Matt Franco

Full Name: Matthew Neil Franco	Primary Position: 1B,3B,OF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: September 6, 1995
Birthdate: August 19, 1969	Final Game: September 27, 2003
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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[edit] Biography

Matt Franco (Matthew Neil Franco) was born on August 19, 1969 in Santa Monica, California. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1995 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1997, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 5 home runs and 21 RBI. Franco played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Matt Franco's best season was 2002, when he hit for a .317 average.

After his tenure in the major leagues, Franco went to Japan to play for Bobby Valentine's Chiba Lotte Marines in Japans' Pacific League.

Franco was also one of the former players named in MLB's Mitchell Report. The allegations against Franco are based mostly on information provided by former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski. According to Radomski, although he only worked with the Mets until 1994, he developed a relationship with Franco, and that in 2000, Franco ordered steroids from Radomski. In a telephone interview conducted by members of Senator George Mitchell's staff, Franco denied the allegations, and even went so far as to state that he did not know Radomski, and had in fact never heard of the former clubhouse attendant before Radomski guilty plea gained widespread publicity.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1995	CHI	N	16	17	3	5	0	1	.294	.294	.353	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1996	NY	N	14	31	3	6	1	2	.194	.235	.323	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	1
1997	NY	N	112	163	21	45	5	21	.276	.330	.399	5	0	13	23	0	0	1	4	4
1998	NY	N	103	161	20	44	1	13	.273	.366	.360	7	2	23	26	1	1	0	6	8
1999	NY	N	122	132	18	31	4	21	.235	.366	.364	5	0	28	21	0	0	0	3	9
2000	NY	N	101	134	9	32	2	14	.239	.340	.313	4	0	21	22	0	1	0	3	3
2002	ATL	N	81	205	25	65	6	30	.317	.395	.517	15	4	27	31	0	0	1	2	5
2003	ATL	N	112	134	11	33	3	15	.246	.299	.351	5	0	11	26	0	1	0	0	4
Total			661	977	110	261	22	117	.267	.349	.391	43	6	124	158	2	3	2	18	34

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1995	CHI	N	3B	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	CHI	N	2B	3	1	9	0	2	0	0	1.000
1995	CHI	N	1B	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000
1996	NY	N	3B	8	6	45	3	11	3	0	.824
1996	NY	N	1B	2	1	9	12	1	0	1	1.000
1997	NY	N	3B	39	20	191.2	11	48	4	6	.937
1997	NY	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	NY	N	1B	13	3	48.1	50	4	0	5	1.000
1997	NY	N	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	NY	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	NY	N	OF	13	8	76	11	1	1	0	.923
1998	NY	N	1B	11	6	72.1	68	4	0	3	1.000
1998	NY	N	3B	13	11	84	5	18	0	2	1.000
1998	NY	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	NY	N	LF	12	8	75	11	1	1	0	.923
1998	NY	N	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	NY	N	1B	19	2	44	41	5	0	8	1.000
1999	NY	N	3B	12	5	55.1	1	18	1	1	.950
1999	NY	N	P	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	NY	N	OF	18	6	68	13	0	0	0	1.000
1999	NY	N	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	NY	N	LF	15	5	56	11	0	0	0	1.000
1999	NY	N	RF	3	1	12	2	0	0	0	1.000
2000	NY	N	OF	3	1	11	2	0	0	0	1.000
2000	NY	N	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	NY	N	1B	28	8	109	90	7	1	10	.990
2000	NY	N	LF	3	1	11	2	0	0	0	1.000
2000	NY	N	3B	22	7	86.2	9	18	3	0	.900
2000	NY	N	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	ATL	N	LF	2	0	12	3	0	0	0	1.000
2002	ATL	N	1B	51	49	384.2	353	30	4	31	.990
2002	ATL	N	RF	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	ATL	N	OF	4	1	22	3	0	0	0	1.000
2003	ATL	N	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	ATL	N	LF	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	ATL	N	OF	3	0	12	1	0	0	0	1.000
2003	ATL	N	1B	15	10	100.2	122	6	3	13	.977
2003	ATL	N	RF	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	34	14	160	27	1	1	0	.966
Total			RF	8	2	30	3	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	95	49	464	29	113	11	9	.928
Total			OF	42	16	190	30	1	1	0	.969
Total			1B	140	79	770	738	57	8	71	.990
Total			DH	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	4	1	10	0	2	0	0	1.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1999	NY	N	2	0	0	0	13.50	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.1	3	1	3	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 7th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1987 - signed June 8, 1987).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Mets in exchange for a player to be named later (April 8, 1996); Chicago Cubs received Chris DeWitt (June 11, 1996).
Granted free agency (October 15, 1996).
Signed by New York Mets (November 21, 1996).
Granted free agency (December 21, 2000).
Signed by New York Mets (February 2, 2001).
Granted free agency (October 15, 2001).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 8, 2001).
Granted free agency (November 5, 2003).

[edit] Trivia

Franco is the nephew of actor Kurt Russell.
He holds the record for pinch hit walks in a season (20).

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