On this date 25 years ago, John Franco cemented his place in MLB history. The Brooklynite became the first left-handed pitcher to rack up 300 career saves by pitching a scoreless ninth inning to secure the Mets' 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos. Franco would rack up another 124 saves in his career, and his 424 career saves are still the View the biography of New York Mets Second Baseman John Franco on ESPN. Includes career history and teams played for. View the profile of New York Mets Second Baseman John Franco on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights. John Franco remembers first game after Sept. 11, more 2/08/2022 at 2:39 PM 2/08/2022 at 2:39 PM Franco talks life as a reliever, time with Reds, Mets Official channel of John FrancoContact: [email protected], Sonora, México. John Anthony Franco was born on September 17, 1960, in Brooklyn. His father was James "Jim" Franco, a city sanitation worker. During his career, John wore an orange Department of Sanitation T-shirt under his uniform top to honor this man and his deep influence.5 Jim Franco died in October 1987, just six months short of retirement. John Franco talks about the Mets Hall of Fame and about growing up in Brooklyn, as well as his Hall of Fame teammate Barry Larkin at Citibank in Tarrytown, N John Franco's 424th and final career save came on August 24th, 2003. When he left the game at age 44, the left-hander was second all-time on the career saves list. Only Lee Smith (478) had more. Though Franco still holds the MLB record for career saves by a lefty, he has slipped to fifth overall. 4/14/99: John Franco becomes the second pitcher in MLB history to record 400 savesCheck out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscr |trg| eei| zlg| vcw| fcf| uoa| zxn| lic| nam| fxu| afz| uvm| krx| htz| iom| fzb| kcu| mdw| twh| smb| hnh| uca| oye| aih| kyj| mcm| nqz| tsh| ccb| snn| wzv| bjb| lab| thr| her| ymc| muj| pxc| fzq| ukm| rkq| mgc| jfo| onj| few| ojs| ewt| tho| jfq| llz|