Frank Viola

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1981	21	-2.0	Orlando	SOUL	AA	MIN	5	4	.556	3.43	4.36	17	15	0	2	0	0	97.0	112	47	37	9	33	1	50	0	0	9		1.495	10.4	0.8	3.1	4.6	1.52
1982	22	-3.6	Toledo	IL	AAA	MIN	2	3	.400	3.88	4.19	8	8	0	2	0	0	58.0	61	27	25	3	18	1	34	2	0	4		1.362	9.5	0.5	2.8	5.3	1.89
1982	22	-6.2	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	4	10	.286	5.21	5.50	22	22	0	3	1	0	126.0	152	77	73	22	38	2	84	0	1	4	543	1.508	10.9	1.6	2.7	6.0	2.21
1983	23	-5.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	7	15	.318	5.49	6.04	35	34	0	4	0	0	210.0	242	141	128	34	92	7	127	8	2	6	949	1.590	10.4	1.5	3.9	5.4	1.38
1984	24	-4.4	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	18	12	.600	3.21	3.53	35	35	0	10	4	0	257.2	225	101	92	28	73	1	149	4	1	6	1047	1.157	7.9	1.0	2.5	5.2	2.04
1985	25	-3.4	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	18	14	.563	4.09	4.88	36	36	0	9	0	0	250.2	262	136	114	26	68	3	135	2	2	6	1059	1.316	9.4	0.9	2.4	4.8	1.99
1986	26	-2.2	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	16	13	.552	4.51	4.98	37	37	0	7	1	0	245.2	257	136	123	37	83	0	191	3	0	12	1053	1.384	9.4	1.4	3.0	7.0	2.30
1987	27	-1.6	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	17	10	.630	2.90	3.25	36	36	0	7	1	0	251.2	230	91	81	29	66	1	197	6	1	1	1037	1.176	8.2	1.0	2.4	7.0	2.98
1988	28	-0.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	24	7	.774	2.64	2.82	35	35	0	7	2	0	255.1	236	80	75	20	54	2	193	3	1	5	1031	1.136	8.3	0.7	1.9	6.8	3.57
1989	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	13	17	.433	3.66	3.97	36	36	0	9	2	0	261.0	246	115	106	22	74	4	211	4	1	8	1082	1.226	8.5	0.8	2.6	7.3	2.85
1989	29	0.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	8	12	.400	3.79	4.10	24	24	0	7	1	0	175.2	171	80	74	17	47	1	138	3	1	5	731	1.241	8.8	0.9	2.4	7.1	2.94
1989	29	0.2	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	5	5	.500	3.38	3.69	12	12	0	2	1	0	85.1	75	35	32	5	27	3	73	1	0	3	351	1.195	7.9	0.5	2.8	7.7	2.70
1990	30	1.6	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	20	12	.625	2.67	2.99	35	35	0	7	3	0	249.2	227	83	74	15	60	2	182	2	0	11	1016	1.150	8.2	0.5	2.2	6.6	3.03
1991	31	2.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	13	15	.464	3.97	4.36	35	35	0	3	0	0	231.1	259	112	102	25	54	4	132	1	1	6	980	1.353	10.1	1.0	2.1	5.1	2.44
1992	32	3.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	13	12	.520	3.44	3.74	35	35	0	6	1	0	238.0	214	99	91	13	89	4	121	7	2	12	999	1.273	8.1	0.5	3.4	4.6	1.36
1993	33	4.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	11	8	.579	3.14	3.72	29	29	0	2	1	0	183.2	180	76	64	12	72	5	91	6	0	5	787	1.372	8.8	0.6	3.5	4.5	1.26
1994	34	4.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	1	.500	4.65	4.94	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.0	34	17	16	2	17	0	9	0	0	2	136	1.645	9.9	0.6	4.9	2.6	0.53
1995	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	CIN	3	4	.429	4.06	5.28	9	9	0	0	0	0	44.1	45	26	20	5	9	0	33	3	0	0	191	1.218	9.1	1.0	1.8	6.7	3.67
1995	35	7.8	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CIN	3	3	.500	4.09	4.64	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	33	17	15	3	6	0	25	2	0	0	138	1.182	9.0	0.8	1.6	6.8	4.17
1995	35	12.5	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	0	1	.000	3.97	7.15	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	12	9	5	2	3	0	8	1	0	0	53	1.324	9.5	1.6	2.4	6.4	2.67
1995	35	7.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	6.28	6.91	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	20	11	10	3	3	1	4	0	0	1	64	1.605	12.6	1.9	1.9	2.5	1.33
1996	36	11.8	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	TOR	0	0		1.64	1.64	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.0	16	4	4	1	3	0	15	0	0	0	84	0.864	6.5	0.4	1.2	6.1	5.00
1996	36	7.7	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	1	3	.250	7.71	8.31	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	43	28	26	6	21	3	18	2	0	1	150	2.110	12.8	1.8	6.2	5.3	0.86
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		176	150	.540	3.73	4.13	421	420	0	74	16	0	2836.1	2827	1303	1175	294	864	39	1844	48	12	86	11933	1.301	9.0	0.9	2.7	5.9	2.13
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		10	11	.476	3.50	4.23	38	36	0	4	0	0	221.1	234	104	86	18	63	2	132	5	0	13	275	1.342	9.5	0.7	2.6	5.4	2.10
All Levels (16 Seasons)							186	161	.536	3.71	4.14	459	456	0	78	16	0	3057.2	3061	1407	1261	312	927	41	1976	53	12	99	12208	1.304	9.0	0.9	2.7	5.8	2.13

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	6	.455	3.96	4.35	14	14	0	2	0	0	91.0	94	44	40	6	24	1	59	4	0	4	138	1.297	9.3	0.6	2.4	5.8	2.46
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	3.10	3.86	21	19	0	2	0	0	119.0	128	51	41	10	36	1	65	0	0	9	84	1.378	9.7	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.81
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.97	7.15	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	12	9	5	2	3	0	8	1	0	0	53	1.324	9.5	1.6	2.4	6.4	2.67