Frank Viola
Born: April 19, 1960, Hempstead, NYHeight: 6'4" Weight: 200 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: St. John's
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1982 Minnesota AL 22 4 10 5.21 22 22 3 0 0 0 1 126.0 152 543 77 73 22 36 2 0 84 1983 Minnesota AL 23 7 15 5.49 35 34 4 1 0 0 0 210.0 242 949 141 128 34 85 7 8 127 1984 Minnesota AL 24 18 12 3.21 35 35 10 0 0 0 4 257.2 225 1047 101 92 28 72 1 4 149 1985 Minnesota AL 25 18 14 4.09 36 36 9 0 0 0 0 250.2 262 1059 136 114 26 65 3 2 135 1986 Minnesota AL 26 16 13 4.51 37 37 7 0 0 0 1 245.2 257 1053 136 123 37 83 0 3 191 1987 Minnesota AL 27 17 10 2.90 36 36 7 0 0 0 1 251.2 230 1037 91 81 29 65 1 6 197 1988 Minnesota AL 28 24 7 2.64 35 35 7 0 0 0 2 255.1 236 1031 80 75 20 52 2 3 193 1989 Minnesota AL 29 8 12 3.79 24 24 7 0 0 0 1 175.2 171 731 80 74 17 46 1 3 138 1989 New York NL 29 5 5 3.38 12 12 2 0 0 0 1 85.1 75 351 35 32 5 24 3 1 73 1990 New York NL 30 20 12 2.67 35 35 7 0 0 0 3 249.2 227 1016 83 74 15 58 2 2 182 1991 New York NL 31 13 15 3.97 35 35 3 0 0 0 0 231.1 259 980 112 102 25 50 4 1 132 1992 Boston AL 32 13 12 3.44 35 35 6 0 0 0 1 238.0 214 999 99 91 13 85 4 7 121 1993 Boston AL 33 11 8 3.14 29 29 2 0 0 0 1 183.2 180 787 76 64 12 67 5 6 91 1994 Boston AL 34 1 1 4.65 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 31.0 34 136 17 16 2 17 0 0 9 1995 Cincinnati NL 35 0 1 6.28 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.1 20 64 11 10 3 2 1 0 4 1996 Toronto AL 36 1 3 7.71 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 30.1 43 150 28 26 6 18 3 2 18 TOTALS 176 150 3.73 421 420 74 1 0 0 16 2836.1 2827 11933 1303 1175 294 825 39 48 1844
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1982 Minnesota AL 22 503 77 152 247 25 2 22 2 0 12 5 36 2 0 84 12 .302 .491 .351 1983 Minnesota AL 35 842 141 242 403 43 8 34 5 2 9 5 85 7 8 127 13 .287 .479 .362 1984 Minnesota AL 35 964 101 225 360 37 7 28 1 5 7 9 72 1 4 149 19 .233 .373 .289 1985 Minnesota AL 36 979 136 262 401 51 5 26 5 5 6 9 65 3 2 135 17 .268 .410 .315 1986 Minnesota AL 37 958 136 257 423 45 5 37 4 5 12 16 83 0 3 191 16 .268 .442 .327 1987 Minnesota AL 36 955 91 230 361 44 0 29 7 3 6 8 65 1 6 197 13 .241 .378 .293 1988 Minnesota AL 35 962 80 236 343 37 5 20 6 6 7 8 52 2 3 193 20 .245 .357 .286 1989 Minnesota AL 24 668 80 171 266 36 4 17 9 4 11 9 46 1 3 138 10 .256 .398 .306 1989 New York NL 12 318 35 75 101 7 2 5 3 2 5 2 24 3 1 73 6 .236 .318 .296 1990 New York NL 35 938 83 227 312 36 2 15 13 3 25 15 58 2 2 182 17 .242 .333 .288 1991 New York NL 35 905 112 259 383 41 4 25 15 5 6 16 50 4 1 132 15 .286 .423 .325 1992 Boston AL 35 886 99 214 293 40 0 13 7 10 12 5 85 4 7 121 29 .242 .331 .312 1993 Boston AL 29 694 76 180 258 32 5 12 8 7 11 11 67 5 6 91 15 .259 .372 .331 1994 Boston AL 6 115 17 34 52 8 2 2 2 2 3 3 17 0 0 9 6 .296 .452 .381 1995 Cincinnati NL 3 60 11 20 29 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 4 1 .333 .483 .359 1996 Toronto AL 6 123 28 43 66 5 0 6 1 3 0 3 18 3 2 18 6 .350 .537 .443
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1982 Minnesota AL 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Minnesota AL 23 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 Minnesota AL 24 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 Minnesota AL 25 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 Minnesota AL 26 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 Minnesota AL 27 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 Minnesota AL 28 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 Minnesota AL 29 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 New York NL 29 12 23 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 .130 .130 .167 1990 New York NL 30 35 85 4 13 13 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 .153 .153 .153 1991 New York NL 31 35 71 2 9 11 2 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 1 .127 .155 .151 1992 Boston AL 32 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1993 Boston AL 33 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1994 Boston AL 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1995 Cincinnati NL 35 3 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .333 .167 1996 Toronto AL 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 421 185 8 26 29 3 0 0 6 22 0 0 0 3 0 0 41 2 .141 .157 .154
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1982 Minnesota AL P 126.0 22 22 1 15 2 0 .889 1.14 12 5 2 1983 Minnesota AL P 210.0 34 35 7 23 1 2 .968 1.29 9 5 2 1984 Minnesota AL P 257.2 35 35 6 26 1 1 .970 1.12 7 9 2 1985 Minnesota AL P 250.2 36 36 6 33 5 0 .886 1.40 6 9 5 1986 Minnesota AL P 245.2 37 37 8 21 3 1 .906 1.06 12 16 2 1987 Minnesota AL P 251.2 36 36 6 34 3 1 .930 1.43 6 8 4 1988 Minnesota AL P 255.1 35 35 5 30 2 1 .946 1.23 7 8 6 1989 Minnesota AL P 175.2 24 24 7 26 3 1 .917 1.69 11 9 5 1989 New York NL P 85.1 12 12 3 9 1 2 .923 1.27 5 2 0 1990 New York NL P 249.2 35 35 11 34 1 1 .978 1.62 25 15 1 1991 New York NL P 231.1 35 35 6 34 4 1 .909 1.56 6 16 0 1992 Boston AL P 238.0 35 35 6 47 2 6 .964 2.00 12 5 1 1993 Boston AL P 183.2 29 29 10 31 4 1 .911 2.01 11 11 1 1994 Boston AL P 31.0 6 6 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.16 3 3 0 1995 Cincinnati NL P 14.1 3 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 2 1 1 1996 Toronto AL P 30.1 6 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.19 0 3 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 16th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1978).
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1981).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to New York Mets in exchange for Rick Aguilera, David West, Kevin Tapani, Tim Drummond and a player to be named later (July 31, 1989); Minnesota Twins received Jack Savage (October 16, 1989).
- Granted free agency (October 28, 1991).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 2, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 20, 1994).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (April 24, 1995).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (July 25, 1995).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (July 25, 1995).
- Granted free agency (November 1, 1995).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (February 22, 1996).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (June 5, 1996).
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