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: 17-18 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	308	2	Apr 9	NYM		PHI	W,2-1	GS-6		99	6.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.50	1.86	27	118	72	21	9	9	10	3	1	0	56			0	1	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	0.146	2.19	0.15%	1.72	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
2	309	7	Apr 14	NYM		MON	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.20	3.12	33	132	87	21	9	9	20	3	5	0	75			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.245	.97	0.26%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
3	310	12	Apr 20	NYM	@	MON	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	8.0	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	1.17	2.51	30	96	65	11	14	12	12	7	2	0	66			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.276	2.60	0.28%	2.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
4	311	17	Apr 26	NYM		PIT	W,2-0	GS-9	W(3-0)	5	8.1	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.86	2.66	32	113	73	28	5	16	12	1	3	0	71			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.501	3.04	0.74%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	312	21	May 1	NYM		SDP	L,7-8	GS-7	L(3-1)	4	6.0	8	7	5	4	4	1	0	1.93	3.15	30	121	67	20	9	9	13	6	2	0	32			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.461	1.95	-0.44%	-3.62	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d2
6	313	25	May 7	NYM		LAD	W,6-5	GS-6	W(4-1)	5	6.0	7	3	3	0	4	2	0	2.28	3.53	24	88	58	13	10	9	11	3	0	0	50			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.104	.72	0.10%	-0.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
7	314	29	May 12	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.32	3.45	29	117	64	16	8	11	11	6	0	0	52			0	2	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	0.128	1.93	0.13%	1.08	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
8	315	33	May 17	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	6	2	1	1	6	1	0	2.12	3.43	34	118	81	22	13	15	12	5	1	0	74			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.396	2.06	0.41%	2.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	316	37	May 22	NYM		CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-2)	4	6.1	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.47	3.53	28	97	57	18	5	9	15	5	2	0	41			1	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.237	1.43	-0.29%	-1.69	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d3
10	317	42	May 27	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-8	W(6-2)	4	7.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.34	3.45	29	106	67	16	4	10	16	7	2	0	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.243	2.02	0.24%	1.92	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	318	46	Jun 1	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	11	4	3	1	1	0	0	2.51	3.41	29	99	61	18	6	13	14	6	2	0	36			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	0.024	2.95	0.03%	-1.26	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
12	319	50	Jun 6	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(6-3)	4	8.0	9	5	5	4	4	3	0	2.79	3.86	36	146	78	22	10	13	15	6	5	0	44			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.451	1.49	-0.40%	-1.20	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
13	320	55	Jun 11	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(7-3)	4	8.1	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.64	3.72	30	91	56	9	11	13	12	3	2	0	74			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.492	2.11	0.44%	2.84	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
14	321	60	Jun 16	NYM		HOU	L,4-5	GS-7	L(7-4)	4	7.0	9	5	4	2	4	0	0	2.81	3.64	31	132	83	16	12	15	10	5	0	0	43			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.60	-0.457	2.34	-0.40%	-1.83	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	322	65	Jun 21	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(7-5)	4	7.0	6	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.96	3.73	30	99	57	12	8	12	12	2	3	0	49			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.198	1.28	-0.17%	-0.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	323	69	Jun 26	NYM		MON	W,7-4	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	7.0	10	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.02	3.66	34	129	80	22	16	11	14	5	1	0	48			1	0	0	31	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.52	0.048	2.73	0.05%	0.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
17	324	74	Jul 1	NYM	@	MON	W,4-2	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	8	1	1	1	6	1	0	2.92	3.64	29	121	73	20	12	10	12	3	2	0	62			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.272	1.48	0.22%	2.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
18	325	79	Jul 6	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-9	W(10-5)	4	8.2	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.80	3.61	32	97	62	17	9	11	15	5	5	0	70			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.549	2.80	0.68%	3.67	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
19	326	82	Jul 12	NYM		SDP	W,6-3	GS-7	W(11-5)	5	7.0	3	3	2	2	4	2	0	2.78	3.75	27	103	67	16	15	8	13	1	2	0	63			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.101	1.80	0.14%	0.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
20	327	87	Jul 17	NYM		SFG	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	2.92	3.68	26	89	58	14	3	12	12	9	1	0	40			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	-0.156	2.63	-0.18%	-0.62	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a1
21	328	92	Jul 23	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS-5	L(11-6)	5	5.0	4	4	4	0	2	2	1	3.06	3.82	21	83	46	12	4	10	8	1	1	0	45			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.159	1.75	-0.21%	-1.80	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
22	329	97	Jul 28	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-7)	4	7.0	4	2	0	1	7	0	0	2.92	3.71	27	97	66	13	19	10	9	2	1	0	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.040	1.20	0.03%	1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	330	102	Aug 3	NYM		CHC	L,2-9	GS-4	L(11-8)	5	4.0	7	6	6	1	2	2	0	3.19	3.84	20	79	49	16	3	8	9	3	0	0	25			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.445	2.11	-0.50%	-4.19	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
24	331	107	Aug 8	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9	W(12-8)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.14	3.74	29	112	70	18	12	11	11	3	2	0	67			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.05	0.290	2.12	0.35%	2.01	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a3
25	332	112	Aug 13	NYM	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(12-9)	4	6.0	8	6	6	4	6	0	0	3.34	3.71	28	94	54	15	11	10	8	2	0	0	34			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.294	.74	-0.14%	-3.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
26	333	117	Aug 18	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS-4	L(12-10)	4	3.2	9	8	8	3	7	3	0	3.68	3.89	23	82	49	17	7	3	10	1	2	0	15			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.405	.22	-0.06%	-5.40	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 2 out d6
27	334	121	Aug 23	NYM		CIN	L,1-6	GS-4	L(12-11)	4	3.2	11	5	4	0	0	1	0	3.80	3.94	21	66	43	9	6	11	10	4	1	0	21			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.298	.09	-0.02%	-3.60	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d5
28	335	126	Aug 28	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(12-12)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.82	3.88	24	89	60	16	12	9	10	4	2	0	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.115	.05	0.00%	-0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
29	336	131	Sep 2	NYM		HOU	L,0-3	GS-8	L(12-13)	4	8.0	10	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.71	3.81	36	123	85	19	15	11	18	8	3	0	59			1	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	.96	0.064	.02	0.00%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
30	337	135	Sep 7	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(12-14)	4	5.0	6	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.84	3.90	22	79	47	13	4	7	11	5	1	0	37			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.248	.00	0.00%	-2.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
31	338	141	Sep 13	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-8		5	8.0	8	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.78	3.88	30	96	58	17	8	10	15	9	2	0	63			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.264	.00	0.00%	1.66	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
32	339	146	Sep 18	NYM		CHC	L,1-4	GS-6	L(12-15)	4	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.85	3.85	27	105	61	12	5	11	11	3	4	0	41			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
33	340	150	Sep 24	NYM		PIT	L,8-10	GS-5		5	4.0	9	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.02	3.86	23	85	47	12	6	8	11	4	0	0	18			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	1	1	1.48	-0.480	.00	0.00%	-3.53	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
34	341	155	Sep 29	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	GS-7	W(13-15)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.98	3.86	28	101	61	11	9	15	10	3	3	0	58			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.158	.00	0.00%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
35	342	159	Oct 4	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-5		4	5.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.97	3.83	21	74	53	7	3	7	13	4	1	0	44			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.43	-0.053	.00	0.00%	0.27	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
							17-18		W-L:13-15	4.2	231.1	259	112	102	54	132	25	1	3.97	3.83	980	3577	62%	16%	9%	0.87		19%	8%	0	50		---%	6	16	0	905	41	4	4	15	5	14	1.10	-0.291	1.45	1.42%	-3.87

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