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

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 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	273	2	Apr 11	NYM		PIT	W,3-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.2	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0.00	0.72	27	88	64	19	9	7	12	5	2	0	77			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.382	1.38	0.34%	3.45	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a3
2	274	7	Apr 16	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-1	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	0.00	0.69	24	95	62	11	20	6	9	4	1	0	71			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.359	1.77	0.31%	3.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
3	275	12	Apr 21	NYM		MON	W,5-4	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.2	7	4	4	1	8	1	0	1.61	1.51	34	134	89	24	23	12	13	5	3	0	61			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.307	1.15	0.23%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
4	276	16	Apr 27	NYM	@	HOU	W,1-0	GS-5	W(4-0)	5	5.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.32	1.38	16	55	37	14	9	6	5	0	0	0	68			2	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.284	1.28	0.22%	2.28	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
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
5	277	21	May 2	NYM		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	11	0	0	0.99	1.21	35	130	86	18	18	15	8	4	2	0	85			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.332	.57	0.19%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	278	26	May 7	NYM		HOU	W,7-1	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	6.1	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.05	1.35	29	107	69	21	11	10	12	5	3	0	56			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.217	1.09	0.14%	2.41	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a4
7	279	30	May 12	NYM		LAD	W,7-0	SHO	W(7-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	0.87	1.40	31	129	85	26	15	14	9	3	3	0	85			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.234	.48	0.15%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
8	280	34	May 18	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(7-1)	5	8.0	8	6	6	0	5	2	1	1.66	1.90	34	105	73	15	9	13	15	2	3	0	47			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	.72	-0.300	.68	-0.17%	-2.21	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
9	281	39	May 24	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	GS-4	L(7-2)	5	3.1	8	5	4	3	2	0	0	2.14	2.03	20	84	48	16	6	8	7	3	1	0	25			2	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.01	-0.298	1.07	-0.19%	-4.00	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d5
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
10	282	44	Jun 1	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-0	GS-8	W(8-2)	7	8.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.90	2.10	32	115	69	23	10	13	11	8	1	0	72			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.333	.85	0.18%	3.72	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a4
11	283	49	Jun 6	NYM		MON	W,4-3	GS-7	W(9-2)	4	7.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.85	2.09	30	113	69	15	10	14	8	0	1	0	63			3	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.16	0.315	.87	0.14%	2.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
12	284	54	Jun 11	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS-6		4	6.0	11	4	3	1	2	1	0	2.04	2.28	26	90	58	11	11	12	11	5	1	0	37			0	1	0	25	2	0	1	2	0	0	.72	-0.156	.69	-0.09%	-0.95	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
13	285	59	Jun 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,6-11	GS-6	L(9-3)	4	5.1	10	7	7	0	1	0	0	2.62	2.29	25	85	59	10	7	10	14	7	2	0	21			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.637	1.96	-0.58%	-4.43	1b start a 3	6b 1-3 1 out tie
14	286	63	Jun 22	NYM		PHI	W,5-1	GS-8	W(10-3)	5	8.0	8	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.50	2.20	33	129	86	26	14	7	17	7	3	0	69			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.163	1.36	0.16%	2.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
15	287	68	Jun 27	NYM	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	W(11-3)	4	9.0	4	2	2	4	2	1	0	2.45	2.45	35	115	72	13	11	15	14	4	1	0	69			3	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.220	1.99	0.25%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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	288	73	Jul 3	NYM		HOU	W,12-0	SHO	W(12-3)	5	9.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.26	2.47	33	120	74	24	14	14	11	4	1	0	79			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.154	.77	0.21%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
17	289	78	Jul 8	NYM	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(13-3)	4	7.2	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.20	2.52	29	103	64	14	13	14	9	4	1	0	61			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.70	0.446	4.11	0.65%	2.72	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
18	290	81	Jul 13	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-5	L(13-4)	4	5.0	9	4	4	3	5	0	0	2.39	2.52	28	99	61	12	13	9	11	3	2	0	35			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.141	3.13	-0.21%	-1.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
19	291	86	Jul 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-7		4	7.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.27	2.53	25	74	46	12	8	12	8	3	1	0	72			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.426	2.94	0.65%	3.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
20	292	91	Jul 23	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-6	L(13-5)	4	6.0	2	5	4	7	4	1	0	2.43	2.73	28	105	53	13	10	9	8	1	3	0	47			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.51	-0.396	4.09	-0.65%	-2.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
21	293	96	Jul 27	NYM		STL	W,10-1	GS-8	W(14-5)	3	8.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.36	2.70	28	96	63	21	7	10	13	5	6	0	75			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	1	.23	0.075	.65	0.13%	2.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
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	294	101	Aug 2	NYM	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	W(15-5)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.28	2.64	34	122	82	20	15	20	6	2	2	0	77			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.326	3.79	0.70%	3.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
23	295	106	Aug 7	NYM		PHI	L,0-9	GS-6	L(15-6)	4	5.1	8	6	5	0	6	0	0	2.48	2.57	24	89	57	13	11	9	9	3	1	0	36			0	1	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	2	.77	-0.178	2.19	-0.30%	-2.06	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d4
24	296	111	Aug 12	NYM		CHC	L,2-10	GS-5	L(15-7)	4	5.0	10	7	6	0	3	1	0	2.73	2.62	26					9	14	10	2	0	24			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.433	2.42	-0.85%	-4.65	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
25	297	116	Aug 17	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6	L(15-8)	4	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.79	2.70	27	95	57	11	11	10	10	6	1	0	47			1	1	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.068	3.74	-0.13%	-0.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
26	298	121	Aug 22	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-1	GS-8	W(16-8)	4	8.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.71	2.65	28	100	61	15	14	7	13	8	1	0	74			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.512	3.39	0.83%	2.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
27	299	125	Aug 26	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-7	L(16-9)	3	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.71	2.64	29	102	69	14	13	10	13	5	3	0	57			3	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.030	2.43	0.05%	1.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	300	129	Aug 31	NYM		SFG	W,4-3	CG	W(17-9)	4	9.0	11	3	3	1	6	2	0	2.72	2.74	37	133	85	10	19	17	13	5	1	0	58			1	1	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.013	3.72	-0.03%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				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
29	301	134	Sep 5(1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS-8		4	8.0	6	0	0	5	5	0	1	2.62	2.78	36	128	71	19	8	13	12	5	1	0	70			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.525	11.65	2.51%	3.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
30	302	140	Sep 10	NYM		STL	W,10-1	GS-8	W(18-9)	4	8.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.56	2.72	30	102	71	21	9	12	12	4	2	0	70			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	2	0	1	.80	0.292	2.40	0.53%	2.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
31	303	145	Sep 15	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	GS-9	W(19-9)	4	8.0	5	2	2	3	9	1	0	2.55	2.75	31	123	80	16	16	12	7	1	1	0	70			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.246	5.14	0.67%	1.76	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a2
32	304	148	Sep 20(1)	NYM		MON	L,4-6	GS-8	L(19-10)	4	7.1	6	5	5	1	5	2	0	2.66	2.83	28	96	67	19	7	12	8	2	2	2	50			1	1	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.024	5.30	-0.08%	-0.12	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
33	305	153	Sep 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-6	L(19-11)	3	6.0	8	4	3	0	3	1	0	2.71	2.86	25	109	69	14	13	13	9	6	1	0	45			1	1	1	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.35	-0.265	4.92	-0.58%	-0.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
34	306	158	Sep 29	NYM		CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	L(19-12)	4	7.0	7	3	0	2	5	0	0	2.63	2.84	30	130	83	17	8	16	7	2	1	0	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.022	2.29	-0.04%	0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
35	307	162	Oct 3	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS-7	W(20-12)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.67	2.88	29	96	55	15	9	5	17	7	5	0	54			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.16	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
							20-15		W-L:20-12	4.1	249.2	227	83	74	60	182	15	2	2.67	2.88	1016	3596	64%	16%	11%	1.05		19%	8%	2	59		---%	25	15	1	938	36	2	2	17	3	15	.99	3.260	2.53	5.32%	38.76

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