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John Franco
- Age
- 45
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Number
- #31
- Born
- September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY, United States
- MLB debut
- April 24, 1984
- dbWAR
- .3 Regular season, 2005 only
- IP
- 15.0
- ERA
- 7.20
- FIP
- 2.89
- K/9
- 9.6
- FIP−
- 67 100 = avg
John Franco was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2005 he struck out 16 batters over 15.0 innings across 31 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 7.20 was 67.8% higher than the league average of 4.29. Stripping out defence, his 2.89 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.9% of swings (10.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.8%. His 0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2005 regular season.
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005; his career began in 1984, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | HOU | 31 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 7.20 | 2.89 | 2.13 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 168 | 67 | 0.3 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 45 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .310 | .356 | .333 | .315 | 24.4% |
| vs RHB | 32 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .400 | .531 | .520 | .455 | 15.6% |
Not in the 2005 data: pitch types, recorded in every park from 2008. The play-by-play goes back to 2005, but the measurements on each pitch and batted ball arrived later, so the panels built from them are left off this season.
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.