appear often as a player, but 14 games into the season, Franco had played in ten games owing to an injury to a key player. Second coaching stint Franco was part of the coaching staff for the Lotte Giants of the KBO League from 2016–2020. On February 5, 2022, Franco returned to the Mexican League as he was named hitting coach of the Acereros de Monclova. Career statistics In 2,527 games over 23 major league seasons, Franco posted a .298 batting average (2,586-for-8,677) with 1,285 runs, 407 doubles, 54 triples, 173 home runs, 1,194 RBI, 281 stolen bases, 917 bases on balls, .365 on-base percentage and .417 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .978 fielding percentage playing primarily at shortstop, second and first base. In 31 postseason games, he batted .224 (22-for-98) with nine runs, two home runs, six RBI and six walks. Awards and highlights Three-time All-Star (1989–1991) MVP All-Star Game (1990) Led American League in batting average (.341, 1991) Led AL in singles (156, 1991) Second in the AL Rookie of the Year selection (1983, behind Ron Kittle) Led AL in at-bats (658, 1984) Top 10 MVP selection (8th, AL, 1994) Carolina League MVP (1980) Twice hit over .400 in the Mexican League (.423, 1999; .437, 2000) Oldest player to hit a Grand Slam (47, 2005, breaking his own record set in 2004 at 45) Oldest regularly playing non-pitcher player in MLB history (48) Second-oldest player to appear in MLB postseason play (48, during the 2006 postseason) Oldest player in Major League history to hit a home run (48) Second-oldest player to steal a base (48, during the 2007 season) Led all Dominican players in MLB history in seasons, games, at-bats, hits, and bases on balls 4,000 Professional Hit Club: Has compiled over 4,200 hits in his 26-year professional career, making him one of only eight known players with at least 4,000 professional hits (the others being Pete Rose, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Jigger Statz, Stan Musial, Derek Jeter, and Ichiro Suzuki. Jake Beckley and Sam Crawford may also have hit 4,000, but data for some of their minor league seasons is missing.): Major League Baseball: 2586 (through end of 2007 season) Minor Leagues: 618 Mexican League: 316 Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball: 286 Dominican Winter League: 267 South Korea's KBO League: 156 United Baseball League: 6 TOTAL: 4,235 As of 2006, Julio Franco was the only