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Julio Franco

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Full Name: Julio Cesar Franco Primary Position: SS,2B,1B,DH
First Game: April 23, 1982 Birthdate: August 23, 1958
Last Game: September 17, 2007 Birthplace: Hato Mayor, Hato Mayor (Dominican Republic)
MLB Experience: 22 years Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Scouting Report
  • 3 Statistics
    • 3.1 Batting Stats
    • 3.2 Fielding Stats
  • 4 Transactions
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
    • 8.1 Recent Julio Franco ArmchairGM Stories
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Julio Franco (Julio Cesar Franco) was born on August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor, Hato Mayor (Dominican Republic). He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1982 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1983, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 8 home runs and 80 RBI. Franco played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves and New York Mets over the course of his 22 year career.

Most people believe that Julio Franco's best season was 1991, when he slugged 15 home runs, stole 36 bases, hit for a .341 average and knocked in 78 runs.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1982 PHI N 16 29 3 8 0 3 .276 .323 .310 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 1
1983 CLE A 149 560 68 153 8 80 .273 .306 .387 24 8 27 50 2 3 32 1 21
1984 CLE A 160 658 82 188 3 79 .286 .331 .348 22 5 43 68 6 1 19 1 23
1985 CLE A 160 636 97 183 6 90 .288 .343 .381 33 4 54 74 4 0 13 2 26
1986 CLE A 149 599 80 183 10 74 .306 .338 .422 30 5 32 66 0 0 10 1 28
1987 CLE A 128 495 86 158 8 52 .319 .389 .428 24 3 57 56 3 0 32 2 23
1988 CLE A 152 613 88 186 10 54 .303 .361 .409 23 6 56 72 2 1 25 4 17
1989 TEX A 150 548 80 173 13 92 .316 .386 .462 31 5 66 69 1 0 21 11 27
1990 TEX A 157 582 96 172 11 69 .296 .383 .402 27 1 82 83 2 2 31 3 12
1991 TEX A 146 589 108 201 15 78 .341 .408 .474 27 3 65 78 3 0 36 8 13
1992 TEX A 35 107 19 25 2 8 .234 .328 .355 7 0 15 17 0 1 1 2 3
1993 TEX A 144 532 85 154 14 84 .289 .360 .438 31 3 62 95 1 5 9 4 16
1994 CHI A 112 433 72 138 20 98 .319 .406 .510 19 2 62 75 5 0 8 4 14
1996 CLE A 112 432 72 139 14 76 .322 .407 .470 20 1 61 82 3 0 8 2 14
1997 MIL A 42 141 22 34 4 19 .241 .373 .348 3 0 31 41 1 0 7 2 4
1997 CLE A 78 289 46 82 3 25 .284 .367 .367 13 1 38 75 0 1 8 2 13
1997 TOT A 120 430 68 116 7 44 .270 .369 .360 16 1 69 116 1 1 15 4 17
1999 TB A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 ATL N 25 90 13 27 3 11 .300 .376 .444 4 0 10 20 1 0 0 1 3
2002 ATL N 125 338 51 96 6 30 .284 .357 .382 13 1 39 75 1 2 5 3 13
2003 ATL N 103 197 28 58 5 31 .294 .372 .452 12 2 25 43 0 0 0 5 8
2004 ATL N 125 320 37 99 6 57 .309 .378 .441 18 3 36 68 1 1 4 4 10
2005 ATL N 108 233 30 64 9 42 .275 .348 .451 12 1 27 57 1 1 4 1 10
2006 NYM N 95 165 14 45 2 26 .273 .330 .370 10 0 13 49 1 0 6 2 11
2007 NYM N 40 50 7 10 1 8 .200 .328 .260 0 0 10 13 0 0 2 0 1
2007 ATL N 15 40 1 10 0 8 .200 .328 .260 3 0 4 10 0 0 0 1 1
2007 TOT N 55 90 8 20 1 16 .222 .321 .289 3 0 14 23 0 0 2 1 2
Total NL 652 1462 176 405 31 220 .289 .360 .418 70 7 152 316 5 5 19 17 56
Total AL 1875 7215 1101 2169 141 978 .301 .366 .419 334 47 751 1002 33 14 260 49 254
Total 2527 8677 1285 2586 173 1194 .298 .365 .417 407 54 917 1341 38 19 279 67 312

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1982 PHI N SS 11 8 75 8 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 PHI N 3B 2 1 7.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CLE A SS 148 147 1323 247 438 28 92 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1984 CLE A SS 159 158 1401.1 280 481 36 116 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1984 CLE A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 CLE A SS 151 149 1288 238 419 35 95 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1985 CLE A 2B 8 8 69 14 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1985 CLE A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 CLE A SS 133 132 1143.1 231 374 18 81 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1986 CLE A 2B 13 11 100.1 17 39 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1986 CLE A DH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 CLE A SS 111 110 941 157 285 17 53 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1987 CLE A 2B 9 8 75.1 18 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1987 CLE A DH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 CLE A 2B 151 151 1300 310 434 14 87 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1988 CLE A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1989 TEX A DH 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1989 TEX A 2B 140 139 1199.1 256 386 13 70 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1990 TEX A 2B 152 152 1309.2 310 444 19 101 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1990 TEX A DH 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 TEX A 2B 146 144 1283.1 294 372 14 80 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1992 TEX A 2B 9 9 70 12 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .906
1992 TEX A RF 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1992 TEX A OF 4 3 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1992 TEX A DH 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1992 TEX A LF 4 2 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 TEX A DH 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1994 CHI A 1B 14 13 115 88 7 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1994 CHI A DH 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 CLE A 1B 97 96 833.2 852 77 9 89 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1996 CLE A DH 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 MIL A DH 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 MIL A 1B 13 13 121.1 108 11 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1997 CLE A DH 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 CLE A 2B 35 34 288.2 69 107 3 23 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1997 CLE A 1B 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 TOT A DH 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 TOT A 1B 14 13 123.1 109 11 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1999 TB A 1B 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2001 ATL N 1B 23 22 188 181 16 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 .995
2002 ATL N 1B 95 70 694 717 59 8 79 0 0 0 0 0 .990
2002 ATL N DH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 ATL N 1B 75 38 412 432 32 1 47 0 0 0 0 0 .998
2004 ATL N 1B 84 71 631.1 627 48 2 68 0 0 0 0 0 .997
2004 ATL N DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 ATL N 1B 62 45 423.1 450 37 5 47 0 0 0 0 0 .990
2005 ATL N DH 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 NYM N DH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 NYM N 3B 3 2 20 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2006 NYM N 1B 27 20 194 197 5 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 .995
Total RF 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 663 656 5695.2 1300 1845 69 379 0 0 0 0 0 .979
Total LF 4 2 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 713 704 6171.2 1161 2020 134 439 0 0 0 0 0 .960
Total 3B 5 3 27.2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 4 3 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 492 388 3615.2 3655 292 31 401 0 0 0 0 0 .992
Total DH 374 371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (April 23, 1978).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Manny Trillo, George Vukovich, jay Baller and Jerry Willard to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Von Hayes (December 9, 1982).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Texas Rangers in exchange for Pete O'Brien, Oddibe McDowell and Jerry Browne (December 6, 1988).
  • Granted free agency (October 27, 1993).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (December 15, 1993).
  • Granted free agency (October 21, 1994).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 7, 1995).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (August 13, 1997).
  • Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (August 13, 1997).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 1997).
  • Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (February 19, 1999).
  • Granted free agency (October 13, 1999).
  • Sold by Mexico City Tigers (Mexican) to Atlanta Braves (August 31, 2001).
  • Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
  • Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 17, 2001).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
  • Signed by Atlanta Braves (January 8, 2003).
  • Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
  • Signed by tlanta Braves (January 12, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
  • Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 9, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
  • Signed by New York Mets (December 12, 2005).

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