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: 12-23 / in Starts: 12-22

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	23	4	Apr 8	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-5		99	4.1	8	4	3	2	1	2	0	6.23	9.68	22	5	6	3	1	8	32			0	2	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.265	1.29	-0.21%	-1.93	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 1 out d2
2	24	9	Apr 15	MIN		CAL	L,2-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	6	5.0	9	6	6	1	5	3	0	8.68	9.40	25	6	4	1	2	9	29			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.300	1.20	-0.21%	-3.41	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d5
3	25	15	Apr 21	MIN		SEA	L,0-2	8-8		5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.84	8.76	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.030	.68	0.02%	0.52	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
4	26	18	Apr 25	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	6.1	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	5.94	6.96	29	8	8	3	0	7	49			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.029	1.11	-0.02%	0.21	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	27	23	May 1	MIN		MIL	L,4-8	GS-8		5	7.1	6	2	2	2	4	0	1	4.88	5.71	31	5	13	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.35	0.044	1.62	0.03%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
6	28	28	May 7	MIN		NYY	L,7-8	GS-8		5	7.0	9	5	5	5	2	2	0	5.23	6.24	32	6	10	1	0	9	36			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	3	0	0	.75	-0.219	.57	-0.10%	-0.76	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
7	29	32	May 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.2	6	4	4	2	3	3	0	5.26	6.66	28	12	5	0	0	6	47			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.262	.93	-0.12%	-0.88	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out tie
8	30	37	May 18	MIN		OAK	W,16-5	GS-8	W(1-2)	4	7.0	10	5	5	4	5	0	0	5.44	6.09	34	5	10	2	0	10	38			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.063	.64	-0.03%	-2.38	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a11
9	31	42	May 23	MIN	@	BAL	W,12-4	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	4	3	4	7	2	0	5.03	5.98	37	9	9	1	0	8	60			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.69	0.069	.62	0.04%	0.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
10	32	48	May 29	MIN	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-4		5	3.2	8	5	5	1	3	0	0	5.49	5.72	19	2	5	2	0	8	27			1	0	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.444	.83	-0.23%	-3.37	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
11	33	53	Jun 4	MIN		BOS	L,6-8	GS-7	L(2-3)	5	6.2	7	5	5	2	3	2	0	5.63	5.82	28	3	13	2	0	7	41			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.171	.53	-0.06%	-1.48	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d1
12	34	58	Jun 10	MIN		TEX	L,2-4	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.2	4	3	3	6	5	1	0	5.64	5.92	23	4	4	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	-0.126	.43	-0.03%	-1.20	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d3
13	35	63	Jun 15	MIN		KCR	W,6-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	0	5.21	5.57	35	10	9	1	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.228	.24	0.04%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	36	68	Jun 20	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-2	GS-8		4	7.1	10	1	1	1	3	1	0	4.87	5.45	31	9	8	0	0	10	56			0	2	1	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.217	.40	0.04%	2.32	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
15	37	73	Jun 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-8	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	4.2	6	4	4	2	5	0	0	5.02	5.26	22	5	4	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.211	.18	-0.03%	-1.84	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	38	78	Jul 1	MIN		CHW	W,6-3	GS-8	W(4-5)	5	7.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	1	4.75	5.07	29	6	13	2	0	7	61			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.339	.12	0.02%	3.00	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a2
17	39	82	Jul 8	MIN		CLE	L,4-10	GS-4	L(4-6)	6	3.1	8	10	9	3	2	1	1	5.40	5.21	21	5	2	1	0	8	5			0	1	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	.45	-0.414	.03	-0.02%	-6.86	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d8
18	40	86	Jul 12	MIN		NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	5	3	3	3	7	0	1	5.30	5.03	29	5	8	3	0	5	59			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.084	.15	0.01%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
19	41	90	Jul 16	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-5	GS-8	L(4-7)	3	7.0	9	5	5	2	3	4	0	5.37	5.34	31	7	10	1	0	9	40			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.068	.09	-0.01%	-1.74	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out d5
20	42	94	Jul 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-6		3	5.1	7	4	3	3	2	0	0	5.35	5.27	26	4	10	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.261	.04	-0.01%	-1.00	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
21	43	99	Jul 25	MIN		MIL	W,17-3	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	10	3	2	2	5	0	0	5.12	5.06	37	8	12	2	0	10	60			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	.25	0.106	.02	0.01%	1.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a14
22	44	103	Jul 30	MIN		SEA	L,3-7	GS-7	L(5-8)	4	7.0	10	7	5	2	3	1	0	5.19	5.04	31	8	7	0	0	10	34			0	0	1	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	.95	-0.276	.11	-0.02%	-3.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
23	45	108	Aug 3	MIN		CAL	L,5-7	GS-4		3	3.2	6	5	5	3	2	1	0	5.37	5.11	21	5	5	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.355	.04	-0.01%	-3.71	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d4
24	46	112	Aug 7	MIN		OAK	L,0-6	GS-8	L(5-9)	3	7.0	8	6	5	6	4	1	1	5.42	5.17	35	9	7	3	0	8	37			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	1	0	.74	-0.157	.01	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d5
25	47	116	Aug 11	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-6	GS-5	L(5-10)	3	4.0	5	5	4	0	3	0	0	5.52	5.07	18	6	4	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-2.48	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d3
26	48	120	Aug 15	MIN	@	SEA	W,7-4	GS-7	W(6-10)	3	7.0	5	4	4	4	5	2	0	5.50	5.14	31	9	8	1	0	5	52			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
27	49	124	Aug 20	MIN		DET	L,1-9	GS-8	L(6-11)	4	7.2	8	5	5	4	8	1	0	5.52	5.09	35	7	8	1	0	8	47			1	0	0	31	4	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out d2
28	50	128	Aug 25	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(7-11)	4	9.0	3	2	2	5	5	1	0	5.34	5.07	35	10	12	3	0	3	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.310	.00	0.00%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
29	51	132	Aug 29	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.0	6	4	3	3	3	1	0	5.34	5.09	24	6	6	2	0	6	41			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
30	52	136	Sep 2	MIN		BAL	L,0-1	GS-9	L(7-12)	3	8.1	5	1	1	5	5	1	1	5.15	5.10	35	4	15	0	5	5	69			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.224	.00	0.00%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d1
31	53	140	Sep 6	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS-7		3	6.1	7	2	2	2	0	0	1	5.07	5.07	27	6	11	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.51	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
32	54	145	Sep 13	MIN		CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(7-13)	6	7.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	5.08	5.05	28	5	10	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	.82	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
33	55	150	Sep 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-4		5	3.1	6	4	3	3	3	0	0	5.13	5.02	19	2	5	1	0	6	34			2	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-3.12	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d1
34	56	155	Sep 24	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-12	GS-2	L(7-14)	4	1.1	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	5.36	5.02	11	1	3	0	0	6	17			0	0	0	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.338	.00	0.00%	-4.94	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d5
35	57	160	Sep 30	MIN	@	TOR	L,0-8	GS-6	L(7-15)	5	5.0	6	8	6	2	6	2	1	5.49	5.08	25	3	7	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	2	.70	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-4.35	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d6
							12-23		W-L:7-15	4.1	210.0	242	141	128	92	127	34	8	5.49	5.08	949	0.75		8%	2%	242	44	0	---%	9	5	2	841	43	8	7	13	2	8	.94	-3.313	.33	-0.91%	-34.06

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