Tito Francona was born on Saturday, November 4, 1933, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Francona was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1956, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tito Francona baseball stats page.
"I had a big thrill the first game in the big leagues I played. We were opening up with Boston, I was with Baltimore, and Harry Dorish was my roommate, and Harry played with Boston the previous year. I was just a rookie and Harry said: 'If you want any tips on hitting go over and see Ted Williams before the game, go out early.' So I went out to the ballpark early that day, opening day, and I'm the only guy in our dugout, you know it was early, and here comes Ted Williams walking across from their dugout and he says: 'You Tito Francona?' and I said 'yeh' And he says: 'come along with me,' and he grabs me and we were sitting on the tarp and started talking hitting, and man I was all eyes." - Tito Francona in the Beaver County Times (Sports Editor Sam Bechtel, 07/03/1971, 'For Tito Francona, The Game Was a Gas, Page 9)
Tito FranconaTito Francona Autograph on a 1989 Pacific Trading Baseball Card (#133) |
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Tito FranconaTito Francona Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Tito FranconaTito Francona Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1956 | 23 | Orioles | 139 | 445 | 62 | 115 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 57 | 51 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .258 | .334 | .373 |
1957 | 24 | Orioles | 97 | 279 | 35 | 65 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | .233 | .307 | .358 |
1958 | 25 | White Sox | 41 | 128 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .258 | .331 | .336 |
1958 | 25 | Tigers | 45 | 69 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .246 | .381 | .319 |
1959 | 26 | Indians | 122 | 399 | 68 | 145 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 79 | 35 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | .363 | .414 | .566 |
1960 | 27 | Indians | 147 | 544 | 84 | 159 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 79 | 67 | 7 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | .292 | .372 | .460 |
1961 | 28 | Indians | 155 | 592 | 87 | 178 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 85 | 56 | 3 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 11 | .301 | .363 | .459 |
1962 | 29 | Indians | 158 | 621 | 82 | 169 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 70 | 47 | 3 | 74 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | .272 | .327 | .401 |
1963 | 30 | Indians | 142 | 500 | 57 | 114 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 47 | 7 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .228 | .296 | .346 |
1964 | 31 | Indians | 111 | 270 | 35 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .248 | .361 | .400 |
1965 | 32 | Cardinals | 81 | 174 | 15 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .259 | .323 | .402 |
1966 | 33 | Cardinals | 83 | 156 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .212 | .250 | .327 |
1967 | 34 | Phillies | 27 | 73 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .205 | .272 | .219 |
1967 | 34 | Braves | 82 | 254 | 28 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .248 | .304 | .346 |
1968 | 35 | Braves | 122 | 346 | 32 | 99 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 51 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | .286 | .376 | .347 |
1969 | 36 | Braves | 51 | 88 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .295 | .371 | .375 |
1969 | 36 | Athletics | 32 | 85 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .341 | .418 | .541 |
1970 | 37 | Athletics | 32 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .242 | .375 | .333 |
1970 | 37 | Brewers | 52 | 65 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .296 | .277 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
15 Years | 1,719 | 5,121 | 650 | 1,395 | 224 | 34 | 125 | 1 | 656 | 544 | 59 | 694 | 38 | 41 | 32 | 103 | .272 | .343 | .403 |
Tito FranconaTito Francona Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1956 Orioles | 1B | 21 | 8 | 246 | 90 | 4.3 | 89 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 9.77 |
1956 Orioles | CF | 41 | 30 | 789 | 90 | 2.2 | 87 | 86 | 1 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 2.98 |
1956 Orioles | LF | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.75 |
1956 Orioles | RF | 98 | 73 | 2,049 | 168 | 1.7 | 165 | 155 | 10 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 2.17 |
1957 Orioles | 1B | 4 | 1 | 48 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.75 |
1957 Orioles | CF | 2 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 3.46 |
1957 Orioles | LF | 27 | 18 | 522 | 43 | 1.6 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.22 |
1957 Orioles | RF | 55 | 42 | 1,200 | 73 | 1.3 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.64 |
1958 Tigers | LF | 11 | 10 | 225 | 12 | 1.1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.44 |
1958 White Sox | LF | 7 | 2 | 84 | 4 | 0.6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
1958 White Sox | RF | 32 | 31 | 747 | 52 | 1.6 | 52 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.88 |
1958 Tigers | RF | 9 | 3 | 147 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.65 |
1958 Tigers | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
1959 Indians | 1B | 35 | 33 | 879 | 316 | 9.0 | 315 | 296 | 19 | 1 | 21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .997 | 9.68 |
1959 Indians | CF | 61 | 59 | 1,542 | 136 | 2.2 | 132 | 130 | 2 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 2.31 |
1959 Indians | LF | 4 | 3 | 93 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.45 |
1960 Indians | 1B | 13 | 7 | 225 | 77 | 5.9 | 76 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 9.12 |
1960 Indians | LF | 138 | 135 | 3,597 | 282 | 2.0 | 279 | 275 | 4 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 2.09 |
1960 Indians | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1961 Indians | 1B | 14 | 13 | 336 | 116 | 8.3 | 112 | 106 | 6 | 4 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 9.00 |
1961 Indians | LF | 138 | 134 | 3,567 | 296 | 2.1 | 292 | 287 | 5 | 4 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 2.21 |
1962 Indians | 1B | 158 | 156 | 4,188 | 1,551 | 9.8 | 1,529 | 1,402 | 127 | 22 | 157 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 9.86 |
1963 Indians | 1B | 11 | 8 | 228 | 83 | 7.5 | 83 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.83 |
1963 Indians | LF | 121 | 117 | 3,105 | 218 | 1.8 | 215 | 213 | 2 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 1.87 |
1963 Indians | RF | 1 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.25 |
1964 Indians | 1B | 17 | 7 | 267 | 98 | 5.8 | 97 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 9.81 |
1964 Indians | CF | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1964 Indians | LF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
1964 Indians | RF | 69 | 59 | 1,488 | 77 | 1.1 | 76 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 1.38 |
1965 Cardinals | 1B | 13 | 11 | 285 | 106 | 8.2 | 105 | 102 | 3 | 1 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .991 | 9.95 |
1965 Cardinals | LF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1965 Cardinals | RF | 34 | 31 | 687 | 34 | 1.0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 1.30 |
1966 Cardinals | 1B | 30 | 21 | 624 | 231 | 7.7 | 228 | 210 | 18 | 3 | 20 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 9.87 |
1966 Cardinals | LF | 9 | 9 | 186 | 13 | 1.4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.89 |
1967 Phillies | 1B | 24 | 17 | 483 | 181 | 7.5 | 181 | 167 | 14 | 0 | 15 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 10.12 |
1967 Braves | LF | 5 | 5 | 114 | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.95 |
1967 Braves | RF | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1967 Phillies | RF | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
1967 Braves | 1B | 56 | 51 | 1,401 | 540 | 9.6 | 535 | 503 | 32 | 5 | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .991 | 10.31 |
1968 Braves | 1B | 33 | 30 | 774 | 305 | 9.2 | 303 | 293 | 10 | 2 | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .993 | 10.57 |
1968 Braves | LF | 65 | 64 | 1,458 | 90 | 1.4 | 88 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 1.63 |
1969 Braves | 1B | 7 | 5 | 135 | 47 | 6.7 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 9.20 |
1969 Braves | LF | 15 | 15 | 339 | 24 | 1.6 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 1.83 |
1969 Athletics | 1B | 19 | 17 | 474 | 166 | 8.7 | 164 | 158 | 6 | 2 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 9.34 |
1969 Athletics | LF | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.00 |
1970 Athletics | 1B | 6 | 3 | 78 | 27 | 4.5 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.35 |
1970 Athletics | LF | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
1970 Brewers | 1B | 13 | 6 | 207 | 83 | 6.4 | 83 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 10.83 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
LF Totals | 545 | 514 | 13,365 | 1,000 | 1.8 | 987 | 969 | 18 | 13 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 1.99 | |
1B Totals | 475 | 394 | 10,881 | 4,030 | 8.5 | 3,986 | 3,715 | 271 | 44 | 339 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 9.89 | |
RF Totals | 301 | 240 | 6,363 | 418 | 1.4 | 413 | 399 | 14 | 5 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 1.75 | |
CF Totals | 105 | 90 | 2,388 | 232 | 2.2 | 224 | 221 | 3 | 8 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 2.53 | |
15 Years | 1,426 | 1,238 | 32,997 | 5,680 | 4.0 | 5,610 | 5,304 | 306 | 70 | 345 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 4.59 |
Tito FranconaTito Francona Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1956 Orioles | 11 | 5 | .688 | 23 | 2 | n/a | 49.4 | 7.4 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
1957 Orioles | 7 | 3 | .700 | 27 | 1 | n/a | 39.9 | 5.8 | 7.3 | - | - | - |
1958 White Sox | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8 | 0 | n/a | 128.0 | 5.3 | 12.8 | - | - | - |
1958 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 29 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.3 | 6.9 | - | - | - |
1959 Indians | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 27 | 0 | n/a | 20.0 | 9.5 | 5.1 | - | - | - |
1960 Indians | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 32.0 | 8.1 | 6.9 | - | - | - |
1961 Indians | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8 | 0 | n/a | 37.0 | 11.4 | 7.0 | - | - | - |
1962 Indians | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 44.4 | 8.4 | 8.9 | - | - | - |
1963 Indians | 9 | 1 | .900 | 14 | 2 | n/a | 50.0 | 6.5 | 12.2 | - | - | - |
1964 Indians | 1 | 3 | .250 | 37 | 1 | n/a | 33.8 | 5.9 | 11.3 | - | - | - |
1965 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 38 | 0 | n/a | 34.8 | 5.8 | 9.2 | - | - | - |
1966 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 44 | 0 | n/a | 39.0 | 5.8 | 9.2 | - | - | - |
1967 Phillies | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.3 | 24.3 | - | - | - |
1967 Braves | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 24 | 0 | n/a | 42.3 | 7.5 | 10.2 | - | - | - |
1968 Braves | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | 0 | n/a | 173.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 | - | - | - |
1969 Braves | 0 | 1 | .000 | 30 | 0 | n/a | 44.0 | 8.8 | 4.0 | - | - | - |
1969 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 0 | n/a | 28.3 | 7.7 | 4.3 | - | - | - |
1970 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 26 | 0 | n/a | 33.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | - | - | - |
1970 Brewers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 43 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.3 | 16.3 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
15 Years | 46 | 21 | .687 | 431 | 6 | n/a | 41.0 | 7.4 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
Tito FranconaTito Francona Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1956 Baltimore Orioles | 44 | Undetermined | - | - |
1957 Baltimore Orioles | 44 | Undetermined | - | - |
1958 Chicago White Sox | 3 | Undetermined | - | - |
1958 Detroit Tigers | 8 | Undetermined | - | - |
1959 Cleveland Indians | 14 | Undetermined | - | - |
1960 Cleveland Indians | 14 | Undetermined | - | - |
1961 Cleveland Indians | 14 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1962 Cleveland Indians | 14 | Undetermined | - | - |
1963 Cleveland Indians | 24 | Undetermined | - | - |
1964 Cleveland Indians | 24 | $25,000.00 | - | - |
1965 St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | Undetermined | - | - |
1966 St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | Undetermined | - | - |
1967 Philadelphia Phillies | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
1967 Atlanta Braves | 11 | Undetermined | - | - |
1968 Atlanta Braves | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
1969 Atlanta Braves | 19 | Undetermined | - | - |
1969 Oakland Athletics | 36 | $26,000.00 | - | - |
1970 Oakland Athletics | 36 | $29,500.00 | - | - |
1970 Milwaukee Brewers | 9 | " " | - | - |
Tito Francona Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that Tito Francona was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players ever? As part of the club’s 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, a panel of veteran baseball writers, historians and executives selected a roster of the Top 100 Greatest Indians and Francona was named one of the twenty-three outfielders.
On March 26, 1961, at Hi Corbett Field (Spring Training site) Tito Francona hit a home run out of the park. A city parks employee named John C. Cota went to retrieve the ball and discovered the deceased body of Fred Victor Burden, who was wanted by Tucson, Arizona Police Department in relation to the shooting death of former prize fighter James Cocio.
Tito Francona | The Akron Beacon Journal | March 27, 1961 | Page 19
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