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Hank Aaron League
4-1-2201
Lyle "Happy" Franco Second Base
Retired (1960, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .801 Status Deceased (2003) Option Years 0  
H 1233 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 09-17-1924
HR 170 Drafted Round 7, Pick 105
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 0 years
(0 games)
RBI 674
SB 96
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B- Endurance C    Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR C 
Speed B+ Bunt B- Control C-   Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 0
3B D+ (25.4%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 DET
127
375
56
90
12
6
15
45
43
 53 4 3
14
 2 9
.746
.322
.424
.184
.240
1951 DET
156
520
79
141
25
8
15
63
63
 90 1 3
6
 6 6
.786
.349
.437
.165
.271
1952 DET
144
522
84
155
24
12
20
93
42
 77 4 7
3
 1 9
.853
.350
.504
.207
.297
1953 DET
136
539
80
157
29
7
22
86
52
 85 2 3
17
 5 15
.848
.354
.494
.202
.291
1954 DET
114
376
70
116
15
7
21
89
36
 47 3 4
4
 2 10
.923
.370
.553
.245
.309
1955 DET
141
475
86
145
22
8
20
88
51
 77 6 6
13
 0 8
.887
.375
.512
.206
.305
1956 DET
114
377
51
98
7
6
12
49
37
 74 1 2
8
 1 1
.732
.326
.406
.146
.260
1957 DET
114
344
40
89
11
5
13
50
30
 59 0 2
9
 0 6
.750
.316
.433
.174
.259
1958 DET
151
489
65
137
22
4
17
61
39
 80 1 1
10
 1 14
.780
.334
.446
.166
.280
1959 DET
127
266
39
62
7
2
6
21
30
 37 1 0
9
 3 4
.655
.313
.342
.109
.233
1960 DET
90
186
22
43
4
2
9
29
16
 34 0 2
3
 2 2
.709
.289
.419
.188
.231
Total
1414
4469
672
1233
178
67
170
674
439
 713 23 33
96
 23 84
.801
.341
.460
.184
.276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1960-11-01Lyle "Happy" Franco has retired from the Detroit Gold
1957-09-01The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Glenn Dotter to the minors.
1957-08-22The Detroit Gold have promoted Glenn Dotter to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors.
1957-05-27The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Ralph Thomas to the minors.
1957-05-01The Detroit Gold have promoted Ralph Thomas to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors.
1956-07-29The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Billy Milligan to the minors.
1956-07-08The Detroit Gold have promoted Brock Spiezio to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors.
1954-10-19The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Jim Pool to the minors.
1954-09-29The Detroit Gold have promoted Jim Pool to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors.
1950-06-12The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Mike Walewander to the minors.
1950-05-22The Detroit Gold have promoted Mike Walewander to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors.
1950-04-01The Detroit Gold have renamed Lyle Franco to Lyle "Happy" Franco.