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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		MIN	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 23	CLE	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	LAA	W,5-2	GS	58	16.0	12	1	0	13	0	RF 1B
6	6	Apr 25	CLE	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 26	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
8	8	Apr 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	49	9.1	5	0	0	5	1	1B
9	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	53	13.0	14	0	0	14	1	RF 1B
11	11	May 3 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
12	12	May 3 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	13	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
14	14	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	15	May 6	CLE		BAL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
16	16	May 7	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
17	17	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	18	May 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	GS	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B RF
19	19	May 10 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	GS	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
20	20	May 10 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	21	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
22	22	May 12	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	23	May 13	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	19	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
24	24	May 15	CLE	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	25	May 16	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	26	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
27	27	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	28	May 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	31 (2)	May 24	CLE		DET	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
30	33 (1)	May 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	36 (2)	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	55 (18)	Jun 16	CLE		MIN	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
33	57 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,5-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
34	66 (8)	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	7	1.2	2	0	0	2	1	1B
35	67	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	74 (6)	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	75	Jul 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	77 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	78	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	83 (4)	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	84	Jul 14	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	85	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-5	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
43	88 (2)	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	90 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	93 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	95	Jul 23	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	96	Jul 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	97	Jul 25	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	98	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	99	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
52	101 (1)	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-4	CG	49	11.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	102	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	103	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	104	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	105	Aug 1	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	107 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
58	109 (1)	Aug 4	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
59	110	Aug 5	CLE		WSA	W,9-0	GS	26	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	111	Aug 7 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,10-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
61	113 (1)	Aug 8	CLE		MIN	W,16-8	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	114	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	117 (2)	Aug 12	CLE	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
64	120 (2)	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-13	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	121	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,9-13	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
66	122	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,5-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	123	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	127 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,6-4		16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	138 (10)	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
70	140 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	45	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	141	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,7-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	142	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	151 (8)	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	154 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
75	155	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	GS	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF 1B
76	156	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	L,6-10	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	157	Sep 26	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	158	Sep 27	CLE		BAL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	159	Sep 30 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-0	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	160	Sep 30 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	163 (2)	Oct 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
82	164	Oct 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							88gm		593.2	169	6	2	177	10