Grandma's Scorebook

John Franco’s First Hit

  • 1984
  • Debuts & Firsts

John Franco gets his first hit

Reds 9, Braves 2 (11 innings) in Atlanta

June 13, 1985: John Franco got his first career hit and only RBI against the Braves in T11 with a RBI single off Dave Schuler driving in Dave Van Gorder at Fulton-County Stadium.

Here are his other 2 hits of his career.

Aug. 21, 1985: 2nd hit T9 single off Cecilio Guante in Pittsburgh

Sept. 23, 1989: 3rd hit T9 single to CF off Sergio Valdez in Atlanta

He ended his career with 3 hits and 1 RBI.