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Matt Franco 1B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 1113 .267 .349 .391 93 1.5
Birth Date8-19-1969
Height6' 1"
Weight210 lbs
Age54 years, 8 months, 4 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1995 CHN 25 16 17 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .294 .294 .353 69 -0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0
1996 NYN 26 14 34 6 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 .194 .235 .323 75 -1.0 -0.7 0.8 0.0
1997 NYN 27 112 176 45 5 0 5 13 23 0 1 0 .276 .330 .399 93 -0.8 -1.1 2.9 0.6
1998 NYN 28 103 187 44 7 2 1 23 26 1 0 1 .273 .366 .360 84 -3.3 -0.8 -0.1 0.0
1999 NYN 29 122 161 31 5 0 4 28 21 0 0 0 .235 .366 .364 95 -0.4 3.3 0.2 0.6
2000 NYN 30 101 157 32 4 0 2 21 22 0 0 0 .239 .340 .313 90 -1.2 -1.6 -1.3 0.0
2002 ATL 32 81 233 65 15 4 6 27 31 0 1 0 .317 .395 .517 117 5.8 -3.7 -1.5 0.4
2003 ATL 33 112 148 33 5 0 3 11 26 0 0 1 .246 .299 .351 75 -4.1 0.1 0.9 0.0
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1987 WYT Rk APL 62 228 .000 .000 .000 .306 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 GEN A- NYP 44 184 .000 .000 .000 .264 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 WYT Rk APL 20 86 .000 .000 .000 .419 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 CWV A SAL 109 443 .000 .000 .000 .288 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 PEO A MDW 16 65 .000 .000 .000 .245 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 PEO A MDW 123 490 .000 .000 .000 .298 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 WNS A+ CRL 104 363 .000 .000 .000 .236 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 CHR AA SOU 108 373 .000 .000 .000 .322 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 ORL AA SOU 68 271 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 IOW AAA AA 62 219 .000 .000 .000 .323 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 IOW AAA AA 128 498 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 CHN MLB NL 16 17 .268 .331 .412 .385 103 -1 0.5 0 69 13 0.0 0.1 -0.6 0.0
1995 IOW AAA AA 121 501 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NYN MLB NL 14 34 .257 .314 .389 .192 95 -1.6 1.1 0 75 16 0.8 -0.7 -1.0 0.0
1996 NOR AAA INT 133 557 .000 .000 .000 .351 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NYN MLB NL 112 176 .263 .334 .407 .296 98 -3.7 4.7 -0.1 93 11 2.9 -1.1 -0.8 0.6
1997 NOR AAA INT 0 29 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 NYN MLB NL 103 187 .258 .330 .403 .319 94 -1.6 4.9 -0.9 84 13 -0.1 -0.8 -3.3 0.0
1998 NOR AAA INT 0 22 .000 .000 .000 .389 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 NYN MLB NL 122 161 .262 .337 .407 .250 96 -3.9 4.4 -0.5 95 14 0.2 3.3 -0.4 0.6
2000 NYN MLB NL 101 157 .262 .337 .418 .270 103 -6.8 4.9 -0.9 90 8 -1.3 -1.6 -1.2 0.0
2000 NOR AAA INT 0 54 .000 .000 .000 .171 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 NOR AAA INT 124 492 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 ATL MLB NL 81 233 .255 .320 .405 .349 99 11.7 6.7 -3.7 117 14 -1.5 -3.7 5.8 0.4
2002 RIC AAA INT 47 192 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ATL MLB NL 112 148 .267 .334 .431 .280 99 -5.2 3.9 -1.2 75 12 0.9 0.1 -4.1 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1987 WYT Rk APL 228 202 25 50 10 1 1 65 21 26 41 4 1 .248 .333 .322 .074 0 0
1988 WYT Rk APL 86 79 14 31 9 1 0 42 16 7 5 0 1 .392 .442 .532 .139 0 0
1988 GEN A- NYP 184 164 19 42 2 0 3 53 21 19 13 2 0 .256 .333 .323 .067 0 0
1989 CWV A SAL 443 377 42 102 16 1 5 135 48 57 40 2 2 .271 .362 .358 .088 5 5
1989 PEO A MDW 65 58 4 13 4 0 0 17 9 5 5 0 1 .224 .297 .293 .069 0 0
1990 PEO A MDW 490 443 52 125 33 2 6 180 65 43 39 4 4 .282 .346 .406 .124 1 1
1991 WNS A+ CRL 363 307 47 66 12 1 4 92 41 46 42 4 1 .215 .319 .300 .085 2 2
1992 CHR AA SOU 373 343 35 97 18 3 2 127 31 26 46 3 3 .283 .335 .370 .087 0 0
1993 IOW AAA AA 219 199 24 58 17 4 5 98 29 16 30 4 1 .291 .347 .492 .201 0 0
1993 ORL AA SOU 271 237 31 75 20 1 7 118 37 29 30 3 6 .316 .394 .498 .181 1 1
1994 IOW AAA AA 498 437 63 121 32 4 11 194 71 52 66 3 3 .277 .355 .444 .167 2 2
1995 IOW AAA AA 501 455 51 128 28 5 6 184 58 37 44 1 1 .281 .335 .404 .123 1 1
1995 CHN MLB NL 17 17 3 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 0 0 .294 .294 .353 .059 0 0
1996 NOR AAA INT 557 508 74 164 40 2 7 229 81 36 55 5 2 .323 .370 .451 .128 1 1
1996 NYN MLB NL 34 31 3 6 1 0 1 10 2 1 5 0 0 .194 .235 .323 .129 1 0
1997 NOR AAA INT 29 26 5 7 2 0 0 9 0 2 2 0 0 .269 .345 .346 .077 0 0
1997 NYN MLB NL 176 163 21 45 5 0 5 65 21 13 23 1 0 .276 .330 .399 .123 0 0
1998 NOR AAA INT 22 19 2 7 1 0 0 8 1 3 1 2 0 .368 .455 .421 .053 0 0
1998 NYN MLB NL 187 161 20 44 7 2 1 58 13 23 26 0 1 .273 .366 .360 .087 1 1
1999 NYN MLB NL 161 132 18 31 5 0 4 48 21 28 21 0 0 .235 .366 .364 .129 1 0
2000 NYN MLB NL 157 134 9 32 4 0 2 42 14 21 22 0 0 .239 .340 .313 .075 1 1
2000 NOR AAA INT 54 51 3 7 1 0 0 8 1 3 10 0 0 .137 .185 .157 .020 0 0
2001 NOR AAA INT 492 433 49 106 25 1 8 157 47 52 72 5 2 .245 .329 .363 .118 0 0
2002 RIC AAA INT 192 173 24 50 11 0 6 79 28 14 19 1 0 .289 .353 .457 .168 0 0
2002 ATL MLB NL 233 205 25 65 15 4 6 106 30 27 31 1 0 .317 .395 .517 .200 1 0
2003 ATL MLB NL 148 134 11 33 5 0 3 47 15 11 26 0 1 .246 .299 .351 .104 2 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1998-06-29 1998-07-14 15-DL 15 10 - Fracture Batting Practice - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 ATL $800,000
2001 ATL $462,500
2000 NYN $462,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,725,000
3 yrTotal$1,725,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 6 d

Details
  • Japan 1/04 contract purchased 3/03
  • 1 year/$0.8M (03)
  • 1 year/$0.4625M (01)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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