Tito Francona

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: November 4, 1933 in Aliquippa, PA us

Died: February 13, 2018 in New Brighton, PA

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, New Brighton, PA

High School: New Brighton HS (New Brighton, PA)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 22-165d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1970 (Age 36-329d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: John Patsy Francona

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Relatives: Father of Terry Francona

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.0

5121

1395

125

.272

650

RBI

656

OBP

.344

SLG

.403

OPS

.746

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	STL		PHI	L,2-3	GF	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
2	5 (3)	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	15	2.1	2	0	0	2	1	1B
3	7 (1)	Apr 21	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
4	9 (1)	Apr 23	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GF	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (9)	May 4	STL		NYM	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	9	0	2	11	0	1B
6	20	May 6	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
7	21	May 7	STL		SFG	L,2-15	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
8	22	May 8	STL		SFG	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
9	23	May 10	STL	@	CHC	W,8-0	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
10	39 (15)	May 29	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	46 (6)	Jun 4 (2)	STL	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
12	47	Jun 5	STL	@	ATL	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
13	48	Jun 7	STL	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	49	Jun 8	STL	@	PIT	W,11-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	51 (1)	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
16	52	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
17	54 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
18	55	Jun 13 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
19	58 (2)	Jun 16	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
20	59	Jun 17	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
21	60	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
22	61	Jun 19 (1)	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	12	3	0	15	2	1B
23	62	Jun 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
24	63	Jun 20	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
25	64	Jun 21	STL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
26	65	Jun 22	STL		NYM	L,0-2	CG	38	10.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
27	66	Jun 23	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
28	67	Jun 24	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
29	71 (3)	Jun 28	STL		SFG	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	81 (9)	Jul 9	STL		HOU	W,7-1	GF	10	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
31	85 (3)	Jul 15	STL	@	CIN	W,9-2	GF	14	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	107 (21)	Aug 5	STL	@	NYM	W,7-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	108	Aug 6	STL	@	NYM	W,10-8	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	110 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
35	113 (2)	Aug 11	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
36	114	Aug 12	STL		NYM	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
37	115	Aug 13	STL		NYM	W,9-6	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
38	132 (16)	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	141 (8)	Sep 7	STL		HOU	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							39gm		270.1	222	19	3	244	20