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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-15 / in Starts: 20-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 92 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	63 (30-20-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 92 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (27-18-10)

Most Driven In
K Miller	1
K McReynolds	1
T Hundley	1
G Jefferies	1
M Carreon	0
D Boston	0

Most Driven In By
D Magadan	2
K Elster	1
P Tabler	1

1990 Batting Game Log

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1990 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	15	2 (1)	Apr 11	NYM		PIT	W,3-0	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.48	-0.027	.71	-0.02%	-0.51	P
2	16	7 (4)	Apr 16	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.25	-0.043	1.81	-0.04%	-0.48	P
3	17	12 (4)	Apr 21	NYM		MON	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.65	-0.051	.82	-0.04%	-0.65	P
4	18	16 (3)	Apr 27	NYM	@	HOU	W,1-0	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.68	-0.033	.86	-0.03%	-0.29	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	19	21 (4)	May 2	NYM		CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.32	-0.003	.29	0.00%	-0.44	P
6	20	26 (4)	May 7	NYM		HOU	W,7-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.46	-0.024	.49	-0.02%	-0.56	P
7	21	30 (3)	May 12	NYM		LAD	W,7-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	.57	-0.002	.60	0.00%	-0.08	P
8	22	34 (3)	May 18	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9	1.66	0.186	1.58	0.11%	1.77	P
9	23	39 (4)	May 24	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.61	-0.015	.64	-0.01%	-0.15	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	24	44 (4)	Jun 1	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.70	-0.053	.63	-0.03%	-1.04	P
11	25	49 (4)	Jun 6	NYM		MON	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.44	0.005	.33	0.00%	0.02	P
12	26	54 (4)	Jun 11	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.13	-0.058	1.08	-0.03%	-0.48	P
13	27	59 (4)	Jun 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,6-11	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.161	.161	.323	9	.59	-0.031	.90	-0.03%	-0.51	P
14	28	63 (3)	Jun 22	NYM		PHI	W,5-1	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	.36	0.109	.59	0.11%	0.75	P
15	29	68 (4)	Jun 27	NYM	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9	1.06	-0.105	1.99	-0.12%	-1.10	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	30	73 (4)	Jul 3	NYM		HOU	W,12-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.14	0.004	.31	0.01%	0.44	P
17	31	78 (4)	Jul 8	NYM	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.156	.311	9	.91	-0.070	2.20	-0.10%	-0.81	P
18	32	81 (2)	Jul 13	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.152	.152	.304	9	.46	-0.012	1.14	-0.02%	-0.10	P
19	33	86 (4)	Jul 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.146	.146	.292	9	1.02	-0.050	2.58	-0.08%	-0.36	P
20	34	91 (4)	Jul 23	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.72	-0.067	4.65	-0.11%	-0.64	P
21	35	96 (4)	Jul 27	NYM		STL	W,10-1	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.132	.132	.264	9	.19	-0.023	.54	-0.04%	-1.81	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	36	101 (4)	Aug 2	NYM	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.13	-0.139	4.01	-0.30%	-1.32	P
23	37	106 (4)	Aug 7	NYM		PHI	L,0-9	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.123	.123	.246	9	1.09	-0.027	3.09	-0.05%	-0.22	P
24	38	111 (4)	Aug 12	NYM		CHC	L,2-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.121	.121	.241	9	.54	-0.014	1.76	-0.03%	-0.22	P
25	39	116 (4)	Aug 17	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.117	.117	.233	9	1.49	-0.074	4.81	-0.14%	-0.55	P
26	40	121 (4)	Aug 22	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-1	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.141	.141	.281	9	1.28	-0.031	3.43	-0.05%	-0.33	P
27	41	125 (3)	Aug 26	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.77	0.065	2.24	0.11%	0.49	P
28	42	129 (3)	Aug 31	NYM		SFG	W,4-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.162	.162	.162	.324	9	1.23	-0.093	4.16	-0.19%	-0.90	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	43	134 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.157	.157	.314	9	1.02	-0.050	8.13	-0.24%	-0.36	P
30	44	140 (5)	Sep 10	NYM		STL	W,10-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.151	.151	.301	9	.41	-0.032	1.24	-0.06%	-0.76	P
31	45	145 (4)	Sep 15	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.145	.145	.289	9	1.12	-0.115	5.06	-0.31%	-1.44	P
32	46	148 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	NYM		MON	L,4-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.141	.141	.282	9	1.09	-0.090	5.79	-0.29%	-1.18	P
33	47	153 (4)	Sep 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.138	.138	.275	9	.61	-0.031	2.21	-0.07%	-0.35	P
34	48	158 (4)	Sep 29	NYM		CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.146	.146	.293	9	1.38	0.081	3.64	0.13%	0.56	P
35	49	162 (3)	Oct 3	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.153	.153	.306	9	.69	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.01	P
							20-15		92	85	4	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	20	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	.153	.153	.153	.306		.81	-0.895	2.05	-1.96%	-13.56

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