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John Franco 2026 Season · HOU

Career: 90-87, 2.89 ERA, 975 K in 1245.2 IP.

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John Franco

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+9.7Career NUT

+8.3 to Nutty

Career

2.89ERA1.33WHIP90W975K1245.2IP424SV

L/L · 5' 10", 185 lb · b. Sep 17, 1960 · Brooklyn, NY · Draft 1981 (5th Rd, #125)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1984	23	CIN	+0.5	6	2	2.61	54	30	4	0	0	4	335	79.1	74	23	36	2	55	1.39
1985	24	CIN	+0.6	12	3	2.18	67	33	12	0	0	12	407	99.0	83	24	40	1	61	1.24
1986	25	CIN	+0.7	6	6	2.94	74	52	29	0	0	29	429	101.0	90	33	44	2	84	1.33
1987	26	CIN	+0.9	8	5	2.52	68	60	32	0	0	32	344	82.0	76	23	27	0	61	1.26
1988	27	CIN	+0.7	6	6	1.57	70	61	39	0	0	39	336	86.0	60	15	27	0	46	1.01
1989	28	CIN	+0.6	4	8	3.12	60	50	32	0	0	32	345	80.2	77	28	36	0	60	1.40
1990	29	NYM	+0.8	5	3	2.53	55	48	33	0	0	33	287	67.2	66	19	21	0	56	1.29
1991	30	NYM	+0.8	5	9	2.93	52	48	30	0	0	30	247	55.1	61	18	18	1	45	1.43
1992	31	NYM	+0.3	6	2	1.64	31	30	15	0	0	15	128	33.0	24	6	11	0	20	1.06
1993	32	NYM	-0.4	4	3	5.20	35	30	10	0	0	10	172	36.1	46	21	19	1	29	1.79
1994	33	NYM	+0.7	1	4	2.70	47	43	30	0	0	30	216	50.0	47	15	19	1	42	1.32
1995	34	NYM	+0.5	5	3	2.44	48	41	29	0	0	29	213	51.2	48	14	17	0	41	1.26
1996	35	NYM	+0.9	4	3	1.83	51	44	28	0	0	28	235	54.0	54	11	21	0	48	1.39
1997	36	NYM	+0.9	5	3	2.55	59	53	36	0	0	36	244	60.0	49	17	20	1	53	1.15
1998	37	NYM	+0.5	0	8	3.62	61	54	38	0	0	38	289	64.2	66	26	29	4	59	1.47
1999	38	NYM	+0.7	0	2	2.88	46	34	19	1	2	21	182	40.2	40	13	19	2	41	1.45
2000	39	NYM	+0.4	5	4	3.40	62	14	4	20	0	4	239	55.2	46	21	26	2	56	1.29
2001	40	NYM	+0.1	6	2	4.05	58	16	2	17	5	7	232	53.1	55	24	19	2	50	1.39
2003	42	NYM	-0.3	0	3	2.62	38	13	2	4	1	3	148	34.1	35	10	13	1	16	1.40
2004	43	NYM	-0.2	2	7	5.28	52	16	0	11	1	1	207	46.0	46	27	24	1	36	1.52
2005	44	HOU	—	0	1	7.20	31	4	0	6	1	1	77	15.0	23	12	9	1	16	2.13
Career	—	21 yrs	+9.7	90	87	2.89	1119	774	424	59	10	434	5312	1245.2	1166	400	495	22	975	1.33

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Franco's career NUT of +9.7

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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Awards

1985NL Player of the Week

1986NL All-Star · Reds Johnny Vander Meer Award

1987NL All-Star · Reds Johnny Vander Meer Award

1988NL Player of the Week · NL Relief Man Award · NL Pitcher of the Month

1989NL All-Star

1990NL All-Star · NL Relief Man Award

2001Lou Gehrig Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	L	ERA	G	GS	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1999	38	AA	0	0.00	1	1	4	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.00
2003	42	A+	1	6.23	4	3	20	4.1	6	3	1	5	1.62
2003	42	AAA	0	0.00	2	0	7	1.2	1	0	1	2	1.20

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