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Name Team Age
Tito Francona Retired (1962, Age 37) Died (2008, Age 84)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 10
(1950)		 LF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Goose Goslin League 0 12 years (93 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  A  C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D  C  B+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C  D 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A- A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 11/11/1924
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (1B)
B+ (75.5 %) C- (28.6 %) D- (9.0 %)

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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 
1950 Minors 4.00 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4
1950 Majors 37.83 3 / 7 0 / 2 1 / 4 2 / 5 2 / 6 5 / 9 3 / 4 16 / 37
1951 Majors 79.36 0 / 14 4 / 9 0 / 7 2 / 17 4 / 7 6 / 14 3 / 11 19 / 79
1952 Majors 62.86 0 / 10 3 / 10 0 / 7 2 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 11 2 / 7 8 / 62
1953 Majors 33.79 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 33
1954 Majors 26.00 0 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 2 / 26
1955 Majors 19.70 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 19
1956 Majors 66.79 0 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 9 1 / 66
1957 Majors 68.39 0 / 9 0 / 17 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 68
1958 Majors 68.50 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 16 0 / 11 0 / 68
1959 Majors 67.30 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 13 1 / 14 1 / 67
1960 Majors 66.29 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 15 0 / 5 0 / 13 0 / 6 1 / 66
1961 Majors 54.50 0 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 54
1962 Majors 23.75 0 / 3 2 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 2 / 23
Total 0 0 0 3 / 97 10 / 100 2 / 89 7 / 99 8 / 87 11 / 113 11 / 88 52 / 673
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Tito Francona has retired from the Pittsburgh Highlanders
1961-03-01The Pittsburgh Highlanders have renamed Herby Green to Tito Francona.
1960-04-01The Pittsburgh Pillagers have renamed Britt Lightning to Herby Green.
1956-04-01The Pittsburgh Prowlers have renamed D.A. Lowmaster to Britt Lightning.
1956-04-01The Pittsburgh Prowlers have renamed D. Lowmaster to D.A. Lowmaster.
1956-04-01The Pittsburgh Prowlers have renamed Buddy Holly to D. Lowmaster.
1955-04-01The Pittsburgh Prowlers have renamed Buddy Hollie to Buddy Holly.
1955-04-01The Pittsburgh Prowlers have renamed Herbie Greene to Buddy Hollie.
1951-03-03The Pittsburgh Pillagers have promoted Herbie Greene to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pillagers have designated Garry Fletcher for assignment.
1950-10-21The Pittsburgh Pillagers have sent Herbie Greene to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pillagers have sent Jason Varitek to the minors.
1950-09-10The Pittsburgh Pillagers have promoted Herbie Greene to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pillagers have designated Garry Fletcher for assignment.
1950-06-18The Pittsburgh Pillagers have promoted Garry Fletcher to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pillagers have sent Herbie Greene to the minors.
1950-05-10The Pittsburgh Pillagers have promoted Herbie Greene to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pillagers have designated James Nagy for assignment.
1950-05-09The Pittsburgh Pillagers have sent Herbie Greene down to the minors.
1950-04-01The Pittsburgh Pillagers have renamed Johnny Quest to Herbie Greene.
1950-04-01The Pittsburgh Pillagers have renamed Justin Elliott to Johnny Quest.