John Franco
John Anthony Franco
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY
Drafted: 5th round 1981 by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Acquired: traded from the Cincinnati Reds with Don Brown for Randy Myers and Kip Gross, December 1989
Departed: as a free agent, November 2004
Nothing much needs to be said about John Franco except that he was an all-time great relief pitcher, and that he was the New York-born heart and soul of the Mets. Pictured is a pocket schedule from 1991 featuring John, and below are three more scans of interesting Franco memorabilia.
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PITCHING RECORD (team-leading totals in red)YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP W L PCT H R ER SO BB ShO SV ERA 1985 Cin NL 67 0 0 99.0 12 3 .800 83 27 24 61 40 0 12 2.18 1986 Cin NL 74 0 0 101.0 6 6 .500 90 40 33 84 44 0 29 2.94 1987 Cin NL 68 0 0 82.0 8 5 .615 76 26 23 61 27 0 32 2.52 1988 Cin NL 70 0 0 86.0 6 6 .500 60 18 15 46 27 0 39 1.57 1989 Cin NL 60 0 0 80.2 4 8 .333 77 35 28 60 36 0 32 3.12 1990 *METS* 55 0 0 67.2 5 3 .625 66 22 19 56 21 0 33 2.53 1991 *METS* 52 0 0 55.1 5 9 .357 61 27 18 45 18 0 30 2.93 1992 *METS* 31 0 0 33.0 6 2 .750 24 6 6 20 11 0 15 1.64 1993 *METS* 35 0 0 36.1 4 3 .571 46 24 21 29 19 0 10 5.20 1994 *METS* 47 0 0 50.0 1 4 .200 47 20 15 42 19 0 30 2.70 1995 *METS* 48 0 0 51.2 5 3 .625 48 17 14 41 17 0 29 2.44 1996 *METS* 51 0 0 54.0 4 3 .571 54 15 11 48 21 0 28 1.83 1997 *METS* 59 0 0 60.0 5 3 .625 49 18 17 53 20 0 36 2.55 1998 *METS* 61 0 0 64.2 0 8 .000 66 28 26 59 29 0 38 3.62 1999 *METS* 46 0 0 40.2 0 2 .000 40 14 13 41 19 0 19 2.88 2000 *METS* 62 0 0 55.2 5 4 .556 46 24 21 56 26 0 4 3.40 2001 *METS* 58 0 0 53.1 6 2 .750 55 25 24 50 19 0 2 4.05 2003 *METS* 38 0 0 34.1 0 3 .000 35 11 10 16 13 0 2 2.62 2004 *METS* 52 0 0 46.0 2 7 .222 46 28 27 36 24 0 0 5.28 2005 Hou NL 31 0 0 15.0 0 1 .000 23 13 12 16 9 0 0 7.20 METS TOTALS 695 0 0 702.2 48 56 .462 683 279 242 592 276 0 276 3.10 OTHER CLUBS 424 0 0 543.0 42 31 .575 483 187 158 383 219 0 148 2.62 CAREER TOTS 1119 0 0 1245.2 90 87 .508 1166 466 400 975 495 0 424 2.89 |
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This is a list of the John Franco cards that I already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here, and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at
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1990 Topps Heads Up |
1985 Fleer #536
1985 Fleer Star Stickers #120
1985 Topps #417
1986 Big Apple Super Rookies
1986 Donruss #487
1986 Fleer #178
1986 Kay Bee Young Superstars of Baseball #13
1986 Kay Bee Young Superstars of Baseball #13 (autographed)
1986 Leaf #240
1986 O-Pee-Chee #54
1986 Sportflics #156
1986 Topps #54
1986 Topps Tattoos (partial panel)
1987 Classic Green #100
1987 Donruss #289
1987 Donruss Action All-Stars #22
1987 Fleer #202
1987 Fleer #631 (Super Star Specials)
1987 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers and Pitchers #14
1987 Fleer Limited Edition #14
1987 Fleer Star Stickers #41
1987 Leaf #178
1987 O-Pee-Chee #305
1987 Sportflics #192
1987 Topps #305
1987 Topps Mini Leaders #5
1987 Topps Stickers #138 (uncut)
1988 Donruss #123
1988 Donruss All-Stars #53
1988 Fleer #234
1988 Fleer #627 (Super Star Specials)
1988 Fleer Star Stickers #84
1988 Nestlé #8
1988 Panini Stickers #271
1988 Score #535
1988 Score Glossy #535
1988 Topps #81 (Reds Leaders)
1988 Topps #730
1988 Topps American Baseball #24
1988 Topps Big #232
1988 Topps Mini League Leaders #47
1988 Topps Sticker Cards #32
1988 Topps Stickers #142 (uncut)
1989 Bowman #301
1989 Cadaco Discs
1989 Donruss #233
1989 Fleer #162
1989 Fleer Heroes of Baseball #14
1989 Panini Stickers #66
1989 Score #575
1989 Topps #290
1989 Topps American Baseball #27
1989 Topps DoubleHeaders
1989 Topps/LJN Toys Baseball Talk #130
1989 Topps Mini Leaders #9
1989 Topps Sticker Cards #4 (uncut)
1989 Topps Sticker Cards #65
1989 Topps Stickers #136
1989 Upper Deck #407
1989 Woolworth's Highlights #12
1990 Bowman #128
1990 Classic Blue #86
1990 Classic Pink #T19
1990 Donruss #14 (Diamond King)
1990 Donruss #124
1990 Donruss Diamond Kings Supers #14
1990 Donruss NL Best #92
1990 Fleer #419
1990 Fleer box #C-7
1990 Fleer Canadian #419
1990 Fleer Update #U-35
1990 Kahn's Mets #31
1990 Leaf #356
1990 Panini Stickers #244
1990 Publications International Hottest Players Stickers
1990 Publications International Stickers (action and portrait)
1990 Score #273
1990 Score Rookie & Traded #15T
~1990 Simon and Schuster Little Big Leaguers
1990 Sportflics #138
1990 Topps #120
1990 Topps Big #264
1990 Topps Heads Up #11
1990 Topps Mini Leaders #54
1990 Topps Traded #32T
1990 Upper Deck #139
1990 US Playing Card Company All-Stars (seven of hearts)
1991 Baseball Cards Magazine #5
1991 Bowman #475
1991 Classic Blue #T65
1991 Classic Purple #125
1991 Donruss #322
1991 Fleer #147
1991 Fleer #712 (Super Star Specials; "Top Game Savers")
1991 Fleer Ultra #217
1991 Kahn's Mets #31
1991 Leaf #437
1991 Panini Stickers #87
1991 Score #14
1991 Score Superstars #29
1991 Topps #407 (All-Star)
1991 Topps #510
1991 Topps Micro #407 (All-Star)
1991 Topps Micro # 510
~1991 unnamed, unnumbered 1"x2" card
1991 Upper Deck #290
1991 WIZ Mets #126
1992 Baseball Cards Magazine #BBC 56
1992 Bowman #546
1992 Donruss #186
1992 Donruss Triple Play #182
1992 Fleer #504
1992 Fleer Ultra #529
1992 Kahn's Mets #31
1992 Leaf #174
1992 Leaf Studio #64
1992 O-Pee-Chee Premier #73
1992 Pinnacle #64
1992 Score #605
1992 Score Superstars #57
1992 Topps #690
1992 Topps Gold Winners #690
1992 Topps Kids #13
1992 Topps Micro #690
1992 Topps Stadium Club #565
1992 Upper Deck #514
1992 Upper Deck #514 (gold hologram)
1993 Bowman #298
1993 Donruss #146
1993 Fleer #471
1993 Fleer Ultra #73
1993 Kahn's Mets #31
1993 Leaf #112
1993 Leaf Studio #70
1993 Leaf Triple Play #90
1993 O-Pee-Chee #68
1993 Pacific #197
1993 Pinnacle #216
1993 Pinnacle #310 (Hometown Heroes)
1993 Score #139
1993 Score Select #167
1993 Score Select Stars #11 (Dufex)
1993 Topps #25
1993 Topps (blank back)
1993 Topps Micro #25
1993 Topps Stadium Club #316
1993 Upper Deck #321
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1994 Fleer Extra Bases |
1994 Bowman #184
1994 Donruss #98
1994 Fleer #561
1994 Fleer Extra Bases #316
1994 Leaf #144
1994 O-Pee-Chee #256
1994 Pinnacle #368
1994 Pinnacle Museum Collection #368
1994 Score #122
1994 Topps #481
1994 Topps Finest #170
1994 Topps Gold #481
1994 Topps Stadium Club #339
1994 Topps Stadium Club Golden Rainbow #339
1994 Upper Deck #323
1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #414
1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature #414
1995 Bazooka #48
1995 Donruss #346
1995 Donruss Top of the Order
1995 Fleer #368
1995 Fleer Flair #383
1995 Fleer Ultra #411
1995 Fleer Ultra League Leaders #10
1995 Kahn's Mets #31
1995 Leaf #225
1995 Pacific Crown Collection #280
1995 Pinnacle #402
1995 Score #457
1995 Score Gold Rush #457
1995 Topps #280
1995 Topps #394 (All-Stars)
1995 Topps Cyberstats #152
1995 Topps Finest #131
1995 Topps Stadium Club #189
1995 Topps Stadium Club Members Only #15
1995 Topps Stadium Club Virtual Reality #98
1995 Upper Deck #122
1995 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #329
1995 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature #329
1995 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Special Edition #151
1996 Donruss #128
1996 Fleer #478
1996 Fleer Flair #318
1996 Fleer/Skybox Circa #155
1996 Fleer/Skybox E-XL #230
1996 Fleer Tiffany #478
1996 Fleer Ultra #511
1996 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion #511
1996 Kahn's Mets #31
1996 Leaf Signature Series Bronze (autographed)
1996 Pacific Crown Collection #134
1996 Pacific Prisms #P-47
1996 Score #290
1996 Topps #155
1996 Topps Stadium Club #114
1996 Topps Stadium Club Extreme Players Gold
1996 Topps Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #114
1996 Topps Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #266 (Team TSC)
1996 Upper Deck #400
1996 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #220
1997 Fleer #394
1997 Fleer/Skybox Circa #281
1997 Fleer/Skybox Metal Universe #192
1997 Fleer Ultra #237
1997 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion #G237
1997 Pacific Crown Collection #363
1997 Topps #227
1997 Topps Finest Silver #288
1997 Topps Gallery #35
1997 Topps Stadium Club #373
1997 Topps Stadium Club Members Only #373
1997 Upper Deck #119
1997 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #171
1997 Upper Deck SP #121
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1998 Pinnacle Snapshots |
1998 Donruss Signature Series (autographed)
1998 Fleer Tradition #188
1998 Fleer Ultra #276
1998 Pacific Aurora #163
1998 Pacific Crown Collection #364
1998 Pacific Invincible #120
1998 Pacific Paramount #202
1998 Pinnacle Snapshots Mets #11
1998 Skybox Circa Thunder #231
1998 Topps #306
1998 Topps Chrome #306
1998 Topps Finest #229
1998 Topps Finest No-Protectors #229
1998 Topps Opening Day #133
1998 Topps Stadium Club #5
1998 Upper Deck #164
1998 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #173
1998 Upper Deck SP Authentic #133
1998 Upper Deck SPx Finite #103 (0221/9000)
1998 Upper Deck SPx Finite Radiance #103 (0300/4500)
1998 Upper Deck SPx Finite Spectrum #103 (2087/2250)
1998 Upper Deck 10th Anniversary Preview #12
1999 Fleer Tradition #416
1999 Fleer Tradition Millennium #416
1999 Pacific #276
1999 Pacific Crown Collection #179
1999 Skybox Metal Universe #8
1999 Skybox Premium #28
1999 Topps #275
1999 Topps Stadium Club #22
1999 Upper Deck #146
2000 Fleer Tradition #313
2000 Fleer Tradition Glossy #313
2000 Newark Star-Ledger
2000 Pacific #277
2000 Pacific Ruby #277
2000 Skybox Dominion #31
2000 Topps #292
2000 Topps #473 (20th Century's Best)
2000 Topps Chrome #473, #474 (20th Century's Best)
2000 Topps Chrome Refractors #292
2000 Topps Chrome Refractors #473, #474 (20th Century's Best)
2000 Topps Limited Edition #292
2000 Topps Subway Series #22, #55, #61
2000 Upper Deck Subway Series #NY25
2000 Wizards of the Coast MLB Showdown Pennant Run 1st Edition #088
2000 Wizards of the Coast MLB Showdown Pennant Run Strategy #S20 ("Put Out the Fire")
2001 Bowman Heritage #104
2001 Pacific #268
2001 Palm Beach Post #45
2001 Topps #70
2001 Topps Chrome #52
2001 Topps Limited Edition #70
2001 Topps Opening Day #26
2001 Upper Deck Subway Series #SS-JF (game-used jersey)
2001 Wizards of the Coast MLB Showdown Pennant Run #096
2002 Fleer #85
2002 Fleer Mets 40th Anniversary All-Amazin' Team #13
2002 Topps #182
2002 Topps Heritage #115
2002 Topps Total #35
2002 Upper Deck #393
2002 Upper Deck 40 Man Electric #811
2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes Classic World Series Matchups #MU00E (game-worn jersey)
2002 Wizards of the Coast MLB Showdown #216
2003 Choice Norfolk Tides #07
2003 Topps #498
2003 Topps Gold #498 (0914/2003)
2003 Topps Total #372
2003 Topps Total Silver #372
2003 Upper Deck 40 Man #616
2004 Upper Deck SP Authentic #159 (All-Star Moments; 374/999)
2004 Upper Deck SP Authentic #159 (All-Star Moments; 003/199)
2005 Topps Total #595
2005 Wizards of the Coast MLB Showdown Trading Deadline #111
2006 Hero Decks Mets Heroes (king of hearts)
Other John Franco memorabilia in my collection:
1988 Topps Coins #41
1989 Topps Coins #12
1991 Mets pocket schedule
1991 Starting Lineup figure
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