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Matt Franco
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 156 of 1252 players

Matthew Neil Franco
Born: August 19, 1969 at Santa Monica, Cal.
Throws: Right Bats: Left
Height: 6.02 Weight: 200

Matt Franco has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 10 times, most recently on September 23, 2021.

First Mets game: September 8, 1996
Last Mets game: October 25, 2000

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Matt Franco also played for the following teams:

Chicago Cubs 1995; Atlanta Braves 2002, 2003

Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Mets in exchange for Chris DeWitt on April 8, 1996.

Granted free agency on December 21, 2000.

On disabled list:

from June 29, 1998 to July 14, 1998 (non-displaced fracture of fourth toe of right foot)

Click the icon to see a graph of Matt Franco's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1996 14 31 3 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 10 .194 .323 .235

1997 112 163 21 45 5 0 5 21 13 4 23 0 1 0 0 0 65 .276 .399 .330

1998 103 161 20 44 7 2 1 13 23 6 26 1 0 1 1 1 58 .273 .360 .366

1999 122 132 18 31 5 0 4 21 28 3 21 0 0 0 0 1 48 .235 .364 .366

2000 101 134 9 32 4 0 2 14 21 3 22 0 0 0 1 1 42 .239 .313 .340

5 years 452 621 71 158 22 2 13 71 86 16 97 2 1 1 2 4 223 .254 .359 .345

Division Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1999 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.000

1 year 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1999 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 1.000 .667

2000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

2 years 7 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .400 .333

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

2000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1 year 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Games played by position
1996: Third Base 8, First Base 2
1997: Third Base 39, First Base 13, Designated Hitter 1, Left Field 1, Outfield 1
1998: Third Base 13, Outfield 13, Left Field 12, First Base 11, Designated Hitter 2, Right Field 1
1999: First Base 19, Outfield 18, Left Field 15, Third Base 12, Designated Hitter 4, Right Field 3, Pitcher 2
2000: First Base 28, Third Base 22, Left Field 3, Outfield 3, Designated Hitter 2, Second Base 1

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Matt Franco was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1996 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0
1997 0 6 1 0 2 3 7 5 0
1998 0 9 7 1 3 4 3 0 0
1999 0 0 2 0 3 4 8 0 0
2000 0 1 0 0 4 6 3 2 0
Totals 0 17 11 1 12 21 22 7 0

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