Julio Franco

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 160 lb

BornAugust 23, 1958 · Hato Mayor, Hato Mayor, D.R.

MLB debutApril 23, 1982

Final gameSeptember 17, 2007

Seasons23 (1982–2007)

Philadelphia Phillies 1982; Cleveland Indians 1983–1988; Texas Rangers 1989–1993; Chicago White Sox 1994; Cleveland Indians 1996–1997; Milwaukee Brewers 1997; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1999; Atlanta Braves 2001–2005; New York Mets 2006; Atlanta Braves 2007; New York Mets 2007

Percentile snapshot

1997 season — qualified batters

120

0.7

505

430

1.4

19.6

116

5.6

2.1

11.9

12.6

RBI

116

19.6

62.2

39.9

.270

34.3

OBP

.369

64.3

SLG

.360

9.8

OPS

.730

25.2

wRC+

95.0

30.8

OPS+

90.8

23.8

wOBA

.335

30.8

sWAR

0.5

9.1

of 144 qualified 1997 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

112.9

67.5

OPS+

111.2

64.6

sWAR

44.7

98.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1982	16	32	29	3	8	1	0	0	3	2	4	0	2	.276	.323	.310	.633	70.9	78.2	.287	0.1
1983	149	598	560	68	153	24	8	8	80	27	50	32	12	.273	.306	.388	.693	85.3	86.9	.311	1.8
1984	160	718	658	82	188	22	5	3	79	43	68	19	10	.286	.331	.348	.679	87.6	87.0	.311	2.2
1985	160	703	636	97	183	33	4	6	90	54	74	13	9	.288	.343	.381	.723	99.9	98.6	.327	3.2
1986	149	636	599	80	183	30	5	10	74	32	66	10	7	.306	.338	.422	.760	106.3	106.4	.338	3.3
1987	128	560	495	86	158	24	3	8	52	57	56	32	9	.319	.389	.428	.818	119.3	116.0	.365	3.7
1988	152	676	613	88	186	23	6	10	54	56	72	25	11	.303	.361	.409	.771	115.7	113.4	.351	3.9
1989	150	621	548	80	173	31	5	13	92	66	69	21	3	.316	.386	.462	.848	137.6	137.3	.382	5.1
1990	157	670	582	96	172	27	1	11	69	82	83	31	10	.296	.383	.402	.785	126.4	120.5	.366	4.7
1991	146	659	589	108	201	27	3	15	78	65	78	36	9	.341	.408	.474	.882	148.2	145.6	.398	6.3
1992	35	123	107	19	25	7	0	2	8	15	17	1	1	.234	.328	.355	.683	94.7	94.7	.317	0.1
1993	144	607	532	85	154	31	3	14	84	62	95	9	3	.289	.360	.438	.798	118.4	117.7	.361	1.8
1994	112	505	433	72	138	19	2	20	98	62	75	8	1	.319	.406	.510	.916	138.6	138.0	.403	2.9
1996	112	499	432	72	139	20	1	14	76	61	82	8	8	.322	.407	.470	.877	126.8	123.3	.391	2.4
1997	120	505	430	68	116	16	1	7	44	69	116	15	6	.270	.369	.360	.730	95.0	90.8	.335	0.5
1999	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.9	-100.0	.000	0.0
2001	25	101	90	13	27	4	0	3	11	10	20	0	0	.300	.376	.444	.821	114.6	111.5	.362	0.3
2002	125	383	338	51	96	13	1	6	30	39	75	5	1	.284	.357	.382	.739	98.6	96.3	.336	0.4
2003	103	223	197	28	58	12	2	5	31	25	43	0	1	.294	.372	.452	.824	114.2	115.4	.360	0.5
2004	125	361	320	37	99	18	3	6	57	36	68	4	2	.309	.378	.441	.818	113.8	111.9	.361	1.1
2005	108	265	233	30	64	12	1	9	42	27	57	4	0	.275	.348	.451	.799	109.7	108.3	.353	0.6
2006	95	179	165	14	45	10	0	2	26	13	49	6	1	.273	.330	.370	.699	81.7	82.4	.311	-0.1
2007	55	106	90	8	20	3	0	1	16	14	23	2	1	.222	.321	.289	.610	63.1	61.4	.284	-0.3

Career totals

2,527

54th-most career G

9,731

105th-most career PA

8,677

97th-most career AB

1,285

136th-most career R

2,586

88th-most career H

407

184th-most career 2B

173

488th-most career HR

RBI

1,194

162nd-most career RBI

917

174th-most career BB

1,341

147th-most career SO

281

195th-most career SB

.2980

250th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3646

382nd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4172

OPS

.7818

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1994-04-24	DET @ CWS Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	2	3	0	10
1994-07-18	DET @ CWS Gameday	7	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	9
1993-05-03	MIL @ TEX Gameday	5	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	8
1994-05-17	CWS @ LAA Gameday	4	1	3	0	1	1	5	0	8
1994-06-23	CWS @ SEA Gameday	4	4	3	2	0	1	3	1	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

5× Silver Slugger1× All-Star Game MVP3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.