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P John Franco #31
Age: 34 | Bats: L | Throws: L
10/23/1994
P JOHN FRANCO #31 - AGE: 34 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GREAT
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
67 0 8-9 17 3.31 84.1 74 11 46 71 1.42 0.1
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 10 11 10 11
Movement 14 14 14 14
Control 12 12 12 12
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 10 10
Curveball 12 12
Changeup 9 9
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 91-93 Mph
Stamina 1
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Extreme Flyball
Hold Runners 20
Defense 1
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Ability: 2
Baserunning Inst.: 2
Sacrifice Bunt: 19
Bunt for Hit: 4
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
10/21/1994 @ CHC Loss, 5-8 0.1 2 3 3 2 1 Loss
10/18/1994 CHC Win, 5-2 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 Save
10/10/1994 @ COL Win, 12-8 2.0 3 2 2 2 3
10/07/1994 COL Win, 6-2 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 Save
10/04/1994 LA Win, 6-5 0.1 3 3 3 1 0
10/02/1994 @ LA Win, 7-2 0.2 0 0 0 1 2
09/25/1994 SD Loss, 5-7 1.2 5 0 0 0 2
09/23/1994 SD Win, 9-8 0.0 1 1 1 1 0
09/21/1994 SF Win, 5-3 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 Save
09/18/1994 @ COL Win, 8-4 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Birthday:09/17/1960
Born in:Brooklyn, NY
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Drafted:1983, 6th Pick in Round 2
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1994 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 67 0 8 9 17 3.31 84.1 74 38 31 11 46 71 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF R/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 23 6 73.9 67 32 13.02 7.90 7.58 4.91 4.60 1.42 105 0.1 .264        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 70 17 0 0 3 11 12 16 0 1 0 .243 .354 .371 .725      
vs. RHB 249 57 9 2 8 27 34 55 2 2 2 .229 .324 .378 .702      
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1994 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
Last Week 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 3  
March 2 0 1 0 0 13.50 2.0 6 3 3 1 1 3  
April 11 0 2 1 3 3.86 14.0 11 6 6 0 10 12  
May 12 0 1 3 2 6.17 11.2 16 11 8 6 8 15  
June 11 0 0 0 3 2.02 13.1 11 3 3 0 8 10  
July 9 0 0 2 3 2.19 12.1 11 7 3 2 7 10  
August 11 0 4 1 3 1.08 16.2 8 2 2 0 5 7  
September 11 0 0 2 3 3.77 14.1 11 6 6 2 7 14  
Postseason 6 0 0 1 2 9.82 7.1 8 8 8 1 7 12  
Last Year 31 0 4 1 2 2.45 40.1 41 16 11 3 11 31  
2 Years Ago 28 0 2 2 0 2.66 44.0 41 14 13 6 18 31  
Career 393 0 43 28 29 3.43 629.1 558 264 240 77 229 502  
Home 33 0 6 4 10 3.43 44.2 42 23 17 5 19 36  
Road 34 0 2 5 7 3.18 39.2 32 15 14 6 27 35  
Grass 31 0 2 4 7 3.08 38.0 30 13 13 6 25 34  
Turf 36 0 6 5 10 3.50 46.1 44 25 18 5 21 37  
Day 51 0 6 6 16 2.94 67.1 60 28 22 6 36 56  
Night 16 0 2 3 1 4.76 17.0 14 10 9 5 10 15  
As Reliever / Substitution 67 0 8 9 17 3.31 84.1 74 38 31 11 46 71  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1984 Milwaukee - DBL 23 29 0 4 0 1 2.50 39.2 30 11 11 3 17 29 0 0 1.18 .250 3.51 0.5 170
1985 Pittsburgh - DBL 24 29 0 2 0 0 4.71 42.0 48 23 22 3 12 31 0 0 1.43 .341 3.09 0.7 90
1986 Pittsburgh - DBL 25 20 0 2 2 1 3.86 42.0 39 19 18 7 8 27 0 0 1.12 .254 4.26 0.2 114
1987 Pittsburgh - DBL 26 40 0 7 3 0 3.46 75.1 68 29 29 11 23 60 0 0 1.21 .263 4.06 0.5 126
1988 Pittsburgh - DBL 27 35 0 2 3 2 2.04 61.2 38 16 14 5 20 59 0 0 0.94 .214 2.90 1.3 215
1989 Pittsburgh - DBL 28 10 0 1 0 1 3.57 17.2 16 8 7 4 8 17 0 0 1.36 .267 5.16 -0.2 116
1990 Pittsburgh - DBL 29 54 0 7 4 3 3.83 94.0 82 43 40 15 32 76 0 0 1.21 .253 4.44 0.1 110
1991 Pittsburgh - DBL 30 50 0 4 4 2 4.48 88.1 81 47 44 9 34 70 0 0 1.30 .281 3.70 0.9 95
1992 Pittsburgh - DBL 31 23 0 1 2 0 2.79 38.2 37 13 12 6 15 27 0 0 1.34 .267 4.50 0.0 152
1992 Seattle - DBL 31 5 0 1 0 0 1.69 5.1 4 1 1 0 3 4 0 0 1.31 .267 3.06 0.1 251
1992 Total - DBL 31 28 0 2 2 0 2.66 44.0 41 14 13 6 18 31 0 0 1.34 .267 4.33 0.1 157
1993 Seattle - DBL 32 31 0 4 1 2 2.45 40.1 41 16 11 3 11 31 0 0 1.29 .306 3.11 0.9 172
1994 Seattle - DBL 33 67 0 8 9 17 3.31 84.1 74 38 31 11 46 71 0 0 1.42 .264 4.60 0.1 132
Total DBL 393 0 43 28 29 3.43 629.1 558 264 240 77 229 502 0 0 1.25 .268 3.93 5.2 134
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1984 Denver - CBL 23 23 0 2 1 8 1.16 31.0 17 4 4 0 9 25 0 0 0.84 .205 2.32 1.1 374
1985 Columbus - CBL 24 12 0 2 0 5 0.47 19.1 10 1 1 0 7 16 0 0 0.88 .189 2.42 0.7 924
1986 Columbus - CBL 25 6 0 0 0 4 0.00 8.0 4 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0.50 .211 0.59 0.5 999
1989 Columbus - CBL 28 19 0 1 2 8 1.96 23.0 20 5 5 1 6 22 0 0 1.13 .292 2.52 0.8 217
Total CBL 60 0 5 3 25 1.11 81.1 51 10 10 1 22 73 0 0 0.90 .227 2.23 521.8
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1985 Columbus - CBL 24 1 0 0 1 0 3.86 2.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.29 .300 0.00 0.0 0
1986 Pittsburgh - DBL 25 2 0 1 0 0 0.00 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.25 .100 0.00 0.0 0
1988 Pittsburgh - DBL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2.25 .000 0.00 0.0 0
1989 Columbus - CBL 28 1 0 0 0 0 5.40 1.2 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.80 .400 0.00 0.0 0
1989 Pittsburgh - DBL 28 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000 0.00 0.0 0
1994 Seattle - DBL 33 6 0 0 1 2 9.82 7.1 8 8 8 1 7 12 0 0 2.05 .389 0.00 0.0 0
Total DBL 12 0 1 1 2 5.02 14.1 9 8 8 1 10 15 0 0 1.33 .235 3.80 510.7
Total CBL 2 0 0 1 0 4.50 4.0 6 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1.50 .333 5.37 97.8
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1984 Milwaukee - DBL P 29 0 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 39.2 1.13 -0.2 1.043
1984 Denver - CBL P 22 0 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 31.0 1.16 +0.4 1.536
1985 Pittsburgh - DBL P 29 0 2 5 0 8 1 .875 42.0 1.50 -0.0 1.033
1985 Columbus - CBL P 12 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 19.1 1.86 +0.2 1.020
1986 Pittsburgh - DBL P 20 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 42.0 0.64 -0.7 .520
1986 Columbus - CBL P 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.13 +0.0 1.020
1987 Pittsburgh - DBL P 40 0 3 9 0 12 0 1.000 75.1 1.43 -1.1 .920
1988 Pittsburgh - DBL P 35 0 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 61.2 0.73 -0.5 1.044
1989 Pittsburgh - DBL P 10 0 0 1 0 2 1 .500 17.2 0.51 +0.4 .000
1989 Columbus - CBL P 18 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 23.0 0.78 +0.1 1.021
1990 Pittsburgh - DBL P 54 0 3 7 1 11 1 .909 94.0 0.96 -2.2 .660
1991 Pittsburgh - DBL P 50 0 0 12 1 12 0 1.000 88.1 1.22 -0.8 .953
1992 Pittsburgh - DBL P 23 0 0 5 1 5 0 1.000 38.2 1.16 -0.6 .836
1992 Seattle - DBL P 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 -0.0 .000
1993 Seattle - DBL P 31 0 3 5 0 9 1 .889 40.1 1.79 -0.7 .893
1994 Seattle - DBL P 63 0 4 7 0 13 2 .846 84.1 1.17 -1.6 .783
TOTAL P 447 0 22 69 4 97 6 .938 710.2 1.15 -7.4 .897
PLAYER HISTORY
12/15/1983 Drafted in the 1983 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 6, 26th overall pick) by the Milwaukee Brewers.
01/01/1984 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 9 (9); Movement: 16 (16); Control: 11 (12).
04/02/1984 Named the #100 prospect in the DBL
12/25/1984 Was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for SP Ron Darling.
01/01/1985 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 9 (9); Movement: 16 (16); Control: 12 (12).
01/01/1986 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (11); Movement: 15 (15); Control: 13 (13).
01/01/1987 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 11 (11); Movement: 14 (14); Control: 13 (13).
01/01/1988 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 11 (11); Movement: 14 (14); Control: 13 (13).
01/01/1989 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 11 (11); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 13 (13).
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 11 (11); Movement: 14 (14); Control: 12 (12).
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 11 (11); Movement: 14 (14); Control: 13 (13).
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (11); Movement: 14 (14); Control: 13 (13).
07/27/1992 Was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Seattle Pilots, along with SP Clint Zavaras, in exchange for RP Scott Kamieniecki.
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (11); Movement: 14 (14); Control: 12 (12).
04/25/1993 Injured (Wrist soreness), day-to-day for 3 days.
01/01/1994 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (11); Movement: 15 (15); Control: 13 (13).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year G Rank
1990 54 9
1991 50 10
1994 67 1
Year SV Rank
1994 17 8
Year HLD Rank
1993 9 3
1994 14 1
Year RA Rank
1990 54 8
1991 50 10
1994 67 1
Year GF Rank
1994 32 9
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