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Name	Team	Age
John Franco	Retired (1975, Age 35)	Died (2000, Age 60)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6 (1962)	RP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Joe Medwick League	0	13 years (75 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D-	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	D-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C+	A-	B+
Leadership	Mentor Value
A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	9/15/1940
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	2	4
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HBP	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
1962	NYN	4	7	90	0	0	0	28	4	95.0	101	42	41	3	33	76	1.41	3.88
1963	NYN	8	8	99	0	0	0	29	10	93.2	87	49	47	4	44	65	1.40	4.52
1964	NYN	6	9	85	0	0	0	27	7	77.1	85	48	47	2	37	44	1.58	5.47
1965	NYN	6	8	101	0	0	0	38	5	96.2	100	48	45	3	40	82	1.45	4.19
1966	NYN	5	5	95	0	0	0	37	4	107.1	97	49	48	0	29	73	1.17	4.02
1967	NYN	7	2	71	0	0	0	31	4	65.0	52	22	18	1	18	45	1.08	2.49
1968	NYN	6	10	103	0	0	0	34	12	109.2	113	65	62	2	45	74	1.44	5.09
1969	NYN	3	3	82	0	0	0	31	3	88.2	75	24	24	2	23	66	1.11	2.44
1970	NYN	5	8	100	0	0	0	38	10	99.0	95	46	45	1	41	71	1.37	4.09
1971	NYN	5	4	110	0	0	0	39	6	118.0	106	41	32	0	31	90	1.16	2.44
1972	NYN	7	6	105	0	0	0	34	7	103.0	116	51	51	1	27	73	1.39	4.46
1973	NYN	10	9	92	0	0	0	16	5	100.1	94	42	40	0	39	73	1.33	3.59
1974	NYN-CHN	6	5	52	0	0	0	25	6	50.1	54	31	29	1	26	30	1.59	5.19
1975	CHN	0	1	24	0	0	0	5	3	19.0	22	10	10	0	4	9	1.37	4.74
2058		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Total		78	85	1209	0	0	0	412	86	1223.0	1197	568	539	20	437	871	1.34	3.97

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1975-11-01	John Franco has retired from the Chicago Reds
1974-07-22	John Franco of the Chicago Reds is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1974-04-16	A trade has been completed between the New York Mets and the Chicago Reds. The Chicago Reds receive Octavio Dotel, Roger Howard, John Franco from the New York Mets in exchange for Gary Schmidt, Russ Deidel, Draft Pick - 1975 Round 1 (CHN).
1973-09-27	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1973-06-08	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1972-09-22	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1971-10-05	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1969-05-31	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1967-06-03	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1967-04-02	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1966-09-17	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1965-05-18	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1964-04-30	John Franco of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1962-04-01	The New York Mets have promoted John Franco to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent Lou Sherry to the minors.
1962-04-01	The New York Mets have renamed Buster Davis to John Franco.