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  NAME     : Julio Franco
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Dominican Republic
 
  BIRTHDAY : 8/23/1958
  AGE      : 43
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 188
 
  POSITION : First Base
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $2,184,000 through 2005
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : VERY inconsistent
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Prone

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at First Base : B (Fielding Pct. : .981)
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Speed : C Stealing Ability : E Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : D Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 1, Talent Poor) Hitting Homeruns : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Poor) Getting BB's : 1 (VS. RHP : 1, VS. LHP : 1, Talent Poor) Avoiding Strikeouts : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .252 2 25 322 81 9 0 27 0 0 4 72 .266 .298 vs RHP .232 2 23 280 65 8 0 22 0 0 3 58 .237 .282 vs LHP .381 0 2 42 16 1 0 5 0 0 1 14 .386 .405 At Home .256 2 16 168 43 5 0 16 0 0 4 35 .270 .321 Away .247 0 9 154 38 4 0 11 0 0 0 37 .242 .273 R.I.S.P. .324 2 25 74 24 3 0 0 0 0 1 14 .321 .446 Pinch Hitting .500 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 Close/Late .200 0 2 25 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 9 .222 .240 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .333 1 4 18 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .556 Apr/Mar .342 0 7 76 26 3 0 9 0 0 2 14 .350 .382 May .273 0 6 77 21 1 0 4 0 0 1 21 .278 .286 June .244 0 5 82 20 4 0 9 0 0 0 16 .244 .293 July .130 2 6 77 10 1 0 4 0 0 1 21 .138 .221 August .400 0 1 10 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1982 .276 0 3 16 29 8 1 0 3 0 2 2 4 .323 .310 PHI 1983 .273 8 80 149 560 153 24 8 68 32 12 27 50 .307 .387 CLE 1984 .286 3 79 160 658 188 22 5 82 19 10 43 68 .330 .348 CLE 1985 .288 6 90 160 636 183 33 4 97 13 9 54 74 .343 .381 CLE 1986 .306 10 74 149 599 183 30 5 80 10 7 32 66 .341 .422 CLE 1987 .319 8 52 128 495 158 24 3 86 32 9 57 56 .389 .428 CLE 1988 .303 10 54 152 613 186 23 6 88 25 11 56 72 .362 .409 CLE 1989 .316 13 92 150 548 173 31 5 80 21 3 66 69 .389 .462 TEX 1990 .296 11 69 157 582 172 27 1 96 31 10 82 83 .383 .402 TEX 1991 .341 15 78 146 589 201 27 3 108 36 9 65 78 .407 .474 TEX 1992 .234 2 8 35 107 25 7 0 19 1 1 15 17 .328 .355 TEX 1993 .289 14 84 144 532 154 31 3 85 9 3 62 95 .364 .438 TEX 1994 .319 20 98 112 433 138 19 2 72 8 1 62 75 .404 .510 CHA 1996 .322 14 76 112 432 139 20 1 72 8 8 61 82 .406 .470 CLE 1997 .270 7 44 120 430 116 16 1 68 15 6 69 116 .371 .360 CLE,MIL 1999 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 TBA 2001 .300 3 11 25 90 27 4 0 13 0 0 10 20 .370 .444 ATL Total AB : 7656 Total AVG : .298 Total Hits: 2285 Total HR : 146 Total RBI : 1017 Total Runs: 1144 Total SB : 260
PLAYER HISTORY
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 5/26/2002...