Frank Viola
Frank John Viola
Born: April 19, 1960
Hempstead, NY USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 200
College: St. John's University
Career: 1982-1996
Draft: Round 16 (1978 June Amateur Draft, Kansas City Royals)
Draft: Round 2 (1981 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
School: East Meadow HS (NY)
St. John's (NY)
Minor League Statistics
Frank Viola compiled a career record of 176 wins and 150 losses in his 421-game career with the Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays. He began playing during the 1982 season and last took the field during the 1996 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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1982 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.21 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 | 152 | 77 | 73 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 543 |
1983 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 7 | 15 | .318 | 5.49 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 210.0 | 242 | 141 | 128 | 34 | 92 | 7 | 127 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 949 |
1984 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 18 | 12 | .600 | 3.21 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 257.7 | 225 | 101 | 92 | 28 | 73 | 1 | 149 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1047 |
1985 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 18 | 14 | .563 | 4.09 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 250.7 | 262 | 136 | 114 | 26 | 68 | 3 | 135 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1059 |
1986 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 16 | 13 | .552 | 4.51 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 245.7 | 257 | 136 | 123 | 37 | 83 | 0 | 191 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1053 |
1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.90 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 251.7 | 230 | 91 | 81 | 29 | 66 | 1 | 197 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1037 |
1988 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 24 | 7 | .774 | 2.64 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 255.3 | 236 | 80 | 75 | 20 | 54 | 2 | 193 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1031 |
1989 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.79 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 175.7 | 171 | 80 | 74 | 17 | 47 | 1 | 138 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 731 |
1989 | NL | New York Mets | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.38 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 85.3 | 75 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 351 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | 20 | 12 | .625 | 2.67 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 249.7 | 227 | 83 | 74 | 15 | 60 | 2 | 182 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1016 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | 13 | 15 | .464 | 3.97 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 231.3 | 259 | 112 | 102 | 25 | 54 | 4 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 980 |
1992 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.44 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 238.0 | 214 | 99 | 91 | 13 | 89 | 4 | 121 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 999 |
1993 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.14 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 183.7 | 180 | 76 | 64 | 12 | 72 | 5 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 787 |
1994 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.65 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 136 |
1995 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
1996 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.71 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 43 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 150 |
Totals | 176 | 150 | .540 | 3.73 | 421 | 420 | 0 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 2836.3 | 2827 | 1303 | 1175 | 294 | 864 | 39 | 1844 | 48 | 12 | 86 | 11933 |
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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1982 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1983 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1984 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1985 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1986 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1988 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1989 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1989 | NL | New York Mets | 12 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .130 | .167 | .130 | .297 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | 35 | 92 | 85 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .153 | .153 | .153 | .306 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | 35 | 83 | 71 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .127 | .151 | .155 | .306 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1993 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1994 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1995 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 421 | 210 | 185 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | .141 | .154 | .157 | .311 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1982 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 22 | 22 | 126.0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | .727 |
1983 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 35 | 34 | 210.0 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.286 | .857 |
1984 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 35 | 35 | 257.7 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.118 | .914 |
1985 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 36 | 36 | 250.7 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 0 | .886 | 1.400 | 1.083 |
1986 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 37 | 37 | 245.7 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.062 | .784 |
1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 36 | 36 | 251.7 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 1 | .930 | 1.430 | 1.111 |
1988 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 35 | 35 | 255.3 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.234 | 1.000 |
1989 | AL | Minnesota Twins | P | 24 | 24 | 175.7 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.691 | 1.375 |
1989 | NL | New York Mets | P | 12 | 12 | 85.3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 1.266 | 1.000 |
1990 | NL | New York Mets | P | 35 | 35 | 249.7 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.622 | 1.286 |
1991 | NL | New York Mets | P | 35 | 35 | 231.3 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 1 | .909 | 1.556 | 1.143 |
1992 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 35 | 35 | 238.0 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 6 | .964 | 2.004 | 1.514 |
1993 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 29 | 29 | 183.7 | 10 | 31 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 2.009 | 1.414 |
1994 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 6 | 6 | 31.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.161 | .667 |
1995 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 3 | 3 | 14.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.256 | .667 |
1996 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | P | 6 | 6 | 30.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.187 | .667 |
Totals | 421 | 420 | 2836.3 | 84 | 371 | 32 | 19 | .934 | 1.444 | 1.081 |
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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1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
Totals | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
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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1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALCS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 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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1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALCS | P | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | .500 |
1987 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 19.3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.793 | 2.000 |
Totals | 5 | 5 | 31.3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.011 | 1.400 |
Awards
1987 - AL Babe Ruth Award P
1988 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1988 - AL Cy Young Award
1988 - AL TSN All-Star LHP
1990 - NL TSN All-Star LHP
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