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Frank Viola

Birthdate:

4/19/1960

Height / Weight:

6' 4" / 209 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Hempstead, NY, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Frank Viola won 16 of his first 17 decisions and won the American League Cy Young Award in 1988 when he played a big role in Minnesota winning the AL West Division Title. The 6-ft, 4-inch, 209-pounder posted a sterling 24-7 record, a 2.63 ERA, struck out 193, walked just 54 in 255 1/3 innings, while completing 7-of-35 starts. One of the major leagues workhorses, hard throwing Frank Viola pitched at least 200 innings from 1983 thru 1988. From 1984-1988 he rang up W/L records of 18-12, 18-14, 16-13, 17-10 and 24-7. After slipping to 8-12 in mid 1989, he was traded to the New York Mets and went 5-5 for the remainder of the season. However, the intense, hard worker rebounded in 1990, going 20-12, with a .267 earned run average (ERA). Frank Viola is the only major league pitcher in the last century, 1900's, to start at least 34 games for 10 consecutive seasons.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1982	MIN (AL)	22	22	4	10	0	3	1	126.0	152	77	73	22	38	2	84	4	0	1	5.21
1983	MIN (AL)	35	34	7	15	0	4	0	210.0	242	141	128	34	92	7	127	6	8	2	5.49
1984	MIN (AL)	35	35	18	12	0	10	4	257.2	225	101	92	28	73	1	149	6	4	1	3.21
1985	MIN (AL)	36	36	18	14	0	9	0	250.2	262	136	114	26	68	3	135	6	2	2	4.09
1986	MIN (AL)	37	37	16	13	0	7	1	245.2	257	136	123	37	83	0	191	12	3	0	4.51
1987	MIN (AL)	36	36	17	10	0	7	1	251.2	230	91	81	29	66	1	197	1	6	1	2.90
1988	MIN (AL)	35	35	24	7	0	7	2	255.1	236	80	75	20	54	2	193	5	3	1	2.64
1989	NYM (NL)	12	12	5	5	0	2	1	85.1	75	35	32	5	27	3	73	3	1	0	3.38
1989	MIN (AL)	24	24	8	12	0	7	1	175.2	171	80	74	17	47	1	138	5	3	1	3.79
1990	NYM (NL)	35	35	20	12	0	7	3	249.2	227	83	74	15	60	2	182	11	2	0	2.67
1991	NYM (NL)	35	35	13	15	0	3	0	231.1	259	112	102	25	54	4	132	6	1	1	3.97
1992	BOS (AL)	35	35	13	12	0	6	1	238.0	214	99	91	13	89	4	121	12	7	2	3.44
1993	BOS (AL)	29	29	11	8	0	2	1	183.2	180	76	64	12	72	5	91	5	6	0	3.14
1994	BOS (AL)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	31.0	34	17	16	2	17	0	9	2	0	0	4.65
1995	CIN (NL)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	14.1	20	11	10	3	3	1	4	1	0	0	6.28
1996	TOR (AL)	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	30.1	43	28	26	6	21	3	18	1	2	0	7.71
16 years		421	420	176	150	0	74	16	2836.1	2827	1303	1175	294	864	39	1844	86	48	12	3.73

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1982	MIN (AL)	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1983	MIN (AL)	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1984	MIN (AL)	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1985	MIN (AL)	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1986	MIN (AL)	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1987	MIN (AL)	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1988	MIN (AL)	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1989	MIN (AL)	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1989	NYM (NL)	12	23	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	5	0	.130	.167	SLG
1990	NYM (NL)	35	85	4	13	0	0	0	4	0	20	0	0	0	0	7	0	.153	.153	SLG
1991	NYM (NL)	35	71	2	9	2	0	0	1	2	13	0	0	0	0	10	0	.127	.151	SLG
1992	BOS (AL)	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1993	BOS (AL)	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1994	BOS (AL)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1995	CIN (NL)	3	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	SLG
1996	TOR (AL)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
16 years		421	185	8	26	3	0	0	6	3	41	0	0	0	0	22	0	.141	.154	.SLG

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