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Frank Viola
Frank John Viola (Sweet Music)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 209 lb.
School St. John's University

Debut June 6, 1982
  vs. BAL 4.3 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER
Final Game May 28, 1996
Born April 19, 1960 in Hempstead, NY

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 22 MIN AL   4  10  22  22   3   1   0  0  126.0  152   77   73  22   38   84   0   4   543   2   1  5.21  4.25   81 1.508
 1983 23 MIN AL   7  15  35  34   4   0   0  0  210.0  242  141  128  34   92  127   8   6   949   7   2  5.49  4.28   78 1.590
 1984 24 MIN AL  18  12  35  35  10   4   0  0  257.7  225  101   92  28   73  149   4   6  1047   1   1  3.21  4.20  131 1.157 CYA-6
 1985 25 MIN AL  18  14  36  36   9   0   0  0  250.7  262  136  114  26   68  135   2   6  1059   3   2  4.09  4.36  106 1.316
 1986 26 MIN AL  16  13  37  37   7   1   0  0  245.7  257  136  123  37   83  191   3  12  1053   0   0  4.51  4.27   95 1.384
 1987 27 MIN AL  17  10  36  36   7   1   0  0  251.7  230   91   81  29   66  197   6   1  1037   1   1  2.90  4.61  159 1.176 CYA-6
 1988 28 MIN AL  24   7  35  35   7   2   0  0  255.3  236   80   75  20   54  193   3   5  1031   2   1  2.64  4.06  153 1.136 MVP-10,CYA-1,AS
 1989 29 TOT     13  17  36  36   9   2   0  0  261.0  246  115  106  22   74  211   4   8  1082   4   1  3.66  3.87  106 1.226
         MIN AL   8  12  24  24   7   1   0  0  175.7  171   80   74  17   47  138   3   5   731   1   1  3.79  4.16  110 1.241
         NYM NL   5   5  12  12   2   1   0  0   85.3   75   35   32   5   27   73   1   3   351   3   0  3.38  3.26   97 1.195
 1990 30 NYM NL  20  12  35  35   7   3   0  0  249.7  227   83   74  15   60  182   2  11  1016   2   0  2.67  3.76  141 1.150 CYA-3,AS
 1991 31 NYM NL  13  15  35  35   3   0   0  0  231.3  259  112  102  25   54  132   1   6   980   4   1  3.97  3.65   92 1.353 AS
 1992 32 BOS AL  13  12  35  35   6   1   0  0  238.0  214   99   91  13   89  121   7  12   999   4   2  3.44  4.23  123 1.273
 1993 33 BOS AL  11   8  29  29   2   1   0  0  183.7  180   76   64  12   72   91   6   5   787   5   0  3.14  4.64  148 1.372
 1994 34 BOS AL   1   1   6   6   0   0   0  0   31.0   34   17   16   2   17    9   0   2   136   0   0  4.65  5.05  109 1.645
 1995 35 CIN NL   0   1   3   3   0   0   0  0   14.3   20   11   10   3    3    4   0   1    64   1   0  6.28  4.14   66 1.605
 1996 36 TOR AL   1   3   6   6   0   0   0  0   30.3   43   28   26   6   21   18   2   1   150   3   0  7.71  5.00   65 2.110
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .540 176 150 421 420  74  16   0  0 2836.3 2827 1303 1175 294  864 1844  48  86 11933  39  12  3.73  4.18  112 1.301
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  12  34  33   5   1   0  0  229.0  228  105   95  23   69  149   3   6   964   3   0  3.73  4.18  112 1.301
 Career High     24  17  37  37  10   4   0  0  261.0  262  141  128  37   92  211   8  12  1082   7   2  2.64  4.64  159 1.136
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 29 TOT     36   23    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   7  .130  .167  .130  -12    3   5   0   0   0   0
         NYM NL  12   23    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   7  .130  .167  .130  -12    3   5   0   0   0   0
 1990 30 NYM NL  35   85    4   13   0  0   0    4   0  0   0  20  .153  .153  .153  -15   13   7   0   0   0   1 AS
 1991 31 NYM NL  35   71    2    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   2  13  .127  .151  .155  -13   11  10   0   0   0   1 AS
 1995 35 CIN NL   3    6    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .167  .167  .333   28    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     421  185    8   26   3  0   0    6   0  0   3  41  .141  .154  .157  -12   29  22   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         71    3   10   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  16  .141  .154  .157  -12   11   8   0   0   0   1
 Career High     37   85    4   13   2  0   0    4   0  0   2  20                          13  10   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 29 TOT      29   25    1   1.1    86| .130  .248| .167  .315| .130  .370| .297  .684| -12  .081  -3.3  -0.4   0%
         NYM NL   29   25    1   1.1    86| .130  .248| .167  .315| .130  .370| .297  .684| -12  .081  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1990 30 NYM NL   92   80    2   0.7    98| .153  .264| .153  .331| .153  .397| .306  .728| -15  .031 -13.7  -1.4   0%
 1991 31 NYM NL   83   73    2   0.7    93| .127  .257| .151  .324| .155  .384| .306  .708| -13  .040 -10.8  -1.1   0%
 1995 35 CIN NL    6    5    0   0.0   107| .167  .271| .167  .340| .333  .421| .500  .761|  28  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      210  183    5   0.7    95| .141  .260| .154  .326| .157  .390| .311  .716| -12  .038 -28.4  -3.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 22 MIN AL P 22 1 15 2 0 .889 .958 0.73 0.73 1.14 1.80 22 126.0 1983 23 MIN AL P 35 7 23 1 2 .968 .958 0.86 0.73 1.29 1.80 34 210.0 1984 24 MIN AL P 35 6 26 1 1 .970 .958 0.91 0.70 1.12 1.79 35 257.7 1985 25 MIN AL P 36 6 33 5 0 .886 .954 1.08 0.70 1.40 1.86 36 250.7 1986 26 MIN AL P 37 8 21 3 1 .906 .957 0.78 0.68 1.06 1.83 37 245.7 1987 27 MIN AL P 36 6 34 3 1 .930 .955 1.11 0.67 1.43 1.84 36 251.7 1988 28 MIN AL P 35 5 30 2 1 .946 .962 1.00 0.67 1.23 1.78 35 255.3 AS 1989 29 TOT P 36 10 35 4 3 .918 .955 1.25 0.65 1.55 1.87 36 261.0 MIN AL P 24 7 26 3 1 .917 .959 1.38 0.66 1.69 1.87 24 175.7 NYM NL P 12 3 9 1 2 .923 .945 1.00 0.63 1.27 1.87 12 85.3 1990 30 NYM NL P 35 11 34 1 1 .978 .957 1.29 0.58 1.62 1.80 35 249.7 AS 1991 31 NYM NL P 35 6 34 4 1 .909 .955 1.14 0.59 1.56 1.86 35 231.3 AS 1992 32 BOS AL P 35 6 47 2 6 .964 .953 1.51 0.56 2.00 1.72 35 238.0 1993 33 BOS AL P 29 10 31 4 1 .911 .953 1.41 0.56 2.01 1.79 29 183.7 1994 34 BOS AL P 6 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 0.52 1.16 1.71 6 31.0 1995 35 CIN NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.50 1.26 1.83 3 14.3 1996 36 TOR AL P 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.52 1.19 1.78 6 30.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 22 MIN AL P 22 1 15 2 0 .889 .958 0.73 0.73 1.14 1.80 22 126.0 1983 23 MIN AL P 35 7 23 1 2 .968 .958 0.86 0.73 1.29 1.80 34 210.0 1984 24 MIN AL P 35 6 26 1 1 .970 .958 0.91 0.70 1.12 1.79 35 257.7 1985 25 MIN AL P 36 6 33 5 0 .886 .954 1.08 0.70 1.40 1.86 36 250.7 1986 26 MIN AL P 37 8 21 3 1 .906 .957 0.78 0.68 1.06 1.83 37 245.7 1987 27 MIN AL P 36 6 34 3 1 .930 .955 1.11 0.67 1.43 1.84 36 251.7 1988 28 MIN AL P 35 5 30 2 1 .946 .962 1.00 0.67 1.23 1.78 35 255.3 1989 29 TOT P 36 10 35 4 3 .918 .955 1.25 0.65 1.55 1.87 36 261.0 MIN AL P 24 7 26 3 1 .917 .959 1.38 0.66 1.69 1.87 24 175.7 NYM NL P 12 3 9 1 2 .923 .945 1.00 0.63 1.27 1.87 12 85.3 1990 30 NYM NL P 35 11 34 1 1 .978 .957 1.29 0.58 1.62 1.80 35 249.7 1991 31 NYM NL P 35 6 34 4 1 .909 .955 1.14 0.59 1.56 1.86 35 231.3 1992 32 BOS AL P 35 6 47 2 6 .964 .953 1.51 0.56 2.00 1.72 35 238.0 1993 33 BOS AL P 29 10 31 4 1 .911 .953 1.41 0.56 2.01 1.79 29 183.7 1994 34 BOS AL P 6 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 0.52 1.16 1.71 6 31.0 1995 35 CIN NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.50 1.26 1.83 3 14.3 1996 36 TOR AL P 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.52 1.19 1.78 6 30.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 421 84 371 32 19 .934 .956 1.08 0.65 1.44 1.81 420 2836.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 421 84 371 32 19 .934 .956 1.08 0.65 1.44 1.81 420 2836
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  MIN DET     W   2   2   5.25  1  0  0  0  12    14   7   5   9 
        WS    MIN STL     W   3   3   3.72  2  1  0  0  19.1  17   8   3  16 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   5   5   4.31  3  1  0  0  31.1  31  15   8  25 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  MIN DET     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIN STL     W   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   5   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1988   MIN AL   *  1  0  0   2     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1990   NYM NL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1991   NYM NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/3      1  1  0  0   4     1   0   0   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1988   MIN AL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1990   NYM NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1991   NYM NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1988 (P)
1990 *
1991 *

Awards
1987-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1987-ML-WS MVP
1988-AL-CYA
1988-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1988-AL-10-0.10
Car-885-0.10 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1984-AL-6-0.01
1987-AL-6-0.04
1988-AL-1-0.99
1990-NL-3-0.16
1 Cy Young
Car-37-1.20 shares

Sac. Hits
1991 NL-10-10

ERA
1984 AL-3.21-10
1987 AL-2.90-2
1988 AL-2.64-3
1990 NL-2.67-4
1993 AL-3.14-5

Wins
1984 AL-18-4
1985 AL-18-3
1986 AL-16-9
1987 AL-17-8
1988 AL-24-1
1990 NL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1988 AL-.774-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1984 AL-1.157-7
1987 AL-1.176-6
1988 AL-1.136-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1984 AL-7.86-7
1992 AL-8.09-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1985 AL-2.44-10
1988 AL-1.90-5
1990 NL-2.16-8
1991 NL-2.10-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1987 AL-7.05-8
1988 AL-6.80-8
1989 AL-7.07-5
1990 NL-6.56-8

Innings
1984 AL-257.7-5
1985 AL-250.7-8
1986 AL-245.7-9
1987 AL-251.7-10
1988 AL-255.3-6
1990 NL-249.7-1
1991 NL-231.3-7

Strikeouts
1984 AL-149-8
1986 AL-191-8
1987 AL-197-7
1988 AL-193-3
1990 NL-182-4
Car-1844-81

Games Started
1983 AL-34-9
1984 AL-35-4
1985 AL-36-4
1986 AL-37-1
1987 AL-36-5
1988 AL-35-3
1990 NL-35-1
1991 NL-35-5
1992 AL-35-3
Car-420-97

Comp. Games
1984 AL-10-9
1985 AL-9-9
1989 AL-7-9
1990 NL-7-5

Shutouts
1984 AL-4-3
1988 AL-2-8
1990 NL-3-3
1993 AL-1-10

Home Runs Allow.
1983 AL-34-3
1984 AL-28-5
1986 AL-37-3
1991 NL-25-2
Car-294-50

Bases On Balls Allow.
1983 AL-92-7
1992 AL-89-8

Hits Allowed
1983 AL-242-8
1985 AL-262-5
1986 AL-257-3
1988 AL-236-9
1990 NL-227-5
1991 NL-259-1

SO to Walk
1987 AL-2.98-4
1988 AL-3.57-3
1989 AL-2.94-6
1990 NL-3.03-6
1991 NL-2.44-10

Losses
1983 AL-15-4
1985 AL-14-9
1991 NL-15-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1983 AL-128-1
1985 AL-114-5
1986 AL-123-3
1991 NL-102-2

Wild Pitches
1986 AL-12-6
1990 NL-11-3
1992 AL-12-7

Hit Batsmen
1983 AL-8-4

Batters Faced
1984 AL-1047-6
1985 AL-1059-7
1986 AL-1053-7
1988 AL-1031-9
1990 NL-1016-1
1991 NL-980-4
1992 AL-999-9

Adjusted ERA+
1984 AL-131-5
1987 AL-159-2
1988 AL-153-3
1990 NL-141-5
1992 AL-123-10
1993 AL-148-2

Salary
1989 AL-$2,766,666-1
1991 NL-$3,166,667-9
1992 AL-$4,833,333-3

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 12 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 121 (149) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 24.0 (211) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 69.0 (165) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

July 31, 1989: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Mets for a player to be named later, Rick Aguilera, David West, Kevin Tapani, and Tim Drummond. The New York Mets sent Jack Savage (October 16, 1989) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 2, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 20, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 24, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

July 25, 1995: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

July 25, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

February 22, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

June 5, 1996: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Minnesota Twins$375,000
1986Minnesota Twins$674,000
1987Minnesota Twins$830,000
1988Minnesota Twins$1,350,000
1989Minnesota Twins$2,766,666
1990New York Mets$1,966,667
1991New York Mets$3,166,667
1992Boston Red Sox$4,833,333
1993Boston Red Sox$4,833,333
1994Boston Red Sox$4,333,334
1995Cincinnati Reds$190,000
Career (may be incomplete)$25,319,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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