Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Francona duziri ndị India na aha American League Central Division na 2016. Ndị otu ya kpochapụrụ klọb mbụ ya, Boston Red Sox, n'egwuregwu atọ na usoro nkewa - na-eme ka ha banye na ALCS site na mmeri na Fenway Park na Ọktọba 10, 2016. N'abalị iri na itoolu n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 2016, Francona's Indians meriri Toronto Blue Jays iji gaa n'ihu na
World Series, ebe ndị Indians meriri egwuregwu 1 megide Chicago Cubs 6-0 iji gbasaa ndekọ World Series ya ruo 9<unk>0. O tufuru egwuregwu World Series mbụ ya mgbe ndị Indians meriri ndị Cubs na egwuregwu 2 site na akara nke 5<unk>1. Ndị Indians meriri egwuregwu nke atọ megide Chicago Cubs 1<unk>0. Ndị Indians meriri egwuregwu nke anọ megide Chicago Cubs 7-2 iji nye Cleveland ụzọ 3-1. Ndị Indians ga-adaba na Cubs 3 na 2 na egwuregwu 5. Cleveland gara n'ihu tufuo egwuregwu 6 site na akara nke 9<unk>3, wee tufuo 8<unk>7 na 10 innings na egwuregwu 7 na-enye Francona mmeri mbụ ya na World Series. Na November 15, 2016, a kpọrọ Francona onye nchịkwa nke American League nke Afọ maka oge nke abụọ na ọrụ ya.