Julio Franco

Shortstop

1982—2007

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
#36

Player Detail

Julio Cesar
GIVEN NAME
Franco
SURNAME
August 23, 1958, in Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor, D.R.
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1982—2007
Playing Career
Played from 23-48
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia Phillies
Cleveland Indians
Texas Rangers
Chicago White Sox
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Atlanta Braves
New York Mets
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
Texas Rangers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Methuselah
NICKNAME
14
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 160
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 23, 1982
Major League Debut
September 17, 2007
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 Shortstop —

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WHO IS Julio Franco?

All-Star middle infielder, became oldest position player in MLB history (49 years old).
In 2004 at the age of 45, Franco was the oldest regular position player in baseball history. He eventually played 32 years in professional baseball.
  • Julio Franco Scouting Report

60

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2527
2586
173
1194
.298
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
37.0
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.782
.694
113.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.298
.365
.417

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Tony Fernandez
Scott Fletcher
Cal Ripken Jr.

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.317
.385
.441

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Sandy Alomar Jr.
Pete Rose
Tony Bernazard
Ozzie Guillen
Chipper Jones
Tim Raines
Carlos Beltran
Gary Sheffield
Tom Glavine
Steve Carlton
Bobby Valentine

Julio Franco Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Franco
535
159
79
25
3
11
74
57
83
17
223
218
.298
.365
.417
782
AVG SS
540
142
70
26
4
9
43
80
12
203
189
.262
.319
.375
.694

Julio Franco Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
36
40
25
36
33
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
33
42
37
29
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Julio Franco PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
43.4
30.7
24.1
18.3
2.78
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Julio Franco
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
271.4
154.5
118.2
80.7
17.3
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Julio Franco
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS