Frank Viola

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: April 19, 1960 in Hempstead, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 16th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Meadow HS (East Meadow, NY) and the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John's University (Queens, NY).

High School: East Meadow HS (East Meadow, NY)

School: St. John's University (Queens, NY)

Debut: June 6, 1982 (Age 22-048d, 14,600th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: May 28, 1996 (Age 36-039d)
vs. CHW 5.2 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 6 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Craig Fenech

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Frank John Viola

Nicknames: Sweet Music

Twitter: @FrankViola16

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

47.0

176

150

ERA

3.73

421

420

2836.1

1844

WHIP

1.301

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-21 / in Starts: 15-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	237	1	Apr 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.0	8	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.50	4.43	28	105	63	13	11	10	13	2	0	0	41			4	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.27	-0.109	1.56	-0.08%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out d1
2	238	6	Apr 9	MIN		BAL	L,1-8	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	5	5	5	1	7	2	0	6.00	4.85	23	112	76	12	16	8	7	1	3	0	48			1	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.194	.78	-0.16%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
3	239	9	Apr 14	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-5		4	5.0	5	5	5	4	4	1	0	6.88	5.23	23	84	43	11	12	7	8	2	3	0	37			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.372	1.49	-0.29%	-2.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
4	240	12	Apr 19	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	L(0-3)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	1	5.54	5.07	38	123	75	16	9	14	19	8	2	0	59			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	-0.156	1.81	-0.12%	1.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
5	241	17	Apr 24	MIN	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	9	3	3	1	8	2	0	5.29	5.02	30	112	76	15	20	9	10	4	1	2	50			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.177	1.46	-0.12%	-0.54	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
6	242	21	Apr 29	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-4)	4	7.0	12	4	4	0	6	1	0	5.26	4.64	32	96	69	10	15	13	13	7	1	0	43			0	1	1	31	4	0	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.107	.62	-0.04%	-0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	243	26	May 4	MIN		MIL	L,2-3	CG	L(0-5)	4	9.0	8	3	3	0	4	0	0	4.84	4.13	36	114	80	19	11	14	18	6	4	0	63			2	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.009	.35	0.00%	1.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
8	244	31	May 9	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS-9	W(1-5)	4	8.1	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.45	3.87	33	126	77	25	10	13	11	5	2	0	64			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.396	.33	0.09%	2.95	1b start a 1	9b -2- 1 out a5
9	245	34	May 14	MIN		TOR	W,13-1	GS-8	W(2-5)	4	8.0	3	1	1	1	11	0	0	4.04	3.44	28	90	68	22	18	8	8	2	2	0	82			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.220	.31	0.07%	3.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
10	246	39	May 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(2-6)	4	8.0	9	4	4	0	9	2	0	4.09	3.48	33	110	75	22	15	8	14	5	2	2	57			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.216	.34	-0.05%	-0.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	247	44	May 24	MIN	@	TOR	W,10-4	GS-6	W(3-6)	4	6.0	8	4	3	1	4	0	0	4.12	3.36	26	96	56	13	10	7	14	7	3	0	45			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.010	.45	0.00%	-1.26	1b start a 5	6b 3 out a5
12	248	48	May 29	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-7	GS-5	L(3-7)	4	5.0	12	7	7	1	3	0	0	4.63	3.29	26	75	53	12	4	7	15	6	6	0	17			0	1	1	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.305	.24	-0.05%	-4.59	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	249	52	Jun 3(1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-7)	4	8.0	6	4	3	1	6	0	0	4.52	3.14	31	110	70	15	18	10	14	3	2	0	61			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.19	0.206	.43	0.05%	-0.26	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a1
14	250	57	Jun 7	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-6	L(4-8)	3	6.0	6	3	1	1	8	0	0	4.33	2.99	26	97	65	13	17	9	8	4	2	0	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.087	.32	-0.02%	-0.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
15	251	61	Jun 13	MIN		SEA	W,4-3	GS-8		5	8.0	7	3	3	5	10	0	1	4.26	2.95	37	143	83	13	25	15	6	2	1	0	61			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.08	0.050	.28	0.01%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	252	66	Jun 18	MIN		MIL	W,8-6	GS-9		4	8.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.28	2.93	33	103	65	12	12	14	16	7	2	0	49			0	1	1	32	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.089	.37	0.02%	0.50	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a3
17	253	71	Jun 23	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-0	GS-8	W(5-8)	4	8.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.99	2.84	30	129	80	21	18	8	12	6	2	0	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.231	.30	0.07%	4.13	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a5
18	254	77	Jun 28	MIN		OAK	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-8)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.72	2.84	36	125	79	20	11	11	18	5	2	0	74			0	2	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.619	1.21	0.35%	4.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	255	81	Jul 2	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.54	2.73	31	101	70	17	20	10	14	9	2	0	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.481	.52	0.15%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	256	85	Jul 7	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(7-9)	4	8.0	8	5	4	4	7	1	1	3.60	2.83	36	132	80	14	19	10	14	4	2	0	51			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	.74	-0.197	.25	-0.04%	-1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
21	257	88	Jul 13	MIN		BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	L(7-10)	5	8.0	3	3	2	4	7	0	0	3.53	2.81	30	127	73	18	13	5	14	4	1	0	69			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.005	.14	0.00%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
22	258	93	Jul 18	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	CG	W(8-10)	4	9.0	6	4	4	1	11	2	0	3.55	2.85	33	128	83	19	21	15	6	1	1	0	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.090	.16	0.01%	0.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
23	259	97	Jul 23	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(8-11)	4	6.0	9	4	4	2	2	4	0	3.64	3.17	27	94	57	17	6	12	11	2	1	0	38			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.143	.04	-0.01%	-1.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
24	260	101	Jul 28(1)	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-5	L(8-12)	4	5.0	6	5	5	5	1	1	0	3.79	3.30	25	111	63	18	4	14	5	1	0	0	31			3	1	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.343	.07	-0.02%	-2.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to New York Mets
25	261	105	Aug 2	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(9-12)	4	8.0	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.72	3.34	33	115	67	13	9	13	13	3	5	0	63			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.085	.98	0.05%	1.61	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
26	262	110	Aug 7	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.63	3.25	26	112	73	16	20	9	8	4	0	0	70			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.171	1.09	0.14%	2.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
27	263	115	Aug 11	NYM		STL	L,0-3	GS-6	L(9-13)	3	6.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.62	3.20	27	105	69	11	16	10	8	2	2	0	55			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.022	2.72	-0.03%	0.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
28	264	120	Aug 17	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	GS-6	L(9-14)	5	6.0	10	5	4	3	3	0	0	3.69	3.20	28	103	65	22	7	12	10	8	0	0	34			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.65	-0.317	1.48	-0.43%	-2.51	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
29	265	125	Aug 22	NYM		SFG	L,0-5	GS-8	L(9-15)	4	8.0	6	4	4	1	11	1	0	3.72	3.15	32	129	82	15	24	9	11	2	1	0	64			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.136	2.49	-0.26%	-0.68	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
30	266	130	Aug 28	NYM	@	LAD	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-15)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.56	3.09	30	85	61	17	9	13	12	2	3	0	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.775	2.47	0.86%	3.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	267	134	Sep 2	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-6	GS-7	L(10-16)	4	7.0	6	5	5	2	6	1	0	3.65	3.11	28	101	62	10	16	6	14	4	0	0	49			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	-0.238	2.20	-0.41%	-2.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
32	268	139	Sep 7	NYM		STL	W,13-1	GS-7	W(11-16)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.58	3.13	28	103	62	10	18	8	12	5	2	0	65			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.119	.78	0.13%	1.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out a11
33	269	144	Sep 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	1	3.50	3.08	31	107	67	12	22	7	12	5	2	0	75			0	0	0	28	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.46	0.359	2.04	0.30%	2.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
34	270	149	Sep 18	NYM	@	CHC	L,6-10	GS-6	L(11-17)	5	5.1	8	6	6	7	5	1	0	3.64	3.17	30	108	58	12	14	11	7	1	0	0	26			2	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.453	1.64	-0.33%	-3.70	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d2
35	271	154	Sep 23	NYM		MON	W,13-6	GS-5	W(12-17)	4	5.0	8	6	6	2	3	1	0	3.79	3.22	24	86	55	11	3	9	10	5	1	0	28			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.455	.19	-0.05%	-3.92	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
36	272	159	Sep 29(1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(13-17)	5	9.0	7	2	0	0	8	0	0	3.66	3.14	34	106	76	17	15	11	15	4	5	0	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	1	.92	0.217	.00	0.00%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
							15-21		W-L:13-17	4.1	261.0	246	115	106	74	211	22	4	3.66	3.14	1082	3903	63%	14%	13%	0.88		19%	9%	4	56		---%	16	11	5	986	43	6	4	16	6	14	.99	0.105	.88	-0.22%	8.93

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