John Anthony Franco Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
John Anthony Franco (born September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher. During a 21-year baseball career spanning 1984–2005, he pitched for three different National League teams, the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and Houston Astros. His 1,119 career games pitched is an NL record, and is ranked third in major league history; his 424 career saves ranked second in major league history when he retired, and remains the most by a left-hander. For 14 of his 20 seasons, he played for the New York Mets, serving as team captain in his final years with the team.
Holds the major league record for most lifetime appearances by a pitcher with no games started (1,119).
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New York Mets All-Time Save Leader (276).
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New York Mets All-Time Games Pitched Leader (643).
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Cincinnati Reds All-Time Save Leader (148).
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Second on the all-time MLB saves list (424).
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He and wife Rose have a daughter Nicole (5/18/88); and a son J.J (John James) (2/2/92)
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Mets announce Franco will miss the remainder of this season and probably most of 2003 after an MRI revealed an injury to the medial collateral ligament and the flexor tendon in his elbow. He is in the second year of a three-year deal worth $10.5 million. [May 2002]
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Pitched two no-hitters in his freshman year at St. John's University. He was inducted into the St. John's University Sports Hall of Fame in January, 1998.
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Graduated from Lafayette High School (Brooklyn, NY), the same school Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax attended.
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Franco wears a Department of Sanitation T-shirt when he pitches to honor his late father, James, who worked there.
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Exactly 12 years after he gained his first MLB save, Franco becomes the first left-hander to record 300 saves. [April 1996]
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pros vs. Joes
2008
TV Series
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Henry & Me
2014
executive producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Prime 9
2009-2011
TV Series
Himself
Sunday Night Baseball
1991-2004
TV Series
Himself - New York Mets Pitcher
2000 Official World Series
2000
Video documentary
Himself (New York Mets pitcher)
2000 National League Championship Series
2000
TV Series
Himself - New York Mets Pitcher
1999 National League Championship Series
1999
TV Mini-Series
Himself - New York Mets Pitcher
Arli$$
1996
TV Series
Himself
1990 MLB All-Star Game
1990
TV Special
Himself - NL Pitcher
1987 MLB All-Star Game
1987
TV Special
Himself - NL Pitcher
Known for movies
2000 Official World Series (2000) as Himself (New York Mets pitcher)
1987 MLB All-Star Game (1987) as Himself - NL Pitcher
1990 MLB All-Star Game (1990) as Himself - NL Pitcher
Sunday Night Baseball (1991-2004) as Himself - New York Mets Pitcher
$250,000
