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| Lyle "Happy" Franco |  Second BaseRetired (1960, Age 36) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .276 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | L/L | |
| OPS | .801 | Status | Deceased (2003) | Option Years | 0
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| 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) |
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| RBI | 674 | |||||
| SB | 96 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | (100%) | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 3B | (25.4%) | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | Type | OS Age | Chances
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Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
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| 1957 | Majors | 33 | 0.00 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 37 | |||
| 1958 | Majors | 34 | 0.00 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 52 | |||
| 1959 | Majors | 35 | 0.00 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 3 / 29 | |||
| 1960 | Majors | 36 | 0.00 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 20 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 21 | 0 / 24 | 1 / 23 | 0 / 19 | 1 / 20 | 0 / 16 | 1 / 15 | 3 / 138 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1960-11-01 | Lyle "Happy" Franco has retired from the Detroit Gold |
| 1957-09-01 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Glenn Dotter to the minors. |
| 1957-08-22 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Glenn Dotter to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors. |
| 1957-05-27 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Ralph Thomas to the minors. |
| 1957-05-01 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Ralph Thomas to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors. |
| 1956-07-29 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Billy Milligan to the minors. |
| 1956-07-08 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Brock Spiezio to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors. |
| 1954-10-19 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Jim Pool to the minors. |
| 1954-09-29 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Jim Pool to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors. |
| 1950-06-12 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Lyle "Happy" Franco to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Mike Walewander to the minors. |
| 1950-05-22 | The Detroit Gold have promoted Mike Walewander to the major league team. The Detroit Gold have sent Lyle "Happy" Franco to the minors. |
| 1950-04-01 | The Detroit Gold have renamed Lyle Franco to Lyle "Happy" Franco. |