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: 8-14 / in Starts: 8-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	1	56	Jun 6	MIN		BAL	L,5-7	GS-5		99	4.1	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	6.23	6.41	23	3	8	1	0	6	39			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-0.70	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d2
2	2	60	Jun 10	MIN		KCR	W,8-7	GS-5		3	4.1	7	3	3	3	1	1	0	6.23	6.87	21	7	3	0	0	7	35			1	1	1	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	.87	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-1.35	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d2
3	3	65	Jun 16	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.02	5.53	25	7	8	1	0	5	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.346	.00	0.00%	2.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
4	4	70	Jun 22	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-3		5	2.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	5.09	5.60	14	2	2	2	0	6	30			2	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	-0.322	.00	0.00%	-3.84	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d2
5	5	75	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	W,12-5	GS-6	W(2-0)	6	5.2	9	3	3	1	6	0	0	5.01	4.52	25	7	2	0	1	9	44			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	.88	0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	6	80	Jul 4	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.2	4	3	3	0	3	2	0	4.65	4.72	27	9	11	5	0	4	62			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.76	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out tie
7	7	85	Jul 9	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.83	4.04	33	10	10	1	0	6	76			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.412	.00	0.00%	3.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	8	89	Jul 16	MIN		DET	L,3-6	GS-8	L(3-1)	6	7.2	8	6	5	0	4	3	0	4.15	4.48	30	11	7	2	0	8	45			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	2	0	0	.50	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-2.20	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d4
9	9	94	Jul 21	MIN		MIL	L,4-10	GS-4	L(3-2)	4	3.1	6	5	5	5	3	1	0	4.76	4.80	21	3	4	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d2
10	10	99	Jul 27	MIN	@	SEA	L,7-9	GS-6		5	5.1	10	5	5	1	4	2	0	5.11	4.97	26	4	7	0	0	10	31			0	0	1	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-1.33	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	11	104	Aug 1	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	5.14	4.72	19	3	9	1	0	5	47			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.37	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a2
12	12	109	Aug 6	MIN		OAK	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.1	6	3	1	1	6	1	0	4.79	4.59	26	5	8	1	0	6	58			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.08	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d2
13	13	114	Aug 12	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(3-4)	5	7.1	5	3	3	0	10	1	0	4.68	4.32	27	8	4	1	0	5	66			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.120	.00	0.00%	1.93	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out tie
14	14	119	Aug 18	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.0	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.78	4.35	26	8	6	0	1	9	39			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d2
15	15	124	Aug 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-4)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.30	4.04	33	8	10	0	0	6	82			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.489	.00	0.00%	4.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
16	16	130	Aug 30	MIN		NYY	L,2-8	GS-4	L(4-5)	5	3.1	5	7	7	3	1	1	0	4.82	4.21	18	3	6	1	0	5	20			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.378	.00	0.00%	-4.36	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	17	135	Sep 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-5		5	4.2	7	2	1	4	2	0	0	4.68	4.22	22	5	6	0	0	5	42			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.068	.00	0.00%	0.06	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out tie
18	18	141	Sep 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-9	GS-5	L(4-6)	5	4.0	9	6	6	2	2	1	0	5.03	4.31	22	5	4	1	0	9	20			2	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.304	.00	0.00%	-2.99	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d2
19	19	146	Sep 16	MIN		TEX	L,2-8	GS-5	L(4-7)	4	4.0	7	6	6	5	3	1	0	5.35	4.45	22	3	4	0	0	7	22			1	1	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-3.78	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d4
20	20	151	Sep 21	MIN		TOR	L,1-5	GS-6	L(4-8)	4	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	5.38	4.46	27	6	6	1	0	9	40			2	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
21	21	156	Sep 28(1)	MIN	@	TOR	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(4-9)	6	8.0	7	3	3	0	4	3	0	5.25	4.60	29	8	10	1	0	7	60			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.65	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	22	161	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	GS-6	L(4-10)	3	6.0	10	3	3	1	5	1	0	5.21	4.56	27	1	10	2	0	10	44			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.052	.00	0.00%	0.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
							8-14		W-L:4-10	4.6	126.0	152	77	73	38	84	22	0	5.21	4.56	543	0.87		8%	1%	150	45		---%	12	5	2	503	25	2	2	12	0	4	.99	-1.253	.00	0.00%	-9.58

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