Julio Franco stats
First Baseman · #14
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1982
- AL Silver Slugger
- 5x
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1982
- AL Silver Slugger
- 5x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,527
- AB
- 8,677
- R
- 1,285
- H
- 2,586
- HR
- 173
- RBI
- 1,194
- SB
- 281
- AVG
- .298
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PHI | 16 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .276 |
| 1983 | CLE | 149 | 560 | 68 | 153 | 8 | 80 | 32 | .273 |
| 1984 | CLE | 160 | 658 | 82 | 188 | 3 | 79 | 19 | .286 |
| 1985 | CLE | 160 | 636 | 97 | 183 | 6 | 90 | 13 | .288 |
| 1986 | CLE | 149 | 599 | 80 | 183 | 10 | 74 | 10 | .306 |
| 1987 | CLE | 128 | 495 | 86 | 158 | 8 | 52 | 32 | .319 |
| 1988 | CLE | 152 | 613 | 88 | 186 | 10 | 54 | 25 | .303 |
| 1989 | TEX | 150 | 548 | 80 | 173 | 13 | 92 | 21 | .316 |
| 1990 | TEX | 157 | 582 | 96 | 172 | 11 | 69 | 31 | .296 |
| 1991 | TEX | 146 | 589 | 108 | 201 | 15 | 78 | 36 | .341 |
| 1992 | TEX | 35 | 107 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .234 |
| 1993 | TEX | 144 | 532 | 85 | 154 | 14 | 84 | 9 | .289 |
| 1994 | CHW | 112 | 433 | 72 | 138 | 20 | 98 | 8 | .319 |
| 1996 | CLE | 112 | 432 | 72 | 139 | 14 | 76 | 8 | .322 |
| 1997 |  CLE/MIL | 120 | 430 | 68 | 116 | 7 | 44 | 15 | .270 |
| 1999 | TB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2001 | ATL | 25 | 90 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .300 |
| 2002 | ATL | 125 | 338 | 51 | 96 | 6 | 30 | 5 | .284 |
| 2003 | ATL | 103 | 197 | 28 | 58 | 5 | 31 | 0 | .294 |
| 2004 | ATL | 125 | 320 | 37 | 99 | 6 | 57 | 4 | .309 |
| 2005 | ATL | 108 | 233 | 30 | 64 | 9 | 42 | 4 | .275 |
| 2006 | NYM | 95 | 165 | 14 | 45 | 2 | 26 | 6 | .273 |
| 2007 |  NYM/ATL | 55 | 90 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 2 | .222 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 31
- AB
- 98
- R
- 9
- H
- 22
- HR
- 2
- RBI
- 6
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .224
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 9,731
- TB
- 3,620
- XBH
- 634
- HBP
- 38
- IBB
- 67
- GIDP
- 312
- P/PA
- 0.63
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PHI | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | CLE | 598 | 217 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | CLE | 718 | 229 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | CLE | 703 | 242 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| 1986 | CLE | 636 | 253 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| 1987 | CLE | 560 | 212 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| 1988 | CLE | 676 | 251 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | TEX | 621 | 253 | 49 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | TEX | 670 | 234 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | TEX | 659 | 279 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | TEX | 123 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | TEX | 607 | 233 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHW | 505 | 221 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | CLE | 499 | 203 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | CLE/MIL | 505 | 155 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | TB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | ATL | 101 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | ATL | 383 | 129 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4.0 |
| 2003 | ATL | 223 | 89 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | ATL | 361 | 141 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | ATL | 265 | 105 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | NYM | 179 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4.1 |
| 2007 | NYM/ATL | 106 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.1 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 39.7
- RC
- 1295.1
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .119
- SECA
- .245
- BB/K
- 0.68
- AB/HR
- 50.2
- GO/FO
- 1.30
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | PHI | -0.1 | 2 | 2.2 | .034 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CLE | 0.6 | 63 | 3.8 | .114 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 70 | 0 |
| 1984 | CLE | 2.3 | 73.1 | 3.8 | .062 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 219.3 | 0 |
| 1985 | CLE | 1.4 | 78.5 | 4.3 | .093 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 106 | 0 |
| 1986 | CLE | 2.6 | 76.4 | 4.5 | .117 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 59.9 | 0 |
| 1987 | CLE | 3.3 | 81.6 | 5.9 | .109 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 61.9 | 0 |
| 1988 | CLE | 2.1 | 89.8 | 5.3 | .106 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 61.3 | 0 |
| 1989 | TEX | 5.0 | 94.6 | 6.2 | .146 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 42.2 | 0 |
| 1990 | TEX | 6.5 | 95.1 | 5.9 | .107 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 52.9 | 0 |
| 1991 | TEX | 6.1 | 114.6 | 7.5 | .132 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 39.3 | 0 |
| 1992 | TEX | -0.3 | 12.4 | 3.9 | .121 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 53.5 | 0 |
| 1993 | TEX | 1.8 | 83.6 | 5.5 | .148 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 38 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHW | 2.8 | 88.1 | 7.5 | .192 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 21.7 | 0 |
| 1996 | CLE | 2.8 | 79.2 | 6.7 | .148 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 30.9 | 0 |
| 1997 | CLE/MIL | 0.7 | 58.9 | 4.6 | .091 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 61.4 | 0 |
| 1999 | TB | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.9 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | ATL | 0.7 | 14.5 | 5.9 | .144 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 30 | 0 |
| 2002 | ATL | 0.5 | 45.6 | 4.7 | .098 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 56.3 | 0 |
| 2003 | ATL | 0.2 | 31.1 | 5.6 | .157 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 39.4 | 0 |
| 2004 | ATL | 1.0 | 52 | 5.9 | .131 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 53.3 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | ATL | -0.1 | 35.5 | 5.2 | .176 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 25.9 | 1.4 |
| 2006 | NYM | -0.1 | 17.6 | 3.6 | .097 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 82.5 | 1.3 |
| 2007 | NYM/ATL | -0.1 | 9.1 | 3.3 | .067 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 90 | 1.4 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Julio Franco's career stats?
Julio Franco played 23 seasons for the Phillies, the Guardians, the Rangers, the White Sox, the Rays, the Braves and the Mets. He was a career .298 hitter with 2,586 hits, 173 home runs and 1,194 RBI. His best season was 1991: a .341 batting average, 15 home runs and 78 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
23 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1982 to 2007
Julio Franco led MLB in batting average (1991); finished top 10 in a stat 6 times.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 87th in hits (2,586)
- 145th in rbi (1,194)
- 191st in stolen bases (281)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Julio Franco
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