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: 20-15 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	58	2	Apr 5	MIN		DET	L,3-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	5	5	3	7	2	0	7.50	6.27	25	6	3	0	0	6	44			0	1	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.274	1.09	-0.19%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
2	59	6	Apr 10	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	4.85	5.69	28	10	9	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.022	.85	0.02%	1.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	60	10	Apr 15	MIN		SEA	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.26	4.77	26	6	9	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.137	1.85	0.14%	1.46	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a2
4	61	14	Apr 20	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-7		4	6.2	6	2	1	3	3	0	0	3.51	4.37	30	10	8	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.255	1.89	0.20%	1.93	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
5	62	18	Apr 24(2)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-3)	3	6.1	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.94	4.39	31	11	6	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.272	1.14	-0.18%	-1.47	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out d1
6	63	23	Apr 29(1)	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-2	GS-8	W(1-3)	4	8.0	8	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.60	4.47	33	11	8	0	0	8	58			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.211	1.34	0.17%	1.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
May				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
7	64	28	May 4	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	7.2	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.02	4.15	28	12	6	0	0	4	73			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.437	1.16	0.31%	3.67	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
8	65	32	May 8	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.54	3.88	29	10	6	0	0	4	82			1	2	1	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.430	1.82	0.52%	4.41	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
9	66	36	May 13	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	6.2	6	4	3	2	3	2	0	2.70	4.17	29	5	13	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	.55	-0.176	.98	-0.19%	-1.10	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d3
10	67	40	May 19	MIN		BOS	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-4)	5	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.36	3.87	30	5	15	0	0	3	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.220	.71	0.24%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
11	68	44	May 23	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-5)	3	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	0	2.64	3.90	27	4	9	0	0	7	45			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.145	1.06	-0.14%	-0.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Jun				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
12	69	52	Jun 3	MIN		KCR	L,2-5	CG	L(4-6)	10	9.0	6	5	4	1	8	3	0	2.78	4.08	35	12	8	0	0	6	64			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.218	.81	-0.20%	-0.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
13	70	57	Jun 8	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-1	L(4-7)	4	0.1	3	5	5	3	0	1	0	3.29	4.33	7	0	1	0	0	3	22			0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.328	1.59	-0.32%	-4.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d4
14	71	62	Jun 14	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS-8	W(5-7)	5	7.2	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.21	4.13	29	4	13	0	0	6	63			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.217	1.64	0.16%	1.75	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a1
15	72	67	Jun 20	MIN		CLE	W,8-2	GS-8	W(6-7)	5	7.1	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.16	4.01	30	4	11	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.61	0.251	1.02	0.25%	1.16	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out a5
16	73	72	Jun 26	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS-8	W(7-7)	5	7.2	9	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.18	4.09	33	7	11	0	0	9	53			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.302	2.16	0.37%	0.93	1b start tie	8b --- 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
17	74	77	Jul 1	MIN	@	DET	W,9-0	SHO	W(8-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.94	3.97	30	7	15	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.226	.81	0.23%	4.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
18	75	82	Jul 6	MIN		NYY	W,9-4	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	12	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.02	3.87	40	11	11	0	0	12	49			0	1	0	38	1	1	0	1	0	1	.64	0.017	1.39	0.02%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
19	76	85	Jul 12	MIN		DET	W,4-2	GS-8	W(10-7)	5	8.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.90	3.85	31	4	16	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.313	2.18	0.41%	3.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
20	77	90	Jul 17	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-8)	4	6.2	9	3	3	1	4	1	0	2.96	3.85	30	6	10	0	0	9	47			0	0	0	28	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.10	-0.066	1.98	-0.07%	-0.23	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d2
21	78	95	Jul 22	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	L(10-9)	4	8.2	8	6	3	4	4	1	0	2.97	3.90	37	9	12	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.478	3.12	-0.67%	-1.95	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 2 out d1
22	79	100	Jul 28	MIN		CAL	W,6-1	CG	W(11-9)	5	9.0	3	1	1	5	5	0	0	2.86	3.87	33	3	17	0	0	3	77			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.335	2.53	0.83%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
23	80	105	Aug 2	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-14	GS-4	L(11-10)	4	3.0	7	7	7	1	3	2	0	3.19	3.99	16	2	3	0	0	7	19			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.325	2.59	-1.00%	-4.91	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d6
24	81	110	Aug 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.08	3.98	30	9	15	0	0	4	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.42	0.658	4.99	1.38%	3.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	82	115	Aug 12	MIN	@	SEA	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-10)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	1	2.92	3.91	33	10	11	0	0	6	78			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.476	4.18	1.12%	4.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
26	83	120	Aug 17	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-8	W(14-10)	4	7.2	8	4	4	4	1	0	0	2.99	3.91	34	7	14	0	0	8	44			0	0	1	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.219	4.60	0.54%	1.54	1b start a 1	8b -23 2 out a4
27	84	126	Aug 23	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(14-11)	5	6.1	9	5	4	1	3	2	0	3.08	3.99	27	6	8	1	0	9	39			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.81	-0.326	2.54	-0.62%	-2.56	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d3
28	85	131	Aug 28	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7		4	6.1	6	1	1	5	1	1	0	3.03	4.08	28	3	13	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.176	5.50	0.42%	2.07	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
Sept				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
29	86	136	Sep 2	MIN	@	TOR	L,0-6	GS-6	L(14-12)	4	6.0	7	6	6	1	3	1	1	3.20	4.11	27	7	8	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.189	3.12	-0.55%	-2.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
30	87	140	Sep 7	MIN		TEX	W,7-3	GS-9	W(15-12)	4	8.2	11	3	3	0	11	0	0	3.20	3.95	36	5	9	0	0	11	61			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.285	4.58	0.85%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a4
31	88	144	Sep 11	MIN		KCR	W,5-1	CG	W(16-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	9	0	0	3.11	3.85	34	6	11	0	0	6	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	.76	0.485	6.51	2.50%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
32	89	148	Sep 16	MIN	@	TEX	W,2-0	GS-8	W(17-12)	4	7.2	5	0	0	3	5	0	1	3.01	3.83	30	6	10	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	0.498	9.95	1.87%	3.57	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a2
33	90	152	Sep 20	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	GS-10		3	10.0	4	4	4	2	6	2	0	3.03	3.87	36	6	18	0	0	4	72			1	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.217	4.24	0.44%	1.15	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
34	91	156	Sep 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-9	W(18-12)	3	8.2	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.07	3.84	37	5	18	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	.60	0.295	5.54	1.62%	0.16	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a4
35	92	160	Sep 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,10-11	GS-6		3	5.2	8	8	6	3	4	2	0	3.21	3.92	28	6	7	0	0	8	26			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.021	1.47	-0.05%	-3.58	1b start a 1	6b -23 2 out a4
							20-15		W-L:18-12	4.0	257.2	225	101	92	73	149	28	4	3.21	3.92	1047	0.65		0%	0%	224	57		---%	7	9	2	964	37	7	1	19	5	13	.91	3.864	2.73	10.42%	29.10

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