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: 16-13 / in Starts: 16-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1993 Pitching Game Log

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1993 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	378	2	Apr 7	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.13	2.36	27	84	59	14	5	12	10	4	2	0	73			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.535	1.66	0.45%	3.48	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
2	379	7	Apr 13	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	2	1.20	2.65	28	97	66	13	9	15	8	7	0	0	62			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.220	1.93	0.24%	2.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
3	380	12	Apr 18	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.75	2.65	35	118	82	17	8	18	13	4	1	0	71			0	1	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.475	1.43	0.49%	5.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
4	381	17	Apr 23	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(3-1)	4	5.1	8	4	3	1	1	0	1	1.53	2.85	24	84	49	14	5	13	8	2	1	0	38			2	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.085	1.59	-0.09%	-1.99	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d4
5	382	21	Apr 28	BOS	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.1	3	1	1	4	4	0	0	1.47	2.99	28	110	66	21	7	4	16	4	3	0	68			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.492	1.57	0.41%	3.45	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
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	383	25	May 3	BOS		SEA	L,0-2	GS-5	L(4-2)	4	4.1	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	1.76	2.99	19	69	42	12	5	7	7	2	2	0	44			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.001	1.56	0.00%	0.23	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d2
7	384	35	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-3)	10	5.2	7	4	3	7	1	1	0	2.12	3.67	30	102	50	10	10	13	9	1	4	0	35			1	0	0	22	1	0	2	2	0	1	.75	-0.207	1.31	-0.22%	-1.28	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out d3
8	385	40	May 20	BOS		TOR	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	2.39	3.67	28	118	67	16	9	8	12	5	3	0	50			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.053	1.88	0.06%	0.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
9	386	45	May 25	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.72	3.86	29	119	71	20	11	11	12	3	3	0	53			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.138	2.34	-0.18%	-0.34	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
10	387	49	May 30	BOS		TEX	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.1	10	4	3	1	5	0	0	2.82	3.66	32	100	61	18	6	5	21	11	3	0	48			0	1	0	30	2	2	1	1	1	1	1.22	0.026	1.79	0.02%	1.01	1t start tie	8t -23 1 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	388	54	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS-6	L(4-5)	5	5.1	9	5	5	3	4	0	0	3.24	3.62	27	96	54	12	11	8	12	7	1	0	31			1	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.287	1.08	-0.23%	-2.82	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d4
12	389	58	Jun 10	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(4-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.10	3.47	32	133	82	19	13	13	13	4	0	0	71			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.254	.80	0.13%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	390	63	Jun 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	GS-5	L(4-7)	4	4.2	5	6	2	2	4	1	0	3.14	3.57	21	67	41	11	7	8	7	4	0	0	40			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.114	.41	-0.03%	-1.22	1b start a 4	5b 123 2 out a2
14	391	68	Jun 20	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.2	6	2	2	4	5	1	0	3.07	3.68	33	125	74	24	4	8	16	4	8	0	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.243	.34	0.04%	2.03	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out tie
15	392	73	Jun 26	BOS		DET	W,13-4	GS-4		5	3.0	7	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.35	3.86	17	55	28	5	3	4	11	5	2	0	27			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.254	.43	-0.06%	-2.72	1t start tie	4t 1-- 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
16	393	78	Jul 2	BOS	@	SEA	W,9-8	GS-5	W(5-7)	5	5.0	8	4	4	3	3	1	1	3.54	4.00	27	86	51	14	7	7	13	8	1	0	35			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.067	.39	-0.02%	-1.33	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a4
17	394	83	Jul 7	BOS	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.0	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.68	4.08	28	100	62	18	6	14	10	4	1	0	38			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.163	1.02	-0.09%	-1.16	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
18	395	88	Jul 15	BOS		SEA	L,2-3	GS-8	L(5-8)	7	8.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.66	3.97	33	134	83	25	9	11	15	5	2	0	55			1	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.078	1.49	0.07%	1.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
19	396	93	Jul 20	BOS		CAL	W,2-1	GS-8		4	7.1	10	1	1	2	4	0	1	3.51	3.92	31	96	60	16	6	13	11	4	2	0	56			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.326	2.76	0.33%	3.24	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a1
20	397	98	Jul 25	BOS		OAK	W,8-1	GS-6	W(6-8)	4	5.1	4	0	0	5	3	0	0	3.37	3.95	24	93	50	13	10	7	9	3	2	0	58			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.259	2.53	0.40%	2.39	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a7
21	398	103	Jul 30	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-7	GS-4		4	3.2	7	6	6	6	1	2	0	3.68	4.25	23	100	52	20	5	8	8	3	1	0	18			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.255	2.55	-0.47%	-4.05	1b start a 3	4b 1-- 2 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
22	399	108	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-7	W(7-8)	5	7.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	3.56	4.23	28	104	60	13	7	16	8	3	0	0	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.336	4.26	0.57%	2.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
23	400	112	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	GS-6	W(8-8)	4	6.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.41	4.20	24	107	60	16	7	7	11	5	1	0	66			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.353	4.40	0.79%	3.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
24	401	121	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	GS-6		9	5.1	7	5	3	3	2	1	0	3.47	4.28	26	83	49	15	3	8	13	6	0	0	37			1	0	0	22	3	0	2	1	0	1	1.19	-0.330	1.81	-0.30%	-2.37	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d2
25	402	126	Aug 26	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-1	GS-8	W(9-8)	5	7.1	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.37	4.27	27	88	56	14	15	10	12	5	2	0	69			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.343	.53	0.09%	2.52	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out a2
26	403	130	Aug 30	BOS		TEX	W,7-3	GS-8	W(10-8)	3	7.1	5	3	1	2	3	0	0	3.27	4.21	30	122	73	27	6	13	12	4	2	0	61			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	2	1	.69	0.286	.56	0.14%	1.24	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a5
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
27	404	134	Sep 4	BOS		KCR	L,2-4	GS-7		4	6.2	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.15	4.14	29	122	75	15	11	12	10	1	1	0	67			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.12	0.382	.34	0.07%	3.58	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a2
28	405	140	Sep 10(2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	7	4	3	2	4	0	0	3.17	4.09	29	117	71	20	5	8	15	1	3	0	51			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	3	1	.95	-0.005	.21	0.00%	-0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
29	406	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-5	W(11-8)	5	5.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.14	4.12	18	76	44	13	4	6	9	5	1	0	60			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.154	.06	0.01%	1.56	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a4
							16-13		W-L:11-8	4.6	183.2	180	76	64	72	91	12	6	3.14	4.12	787	2905	60%	16%	7%	0.87		20%	8%	0	52		---%	11	11	1	694	32	5	5	15	7	13	1.05	2.909	1.48	2.60%	24.05

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