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: 22-14 / in Starts: 22-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	166	2	Apr 8	MIN		OAK	W,4-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	1	1	3	11	0	0	1.50	0.70	25	5	6	3	1	0	66			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.222	1.57	0.20%	2.00	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a3
2	167	7	Apr 13	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	3	6	3	0	0	2.84	2.79	32	9	14	6	0	0	45			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.203	2.63	-0.24%	0.14	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
3	168	11	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(1-1)	4	8.0	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.74	2.68	30	13	12	4	0	1	70			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.249	2.55	0.34%	3.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
4	169	16	Apr 23	MIN		CAL	L,3-7	GS-8	L(1-2)	4	7.1	7	4	4	1	6	2	0	2.57	3.34	30	11	10	4	0	2	53			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.123	2.47	-0.18%	-0.20	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d1
5	170	20	Apr 28	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	5.0	5	5	5	5	4	1	0	3.55	3.87	24	6	4	1	0	5	36			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.210	1.42	-0.24%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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
6	171	23	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	GS-5	L(1-4)	3	4.1	9	4	4	1	2	3	0	4.10	4.77	23	9	7	3	0	4	30			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.251	1.81	-0.29%	-1.90	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
7	172	27	May 7	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(2-4)	4	7.1	6	2	2	2	6	0	1	3.83	4.39	30	7	14	6	0	0	62			0	1	1	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.20	0.345	1.90	0.33%	2.80	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a4
8	173	32	May 12	MIN	@	BAL	L,7-10	GS-8		4	7.0	5	4	4	1	5	2	0	4.01	4.55	27	5	11	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.123	1.40	0.12%	0.34	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a4
9	174	37	May 17	MIN		BOS	W,10-8	GS-8		4	7.0	8	5	5	1	6	2	0	4.30	4.64	30	6	15	4	0	2	46			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.044	.97	0.03%	-0.43	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
10	175	41	May 22	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	L(2-5)	4	9.0	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.12	4.66	33	15	11	1	0	4	66			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.150	1.18	0.12%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
11	176	45	May 27	MIN		MIL	W,7-2	GS-6	W(3-5)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.03	4.40	25	5	11	4	0	0	59			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.176	1.67	0.14%	1.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
12	177	50	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-5	GS-7	W(4-5)	4	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.02	4.36	27	8	14	4	0	2	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.035	1.60	0.04%	0.93	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a6
13	178	54	Jun 6	MIN		TEX	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.0	10	2	1	3	9	1	0	3.80	4.29	32	9	10	5	0	1	57			0	1	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.125	1.94	0.13%	1.57	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
14	179	59	Jun 12(1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-7	W(5-5)	5	7.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.52	4.14	25	12	7	2	0	4	71			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.377	2.25	0.55%	3.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
15	180	64	Jun 16	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-3	GS-7	W(6-5)	3	6.1	4	1	0	0	6	0	0	3.30	3.94	24	6	8	1	0	4	69			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.29	0.329	3.37	0.52%	2.67	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a1
16	181	68	Jun 21	MIN		CHW	W,8-6	GS-6		4	6.0	9	4	4	0	2	2	0	3.45	4.09	26	5	10	1	1	9	40			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.056	2.90	-0.09%	-0.60	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
17	182	72	Jun 26	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(6-6)	4	8.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.29	3.92	30	10	12	5	1	1	69			1	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.281	2.60	0.49%	3.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
18	183	78	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	2	10	1	0	3.32	3.85	28	4	11	3	0	1	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.040	3.02	0.08%	0.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	184	83	Jul 6	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.09	3.77	34	8	11	0	0	4	80			0	2	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.688	3.71	1.11%	4.90	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
20	185	88	Jul 11	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.96	3.69	35	13	7	0	2	8	70			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.90	0.726	5.54	1.27%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	186	91	Jul 17	MIN		TOR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(9-6)	5	7.0	8	2	2	0	9	1	0	2.94	3.61	29	13	6	2	0	1	62			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.225	2.81	0.40%	1.97	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
22	187	96	Jul 22	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	GS-8	W(10-6)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	6	1	0	2.85	3.62	30	6	15	4	0	1	74			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.428	2.76	0.80%	3.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
23	188	101	Jul 27	MIN	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	8.0	6	3	3	0	7	2	0	2.87	3.66	30	11	7	2	1	5	65			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.031	2.31	0.07%	1.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
24	189	105	Aug 1	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	L(11-7)	4	8.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	1	2.89	3.69	29	8	8	2	0	5	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	-0.332	5.98	-0.87%	1.09	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out d1
25	190	110	Aug 6	MIN		OAK	W,9-4	GS-7	W(12-7)	4	7.0	7	3	3	6	4	2	1	2.93	3.88	35	7	15	2	3	2	49			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.158	4.65	0.43%	0.97	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
26	191	114	Aug 11	MIN		CAL	W,7-2	GS-9	W(13-7)	4	8.0	9	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.90	3.78	33	12	14	2	4	0	61			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.224	3.87	0.67%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
27	192	119	Aug 16	MIN		SEA	W,5-1	GS-9	W(14-7)	4	8.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	2.78	3.71	31	11	14	2	1	0	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.302	3.21	0.73%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a4
28	193	124	Aug 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS-5	L(14-8)	4	4.1	6	5	4	2	4	0	1	2.90	3.70	23	5	11	6	0	0	35			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	.64	-0.218	2.40	-0.49%	-3.17	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d5
29	194	129	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,8-10	GS-7		4	7.0	11	5	5	0	6	2	1	3.02	3.75	32	9	14	4	1	2	41			0	1	0	31	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	-0.165	5.82	-0.44%	-1.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
30	195	132	Aug 30	MIN	@	MIL	W,10-6	GS-4		3	3.1	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.11	3.79	18	1	4	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.201	6.14	-0.56%	-1.47	1b start a 1	4b -2- 1 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
31	196	136	Sep 4	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	GS-9		4	8.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.03	3.75	33	8	19	9	1	0	66			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.402	6.82	1.12%	3.90	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a1
32	197	141	Sep 9	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(15-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	9	1	1	2.95	3.73	35	6	11	0	2	6	78			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.619	6.07	1.69%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
33	198	145	Sep 14	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-5	L(15-9)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.08	3.75	25	2	8	0	1	8	34			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.154	2.56	-0.30%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
34	199	149	Sep 19	MIN		CLE	W,3-1	GS-7	W(16-9)	4	7.0	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.99	3.70	26	15	6	3	0	0	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.338	5.06	0.79%	2.97	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
35	200	153	Sep 24	MIN		TEX	W,4-0	GS-8	W(17-9)	4	8.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	0	2.89	3.63	29	10	6	2	0	0	83			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.420	1.19	0.29%	4.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
36	201	160	Oct 2	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS-6	L(17-10)	7	6.0	7	6	2	3	5	1	0	2.90	3.66	29	7	13	4	0	1	44			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.347	.00	0.00%	-2.63	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
							22-14		W-L:17-10	4.1	251.2	230	91	81	66	197	29	6	2.90	3.66	1037	0.79		15%	3%	95	58		---%	6	8	4	955	44	0	1	13	3	7	1.08	4.797	3.06	8.75%	47.74

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