Julio Franco

Shortstop 1982–2007 3× All-Star

2,586H

173HR

.298AVG

1,194RBI

.782OPS

Julio Franco, born in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic, played 26 seasons (1982–2007) primarily as a shortstop, mostly with the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves. He collected 2,586 hits and 173 home runs with a .298 batting average, ranking 5th in hits among Dominican-born players. He was selected to 3 All-Star games.

Born: August 23, 1958 · Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic · 8 major leaguers from Hato Mayor
Bats / Throws: R / R
Teams: Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
1982	Philadelphia Phillies	16	29	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	2	4	.276
1983	Cleveland Indians	149	560	68	153	24	8	8	80	32	27	50	.273
1984	Cleveland Indians	160	658	82	188	22	5	3	79	19	43	68	.286
1985	Cleveland Indians	160	636	97	183	33	4	6	90	13	54	74	.288
1986	Cleveland Indians	149	599	80	183	30	5	10	74	10	32	66	.306
1987	Cleveland Indians	128	495	86	158	24	3	8	52	32	57	56	.319
1988	Cleveland Indians	152	613	88	186	23	6	10	54	25	56	72	.303
1989	Texas Rangers	150	548	80	173	31	5	13	92	21	66	69	.316
1990	Texas Rangers	157	582	96	172	27	1	11	69	31	82	83	.296
1991	Texas Rangers	146	589	108	201	27	3	15	78	36	65	78	.341
1992	Texas Rangers	35	107	19	25	7	0	2	8	1	15	17	.234
1993	Texas Rangers	144	532	85	154	31	3	14	84	9	62	95	.289
1994	Chicago White Sox	112	433	72	138	19	2	20	98	8	62	75	.319
1996	Cleveland Indians	112	432	72	139	20	1	14	76	8	61	82	.322
1997	Cleveland Indians / Milwaukee Brewers	120	430	68	116	16	1	7	44	15	69	116	.270
1999	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2001	Atlanta Braves	25	90	13	27	4	0	3	11	0	10	20	.300
2002	Atlanta Braves	125	338	51	96	13	1	6	30	5	39	75	.284
2003	Atlanta Braves	103	197	28	58	12	2	5	31	0	25	43	.294
2004	Atlanta Braves	125	320	37	99	18	3	6	57	4	36	68	.309
2005	Atlanta Braves	108	233	30	64	12	1	9	42	4	27	57	.275
2006	New York Mets	95	165	14	45	10	0	2	26	6	13	49	.273
2007	New York Mets / Atlanta Braves	55	90	8	20	3	0	1	16	2	14	23	.222
Career		2,527	8,677	1,285	2,586	407	54	173	1,194	281	917	1,341	.298

More Dominican shortstops of his era

Tony Fernandez1983–2001 · 2,276 H, 94 HR Alfredo Griffin1976–1993 · 1,688 H, 24 HR Jose Offerman1990–2005 · 1,551 H, 57 HR Jose Vizcaino1989–2006 · 1,453 H, 36 HR Rafael Ramirez1980–1992 · 1,432 H, 53 HR Frank Taveras1971–1982 · 1,029 H, 2 HR