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John Franco
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 46 of 891 players

John Anthony Franco
Born: September 17, 1960 at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 5.10 Weight: 175

John Franco was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on January 24, 2005, December 15, 2008, December 17, 2008, February 21, 2009, and December 24, 2009.

First Mets game: April 11, 1990
Last Mets game: October 3, 2004

John Franco also played for the following teams:

Cincinnati Reds 1984 - 1989; Houston Astros 2005

Traded with Don Brown by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Mets in exchange for Randy Myers and Kip Gross on December 6, 1989.

Signed with Houston Astros as a free agent on January 23, 2005.

On disabled list from June 30, 1992 to August 1, 1992 (strained left elbow); from August 26, 1992 to October 5, 1992 (strained left elbow); from April 17, 1993 to May 7, 1993 (tender left elbow); from August 3, 1993 to August 26, 1993 (strained muscle in right rib cage).

Established a Mets season record for Saves in 1990 with 33 and in 1997 with 36.

Pitching Record with New York Mets

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1990 55 67.2 5 3 .625 66 22 19 4 56 21 0 0 0 33 2.53

1991 52 55.1 5 9 .357 61 27 18 2 45 18 0 0 0 30 2.93

1992 31 33.0 6 2 .750 24 6 6 1 20 11 0 0 0 15 1.64

1993 35 36.1 4 3 .571 46 24 21 6 29 19 0 0 0 10 5.20

1994 47 50.0 1 4 .200 47 20 15 2 42 19 0 0 0 30 2.70

1995 48 51.2 5 3 .625 48 17 14 4 41 17 0 0 0 29 2.44

1996 51 54.0 4 3 .571 54 15 11 2 48 21 0 0 0 28 1.83

1997 59 60.0 5 3 .625 49 18 17 3 53 20 0 0 0 36 2.55

1998 61 64.2 0 8 .000 66 28 26 4 59 29 0 0 0 38 3.62

1999 46 40.2 0 2 .000 40 14 13 1 41 19 0 0 0 19 2.88

2000 62 55.2 5 4 .556 46 24 21 6 56 26 0 0 0 4 3.40

2001 58 53.1 6 2 .750 55 25 24 8 50 19 0 0 0 2 4.05

2003 38 34.1 0 3 .000 35 11 10 5 16 13 0 0 0 2 2.62

2004 52 46.0 2 7 .222 46 28 27 6 36 24 0 0 0 0 5.28

14 years 695 702.2 48 56 .462 683 279 242 54 592 276 0 0 0 276 3.10

Division Series Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1999 3 3.2 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

2000 2 2.0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

2 years 5 5.2 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

League Championship Series Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1999 3 2.2 0 0 .000 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3.38

2000 3 2.2 0 0 .000 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.75

2 years 6 5.1 0 0 .000 6 3 3 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 5.06

World Series Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

2000 4 3.1 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1 year 4 3.1 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

All-Star Game Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1990 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1 year 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Led National League in saves with 33 in 1990 and with 30 in 1994.

Led Mets in games with 55 in 1990 and with 47 in 1994.
Led Mets in saves with 33 in 1990, with 30 in 1991, with 10 in 1993, with 30 in 1994, with 29 in 1995, with 28 in 1996, with 36 in 1997 and with 38 in 1998. Tied for Mets lead in saves with 15 in 1992.

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