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: 17-18 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1992 Pitching Game Log

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1992 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	343	2	Apr 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.2	5	3	3	1	5	0	0	4.76	1.55	22	85	53	11	15	8	8	6	0	0	51			0	1	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.199	1.71	-0.16%	-0.45	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d1
2	344	6	Apr 13	BOS		BAL	L,6-8	GS-4		3	3.0	8	6	5	3	2	0	0	8.31	2.55	21	84	44	14	4	5	11	8	1	0	20			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	-0.370	1.31	-0.29%	-4.47	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
3	345	9	Apr 18	BOS		TOR	L,1-2	CG	L(0-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	0	5.09	2.05	35	126	78	21	12	12	15	8	2	0	73			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.237	1.39	0.22%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
4	346	14	Apr 24	BOS		TEX	W,3-1	CG(6)	W(1-2)	5	6.0	3	1	1	3	3	1	0	4.18	2.91	25	107	61	19	11	9	10	3	2	0	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.243	.92	0.14%	2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
5	347	18	Apr 29	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	GS-9	W(2-2)	4	8.2	5	1	0	3	2	0	1	3.06	3.12	32	120	73	16	11	14	12	3	2	0	71			1	2	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	1	.77	0.238	.69	0.13%	2.82	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a5
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
6	348	23	May 5	BOS		MIN	W,4-1	GS-8	W(3-2)	5	7.2	9	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.70	2.88	30	118	70	17	10	10	14	7	1	0	61			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	.82	0.260	.75	0.14%	2.65	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
7	349	28	May 10	BOS	@	KCR	W,10-6	GS-5	W(4-2)	4	5.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.00	2.94	21	69	40	13	2	14	6	3	2	0	44			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.076	.42	0.04%	-0.54	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a4
8	350	32	May 16	BOS		CAL	W,3-0	GS-7	W(5-2)	5	7.0	4	0	0	5	3	0	0	2.60	3.09	31	111	65	17	5	12	11	4	1	0	67			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	0.435	1.12	0.20%	3.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
9	351	37	May 22	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	GS-8	L(5-3)	5	7.0	9	5	5	1	6	1	0	3.05	3.12	30	120	73	19	10	14	9	4	1	0	44			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.270	1.18	-0.18%	-1.42	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d2
10	352	41	May 27	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	0	6	2	0	2.96	3.29	28	91	56	14	15	10	12	6	2	0	70			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.267	1.11	0.18%	1.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
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
11	353	46	Jun 1	BOS	@	OAK	L,7-10	GS-5		4	4.2	4	4	4	6	2	1	0	3.27	3.63	22	91	45	15	8	6	8	5	0	0	36			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.63	-0.247	1.97	-0.18%	-1.95	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 2 out tie
12	354	50	Jun 6(2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	L(5-4)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.28	3.70	31	119	79	14	9	16	12	6	3	0	57			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.030	.58	-0.02%	1.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
13	355	56	Jun 12	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-0	GS-8	W(6-4)	5	7.1	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.00	3.61	31	136	78	24	13	9	14	7	2	0	68			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.281	.76	0.14%	3.10	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a5
14	356	61	Jun 17	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	W(7-4)	4	8.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.03	3.56	30	110	67	13	23	10	12	4	1	0	66			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.141	1.13	0.09%	1.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
15	357	66	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.97	3.47	29	120	76	26	6	11	14	6	4	0	62			0	0	1	28	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	0.216	1.10	0.10%	1.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
16	358	71	Jun 28	BOS		MIL	L,3-9	GS-5	L(7-5)	5	4.0	9	7	7	2	2	1	0	3.45	3.59	23	94	56	10	8	6	13	6	2	0	16			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.392	.53	-0.14%	-3.95	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d3
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
17	359	76	Jul 3	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.26	3.61	35	124	81	26	8	17	14	7	2	0	71			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.350	.42	0.09%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
18	360	81	Jul 8	BOS		KCR	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	6	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.30	3.67	30	123	69	19	12	15	9	5	2	0	46			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.38	0.158	.31	0.02%	1.21	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out a2
19	361	85	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	GS-7	W(8-5)	3	7.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.12	3.62	24	114	71	19	8	13	6	2	1	0	72			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.467	.35	0.10%	3.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
20	362	87	Jul 17	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.1	8	2	2	5	4	0	0	3.09	3.63	34	117	70	18	12	10	15	10	1	0	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	0.194	.55	0.04%	2.03	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
21	363	92	Jul 22	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-6	GS-7	L(8-6)	4	6.2	6	6	4	2	2	0	2	3.19	3.65	30	97	57	11	8	15	9	4	2	0	42			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.441	.24	-0.05%	-2.78	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out d2
22	364	97	Jul 27	BOS		TEX	W,7-5	GS-6	W(9-6)	4	6.0	10	4	1	2	3	0	0	3.13	3.61	31	121	73	22	8	14	12	6	3	0	43			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.005	.15	0.00%	-0.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
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
23	365	102	Aug 1	BOS		BAL	L,3-9	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	6.2	6	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.28	3.70	29	116	65	16	7	12	10	5	1	0	41			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.333	.14	-0.02%	-1.53	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d2
24	366	107	Aug 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-9	W(10-7)	4	8.2	4	1	1	4	1	0	1	3.16	3.73	31	112	63	12	9	13	12	3	3	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	3	1	0	1.26	0.514	.03	0.01%	3.08	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a2
25	367	112	Aug 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(10-8)	4	8.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.17	3.69	34	117	72	20	12	10	17	8	1	0	53			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	2	1	0	.71	-0.063	.01	0.00%	0.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
26	368	118	Aug 16	BOS	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(10-9)	4	8.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.08	3.60	31	111	67	21	10	12	12	7	2	0	73			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.83	0.224	.00	0.00%	2.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	369	122	Aug 21	BOS		SEA	L,2-5	GS-6	L(10-10)	4	5.2	9	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.23	3.57	30	109	65	21	12	15	7	3	0	0	33			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.08	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-2.26	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d5
28	370	127	Aug 26	BOS		OAK	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(11-10)	4	10.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.11	3.54	37	151	84	26	9	20	10	4	1	0	77			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.701	.00	0.00%	4.11	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
29	371	131	Aug 31	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-15	GS-2	L(11-11)	4	1.2	5	7	7	2	1	2	0	3.40	3.68	13	48	31	10	3	5	5	2	0	0	16			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	.82	-0.461	.00	0.00%	-6.35	1b start a 1	2b -2- 2 out d6
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
30	372	136	Sep 6	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS-8		5	8.0	5	1	1	6	2	0	0	3.32	3.71	33	126	73	18	7	16	9	1	0	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.80	0.392	.00	0.00%	2.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
31	373	140	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,7-6	GS-2		4	1.2	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.46	3.70	13	47	28	6	4	4	6	5	1	0	26			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.12	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.42	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d4
32	374	144	Sep 15	BOS		MIL	L,2-7	GS-6	L(11-12)	3	5.0	9	7	7	3	5	1	0	3.68	3.74	26	101	56	18	7	9	9	5	0	0	23			0	1	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.375	.00	0.00%	-3.93	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d3
33	375	149	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-7	W(12-12)	4	7.0	5	2	2	5	5	0	0	3.64	3.73	31	116	68	24	6	7	14	5	7	0	59			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.207	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
34	376	154	Sep 26(1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS-9		5	9.0	6	3	2	1	2	0	2	3.58	3.71	35	133	79	22	12	14	16	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.184	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
35	377	159	Sep 30	BOS	@	TOR	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-12)	3	9.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	1	3.44	3.69	31	115	71	17	14	15	7	3	0	0	87			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.832	.00	0.00%	4.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							17-18		W-L:13-12	4.1	238.0	214	99	91	89	121	13	7	3.44	3.69	999	3799	59%	16%	9%	1.06		22%	7%	0	54		---%	12	5	1	886	40	0	4	29	10	15	1.13	2.986	.53	0.58%	19.48

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