1B Matt Franco #14
Age: 38 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
10/30/1929
1B MATT FRANCO #14 - AGE: 38 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
81 89 24 4 0 9 21 9 21 .270 .330 .618 0 0.7
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 42 45 45
Gap 37 33 38 37
Power 49 45 50 49
Eye 51 46 52 51
Avoid K's 47 45 47 47
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 1
Errors: - 29 7
Arm: - 28 8
Turn DP: - 30 -
Ability: - - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 51 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 4 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 11
Stealing Ability: 49
Baserunning Inst.: 44
Sacrifice Bunt: 11
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/09/1929 @ ANC Loss, 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/08/1929 @ ANC Win, 9-8 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
10/07/1929 @ ANC Loss, 5-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/1929 BLO Win, 17-3 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
09/12/1929 BLO Win, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10/1929 @ PG Loss, 2-17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/09/1929 @ PG Loss, 0-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/08/1929 @ PG Loss, 4-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/04/1929 @ LAC Win, 3-1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
09/02/1929 @ LAC Loss, 5-9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:08/19/1891
Born in:Santa Monica, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$900,000
Signed Through:1929 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 80 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1915, 6th Pick in Round 3
TOKEN BASEBALL 1929 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 81 89 24 4 0 9 21 17 9 21 .270 .330 .618 .948 .359 .348 137
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 4 100 0 3 0 0 0 2 55 13 0 2 0.0 17.9 6.99 .7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   5 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.400 2.000
Versus Right   84 21 3 0 8 20 16 9 20 2 0 0 .250 .316 .571 .887
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   11 5 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 .455 .571 .545 1.117
May   20 7 1 0 4 7 6 1 6 0 0 0 .350 .381 1.000 1.381
June   17 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 0 .059 .105 .059 .164
July   16 4 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 .250 .294 .500 .794
August   18 4 0 0 2 5 3 3 5 0 0 0 .222 .333 .556 .889
September   7 3 1 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 .429 .375 1.429 1.804
Postseason   5 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400
Last Year   132 32 3 0 9 22 20 8 41 1 0 0 .242 .284 .470 .753
Career   3001 794 124 8 161 447 405 236 778 10 0 22 .265 .322 .472 .794
Home   38 13 3 0 2 6 6 4 8 0 0 0 .342 .405 .579 .984
Road   51 11 1 0 7 15 11 5 13 2 0 0 .216 .276 .647 .923
Grass   89 24 4 0 9 21 17 9 21 2 0 0 .270 .330 .618 .948
Day   29 7 2 0 1 2 4 5 6 0 0 0 .241 .353 .414 .767
Night   60 17 2 0 8 19 13 4 15 2 0 0 .283 .318 .717 1.035
As Starter   13 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .154 .200 .462 .662
As Reliever / Substitution   76 22 3 0 8 18 16 8 19 1 0 0 .289 .353 .645 .998
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1917 Hoboken - CBL 25 17 54 14 3 0 0 5 5 4 1 0 9 0 0 .259 .322 .315 .637 82 85 0.3
1919 Hoboken - CBL 27 141 470 112 13 0 11 40 45 26 1 4 97 0 1 .238 .277 .336 .614 70 70 -0.7
1920 Hoboken - CBL 28 75 268 81 14 2 4 23 39 19 1 0 59 0 0 .302 .351 .414 .765 113 116 1.3
1923 Hoboken - CBL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 214 360 0.0
1924 Hoboken - CBL 32 31 35 9 0 0 2 4 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 .257 .250 .429 .679 81 79 0.0
1925 St. Louis - CBL 33 8 16 8 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .529 .750 1.279 245 251 0.4
1926 Stoolbend - CBL 34 36 129 35 3 1 2 9 12 10 0 0 25 0 1 .271 .324 .357 .680 89 91 -0.1
1927 Creepy Hollow - CBL 35 45 127 33 5 2 3 13 14 9 0 1 24 0 0 .260 .307 .402 .708 90 89 0.2
Total CBL 354 1099 292 39 5 23 96 123 70 3 6 220 0 2 .266 .310 .373 .683 89 90 1.4
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1915 Plano - AAA 23 35 116 28 5 0 4 15 13 6 0 1 38 0 0 .241 .276 .388 .664 76 74 0.1
1916 Plano - AAA 24 70 233 51 6 2 9 29 26 9 2 2 60 0 0 .219 .252 .378 .630 68 66 -0.3
1916 Rochester - AAA 24 25 73 15 3 0 3 5 6 5 2 0 22 1 0 .205 .275 .370 .645 74 75 0.0
1916 Total - AAA 24 95 306 66 9 2 12 34 32 14 4 2 82 1 0 .216 .258 .376 .633 69 68 -0.3
1917 Rochester - AAA 25 118 428 113 19 0 30 69 64 33 6 0 111 3 3 .264 .325 .519 .844 128 133 3.0
1918 Rochester - AAA 26 137 490 137 17 1 29 75 65 23 9 1 105 1 2 .280 .323 .496 .819 120 122 3.3
1920 Rochester - AAA 28 66 220 55 8 0 7 24 19 24 3 0 69 0 1 .250 .332 .382 .714 94 94 0.8
1921 Rochester - AAA 29 92 149 31 1 1 8 18 17 14 0 0 37 0 1 .208 .276 .389 .665 88 84 0.3
1922 Rochester - AAA 30 82 136 34 4 0 6 18 23 14 0 1 41 0 0 .250 .318 .412 .730 98 97 0.6
1923 Rochester - AAA 31 69 163 51 13 0 9 32 25 18 0 0 40 0 2 .313 .381 .558 .939 154 161 1.9
1924 Rochester - AAA 32 50 180 45 12 3 6 23 20 11 0 1 50 1 0 .250 .292 .450 .742 105 108 0.7
1925 Richmond - AAA 33 77 225 69 9 1 14 46 40 28 0 1 56 0 3 .307 .382 .542 .924 147 145 2.4
1925 Cedar Grove - AAA 33 29 95 29 6 0 4 18 17 8 0 0 19 0 0 .305 .359 .495 .854 129 125 0.7
1925 Total - AAA 33 106 320 98 15 1 18 64 57 36 0 1 75 0 3 .306 .375 .528 .903 142 140 3.2
1926 Augusta - AAA 34 77 272 80 14 0 14 32 33 26 0 0 68 0 2 .294 .356 .500 .856 135 140 2.7
1928 Belle Fourche - AAA 36 95 132 32 3 0 9 22 20 8 0 1 41 1 0 .242 .284 .470 .753 89 89 0.3
1929 Belle Fourche - AAA 37 81 89 24 4 0 9 21 17 9 0 2 21 0 2 .270 .330 .618 .948 147 137 0.7
Total NFT 1103 3001 794 124 8 161 447 405 236 22 10 778 7 16 .265 .322 .472 .794 114 115
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1929 Belle Fourche - NFT 37 3 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 257 282 0.0
Total NFT 3 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 257 282
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1917 Hoboken - MLB 3B 17 15 5 30 1 36 1 .972 140.0 2.25 +1.9 1.101
1917 Hoboken - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1919 Hoboken - MLB 1B 81 69 542 37 33 585 6 .990 603.2 8.63 -0.6 .998
1919 Hoboken - MLB 2B 18 12 24 26 7 52 2 .962 122.2 3.67 -0.6 .984
1919 Hoboken - MLB 3B 49 46 14 70 5 91 7 .923 405.0 1.87 -2.3 .923
1919 Hoboken - MLB SS 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 .667 10.0 1.80 -0.3 .523
1920 Hoboken - MLB 1B 30 30 214 14 21 231 3 .987 262.0 7.83 +1.2 1.044
1920 Hoboken - MLB 2B 2 2 1 6 0 7 0 1.000 18.0 3.50 +0.3 1.031
1920 Hoboken - MLB 3B 43 41 12 70 8 86 4 .953 372.2 1.98 +1.2 1.047
1924 Hoboken - MLB 1B 7 2 17 2 5 19 0 1.000 25.2 6.66 +0.2 1.043
1924 Hoboken - MLB 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.3 .532
1925 St. Louis - MLB 1B 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 -0.0 .000
1925 St. Louis - MLB 2B 5 3 3 9 2 13 1 .923 28.2 3.77 -0.3 .923
1926 Stoolbend - MLB 1B 5 5 34 2 6 37 1 .973 43.0 7.53 -0.6 .690
1926 Stoolbend - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1926 Stoolbend - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1927 Creepy Hollow - MLB 1B 28 26 196 21 16 218 1 .995 227.0 8.60 +1.2 1.045
1927 Creepy Hollow - MLB 2B 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 0.0 .000
1929 Belle Fourche - AAA 1B 21 3 42 2 5 44 0 1.000 47.0 8.43 -0.0 1.035
1929 Belle Fourche - AAA 2B 5 0 3 1 0 5 1 .800 7.0 5.14 -0.6 .509
TOTAL 1B 174 135 1046 78 87 1135 11 .990 1211.1 8.35 +1.4 1.017
TOTAL 2B 31 17 32 43 10 79 4 .949 177.1 3.81 -1.1 .954
TOTAL 3B 110 102 31 171 14 214 12 .944 921.2 1.97 +0.4 .996
TOTAL SS 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 .667 10.0 1.80 -0.3 .523
TOTAL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/15/1915 Drafted in the 1915 first-year player draft by the Kansas City Regents. (Round 3, Pick 6, 46th overall pick).
08/07/1915 Signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Regents organization with a signing bonus of $460,000.
01/01/1916 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 17 (43); Power: 16 (45); Eye: 27 (56).
06/10/1916 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/23/1916 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
07/18/1916 Was traded by the Kansas City Regents to the Hoboken Zephyrs in exchange for RP Ariel Prieto and LF Jay Johnstone.
08/16/1916 Injured on 08/14/1916, diagnosed with torn ankle ligaments, will miss 5 weeks.
01/01/1917 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 23 (42); Power: 20 (46); Eye: 29 (54).
05/04/1917 Goes 0-4 against the Harrogate-Shawanee Blasters, ending his hitting streak at 21 games.
10/24/1917 Wins the 1917 NFT North Platinum Stick Award at 3B.
01/01/1918 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (43); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 24 (54).
03/02/1918 Injured (calf cramp),day-to-day for 4 days.
07/07/1918 Was selected to the 1918 Token Baseball All-Star Game.
07/28/1918 Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for one week.
08/29/1918 Injured on 08/28/1918, diagnosed with a bruised wrist, is day-to-day.
10/18/1918 Wins the 1918 NFT North Platinum Stick Award at 3B.
11/17/1918 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000.
01/01/1919 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 49 (49); Eye: 39 (55).
11/21/1919 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000.
01/01/1920 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 44 (45); Power: 37 (46); Eye: 57 (57).
07/19/1920 Wins the CBL BTC Player of the Week Award.
09/15/1920 Injured (hamstring strain),out for 5-6 weeks.
01/01/1921 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 38 (43); Power: 37 (43); Eye: 62 (62).
11/15/1921 Signed a minor league contract extension with the Hoboken Zephyrs organization.
01/01/1922 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 36 (36); Power: 39 (39); Eye: 59 (59).
09/10/1922 Injured (mild shoulder strain),day-to-day for one week.
11/19/1922 Signed a minor league contract extension with the Hoboken Zephyrs organization.
01/01/1923 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 52 (52); Power: 43 (43); Eye: 59 (59).
05/22/1923 Injured on 05/21/1923, diagnosed with shoulder tendinitis, will miss 8 weeks.
11/22/1923 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000.
01/01/1924 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 62 (62); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 53 (53).
11/19/1924 Became a free agent.
01/01/1925 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 46 (46); Power: 49 (49); Eye: 53 (53).
03/07/1925 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Baltimore Nordiques organization.
05/01/1925 Did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Baltimore organization.
07/12/1925 Was selected to the 1925 Token Baseball All-Star Game.
07/21/1925 Injured (hand contusion),out for 4 days.
07/28/1925 Was traded by the Baltimore Nordiques to the St. Louis Wolves, along with SS Ed Busch, in exchange for 2B Sam Crane and RP Dallas Beeler.
08/02/1925 Injured (mild shoulder strain),day-to-day for 2-3 weeks.
10/18/1925 Wins the 1925 Token Baseball World Series with the Cedar Grove Renegades!
11/19/1925 Became a free agent.
01/01/1926 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 48 (48); Power: 49 (49); Eye: 57 (57).
05/06/1926 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Augusta Orioles organization.
10/15/1926 Wins the 1926 Token Baseball World Series with the Augusta Orioles!
11/20/1926 Became a free agent.
01/01/1927 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 44 (44); Power: 47 (47); Eye: 55 (55).
07/05/1927 Signed a minor league contract ($55,000 bonus) with the Creepy Hollow Vampires organization.
11/01/1927 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $790,000 with the Creepy Hollow Vampires organization.
01/01/1928 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 42 (42); Power: 46 (46); Eye: 52 (52).
11/18/1928 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $900,000.
01/01/1929 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 44 (44); Power: 47 (47); Eye: 54 (54).
09/14/1929 Injured on 09/13/1929, diagnosed with a strained hip muscle, will miss 2-3 weeks.
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