Autographs of John Franco
John Anthony Franco (born September 17, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed relief pitcher between 1984 and 2005. Franco established himself as an All-Star player with the Cincinnati Reds before spending the majority of his career with the New York Mets. He ended his 21-year career with one final season with the Houston Astros.
Franco's 1,119 career games pitched is a National League record, and ranks fourth in major league history. His 424 career saves ranks seventh all-time in major league history (ranking second when he retired), and remains the most by a left-hander. For 15 of his 21 seasons, he played for the New York Mets, serving as team captain in his final years with the team. Franco was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 2012.
Franco, who is of Italian heritage, grew up in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn. His father, Jim Franco, was a New York City Department of Sanitation worker who encouraged his son's baseball aspirations; Franco honored his father by wearing an orange Sanitation Department work-shirt under his jersey. John graduated from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn and St. John's University in Queens, where he pitched two no-hitters in his freshman year. In 1980, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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Current items with a signature of John Franco
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Traded items with a signature of John Franco
The most expensive item with a signature of John Franco (Framed John Franco New York Mets Autographed 16" x 20" Pitching Photograph) was sold in August 2025 for £183.60 while the cheapest item (John Franco Signed 3x5 Paper - Reds, Mets, Astros) found a new owner for £2.39 in December 2024. The month with the most items sold (11) was August 2025 with an average selling price of £93.60 for an autographed item of John Franco. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with £93.60 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.11 was October 2023. In average, an autographed item from John Franco is worth £31.04.
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