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| Name | Team | Age |
| Dennis Franco | Retired (1972, Age 33) | Died (2011, Age 73) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 3, Pick 38 (1958) |
RP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Cool Papa Bell League | 0 | 5 years (45 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
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Mentor Value
|
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| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 11/22/1938 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Vs | G | IP | SO | BB | H | WHIP |
| 1962 | LHB | 7 | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2.57 |
| 1962 | RHB | 6 | 3.1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3.00 |
| 1963 | LHB | 12 | 40.2 | 22 | 16 | 50 | 1.62 |
| 1963 | RHB | 12 | 34.2 | 26 | 8 | 33 | 1.18 |
| 1964 | LHB | 10 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.17 |
| 1964 | RHB | 11 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.14 |
| 1965 | LHB | 25 | 14.1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 2.02 |
| 1965 | RHB | 30 | 27.0 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 1.11 |
| 1966 | LHB | 6 | 10.2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1.88 |
| 1966 | RHB | 5 | 10.1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 1.84 |
| 1967 | LHB | 15 | 11.2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0.86 |
| 1967 | RHB | 16 | 14.1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 1.12 |
| 1968 | LHB | 29 | 23.0 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 2.09 |
| 1968 | RHB | 28 | 24.0 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 1.42 |
| 1969 | AHB | 15 | 15.0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0.87 |
| 1969 | HHB | 31 | 35.1 | 22 | 11 | 39 | 1.42 |
| 1969 | LHB | 40 | 23.0 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 1.17 |
| 1969 | RHB | 39 | 27.1 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 1.32 |
| 1972 | AHB | 3 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.25 |
| 1972 | LHB | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 |
| 1972 | RHB | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2061 | AHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2061 | HHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2061 | LHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2061 | RHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | AHB | 18 | 16.1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.98 |
| Total | HHB | 31 | 35.1 | 22 | 11 | 39 | 1.42 |
| Total | LHB | 147 | 135.0 | 92 | 62 | 172 | 1.73 |
| Total | RHB | 148 | 148.1 | 89 | 48 | 146 | 1.31 |
| Total | 163 | 283.1 | 181 | 110 | 318 | 1.51 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1972-11-01 | Dennis Franco has retired from the Tampa Bay Braves |
| 1972-03-05 | The Tampa Bay Braves have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Braves have promoted Herb Ramos to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Braves have promoted Yerby Adkisson to the major league team. |
| 1971-03-07 | The Tampa Bay Braves have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire. |
| 1970-05-08 | The Cincinnati Bengals have waived Dennis Franco. |
| 1970-05-02 | The Cincinnati Bengals have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire. |
| 1970-04-28 | The Washington Senators have waived Dennis Franco. |
| 1970-04-01 | The Washington Senators have designated Dennis Franco for assignment. |
| 1969-04-10 | The Washington Senators have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. The Washington Senators have designated Adam Johnson for assignment. |
| 1969-04-09 | The Washington Senators have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire. |
| 1969-04-05 | The Kansas City Athletics have waived Dennis Franco. |
| 1968-08-23 | The Kansas City Athletics have designated Dennis Franco for assignment. |
| 1968-06-21 | The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Socks Christensen to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Bernie Lauzerique for assignment. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Gus Boswell for assignment. |
| 1968-06-17 | A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Pittsburgh Champions. The Pittsburgh Champions receive Francisco Zurita, Billy Sadowski from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Dennis Franco (Optioned) , Kevin Caster, Draft Pick 1969 Round 1 BOS (Terrell Nieman). |
| 1968-04-05 | The Pittsburgh Champions have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire. |
| 1968-03-07 | The Baltimore BleacherBums have designated Dennis Franco for assignment. |
| 1966-09-17 | The Baltimore BleacherBums have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. |
| 1966-09-14 | The Baltimore BleacherBums have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire. |
| 1966-09-07 | The Washington Senators have waived Dennis Franco. |
| 1966-04-27 | The Washington Senators have promoted Eddie Flynn to the major league team. The Washington Senators have designated Dennis Franco for assignment. |
| 1965-07-11 | The Washington Senators have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. The Washington Senators have designated Harry Dihigo for assignment. |
| 1965-07-08 | The Washington Senators have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire. |
| 1965-06-05 | The Baltimore BleacherBums have waived Dennis Franco. |
| 1965-05-04 | The Baltimore BleacherBums have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire. |
| 1965-04-01 | The Cincinnati Dictators have waived Dennis Franco. |
| 1964-05-06 | The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Eric Fahey to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Lenny DeGaulle to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Erwin Reiss to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Rawly Rodriguez to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Dennis Franco for assignment. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Walter Britton to the minors. |
| 1964-03-07 | The Cincinnati Dictators have renamed Dennis Pickering to Dennis Franco. |
| 1963-06-21 | The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Dennis Pickering to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Harmon Stowe to the minors. |
| 1963-04-05 | The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Steve Brinkopf to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Dick Mahady to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Sam McDowell to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Dennis Pickering to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Vada Pinson for assignment. |
| 1963-04-03 | The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Dennis Pickering to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Yu Nu Lee to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Bert Reed for assignment. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Stringer Sturgeon to the minors. |
| 1963-04-02 | The Cincinnati Dictators have renamed Dennis Blasingame to Dennis Pickering. |
| 1962-08-18 | The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Nelson Briles to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Dennis Blasingame to the minors. |
| 1962-08-10 | The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Val Bocek to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Will Turner to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Dan Colton to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Dennis Blasingame to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Red Ruffing to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Nelson Briles for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Darnell Thielman for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Gorman Kluttz to the minors. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Dick Messenger for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent John Ott to the minors. |
| 1962-07-21 | The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Sam McDowell to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Dennis Blasingame to the minors. |
| 1962-07-05 | The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Dennis Blasingame to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Red Ruffing to the minors. |
| 1962-05-14 | A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati River Pirates and the Chicago Dragons. The Chicago Dragons receive Bryan Bennett, Marty Keough from the Cincinnati River Pirates in exchange for Dennis Blasingame, John Ott. |