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Historical player · 1984–2005

John Franco

B/T L/L · HT 70 · WT 170 · Born 9/17/1960 · From Brooklyn, NY USA · Debut 1984-04-24 · Final 2005-07-01

Career · batting

1,119

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.088 · 0.176

Career · pitching

1,119

1,245.7

W-L

90-87

424

975

ERA

2.89

WHIP

1.33

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1984–1989

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Hits

#1,276 on the Reds

↑ 1 R. Bell

↓ 1 D. Zanni

RBI

#1,242 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Abernathy

Runs

#1,171 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Afenir

↓ 1 W. Anderson

Career with the Houston Astros · 2005–2005

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Career with the New York Mets · 1990–2004

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#14,285 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 E. Yount

RBI

#13,772 all-time MLB

↑ 1 K. Abbott

↓ 1 T. Zych

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1984	Reds	NL	54	3	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
1985	Reds	NL	67	6	1	2	1	0	0.333	0.333	0.333
1986	Reds	NL	74	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1987	Reds	NL	68	2	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1988	Reds	NL	70	1	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1989	Reds	NL	60	3	1	1	0	2	0.333	0.333	0.333
1990	Mets	NL	55	5	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1991	Mets	NL	52	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1992	Mets	NL	31	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1993	Mets	NL	35	1	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1994	Mets	NL	47	3	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000
1995	Mets	NL	48	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1996	Mets	NL	51	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1997	Mets	NL	59	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1998	Mets	NL	61	2	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1999	Mets	NL	46	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
2000	Mets	NL	62	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
2001	Mets	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
2003	Mets	NL	38	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
2004	Mets	NL	52	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
2005	Astros	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			1,119	34	2	3	1	14	0.088	0.088	0.088

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1984	Reds	NL	6	2	54	4	79.3	74	23	36	55	2.61	1.39
1985	Reds	NL	12	3	67	12	99.0	83	24	40	61	2.18	1.24
1986	Reds	NL	6	6	74	29	101.0	90	33	44	84	2.94	1.33
1987	Reds	NL	8	5	68	32	82.0	76	23	27	61	2.52	1.26
1988	Reds	NL	6	6	70	39	86.0	60	15	27	46	1.57	1.01
1989	Reds	NL	4	8	60	32	80.7	77	28	36	60	3.12	1.40
1990	Mets	NL	5	3	55	33	67.7	66	19	21	56	2.53	1.29
1991	Mets	NL	5	9	52	30	55.3	61	18	18	45	2.93	1.43
1992	Mets	NL	6	2	31	15	33.0	24	6	11	20	1.64	1.06
1993	Mets	NL	4	3	35	10	36.3	46	21	19	29	5.20	1.79
1994	Mets	NL	1	4	47	30	50.0	47	15	19	42	2.70	1.32
1995	Mets	NL	5	3	48	29	51.7	48	14	17	41	2.44	1.26
1996	Mets	NL	4	3	51	28	54.0	54	11	21	48	1.83	1.39
1997	Mets	NL	5	3	59	36	60.0	49	17	20	53	2.55	1.15
1998	Mets	NL	0	8	61	38	64.7	66	26	29	59	3.62	1.47
1999	Mets	NL	0	2	46	19	40.7	40	13	19	41	2.88	1.45
2000	Mets	NL	5	4	62	4	55.7	46	21	26	56	3.40	1.29
2001	Mets	NL	6	2	58	2	53.3	55	24	19	50	4.05	1.39
2003	Mets	NL	0	3	38	2	34.3	35	10	13	16	2.62	1.40
2004	Mets	NL	2	7	52	0	46.0	46	27	24	36	5.28	1.52
2005	Astros	NL	0	1	31	0	15.0	23	12	9	16	7.20	2.13
Career			90	87	1,119	424	1,245.7	1,166	400	495	975	2.89	1.33

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	1,119	0	1,245.7	63	234	11	13

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2011	BBWAA	27	436	Ballot