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Name	Team	Age
Ernie Franklin	Retired (1982, Age 37)	Died (2009, Age 64)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (1968)	3B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mike Piazza League	0	13 years (151 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	C+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	3/16/1945
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (99.0 %)	B- (54.2 %)	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

1968

Majors

69.05

162

135

0

2 / 8

9 / 17

7 / 11

3 / 10

6 / 7

6 / 7

9 / 9

42 / 69

1969

Majors

77.66

162

135

0

5 / 18

3 / 16

1 / 5

2 / 15

4 / 5

6 / 10

3 / 8

24 / 77

1970

Majors

67.56

148

124

14

2 / 14

1 / 12

3 / 7

1 / 12

1 / 10

1 / 6

4 / 6

13 / 67

1971

Majors

51.01

122

102

40

3 / 12

0 / 6

2 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 3

4 / 6

5 / 11

14 / 51

1972

Majors

64.15

152

127

10

0 / 11

0 / 5

1 / 12

0 / 5

0 / 8

1 / 15

2 / 8

4 / 64

1973

Majors

62.93

151

127

11

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 7

2 / 9

2 / 16

0 / 8

1 / 8

5 / 62

1974

Majors

65.33

162

135

0

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 16

1 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 11

3 / 65

1975

Majors

55.51

137

115

25

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 55

1976

Majors

60.99

150

126

12

1 / 12

0 / 5

0 / 12

1 / 7

0 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 11

3 / 60

1977

Majors

64.82

162

135

0

0 / 6

0 / 10

1 / 7

0 / 13

1 / 13

0 / 5

0 / 10

2 / 64

1978

Majors

60.83

151

127

11

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 60

1979

Majors

65.05

162

135

0

-2 / 12

-6 / 9

-4 / 7

-2 / 10

-3 / 12

-1 / 8

-3 / 7

-21 / 65

1980

Majors

45.18

162

66

0

0 / 4

-4 / 7

-2 / 3

-1 / 10

-4 / 9

-2 / 7

-3 / 5

-16 / 45

1981

Majors

55.59

162

106

0

-4 / 7

-6 / 4

-4 / 5

-5 / 10

0 / 10

-2 / 5

-1 / 14

-22 / 55

1982

Minors

3.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

1982

Majors

16.89

42

35

0

-4 / 4

-3 / 1

-6 / 2

-3 / 2

0 / 3

-1 / 3

0 / 1

-17 / 16

Total

2187

1730

123

3 / 140

-6 / 125

-1 / 104

-1 / 138

8 / 127

13 / 120

18 / 124

34 / 878

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1982-11-01	Ernie Franklin has retired from the Los Angeles SweatHogs
1982-05-19	The Los Angeles SweatHogs have promoted Leon Stearnes to the major league team. The Los Angeles SweatHogs have designated Ernie Franklin for assignment.
1978-08-30	Ernie Franklin of the Brooklyn SweatHogs is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1976-05-06	Ernie Franklin of the Brooklyn SweatHogs is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1975-07-06	Ernie Franklin of the Brooklyn SweatHogs is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1973-07-21	Ernie Franklin of the Brooklyn SweatHogs is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1972-05-26	Ernie Franklin of the Brooklyn SweatHogs is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1971-06-22	Ernie Franklin of the Brooklyn SweatHogs is injured and is expected to be out 47 days.
1970-06-09	Ernie Franklin of the Brooklyn SweatHogs is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1968-04-01	The Brooklyn SweatHogs have promoted Ernie Franklin to the major league team. The Brooklyn SweatHogs have designated Leon McCall for assignment.