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Julio Franco :: Manager last edit: 06/19/09 by: sluger11787 Gulf Coast Mets (R) | B: R | T: R | HT: 6-1 | WT: 210 | DOB: 8/23/58
Franco was named the manager of the GCL Mets on March 16, 2009. The Mets signed Franco to a 2-year contract on December 9, 2005. The 47-year-old has played in 21 big league seasons with the Phillies, Indians, Rangers, White Sox, Brewers, Devil Rays, and Braves. He has also played in Japan and Mexico over the course of his career. The Dominican Republic native is a career .299 hitter. He had hoped to play until he was 50. In 2007, he was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Braves.