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Matt Franco PHMets

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
8 1113 .267 .349 .391 .253 0.8
Birth Date8-19-1969
Height6' 1"
Weight210 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1995 CHN 25 16 17 17 3 5 1 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .294 .294 .353 .207 -0.4 0.0 -0.0
1996 NYN 26 14 34 31 3 6 1 0 1 10 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 .194 .235 .323 .219 -0.7 0.3 -0.0
1997 NYN 27 112 176 163 21 45 5 0 5 65 13 23 0 0 0 21 1 0 .276 .330 .399 .241 0.4 2.4 0.3
1998 NYN 28 103 187 161 20 44 7 2 1 58 23 26 1 1 1 13 0 1 .273 .366 .360 .252 1.3 -0.3 0.1
1999 NYN 29 122 161 132 18 31 5 0 4 48 28 21 0 1 0 21 0 0 .235 .366 .364 .239 0.5 0.5 0.1
2000 NYN 30 101 157 134 9 32 4 0 2 42 21 22 0 1 1 14 0 0 .239 .340 .313 .232 -4.1 -0.4 -0.4
2002 ATL 32 81 233 205 25 65 15 4 6 106 27 31 0 1 0 30 1 0 .317 .395 .517 .309 11.2 -1.9 0.9
2003 ATL 33 112 148 134 11 33 5 0 3 47 11 26 0 2 1 15 0 1 .246 .299 .351 .227 -1.3 -0.2 -0.1
Career66111139771102614362238212415827311722.267.349.391.2536.90.40.8

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1987 WYT Rk 62 228 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .306 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 GEN A- 44 184 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .264 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 WYT Rk 20 86 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .419 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 CWV A 109 443 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .288 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 PEO A 16 65 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .245 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 PEO A 123 490 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .298 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 WNS A+ 104 363 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .236 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 CHR AA 108 373 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .322 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 ORL AA 68 271 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 IOW AAA 62 219 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .323 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 IOW AAA 128 498 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .304 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 CHN MLB 16 17 .207 .261 .325 .401 .000 .385 103 -1 0.5 0 0.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0
1995 IOW AAA 121 501 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NYN MLB 14 34 .219 .253 .303 .380 .000 .192 95 -1.6 1.1 0 0.3 -0.7 -0.7 -0.0 -0.7 -0.0
1996 NOR AAA 133 557 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .351 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NYN MLB 112 176 .241 .257 .322 .396 .000 .296 98 -3.7 4.7 -0.1 2.4 -1.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3
1997 NOR AAA 0 29 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 NYN MLB 103 187 .252 .262 .329 .411 .000 .319 94 -1.6 4.9 -0.9 -0.3 -0.8 1.3 0.1 1.3 0.1
1998 NOR AAA 0 22 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .389 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 NYN MLB 122 161 .239 .263 .333 .415 .000 .250 96 -3.9 4.4 -0.5 0.5 3.3 3.7 0.4 0.5 0.1
2000 NYN MLB 101 157 .232 .263 .332 .416 .000 .270 94 -5.1 4.3 -0.9 -0.4 -1.6 -4.1 -0.4 -4.1 -0.4
2000 NOR AAA 0 54 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .171 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 NOR AAA 124 492 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 ATL MLB 81 233 .309 .254 .315 .403 .000 .349 98 12.1 5.9 -3.7 -1.9 -3.7 11.2 0.9 11.2 0.9
2002 RIC AAA 47 192 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ATL MLB 112 148 .227 .260 .324 .416 .000 .280 99 -5.2 3.9 -1.2 -0.2 0.1 -1.3 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1
CareerMLB1113.253.259.324.408.253.29797-1029.7-7.30.4-4.510.11.16.90.8

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1987 WYT Rk 228 25 50 10 1 1 21 26 41 4 1 .248 .333 .322 .074 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 WYT Rk 86 14 31 9 1 0 16 7 5 0 1 .392 .442 .532 .139 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 GEN A- 184 19 42 2 0 3 21 19 13 2 0 .256 .333 .323 .067 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 CWV A 443 42 102 16 1 5 48 57 40 2 2 .271 .362 .358 .088 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 PEO A 65 4 13 4 0 0 9 5 5 0 1 .224 .297 .293 .069 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 PEO A 490 52 125 33 2 6 65 43 39 4 4 .282 .346 .406 .124 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 WNS A+ 363 47 66 12 1 4 41 46 42 4 1 .215 .319 .300 .085 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 CHR AA 373 35 97 18 3 2 31 26 46 3 3 .283 .335 .370 .087 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 ORL AA 271 31 75 20 1 7 37 29 30 3 6 .316 .394 .498 .181 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 IOW AAA 219 24 58 17 4 5 29 16 30 4 1 .291 .347 .492 .201 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 IOW AAA 498 63 121 32 4 11 71 52 66 3 3 .277 .355 .444 .167 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 CHN MLB 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .294 .294 .353 .059 .207 -0.4 0.0 -0.0
1995 IOW AAA 501 51 128 28 5 6 58 37 44 1 1 .281 .335 .404 .123 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NYN MLB 34 3 6 1 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 .194 .235 .323 .129 .219 -0.7 0.3 -0.0
1996 NOR AAA 557 74 164 40 2 7 81 36 55 5 2 .323 .370 .451 .128 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NYN MLB 176 21 45 5 0 5 21 13 23 1 0 .276 .330 .399 .123 .241 0.4 2.4 0.3
1997 NOR AAA 29 5 7 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .269 .345 .346 .077 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 NYN MLB 187 20 44 7 2 1 13 23 26 0 1 .273 .366 .360 .087 .252 1.3 -0.3 0.1
1998 NOR AAA 22 2 7 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 .368 .455 .421 .053 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 NYN MLB 161 18 31 5 0 4 21 28 21 0 0 .235 .366 .364 .129 .239 0.5 0.5 0.1
2000 NYN MLB 157 9 32 4 0 2 14 21 22 0 0 .239 .340 .313 .075 .232 -4.1 -0.4 -0.4
2000 NOR AAA 54 3 7 1 0 0 1 3 10 0 0 .137 .185 .157 .020 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 NOR AAA 492 49 106 25 1 8 47 52 72 5 2 .245 .329 .363 .118 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 ATL MLB 233 25 65 15 4 6 30 27 31 1 0 .317 .395 .517 .200 .309 11.2 -1.9 0.9
2002 RIC AAA 192 24 50 11 0 6 28 14 19 1 0 .289 .353 .457 .168 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ATL MLB 148 11 33 5 0 3 15 11 26 0 1 .246 .299 .351 .104 .227 -1.3 -0.2 -0.1

Injury History beta

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)

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This article requires BP Premium accessThe Platoon Advantage: What Valentine Brings to BostonCee Angi2012-04-25
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Prospectus Q&A: Jack ZduriencikDavid Laurila2010-01-21
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Preview: Friday's Games to WatchCaleb Peiffer2008-05-16
Battle of Champions: Chicago White Sox @ Chiba Lotte Marines, Game 5Dave Haller2006-01-11
Battle of Champions: Chicago White Sox @ Chiba Lotte Marines, Game 4Dave Haller2006-01-10
Battle of Champions: Chicago White Sox @ Chiba Lotte Marines, Game 3Dave Haller2006-01-09
Battle of Champions: Chiba Lotte Marines @ Chicago White Sox, Game 2Dave Haller2006-01-06
Battle of Champions: Chiba Lotte Marines @ Chicago White Sox, Game 1Dave Haller2006-01-05
Battle of Champions: Chicago White Sox vs. Chiba Lotte MarinesDave Haller2006-01-04
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Meetings Wrap-Up, NLJoe Sheehan2005-12-15
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Matchups: The Generation GapJim Baker2004-11-24
This article requires BP Premium accessPlayoff Prospectus: Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago CubsNate Silver2003-09-30
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil RaysBaseball Prospectus2003-09-03
Internet Baseball Awards: NL Most Valuable PlayerGreg Spira2002-10-26
Prospectus Roundtable: Bonds Bombs, Tomahawk Chops, and Suspect ManagementBaseball Prospectus2002-10-11
Playoff Prospectus: San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta BravesChristina Kahrl2002-10-02
Transaction Analysis: June 18-24, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-06-26
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Transaction Analysis: May 28-29, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-06-01
Transaction Analysis: March 26-30, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-04-02


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