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Cool Papa Bell League
7-22-2060
Dennis Franco Relief Pitcher
Retired (1972, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.27 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 12-18 Status Deceased (2011) Option Years 0  
SV 2 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 11-22-1938
K 181 Drafted Round 3, Pick 38
(1958)		 Majors Svc Time 5 years
(45 games)
IP 283.1
WHIP 1.51
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance C    Ldrship C-
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity B-   Mentor Val B 
Speed B  Bunt D+ Control A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1962 CIN
0
 2
7
1
0
0
0
 0
8.0
 18 13 13 0 4
6
2.75
14.63
1963 CIN
2
 4
12
12
0
0
0
 0
75.1
 83 49 47 3 24
48
1.42
5.62
1964 CIN
0
 0
12
0
0
0
0
 0
13.0
 19 12 11 0 8
8
2.08
7.62
1965 WAS
1
 1
30
0
0
0
0
 0
41.1
 42 27 22 0 17
34
1.43
4.79
1966 WAS-BAL
0
 2
6
3
0
0
0
 0
21.0
 26 15 15 0 13
10
1.86
6.43
1967 BAL
0
 1
16
0
0
0
0
 1
26.0
 21 10 8 0 5
18
1.00
2.77
1968 PIT-KC
2
 3
31
0
0
0
1
 1
47.0
 59 31 29 0 23
29
1.74
5.55
1969 WAS
6
 5
46
0
0
0
1
 8
50.1
 48 23 21 2 15
28
1.25
3.75
1972 TB
1
 0
3
0
0
0
0
 0
1.1
 2 0 0 0 1
0
2.25
0.00
2060
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
12
 18
163
16
0
0
2
 10
283.1
 318 180 166 5 110
181
1.51
5.27
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Dennis Franco has retired from the Tampa Bay Braves
1972-03-05The Tampa Bay Braves have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Braves have promoted Herb Ramos to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Braves have promoted Yerby Adkisson to the major league team.
1971-03-07The Tampa Bay Braves have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire.
1970-05-08The Cincinnati Bengals have waived Dennis Franco.
1970-05-02The Cincinnati Bengals have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire.
1970-04-28The Washington Senators have waived Dennis Franco.
1970-04-01The Washington Senators have designated Dennis Franco for assignment.
1969-04-10The Washington Senators have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. The Washington Senators have designated Adam Johnson for assignment.
1969-04-09The Washington Senators have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire.
1969-04-05The Kansas City Athletics have waived Dennis Franco.
1968-08-23The Kansas City Athletics have designated Dennis Franco for assignment.
1968-06-21The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Socks Christensen to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Bernie Lauzerique for assignment. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Gus Boswell for assignment.
1968-06-17A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Pittsburgh Champions. The Pittsburgh Champions receive Francisco Zurita, Billy Sadowski from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Dennis Franco (Optioned) , Kevin Caster, Draft Pick 1969 Round 1 BOS (Terrell Nieman).
1968-04-05The Pittsburgh Champions have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire.
1968-03-07The Baltimore BleacherBums have designated Dennis Franco for assignment.
1966-09-17The Baltimore BleacherBums have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team.
1966-09-14The Baltimore BleacherBums have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire.
1966-09-07The Washington Senators have waived Dennis Franco.
1966-04-27The Washington Senators have promoted Eddie Flynn to the major league team. The Washington Senators have designated Dennis Franco for assignment.
1965-07-11The Washington Senators have promoted Dennis Franco to the major league team. The Washington Senators have designated Harry Dihigo for assignment.
1965-07-08The Washington Senators have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire.
1965-06-05The Baltimore BleacherBums have waived Dennis Franco.
1965-05-04The Baltimore BleacherBums have acquired Dennis Franco from the waiver wire.
1965-04-01The Cincinnati Dictators have waived Dennis Franco.
1964-05-06The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Eric Fahey to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Lenny DeGaulle to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Erwin Reiss to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Rawly Rodriguez to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Dennis Franco for assignment. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Walter Britton to the minors.
1964-03-07The Cincinnati Dictators have renamed Dennis Pickering to Dennis Franco.
1963-06-21The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Dennis Pickering to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Harmon Stowe to the minors.
1963-04-05The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Steve Brinkopf to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Dick Mahady to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Sam McDowell to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Dennis Pickering to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Vada Pinson for assignment.
1963-04-03The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Dennis Pickering to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Yu Nu Lee to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Bert Reed for assignment. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Stringer Sturgeon to the minors.
1963-04-02The Cincinnati Dictators have renamed Dennis Blasingame to Dennis Pickering.
1962-08-18The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Nelson Briles to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Dennis Blasingame to the minors.
1962-08-10The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Val Bocek to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Will Turner to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Dan Colton to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Dennis Blasingame to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Red Ruffing to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Nelson Briles for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Darnell Thielman for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Gorman Kluttz to the minors. The Cincinnati River Pirates have designated Dick Messenger for assignment. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent John Ott to the minors.
1962-07-21The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Sam McDowell to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Dennis Blasingame to the minors.
1962-07-05The Cincinnati River Pirates have promoted Dennis Blasingame to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Pirates have sent Red Ruffing to the minors.
1962-05-14A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati River Pirates and the Chicago Dragons. The Chicago Dragons receive Bryan Bennett, Marty Keough from the Cincinnati River Pirates in exchange for Dennis Blasingame, John Ott.