John Franco  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Franco also has a decent changeup. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Franco is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Franco has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Franco as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 SAN 76 25 67 70 56 55 52 50 52 53 62 62 65 0 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 4 17 46 351
1999 SAN 76 25 69 70 56 55 52 50 52 53 64 62 65 0 0 0 37 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 355
2000 SAN 74 24 69 68 56 55 52 50 52 53 64 62 66 0 0 0 38 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 349
2001 NYM 77 23 69 68 56 55 52 50 52 53 64 62 66 0 0 0 39 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 40 353
2002 NYM 76 22 69 67 56 55 52 50 52 53 64 62 66 0 0 0 40 18 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 349
Ratings Delta   -1 -1   -1                         +1 +1           -2 -4
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.