Tito Francona

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 190 lb

BornNovember 4, 1933 · Aliquippa, PA, USA

MLB debutApril 17, 1956

Final gameSeptember 29, 1970

Seasons15 (1956–1970)

Baltimore Orioles 1956–1957; Chicago White Sox 1958; Detroit Tigers 1958; Cleveland Indians 1959–1964; St. Louis Cardinals 1965–1966; Atlanta Braves 1967; Philadelphia Phillies 1967; Atlanta Braves 1968–1969; Oakland Athletics 1969; Milwaukee Brewers 1970; Oakland Athletics 1970

Percentile snapshot

1963 season — qualified batters

142

19.8

553

15.8

500

22.8

114

7.9

80.2

40.6

RBI

7.9

52.5

47.5

71.3

74.3

.228

OBP

.296

16.8

SLG

.346

19.8

OPS

.642

19.8

wRC+

77.1

11.9

OPS+

80.1

12.9

wOBA

.289

17.8

sWAR

-0.5

of 102 qualified 1963 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

107.4

56.4

OPS+

107.3

sWAR

15.7

91.4

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
1956	139	500	445	62	115	16	4	9	57	51	60	11	5	.258	.334	.373	.707	92.7	93.7	.328	0.6
1957	97	316	279	35	65	8	3	7	38	29	48	7	3	.233	.307	.358	.665	84.0	87.7	.303	0.0
1958	86	226	197	21	50	8	2	1	20	29	40	2	3	.254	.350	.330	.680	89.8	88.6	.316	0.2
1959	122	443	399	68	145	17	2	20	79	35	42	2	0	.363	.414	.566	.980	171.4	171.6	.433	5.2
1960	147	624	544	84	159	36	2	17	79	67	67	4	1	.292	.372	.460	.832	127.3	127.0	.374	3.3
1961	155	667	592	87	178	30	8	16	85	56	52	2	1	.301	.363	.459	.823	122.0	121.4	.369	3.2
1962	158	690	621	82	169	28	5	14	70	47	74	3	2	.272	.327	.401	.728	96.6	97.5	.327	0.6
1963	142	553	500	57	114	29	0	10	41	47	77	9	1	.228	.296	.346	.642	77.1	80.1	.289	-0.5
1964	111	320	270	35	67	13	2	8	24	44	46	1	3	.248	.361	.400	.761	111.9	112.4	.340	1.0
1965	81	193	174	15	45	6	2	5	19	17	30	0	0	.259	.323	.402	.725	101.9	98.8	.331	0.4
1966	83	164	156	14	33	4	1	4	17	7	27	0	0	.212	.250	.327	.577	53.6	58.3	.259	-0.7
1967	109	362	327	35	78	6	1	6	28	27	44	1	1	.239	.297	.318	.615	77.1	77.0	.288	-0.6
1968	122	400	346	32	99	13	1	2	47	51	45	3	0	.286	.376	.347	.723	127.3	118.5	.346	1.9
1969	83	204	173	17	55	7	1	5	42	25	21	0	1	.318	.394	.457	.851	139.7	140.4	.385	1.3
1970	84	114	98	6	23	3	0	1	10	12	21	1	0	.235	.324	.296	.620	73.1	74.1	.292	-0.2

Career totals

1,719

493rd-most career G

5,776

5,121

650

1,395

224

125

RBI

656

544

694

.2724

OBP

.3435

SLG

.4027

OPS

.7462

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
1959-06-25	BAL @ CLE Gameday	4	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	10
1964-07-03	CLE @ CWS Gameday	5	1	4	3	1	0	1	0	9
1957-05-19	ATH @ BAL Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	9
1958-05-28	MIN @ CWS Gameday	4	2	3	1	1	1	5	1	9
1959-08-15	CLE @ DET Gameday	3	2	3	0	0	2	4	0	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1967-06-30	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-07-01	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-06	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-06	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-07	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

1× 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.