The Ol' Ballfield

A Julio Franco Post

Apparently Julio Franco is a coach for the team of MLB all-stars that's playing in Japan this month. Franco has said that he wants to play until he's 50 and then coach; he turned 48 in August and is signed through 2007 with the Mets.

Though he has played 22 seasons in the bigs, Franco doesn't lead the league in career anything, or even active anything. He ranks fourth among active players with 2,472 games played and fifth among active players with 8,587 at bats. (Barry Bonds leads both categories.) Wait, check that, Franco is the active leader in GIDP, with 310.

Here's hoping he makes it to 5-0, but Julio's no star.

posted by Carnival @ 11/02/2006