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Name Team Age
Socks Franklin Retired (1996, Age 36) 60
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 16
(1978)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Simmons Davis League 0 12 years (22 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A+ C 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  A- B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B+ C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 2/7/1960
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 2
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1978 Minors 52.00 5 / 5 7 / 7 7 / 8 6 / 10 7 / 7 9 / 9 6 / 6 47 / 52
1979 Minors 60.00 8 / 9 10 / 11 5 / 5 11 / 13 8 / 10 3 / 3 9 / 9 54 / 60
1980 Minors 55.00 6 / 7 7 / 7 5 / 6 4 / 9 5 / 8 7 / 9 6 / 9 40 / 55
1981 Minors 50.00 3 / 11 7 / 10 3 / 5 4 / 6 5 / 7 6 / 9 2 / 2 30 / 50
1982 Minors 46.00 7 / 11 1 / 3 2 / 6 2 / 5 3 / 6 3 / 5 4 / 10 22 / 46
1983 Minors 33.00 2 / 6 4 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 3 2 / 4 3 / 5 1 / 6 14 / 33
1984 Minors 38.00 1 / 7 2 / 7 0 / 1 5 / 9 3 / 7 1 / 4 1 / 3 13 / 38
1985 Minors 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 2
1985 Majors 42.66 159 59 0 0 / 5 2 / 4 1 / 9 0 / 3 2 / 7 4 / 7 3 / 7 12 / 42
1986 Majors 54.01 162 88 0 1 / 4 5 / 9 3 / 11 0 / 8 4 / 9 1 / 5 2 / 8 16 / 54
1987 Majors 59.60 162 135 0 2 / 13 0 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 5 2 / 12 5 / 59
1988 Majors 59.19 162 135 0 2 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 8 2 / 12 2 / 11 0 / 5 1 / 6 7 / 59
1989 Majors 61.32 162 135 0 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 15 1 / 61
1990 Majors 63.62 162 135 0 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 63
1991 Majors 64.26 162 135 0 0 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 14 0 / 11 0 / 64
1992 Majors 51.54 147 102 15 0 / 12 1 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 2 1 / 51
1993 Majors 59.48 162 135 0 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 59
1994 Majors 62.95 162 135 0 -3 / 9 -2 / 9 -3 / 8 -6 / 6 -3 / 10 -1 / 8 1 / 12 -17 / 62
1995 Majors 29.88 154 35 0 -6 / 4 -2 / 5 -5 / 4 -1 / 3 -6 / 2 0 / 3 -1 / 8 -21 / 29
1996 Majors 24.06 162 27 0 -5 / 2 -1 / 2 -2 / 7 -2 / 3 -3 / 1 -3 / 3 -2 / 6 -18 / 24
Total 1918 1256 15 23 / 153 41 / 126 18 / 135 27 / 141 30 / 131 33 / 129 36 / 148 208 / 963
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1996-11-01Socks Franklin has retired from the New York Privateers
1995-08-16The New York Privateers have acquired Socks Franklin from the waiver wire.
1995-08-12The Toronto Roughriders have promoted Rex Banner to the major league team. The Toronto Roughriders have designated Socks Franklin for assignment.
1995-04-12The Toronto Roughriders have acquired Socks Franklin from the waiver wire.
1995-04-08The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Tommy Dressen to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Tom Martinez to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have designated Socks Franklin for assignment. The Los Angeles Angels have designated Chris Roettger for assignment.
1992-05-05Socks Franklin of the Los Angeles Angels is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1985-04-04The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Socks Franklin to the major league team. The Los Angeles Angels have designated Bob Weafer for assignment.