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: 3-3 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	416	24	Apr 28	TOR		CLE	L,3-17	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	10	10	9	2	1	2	1	20.25	11.42	25	101	61	15	9	9	12	6	0	0	3			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	2	1	.51	-0.440	.48	-0.25%	-7.61	1t start tie	4t 3 out d10
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
2	417	29	May 4	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	4.1	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	15.12	7.13	21	96	55	20	8	9	7	5	1	0	26			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	-0.240	1.01	-0.15%	-2.58	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 1 out d2
3	418	35	May 11	TOR		BOS	W,9-8	GS-6		6	5.0	6	4	4	6	4	0	0	12.15	6.40	27	107	58	17	10	8	9	5	2	0	37			0	0	0	21	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.44	-0.060	1.30	-0.03%	-0.42	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
4	419	41	May 18	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-2	GS-6	W(1-2)	6	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	8.84	5.97	24					8	10	4	0	0	60			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.234	.74	0.11%	2.58	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
5	420	46	May 23	TOR		MIN	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.1	8	4	3	3	2	1	0	8.03	6.09	25	88	49	14	5	12	8	6	0	0	37			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.03	-0.237	.75	-0.10%	-1.93	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d1
6	421	51	May 28	TOR		CHW	L,5-8	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	5.2	5	4	4	6	4	2	1	7.71	6.83	28	108	55	15	12	6	11	4	1	0	41			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	1	1	0	.81	-0.109	.50	-0.04%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d2
							3-3		W-L:1-3	5.0	30.1	43	28	26	21	18	6	2	7.71	6.83	150	500	56%	16%	9%	0.91		28%	4%	0	34		---%	0	3	0	123	5	0	3	6	3	2	.96	-0.852	.79	-0.46%	-10.86

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