Julio Franco

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Julio Franco

1982–2007 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 160 lb · b. 1958 Hato Mayor, Hato Mayor

Also in Triple-A · Single-A

Career 2,527 G · 2,586 H · 173 HR · 1,194 RBI · .298 AVG

Seasons leading his league

1

1 best in baseball

26 Top-5 finishes

1 Title seasons

1 Categories led

1991 Best season

Spanning 1991–1991, peaking at 1 titles in 1991.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons

Team records #2 Rangers 1991 AVG #8 Rangers career SB #10 Rangers 1991 H

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

2,906th League titles 1
1,845th Best in baseball 1
1,117th Top-5 finishes 26

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

88th Hits 2,586
138th Runs 1,285
156th Total Bases 3,620
164th Runs Batted In 1,194
175th Walks 917
189th Doubles 407
194th Shortstop Double Plays 439
194th Stolen Bases 281
208th Second Base Assists 1,845
210th Second Base Double Plays 379
216th Shortstop Putouts 1,161
227th Shortstop Assists 2,020
239th Second Base Putouts 1,300
242nd Batting Average .298
250th First Base Double Plays 415
274th First Base Assists 305
320th First Base Putouts 3,778
371st On-Base Percentage .365
495th Home Runs 173

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Batting Average	1	1st	—	1991 .341
Second Base Range Factor	—	#3	—	1988 #3 1990 #3
Second Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1988 #3 1990 #2
Second Base Assists	—	#3	—	1988 #3 1990 #3
Shortstop Range Factor	—	#3	—	1984 #3
Shortstop Double Plays	—	#2	—	1983 #2 1984 #2
Shortstop Putouts	—	#2	—	1984 #2
Shortstop Assists	—	#2	—	1983 #3 1984 #2

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1991	1	AVG .341

Batting

led the league 23 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1982	PHI	NL	16	29	3	8	1	0	0	3	2	4	0	.276	.323	.310	.633
1983	CLE	AL	149	560	68	153	24	8	8	80	27	50	32	.273	.306	.388	.693
1984	CLE	AL	160	658	82	188	22	5	3	79	43	68	19	.286	.331	.348	.679
1985	CLE	AL	160	636	97	183	33	4	6	90	54	74	13	.288	.343	.381	.723
1986	CLE	AL	149	599	80	183	30	5	10	74	32	66	10	.306	.338	.422	.761
1987	CLE	AL	128	495	86	158	24	3	8	52	57	56	32	.319	.389	.428	.818
1988	CLE	AL	152	613	88	186	23	6	10	54	56	72	25	.303	.362	.410	.771
1989	TEX	AL	150	548	80	173	31	5	13	92	66	69	21	.316	.387	.462	.848
1990	TEX	AL	157	582	96	172	27	1	11	69	82	83	31	.296	.383	.402	.785
1991	TEX	AL	146	589	108	201	27	3	15	78	65	78	36	.341	.408	.474	.882
1992	TEX	AL	35	107	19	25	7	0	2	8	15	17	1	.234	.328	.355	.683
1993	TEX	AL	144	532	85	154	31	3	14	84	62	95	9	.290	.361	.438	.799
1994	CHA	AL	112	433	72	138	19	2	20	98	62	75	8	.319	.406	.510	.916
1996	CLE	AL	112	432	72	139	20	1	14	76	61	82	8	.322	.407	.470	.877
1997	CLE +1	AL	120	430	68	116	16	1	7	44	69	116	15	.270	.369	.361	.730
1999	TBA	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2001	ATL	NL	25	90	13	27	4	0	3	11	10	20	0	.300	.376	.444	.821
2002	ATL	NL	125	338	51	96	13	1	6	30	39	75	5	.284	.357	.382	.739
2003	ATL	NL	103	197	28	58	12	2	5	31	25	43	0	.294	.372	.452	.824
2004	ATL	NL	125	320	37	99	18	3	6	57	36	68	4	.309	.378	.441	.818
2005	ATL	NL	108	233	30	64	12	1	9	42	27	57	4	.275	.349	.451	.799
2006	NYN	NL	95	165	14	45	10	0	2	26	13	49	6	.273	.330	.370	.699
2007	NYN +1	NL	55	90	8	20	3	0	1	16	14	23	2	.222	.321	.289	.610
Career	—	—	2,527	8,677	1,285	2,586	407	54	173	1,194	917	1,341	281	.298	.365	.417	.782

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1982	PHI	NL	SS	11	8	75.0	8	23	0	2	31	1.000	2.82
			3B	2	1	7.2	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
1983	CLE	AL	SS	149	148	1323.0	247	438	28	92	713	.961	4.60
1984	CLE	AL	SS	159	158	1401.1	280	481	36	116	797	.955	4.79
1985	CLE	AL	SS	151	149	1288.0	238	419	35	95	692	.949	4.35
			2B	8	8	69.0	14	18	1	4	33	.970	4.00
1986	CLE	AL	SS	134	133	1143.1	231	374	18	81	623	.971	4.52
			2B	13	11	100.1	17	39	1	9	57	.983	4.31
1987	CLE	AL	SS	111	110	941.0	157	285	17	53	459	.963	3.98
			2B	9	8	75.1	18	28	1	3	47	.979	5.11
1988	CLE	AL	2B	151	151	1300.0	310	434	14	87	758	.982	4.93
1989	TEX	AL	2B	140	139	1199.1	256	386	13	70	655	.980	4.59
1990	TEX	AL	2B	152	152	1309.2	310	444	19	101	773	.975	4.96
1991	TEX	AL	2B	146	144	1283.1	294	372	14	80	680	.979	4.56
1992	TEX	AL	2B	9	10	70.0	12	17	3	2	32	.906	3.22
			OF	4	3	23.0	9	0	0	0	9	1.000	2.25
1994	CHA	AL	1B	14	13	115.0	88	7	3	9	98	.969	6.79
1996	CLE	AL	1B	97	96	833.2	852	77	9	89	938	.990	9.58
1997	CLE	AL	2B	35	34	288.2	69	107	3	23	179	.983	5.03
			1B	14	13	123.1	109	11	1	20	121	.992	8.57
1999	TBA	AL	1B	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
2001	ATL	NL	1B	23	22	188.0	181	16	1	20	198	.995	8.57
2002	ATL	NL	1B	95	70	694.0	717	59	8	79	784	.990	8.17
2003	ATL	NL	1B	75	38	412.0	432	32	1	47	465	.998	6.19
2004	ATL	NL	1B	84	71	631.1	627	48	2	68	677	.997	8.04
2005	ATL	NL	1B	62	45	423.1	450	37	5	47	492	.990	7.86
2006	NYN	NL	1B	27	20	194.0	197	5	1	22	203	.995	7.48
			3B	3	2	20.0	0	6	0	0	6	1.000	2.00
2007	NYN	NL	1B	16	14	131.1	123	13	0	14	136	1.000	8.50
			3B	2	2	18.0	1	4	0	0	5	1.000	2.50
Career	—	—	SS	715	706	6171.2	1,161	2,020	134	439	3,315	.960	4.45
	—	—	2B	663	657	5695.2	1,300	1,845	69	379	3,214	.979	4.74
	—	—	1B	508	402	3747.0	3,778	305	31	415	4,114	.993	8.04
	—	—	3B	7	5	45.2	1	12	0	0	13	1.000	1.86
	—	—	OF	4	3	23.0	9	0	0	0	9	1.000	2.25