Frank Tanana
Frank Daryl Tanana
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 3, 1953 in Detroit, MI
High School: Catholic Central (Detroit, MI)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1973
Final Game: October 1, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CAL AL 19 P 4 4 26.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.71 1.25 .940 1.85 0.85
1974 CAL AL 20 P 39 35 268.2 49 9 39 1 4 .980 1.61 1.23 .945 1.81 0.83
1975 CAL AL 21 P 34 33 257.1 55 9 44 2 5 .964 1.85 1.56 .938 1.87 0.85 CYA-4
1976 CAL AL 22 P 34 34 288.1 58 12 45 1 1 .983 1.78 1.68 .948 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1977 CAL AL 23 P 31 31 241.1 53 15 37 1 2 .981 1.94 1.68 .945 1.95 0.84 AS,CYA-9
1978 CAL AL 24 P 33 33 239.0 33 8 25 0 2 1.000 1.24 1.00 .952 1.90 0.85 AS,MVP-36
1979 CAL AL 25 P 18 17 90.1 16 3 12 1 1 .938 1.49 0.83 .950 1.92 0.81
1980 CAL AL 26 P 32 31 204.0 36 12 24 0 1 1.000 1.59 1.13 .956 1.85 0.77
1981 BOS AL 27 P 24 23 141.1 35 9 25 1 2 .971 2.17 1.42 .963 1.98 0.81
1982 TEX AL 28 P 30 30 194.1 39 8 30 1 0 .974 1.76 1.27 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 TEX AL 29 P 29 22 159.1 48 9 37 2 0 .958 2.60 1.59 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 TEX AL 30 P 35 35 246.1 53 18 35 0 2 1.000 1.94 1.51 .957 1.79 0.70
1985 TOT AL 31 P 33 33 215.0 46 14 31 1 2 .978 1.88 1.36 .952 1.86 0.70
1985 TEX AL 31 P 13 13 77.2 17 5 11 1 1 .941 1.85 1.23 .953 1.87 0.70
1985 DET AL 31 P 20 20 137.1 29 9 20 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.45 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 DET AL 32 P 32 31 188.1 47 19 26 2 5 .957 2.15 1.41 .957 1.83 0.68
1987 DET AL 33 P 34 34 218.2 49 14 35 0 2 1.000 2.02 1.44 .953 1.84 0.67
1988 DET AL 34 P 32 32 203.0 43 11 31 1 4 .977 1.86 1.31 .960 1.78 0.67
1989 DET AL 35 P 33 33 223.2 57 16 41 0 2 1.000 2.29 1.73 .958 1.87 0.66
1990 DET AL 36 P 34 29 176.1 36 9 27 0 0 1.000 1.84 1.06 .950 1.78 0.59
1991 DET AL 37 P 33 33 217.1 49 12 36 1 3 .980 1.99 1.45 .955 1.80 0.58
1992 DET AL 38 P 32 31 186.2 40 8 30 2 1 .950 1.83 1.19 .952 1.72 0.56
1993 TOT MLB 39 P 32 32 202.2 36 11 23 2 1 .944 1.51 1.06 .956 1.83 0.54
1993 NYM NL 39 P 29 29 183.0 34 11 22 1 1 .971 1.62 1.14 .953 1.84 0.54
1993 NYY AL 39 P 3 3 19.2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.46 0.33 1.000 1.78 0.57
21 Seasons P 638 616 4188.1 883 226 638 19 40 .978 1.86 1.35 .953 1.84 0.72
21 Seasons TOT 638 616 4188.1 883 226 638 19 40 .978 1.86 1.35 .931 1.84 0.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 CAL AL 19 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL AL 20 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL AL 21 34 0 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CAL AL 22 35 0 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 CAL AL 23 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CAL AL 24 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CAL AL 25 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CAL AL 26 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BOS AL 27 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TEX AL 28 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 29 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 30 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 DET AL 31 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TEX AL 31 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 DET AL 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 DET AL 33 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 DET AL 34 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 DET AL 35 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 DET AL 36 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 DET AL 37 33 0 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 DET AL 38 32 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYM NL 39 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYY AL 39 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 639 29 35 638 638 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1973 CAL AL 19 111 73% 22% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1974 CAL AL 20 1162 77% 24% 39 90% 0 9 2 6 37 28 5 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 6 100%
1975 CAL AL 21 1073 67% 19% 46 87% 1 10 2 7 43 29 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 3 3 2 9 89%
1976 CAL AL 22 1199 71% 22% 43 95% 0 12 2 5 45 29 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 11 91%
1977 CAL AL 23 1004 72% 22% 41 98% 1 15 3 6 36 24 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 7 100%
1978 CAL AL 24 1045 80% 24% 27 93% 1 7 2 5 26 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1979 CAL AL 25 402 82% 22% 13 85% 0 3 0 2 12 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1980 CAL AL 26 900 82% 24% 34 85% 0 13 4 6 25 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 70%
1981 BOS AL 27 621 80% 24% 31 97% 0 9 2 4 25 21 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 7 100%
1982 TEX AL 28 854 83% 27% 30 93% 1 8 0 4 28 24 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 100%
1983 TEX AL 29 693 76% 26% 38 95% 0 10 2 5 37 29 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1984 TEX AL 30 1088 79% 27% 39 100% 0 18 1 12 36 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 100%
1985 DET AL 31 586 76% 25% 18 100% 0 9 0 5 20 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1985 TEX AL 31 350 78% 27% 10 90% 0 5 1 4 12 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1986 DET AL 32 839 78% 26% 31 94% 1 19 2 12 25 17 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 9 78%
1987 DET AL 33 957 78% 28% 36 97% 0 14 2 9 35 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1988 DET AL 34 899 78% 26% 38 89% 0 13 6 5 29 21 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 11 64%
1989 DET AL 35 995 77% 31% 40 100% 2 14 5 8 43 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1990 DET AL 36 793 76% 29% 21 86% 0 9 1 5 27 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 DET AL 37 950 80% 29% 33 100% 0 12 2 7 37 25 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 7 100%
1992 DET AL 38 859 78% 29% 24 96% 0 8 3 4 30 15 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1993 NYM NL 39 811 80% 30% 27 93% 1 11 2 5 22 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 11 91%
1993 NYY AL 39 89 79% 22% 3 33% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
21 Seasons 18280 77% 26% 667 94% 8 228 44 126 636 459 42 19 2 9 8 10 38 25 31 7 136 89%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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