What's exceptional about John Franco Houston Astros 2005 ?
Seasons:
older; birth state
John Franco of the 2005 Houston Astros was the oldest (45 yrs) of the 489 pitchers who were born in New York state.
closest were Warren Spahn of the 1965 San Francisco Giants (44 yrs), Don McMahon of the 1974 San Francisco Giants (44 yrs), Orel Hershiser of the 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers (42 yrs), and Sal Maglie of the 1958 St. Louis Cardinals (41 yrs), and others, ending with Jim Britt of the 1873 Brooklyn Atlantics (17 yrs).
closest were Warren Spahn of the 1965 San Francisco Giants (44 yrs), Don McMahon of the 1974 San Francisco Giants (44 yrs), Orel Hershiser of the 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers (42 yrs), and Sal Maglie of the 1958 St. Louis Cardinals (41 yrs), and others, ending with Jim Britt of the 1873 Brooklyn Atlantics (17 yrs).
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A player's age is calculated by subtracting his birth year from the season year. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Note that West Germany and Germany are combined into the same country. The data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
John Franco of the 2005 Houston Astros threw left-handed, played on a winning team, attended St. John's University, played in Minute Maid Park, and was born in New York City.
Sources
- salary ($700K)
- achievement score (-1.0 see References)
- assists (0)
- complete games (0)
- double plays (0)
- games finished (4)
- games played (31)
- games started (0)
- innings pitched (15.0)
- putouts (0)
- saves (0)
- shutouts (0)
- strikeouts (16)
- wins (0)
- balks (0)
- earned runs (12)
- errors (0)
- hit by pitch (1)
- hits (23)
- homers given up (0)
- intentional walks (2)
- losses (1)
- runs allowed (13)
- walks (9)
- wild pitches (0)
- age (45 yrs)
- batters faced (77)
- height (5'10")
- weight (170 lbs)
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