155 157 .283 .359 .399 .757 193.7
August 377 1374 167 404 60 3 23 127 17 5 122 149 .294 .351 .392 .743 188.3
Sep/Oct 379 1362 163 388 57 4 30 152 11 5 135 149 .285 .350 .399 .749 189.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1957 23 STL NL RF 118 115 1008.3 230 7 2 3 .992 2.12   3.8
    1B 4 0 15.0 20 1 0 2 1.000 12.60   0.0
    CF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 24 STL NL RF 148 143 1270.0 257 9 3 2 .989 1.89   2.9
    1B 3 0 6.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50   0.0
    CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1959 25 STL NL RF 147 145 1239.7 235 5 1 2 .996 1.74   2.1
    1B 4 0 10.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1960 26 STL NL RF 129 118 1050.3 203 3 3 0 .986 1.77   1.0
    CF 25 24 202.0 40 2 0 0 1.000 1.87    
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 0 1 1 .857 10.80   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 27 STL NL RF 148 145 1256.0 250 3 1 0 .996 1.81   2.2
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1962 28 STL NL RF 148 143 1248.3 239 6 1 0 .996 1.77   2.2
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1963 29 STL NL RF 146 140 1233.7 245 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   4.0
    CF 5 5 44.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 30 STL NL RF 130 127 1125.0 242 4 1 0 .996 1.97   4.1
    CF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1965 31 STL NL RF 137 134 1163.0 235 7 0 1 1.000 1.87   2.2
    LF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1966 32 STL NL RF 150 146 1272.7 275 3 0 2 1.000 1.97   3.6
    1B 2 0 5.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1967 33 STL NL RF 148 145 1247.3 285 16 1 6 .997 2.17   2.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 34 STL NL RF 94 83 728.0 161 4 1 2 .994 2.04   2.4
    CF 29 26 232.3 54 3 0 0 1.000 2.21    
    LF 5 5 40.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    1B 4 4 33.0 44 1 0 4 1.000 12.27   0.1
1969 35 STL NL RF 91 87 766.0 142 3 1 1 .993 1.70   2.0
    CF 23 16 150.3 30 2 0 1 1.000 1.92    
    1B 13 1 36.0 39 8 0 6 1.000 11.75   0.1
    LF 4 2 17.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
1970 36 STL NL CF 109 97 881.7 218 5 0 3 1.000 2.28   2.2
    RF 3 3 26.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
    LF 2 2 16.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1971 37 SDP NL CF 145 144 1268.0 320 3 6 0 .982 2.29   3.2
    1B 4 0 7.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 12.86   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 1738 1674 14636.3 3002 72 15 19 .995 1.89   35.3
  CF 351 312 2810.3 680 16 6 4 .991 2.23   5.5
  1B 38 5 122.0 144 11 1 16 .994 11.43   0.2
  LF 22 9 98.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.30    
Career Totals   2149 2000 17666.6 3851 99 22 39 .994 2.01   41.0
Career Highs   156 146 1282.7 330 16 6 8 1.000 2.43    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 28 STL NL 4 22 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 .182 .217 .364 .581
1963 29 STL NL 13 50 5 15 1 0 0 4 1 1 4 4 .300 .352 .320 .672
1964 30 STL NL 17 70 9 15 5 0 1 2 0 0 4 9 .214 .257 .329 .585
1966 32 STL NL 5 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 .333 .400 .333 .733
Career Post-Season Batting 39 160 17 40 8 1 1 8 2 3 11 19 .250 .298 .331 .629
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1959-2-.309
1964-6-.302
1965-1-.316
 On-Base Pct
1959-5-.381
1960-10-.359
1961-7-.360
1964-7-.368
1965-8-.368
 XR
1959-7-96.1
 Games
1959-8-156
1960-1-160
 At-Bats
1959-10-570
1960-8-583
1961-8-570
1962-4-584
1966-6-597
1967-4-591
 Hits
1959-4-176
1962-9-165
1965-6-168
1966-7-172
Total Bases
1959-8-270
 Singles
1958-5-114
1959-2-125
1960-7-123
1961-9-119
1964-3-125
1965-3-139
1966-6-126
1967-4-129
1971-8-125
CAR-29-1704
 Doubles
1961-10-29
1966-1-35
 RBIs
1962-7-93
 Walks
1960-6-71
1961-8-72
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Willie Crawford (908)
  4. Bruce Bochte (907)
  5. Cookie Rojas (892)
  6. Lee Mazzilli (882)
  7. Bob Skinner (880)
  8. Bob Watson (870)
  9. Joe Pepitone (867)
  10. Jerry Mumphrey (865)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1956
Injured on 5/29/1956 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to St. Louis on 6/1/1956 (Going to STL: P Jim Bunning, LF Tito Francona, RF Dale Mitchell. Going to NYA: 2B Bobby Brown, LF Ralph Kiner, 1B Earl Torgeson)
Had first career hit on 5/1/1957, off Ted Gray (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1957, off Hoyt Wilhelm (PIT)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Montreal on 8/23/1959
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 4/10/1962
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1962, hitting .371 with 6 HR, 32 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,092,857 through salary arbitration
9/22/1963: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $4,230,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/12/1964 with a Broken Ribs, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (N) on 6/7/1964
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1964, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1964
Injured on 8/13/1965 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 2-3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 7/17/1966
10/13/1967: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1967
Injured on 6/19/1969 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Had 2000th career hit on 6/23/1970, off Red Swanson (BSN)
Traded from St. Louis to San Diego on 2/7/1971 (Going to SDP: 1B Mike Jorgensen, C Buck Martinez, P Jim Nelson, CF Tito Francona, P Sam Mcdowell. Going to STL: 1B Ron Fairly)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/4/1972 to a 4-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Injured on 4/5/1972 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
 
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