Frank Tanana
Frank Daryl Tanana
Born: July 3, 1953
Detroit, MI USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, DH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180
Career: 1973-1993
Draft: Round 1 (1971 June Amateur Draft, California Angels)
School: Catholic Central HS (Detroit, MI)
Minor League Statistics
Frank Tanana compiled a career record of 240 wins and 236 losses in his 639-game career with the California Angels, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1973 season and last took the field during the 1993 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1973 | AL | California Angels | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.08 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26.3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 108 |
1974 | AL | California Angels | 14 | 19 | .424 | 3.12 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 268.7 | 262 | 104 | 93 | 27 | 77 | 4 | 180 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1127 |
1975 | AL | California Angels | 16 | 9 | .640 | 2.62 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 257.3 | 211 | 80 | 75 | 21 | 73 | 6 | 269 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1029 |
1976 | AL | California Angels | 19 | 10 | .655 | 2.43 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 288.3 | 212 | 88 | 78 | 24 | 73 | 5 | 261 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1142 |
1977 | AL | California Angels | 15 | 9 | .625 | 2.54 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 241.3 | 201 | 72 | 68 | 19 | 61 | 2 | 205 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 973 |
1978 | AL | California Angels | 18 | 12 | .600 | 3.65 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 239.0 | 239 | 108 | 97 | 26 | 60 | 7 | 137 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1014 |
1979 | AL | California Angels | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.89 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 90.3 | 93 | 44 | 39 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 382 |
1980 | AL | California Angels | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.15 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 204.0 | 223 | 107 | 94 | 18 | 45 | 0 | 113 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 870 |
1981 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.01 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 141.3 | 142 | 70 | 63 | 17 | 43 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 596 |
1982 | AL | Texas Rangers | 7 | 18 | .280 | 4.21 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 194.3 | 199 | 102 | 91 | 16 | 55 | 10 | 87 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 832 |
1983 | AL | Texas Rangers | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.16 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 159.3 | 144 | 70 | 56 | 14 | 49 | 5 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 667 |
1984 | AL | Texas Rangers | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.25 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 246.3 | 234 | 117 | 89 | 30 | 81 | 3 | 141 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1054 |
1985 | AL | Texas Rangers | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.91 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 | 89 | 53 | 51 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 340 |
1985 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.34 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 137.3 | 131 | 59 | 51 | 13 | 34 | 6 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 567 |
1986 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.16 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 188.3 | 196 | 95 | 87 | 23 | 65 | 9 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 812 |
1987 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.91 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 218.7 | 216 | 106 | 95 | 27 | 56 | 5 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 924 |
1988 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 14 | 11 | .560 | 4.21 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 203.0 | 213 | 105 | 95 | 25 | 64 | 7 | 127 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 876 |
1989 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 10 | 14 | .417 | 3.58 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 223.7 | 227 | 105 | 89 | 21 | 74 | 8 | 147 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 955 |
1990 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.31 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.3 | 190 | 104 | 104 | 25 | 66 | 7 | 114 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 763 |
1991 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.77 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 217.3 | 217 | 98 | 91 | 26 | 78 | 9 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 920 |
1992 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.39 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 186.7 | 188 | 102 | 91 | 22 | 90 | 9 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 818 |
1993 | NL | New York Mets | 7 | 15 | .318 | 4.48 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183.0 | 198 | 100 | 91 | 26 | 48 | 7 | 104 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 784 |
1993 | AL | New York Yankees | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
Totals | 240 | 236 | .504 | 3.66 | 638 | 616 | 10 | 143 | 34 | 1 | 4188.3 | 4063 | 1910 | 1704 | 448 | 1255 | 116 | 2773 | 129 | 27 | 119 | 17641 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1973 | AL | California Angels | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1974 | AL | California Angels | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1975 | AL | California Angels | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1976 | AL | California Angels | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1977 | AL | California Angels | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1978 | AL | California Angels | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1979 | AL | California Angels | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1980 | AL | California Angels | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1981 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1982 | AL | Texas Rangers | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1983 | AL | Texas Rangers | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1984 | AL | Texas Rangers | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1985 | AL | Texas Rangers | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1985 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1986 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1988 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1989 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1990 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1991 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1993 | NL | New York Mets | 29 | 63 | 58 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .155 | .183 | .207 | .390 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | AL | New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 639 | 64 | 59 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .153 | .180 | .203 | .384 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1973 | AL | California Angels | P | 4 | 4 | 26.3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.709 | 1.250 |
1974 | AL | California Angels | P | 39 | 35 | 268.7 | 9 | 39 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 1.608 | 1.231 |
1975 | AL | California Angels | P | 34 | 33 | 257.3 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 5 | .964 | 1.854 | 1.559 |
1976 | AL | California Angels | P | 34 | 34 | 288.3 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.779 | 1.676 |
1977 | AL | California Angels | P | 31 | 31 | 241.3 | 15 | 37 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.939 | 1.677 |
1978 | AL | California Angels | P | 33 | 33 | 239.0 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.243 | 1.000 |
1979 | AL | California Angels | P | 18 | 17 | 90.3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.494 | .833 |
1980 | AL | California Angels | P | 32 | 31 | 204.0 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.125 |
1981 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 24 | 23 | 141.3 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 2.165 | 1.417 |
1982 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 30 | 30 | 194.3 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.760 | 1.267 |
1983 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 29 | 22 | 159.3 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 2.598 | 1.586 |
1984 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 35 | 35 | 246.3 | 18 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.936 | 1.514 |
1985 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 20 | 20 | 137.3 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.900 | 1.450 |
1985 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 13 | 13 | 77.7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.854 | 1.231 |
1986 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 32 | 31 | 188.3 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 2.150 | 1.406 |
1987 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 34 | 34 | 218.7 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.017 | 1.441 |
1988 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 32 | 32 | 203.0 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 1.862 | 1.313 |
1989 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 33 | 33 | 223.7 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.294 | 1.727 |
1990 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 34 | 29 | 176.3 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.837 | 1.059 |
1991 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 33 | 33 | 217.3 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.988 | 1.455 |
1992 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 32 | 31 | 186.7 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.832 | 1.188 |
1993 | NL | New York Mets | P | 29 | 29 | 183.0 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.623 | 1.138 |
1993 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 3 | 3 | 19.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .458 | .333 |
Totals | 638 | 616 | 4188.3 | 226 | 638 | 19 | 40 | .978 | 1.857 | 1.354 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1979 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
1987 | AL | Detroit Tigers | ALCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1979 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987 | AL | Detroit Tigers | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1979 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1987 | AL | Detroit Tigers | ALCS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | 1.000 |
Totals | 2 | 2 | 10.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .871 | .500 |
Awards
1976 - AL TSN All-Star LHP
1977 - AL TSN All-Star LHP
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