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John Franco
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 2012
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 43 of 1252 players

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

John Franco has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 29 times, most recently on November 6, 2024.

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

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
31	April 11, 1990	May 21, 1998
45	May 22, 1998	October 3, 2004

31,+45

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.

Minor League Pitching Record

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

1999 Binghamton (AA) 1 1.1 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

2003 St. Lucie (A) 4 4.1 0 1 0.000 6 3 3 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 6.23

2003 Norfolk (AAA) 2 1.2 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

John Franco played for the following teams in the Mets organization:

Binghamton Mets 1999; Norfolk Tides 2003; St. Lucie Mets 2003

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