Tito Francona

Tito Francona

1956–1970 · Bats L · Throws L · 5'11", 190 lb · b. 1933 Aliquippa, PA

Career 1,719 G · 1,395 H · 125 HR · 656 RBI · .272 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

1 best in baseball 2 league only

9 Top-5 finishes

2 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1962 Best season

Spanning 1960–1962, peaking at 2 titles in 1962.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,713th League titles 3
1,845th Best in baseball 1
2,800th Top-5 finishes 9

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

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
First Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1962 AL 9.68
First Base Double Plays	1	1st	—	1962 157
Doubles	1	1st	—	1960 AL 36
First Base Assists	—	#2	—	1962 #2
First Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1962 #2

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1962	2	1B DP 157 1B RF 9.68
1960	1	2B 36

Batting

led the league 15 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1956	BAL	AL	139	445	62	115	16	4	9	57	51	60	11	.258	.334	.373	.707
1957	BAL	AL	97	279	35	65	8	3	7	38	29	48	7	.233	.307	.358	.665
1958	DET +1	AL	86	197	21	50	8	2	1	20	29	40	2	.254	.350	.330	.680
1959	CLE	AL	122	399	68	145	17	2	20	79	35	42	2	.363	.414	.566	.980
1960	CLE	AL	147	544	84	159	36	2	17	79	67	67	4	.292	.372	.460	.832
1961	CLE	AL	155	592	87	178	30	8	16	85	56	52	2	.301	.363	.460	.823
1962	CLE	AL	158	621	82	169	28	5	14	70	47	74	3	.272	.327	.401	.728
1963	CLE	AL	142	500	57	114	29	0	10	41	47	77	9	.228	.296	.346	.642
1964	CLE	AL	111	270	35	67	13	2	8	24	44	46	1	.248	.361	.400	.761
1965	SLN	NL	81	174	15	45	6	2	5	19	17	30	0	.259	.323	.402	.725
1966	SLN	NL	83	156	14	33	4	1	4	17	7	27	0	.212	.250	.327	.577
1967	ATL +1	NL	109	327	35	78	6	1	6	28	27	44	1	.239	.297	.318	.615
1968	ATL	NL	122	346	32	99	13	1	2	47	51	45	3	.286	.376	.347	.723
1969	ATL +1	NL	83	173	17	55	7	1	5	42	25	21	0	.318	.394	.457	.851
1970	ML4 +1	AL	84	98	6	23	3	0	1	10	12	21	1	.235	.324	.296	.620
Career	—	—	1,719	5,121	650	1,395	224	34	125	656	544	694	46	.272	.344	.403	.746

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1956	BAL	AL	OF	122	103	950.2	240	10	6	1	256	.977	2.05
			1B	21	8	82.1	86	3	1	7	90	.989	4.24
1957	BAL	AL	OF	73	61	588.1	119	0	1	0	120	.992	1.63
			1B	4	1	16.2	11	1	0	2	12	1.000	3.00
1958	DET	AL	OF	53	46	402.1	72	3	0	1	75	1.000	1.42
			1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1959	CLE	AL	OF	64	62	546.1	136	2	4	0	142	.972	2.16
			1B	35	33	293.1	296	19	1	21	316	.997	9.00
1960	CLE	AL	OF	138	135	1200.1	278	4	3	0	285	.990	2.04
			1B	13	7	75.1	68	8	1	6	77	.987	5.85
1961	CLE	AL	OF	138	134	1189.0	289	5	4	1	298	.987	2.13
			1B	14	13	112.2	106	6	4	9	116	.966	8.00
1962	CLE	AL	1B	158	156	1396.0	1,402	127	22	157	1,551	.986	9.68
1963	CLE	AL	OF	122	118	1043.2	215	2	3	0	220	.986	1.78
			1B	11	8	76.2	77	6	0	3	83	1.000	7.55
1964	CLE	AL	OF	69	59	504.2	65	2	1	0	68	.985	0.97
			1B	17	7	89.0	92	5	1	10	98	.990	5.71
1965	SLN	NL	OF	34	31	230.0	35	0	1	0	36	.972	1.03
			1B	13	11	95.0	102	3	1	8	106	.991	8.08
1966	SLN	NL	1B	30	21	208.1	210	18	3	20	231	.987	7.60
			OF	9	9	62.0	14	0	0	0	14	1.000	1.56
1967	ATL	NL	1B	80	68	629.0	670	46	5	51	721	.993	8.95
			OF	7	5	45.0	5	2	0	0	7	1.000	1.00
1968	ATL	NL	OF	65	64	491.2	89	2	2	1	93	.979	1.40
			1B	33	30	258.0	293	10	2	17	305	.993	9.18
1969	ATL	NL	1B	26	22	204.0	201	9	3	15	213	.986	8.08
			OF	16	16	113.0	21	2	1	0	24	.958	1.44
1970	ML4	AL	1B	19	9	95.0	100	10	0	13	110	1.000	5.79
			OF	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
Career	—	—	OF	911	844	7376.0	1,581	34	26	4	1,641	.984	1.77
	—	—	1B	475	394	3632.1	3,715	271	44	339	4,030	.989	8.39