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Name	Team	Age
Don Franklin	Retired (1975, Age 33)	Died (2026, Age 85)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6 (1966)	3B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League	0	0 years (156 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
57	53	63
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
73	63	61
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
46	41	45
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	9	28
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
59	100	100
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
94	0	12/11/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (SS)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1967	CIN	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	22
1968	CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
1969	CIN	0	0	2	42	1	0	0	0	1
1975	CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1975-11-01	Don Franklin has retired from the Cincinnati Redlegs
1975-07-07	The Cincinnati Redlegs have designated Don Franklin for assignment.
1975-06-19	The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Don Franklin to the major league team.
1969-07-11	The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Don Franklin to the minors.
1969-05-08	The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Don Franklin to the major league team.
1968-05-09	The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Don Franklin to the minors.
1968-04-04	The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Don Franklin to the major league team.
1967-05-13	The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Don Franklin to the minors.
1967-03-01	The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Don Franklin to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Kenny Perkins to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Rusty Page to the major league team.
1966-04-01	The Cincinnati Redlegs have renamed Don Brown to Don Franklin.