Jose Cruz vs Julio Franco

Jose CruzJulio Franco

Jose Cruz and Julio Franco compared on their MLB careers: Jose Cruz played 19 seasons, 1970 to 1988, Julio Franco 23 seasons, 1982 to 2007. Jose Cruz has .284 batting average to Julio Franco's .298.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jose Cruz and Julio Franco career totals
2,353GP2,527
7,917AB8,677
1,036R1,285
2,251H2,586
165HR173
1,077RBI1,194
317SB281
0.3AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.4
0.4SLG0.4
0.8OPS0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Jose Cruz and Julio Franco postseason
11GP31
41AB98
3R9
11H22
0HR2
6RBI6
0SB1
0.3AVG0.2
0.4OBP0.3
0.3SLG0.3
0.7OPS0.6

Where each stands all time

Jose Cruz and Julio Franco all-time places
171st (2,251)Hits87th (2,586)
209th (1,077)RBI145th (1,194)
154th (317)Stolen bases191st (281)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Jose Cruz: 0 championships; NL Silver Slugger ×2
  • Julio Franco: 0 championships; AL Silver Slugger ×5

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Jose Cruz and Julio Franco season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1970.353011982.27603
2nd1971.2749271983.273880
3rd1972.2352231984.286379
4th1973.22710571985.288690
5th1974.2615201986.3061074
6th1975.2579491987.319852
7th1976.3034611988.3031054
8th1977.29917871989.3161392
9th1978.31510831990.2961169
10th1979.2899721991.3411578
11th1980.30211911992.23428
12th1981.26713551993.2891484
13th1982.2759681994.3192098
14th1983.31814921996.3221476
15th1984.31212951997.270744
16th1985.3009791999.00000
17th1986.27810722001.300311
18th1987.24111382002.284630
19th1988.200172003.294531
20th————2004.309657
21st————2005.275942
22nd————2006.273226
23rd————2007.222116

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI