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John Franco played 21 major-league seasons (1984-2005) as a P (1,119). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 24 | CIN | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1985 | 25 | CIN | 67 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .667 | 94 |
| 1986 | 26 | CIN | 74 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1987 | 27 | CIN | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1988 | 28 | CIN | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1989 | 29 | CIN | 60 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .667 | 98 |
| 1990 | 30 | NYN | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1991 | 31 | NYN | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1992 | 32 | NYN | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1993 | 33 | NYN | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1994 | 34 | NYN | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1996 | 36 | NYN | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1998 | 38 | NYN | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2000 | 40 | NYN | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 24 | CIN | 54 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 79.1 | 55 | 36 | 2.61 | 138 |
| 1985 | 25 | CIN | 67 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 99 | 61 | 40 | 2.18 | 165 |
| 1986 | 26 | CIN | 74 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 101 | 84 | 44 | 2.94 | 126 |
| 1987 | 27 | CIN | 68 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 82 | 61 | 27 | 2.52 | 162 |
| 1988 | 28 | CIN | 70 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 86 | 46 | 27 | 1.57 | 220 |
| 1989 | 29 | CIN | 60 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 80.2 | 60 | 36 | 3.12 | 112 |
| 1990 | 30 | NYN | 55 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 67.2 | 56 | 21 | 2.53 | 150 |
| 1991 | 31 | NYN | 52 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 55.1 | 45 | 18 | 2.93 | 126 |
| 1992 | 32 | NYN | 31 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 1.64 | 214 |
| 1993 | 33 | NYN | 35 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 36.1 | 29 | 19 | 5.20 | 78 |
| 1994 | 34 | NYN | 47 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 50 | 42 | 19 | 2.70 | 156 |
| 1995 | 35 | NYN | 48 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 51.2 | 41 | 17 | 2.44 | 171 |
| 1996 | 36 | NYN | 51 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 54 | 48 | 21 | 1.83 | 230 |
| 1997 | 37 | NYN | 59 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 60 | 53 | 20 | 2.55 | 165 |
| 1998 | 38 | NYN | 61 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 64.2 | 59 | 29 | 3.62 | 117 |
| 1999 | 39 | NYN | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 40.2 | 41 | 19 | 2.88 | 159 |
| 2000 | 40 | NYN | 62 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 55.2 | 56 | 26 | 3.40 | 136 |
| 2001 | 41 | NYN | 58 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 53.1 | 50 | 19 | 4.05 | 108 |
| 2003 | 43 | NYN | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 34.1 | 16 | 13 | 2.62 | 163 |
| 2004 | 44 | NYN | 52 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 36 | 24 | 5.28 | 81 |
| 2005 | 45 | HOU | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 7.20 | 59 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | P | 54 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 67 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 74 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 |
| 1987 | P | 68 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | P | 70 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 1989 | P | 60 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990 | P | 55 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | P | 52 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | P | 31 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 1993 | P | 35 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | P | 47 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | P | 48 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | P | 51 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | P | 59 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | P | 61 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | P | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | P | 62 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | P | 58 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | P | 38 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | P | 52 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | P | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1994, 1988.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 23 / 336 | 0 |
| 1994 | Cy Young Award | NL | 7 | 2 / 140 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.