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Tito Francona
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Tito Francona
| Full name John Patsy Francona |
| Born November 4, 1933, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania |
| Died February 13, 2018, New Brighton, Pennsylvania |
| Buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, New Brighton, Pennsylvania |
| First Game: April 17, 1956; Final Game: September 29, 1970 |
| Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 190 |
| Father of Terry Francona |
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| Ejections: 1963 (1) |
| SABR Biography |
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1956 BAL A Daily Splits 139 445 62 115 16 4 9 57 51 4 60 1 0 3 0 7 6 11 5 .258 .334 .373 -0.7 1956 BAL A
1957 BAL A Daily Splits 97 279 35 65 8 3 7 38 29 4 48 3 0 5 0 4 7 7 3 .233 .307 .358 -1.3 1957 BAL A
1958 CHI A Daily Splits 41 128 10 33 3 2 1 10 14 1 24 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 .258 .331 .336 -0.6 1958 CHI A
1958 DET A Daily Splits 45 69 11 17 5 0 0 10 15 3 16 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .246 .381 .319 -0.3 1958 DET A
1958 TOT A 86 197 21 50 8 2 1 20 29 4 40 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 3 .254 .350 .330 -0.9 1958 TOT A
1959 CLE A Daily Splits 122 399 68 145 17 2 20 79 35 3 42 3 1 5 0 8 11 2 0 .363 .414 .566 2.9 1959 CLE A
1960 CLE A Daily Splits 147 544 84 159 36 2 17 79 67 7 67 5 3 5 0 7 11 4 1 .292 .372 .460 1.4 1960 CLE A
1961 CLE A Daily Splits 155 592 87 178 30 8 16 85 56 3 52 4 12 3 0 5 11 2 1 .301 .363 .459 0.9 1961 CLE A
1962 CLE A Daily Splits 158 621 82 169 28 5 14 70 47 3 74 7 8 7 0 13 8 3 2 .272 .327 .401 -1.2 1962 CLE A
1963 CLE A Daily Splits 142 500 57 114 29 0 10 41 47 7 77 2 2 2 0 6 10 9 1 .228 .296 .346 -2.3 1963 CLE A
1964 CLE A Daily Splits 111 270 35 67 13 2 8 24 44 9 46 4 1 1 0 9 3 1 3 .248 .361 .400 -0.8 1964 CLE A
1965 STL N Daily Splits 81 174 15 45 6 2 5 19 17 0 30 0 1 1 0 3 4 0 0 .259 .323 .402 -1.0 1965 STL N
1966 STL N Daily Splits 83 156 14 33 4 1 4 17 7 1 27 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .212 .250 .327 -1.0 1966 STL N
1967 PHI N Daily Splits 27 73 7 15 1 0 0 3 7 1 10 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 .205 .272 .219 -0.6 1967 PHI N
1967 ATL N Daily Splits 82 254 28 63 5 1 6 25 20 2 34 1 4 1 0 8 6 1 0 .248 .304 .346 -0.9 1967 ATL N
1967 TOT N 109 327 35 78 6 1 6 28 27 3 44 1 5 2 0 9 8 1 1 .239 .297 .318 -1.5 1967 TOT N
1968 ATL N Daily Splits 122 346 32 99 13 1 2 47 51 5 45 0 1 2 0 1 12 3 0 .286 .376 .347 0.0 1968 ATL N
1969 ATL N Daily Splits 51 88 5 26 1 0 2 22 13 2 10 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 .295 .371 .375 0.1 1969 ATL N
1969 OAK A Daily Splits 32 85 12 29 6 1 3 20 12 2 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .341 .418 .541 0.5 1969 OAK A
1969 Total 83 173 17 55 7 1 5 42 25 4 21 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 1 .318 .394 .457 0.6 1969 Total
1970 OAK A Daily Splits 32 33 2 8 0 0 1 6 6 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 .242 .375 .333 0.1 1970 OAK A
1970 MIL A Daily Splits 52 65 4 15 3 0 0 4 6 1 15 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 .231 .296 .277 -0.3 1970 MIL A
1970 TOT A 84 98 6 23 3 0 1 10 12 2 21 1 3 0 0 1 4 1 0 .235 .324 .296 -0.2 1970 TOT A
Total NL ( 5 Years) 446 1091 101 281 30 5 19 133 115 11 156 2 7 9 0 17 26 4 2 .258 .327 .346 -3.4 Total NL
Total AL (11 Years) 1273 4030 549 1114 194 29 106 523 429 48 538 30 31 32 0 63 77 42 19 .276 .348 .418 -1.7 Total AL
Total (15 Years) Splits 1719 5121 650 1395 224 34 125 656 544 59 694 32 38 41 0 80 103 46 21 .272 .343 .403 -5.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1956 BAL A Daily Splits OF 122 103 72 951.2 240 10 6 1 0 .977 1 41 98
1956 BAL A RF 98 73 54 683.2 155 10 3 1 0 .982
1956 BAL A CF 41 30 18 263 86 1 3 0 0 .967
1956 BAL A 1B 21 8 6 81.1 86 3 1 7 0 .989
1956 BAL A LF 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 BAL A Daily Splits OF 73 61 46 588.1 119 0 1 0 0 .992 27 2 55
1957 BAL A RF 55 42 34 400.2 73 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 BAL A LF 27 18 11 174 43 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 BAL A 1B 4 1 1 16.2 11 1 0 2 0 1.000
1957 BAL A CF 2 1 1 13.2 5 0 1 0 0 .833
1958 CHI A Daily Splits OF 35 33 19 277.2 50 3 0 1 0 1.000 7 0 32
1958 CHI A RF 32 31 19 249.2 49 3 0 1 0 1.000
1958 CHI A LF 7 2 0 28 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 DET A Daily Splits OF 18 13 10 124.2 22 0 0 0 0 1.000 11 0 9
1958 DET A LF 11 10 7 75.2 12 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 DET A RF 9 3 3 49 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 DET A 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 TOT A LF 18 12 7 103.2 16 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 TOT A RF 41 34 22 298.2 58 3 0 1 0 1.000
1958 TOT A OF 53 46 29 402.1 72 3 0 1 0 1.000 18 0 41
1959 CLE A Daily Splits OF 64 62 51 546.1 136 2 4 0 0 .972 4 61 0
1959 CLE A CF 61 59 48 514.2 130 2 4 0 0 .971
1959 CLE A 1B 35 33 30 293.1 296 19 1 21 0 .997
1959 CLE A LF 4 3 3 31.2 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CLE A Daily Splits OF 138 135 117 1200.1 278 4 3 0 0 .989 138 0 1
1960 CLE A LF 138 135 117 1199.2 275 4 3 0 0 .989
1960 CLE A 1B 13 7 7 75.1 68 8 1 6 0 .987
1960 CLE A RF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 CLE A Daily Splits OF 138 134 127 1189 289 5 4 1 0 .987 138 0 0
1961 CLE A LF 138 134 127 1189 288 5 4 2 0 .987
1961 CLE A 1B 14 13 11 112.2 106 6 4 9 0 .966
1962 CLE A Daily Splits 1B 158 156 156 1396 1402 127 22 157 0 .986
1963 CLE A Daily Splits OF 122 118 102 1043.2 215 2 3 0 0 .986 121 0 1
1963 CLE A LF 121 117 101 1035.2 213 2 3 0 0 .986
1963 CLE A 1B 11 8 8 76.2 77 6 0 3 0 1.000
1963 CLE A RF 1 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 CLE A Daily Splits OF 70 59 39 504.2 65 2 1 0 0 .985 1 1 69
1964 CLE A RF 69 59 39 496.2 75 1 1 0 0 .987
1964 CLE A 1B 17 7 6 89 92 5 1 10 0 .990
1964 CLE A CF 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 -
1964 CLE A LF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 STL N Daily Splits OF 34 31 8 230 35 0 1 0 0 .972 1 0 34
1965 STL N RF 34 31 8 229 33 0 1 0 0 .971
1965 STL N 1B 13 11 9 95.2 102 3 1 8 0 .991
1965 STL N LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1966 STL N Daily Splits 1B 30 21 21 208.1 210 18 3 20 0 .987
1966 STL N LF 9 9 3 62 12 1 0 0 0 1.000
1966 STL N OF 9 9 3 62 14 0 0 0 0 1.000 9 0 0
1967 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 24 17 14 161.1 167 14 0 15 0 1.000
1967 PHI N RF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 PHI N OF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1967 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 56 51 48 467.2 503 32 5 36 0 .991
1967 ATL N OF 6 5 3 42 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 1
1967 ATL N LF 5 5 3 38 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
1967 ATL N RF 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 TOT N 1B 80 68 62 629 670 46 5 51 0 .993
1967 TOT N RF 2 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 TOT N OF 7 5 3 45 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 2
1968 ATL N Daily Splits OF 65 64 26 490.2 89 2 2 1 0 .978 65 0 0
1968 ATL N LF 65 64 26 490.2 90 2 2 2 0 .979
1968 ATL N 1B 33 30 16 258 293 10 2 17 0 .993
1969 ATL N Daily Splits OF 15 15 6 104 21 1 1 0 0 .957 15 0 0
1969 ATL N LF 15 15 6 104 22 1 1 0 0 .958
1969 ATL N 1B 7 5 3 45.1 43 3 1 4 0 .979
1969 OAK A Daily Splits 1B 19 17 13 158.2 158 6 2 11 0 .988
1969 OAK A LF 1 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1969 OAK A OF 1 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1969 Total 1B 26 22 16 204 201 9 3 15 0 .986
1969 Total LF 16 16 7 113 22 2 1 0 0 .960
1969 Total OF 16 16 7 113 21 2 1 0 0 .958 16 0 0
1970 OAK A Daily Splits 1B 6 3 0 26.1 24 3 0 3 0 1.000
1970 OAK A LF 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 OAK A OF 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1970 MIL A Daily Splits 1B 13 6 3 69 76 7 0 10 0 1.000
1970 TOT A 1B 19 9 3 95.1 100 10 0 13 0 1.000
Total (14 Years) Splits OF 912 844 631 7376 1581 34 26 4 0 .984 545 105 301
Total (14 Years) LF 545 514 406 4454.1 974 18 13 4 0 .987
Total (15 Years) 1B 475 394 352 3632.1 3715 271 44 339 0 .989
Total ( 8 Years) RF 301 240 158 2124.1 399 14 5 2 0 .988
Total ( 4 Years) CF 105 90 67 797.1 221 3 8 0 0 .966
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
9- 9-1963 BOX CLE A Lou DiMuro Called third strike
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1952).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Ray Moore and Billy Goodman to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for Larry Doby, Jim Marshall, Russ Heman and Jack Harshman (December 3,
1957).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bill Fischer to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ray
Boone and Bob Shaw (June 15, 1958).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Larry Doby (March 21,
1959).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Cardinals (December 15, 1964).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies (April 10, 1967).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Atlanta Braves (June 12, 1967).
Sold by Atlanta Braves to Oakland Athletics (August 22, 1969).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Al Downing to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for
Steve Hovley (June 11, 1970).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (October 27, 1970).
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