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Frank Viola

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Full name Frank John Viola
Born April 19, 1960, Hempstead, New York
First Game: June 6, 1982; Final Game: May 28, 1996
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 4" Weight: 200
Named AL Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1988)
Named AL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1988)
Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1987)
Named left-handed pitcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1990)
Named left-handed pitcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1988)
Ejections: 1989 (1), 1991 (1), 1992 (1). Total: 3
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP 1982 MIN A 1983 MIN A 1984 MIN A 1985 MIN A 1986 MIN A 1987 MIN A 1988 MIN A 1989 MIN A 1989 NY N 1989 Total 36 23 2 3 0 0 0 1 1990 NY N 1991 NY N 1992 BOS A 1993 BOS A 1994 BOS A 1995 CIN N 1996 TOR A Total NL ( 4 Years) 85 185 8 26 3 0 0 6 3 0 41 0 22 0 0 4 2 0 0 .141 .154 .157 Total AL (12 Years) 336 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - Total (15 Years) Splits 421 185 8 26 3 0 0 6 Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1982 MIN A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1983 MIN A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1984 MIN A 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1985 MIN A 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1986 MIN A 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1987 MIN A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1988 MIN A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1989 MIN A Daily Splits 12 23 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 .130 .167 .130 0.0 1989 NY N 1 0 7 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 .130 .167 .130 0.0 1989 Total Daily Splits 35 85 4 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 20 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 .153 .153 .153 0.0 1990 NY N Daily Splits 35 71 2 9 2 0 0 1 2 0 13 0 10 0 0 2 1 0 0 .127 .151 .155 0.0 1991 NY N 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1992 BOS A 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1993 BOS A 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1994 BOS A Daily Splits 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 0.0 1995 CIN N 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1996 TOR A 0.0 Total NL - 0.0 Total AL 3 0 41 0 22 0 0 4 2 0 0 .141 .154 .157 0.0 Total SLG BFW Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1987 MIN A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1987 MIN A

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1987 MIN A Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 MIN A

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1988 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1988 AL 1990 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1990 NL 1991 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1991 NL Total ( 3 Years) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1982 MIN A Daily Splits 22 22 3 1 0 0 126 152 543 22 77 73 38 2 84 2 0 4 0 1 25 2 12 6 4 10 5.21 4.23 -1.2 1982 MIN A 1983 MIN A Daily Splits 35 34 4 0 0 0 210 242 949 34 141 128 92 7 127 5 2 6 8 2 43 8 13 10 7 15 5.49 4.50 -2.5 1983 MIN A 1984 MIN A Daily Splits 35 35 10 4 0 0 257.2 225 1047 28 101 92 73 1 149 1 5 6 4 1 37 7 19 14 18 12 3.21 4.14 2.9 1984 MIN A 1985 MIN A Daily Splits 36 36 9 0 0 0 250.2 262 1059 26 136 114 68 3 135 5 5 6 2 2 51 5 17 15 18 14 4.09 4.11 0.4 1985 MIN A 1986 MIN A Daily Splits 37 37 7 1 0 0 245.2 257 1053 37 136 123 83 0 191 4 5 12 3 0 45 5 16 13 16 13 4.51 4.89 -0.6 1986 MIN A 1987 MIN A Daily Splits 36 36 7 1 0 0 251.2 230 1037 29 91 81 66 1 197 7 3 1 6 1 44 0 13 7 17 10 2.90 4.31 4.5 1987 MIN A 1988 MIN A Daily Splits 35 35 7 2 0 0 255.1 236 1031 20 80 75 54 2 193 6 6 5 3 1 37 5 20 8 24 7 2.64 5.29 4.7 1988 MIN A 1989 MIN A Daily Splits 24 24 7 1 0 0 175.2 171 731 17 80 74 47 1 138 9 4 5 3 1 36 4 10 10 8 12 3.79 3.96 0.7 1989 MIN A 1989 NY N Daily Splits 12 12 2 1 0 0 85.1 75 351 5 35 32 27 3 73 3 2 3 1 0 7 2 6 5 5 5 3.38 4.08 -0.1 1989 NY N 1989 Total 36 36 9 2 0 0 261 246 1082 22 115 106 74 4 211 12 6 8 4 1 43 6 16 15 13 17 3.66 4.00 0.6 1989 Total 1990 NY N Daily Splits 35 35 7 3 0 0 249.2 227 1016 15 83 74 60 2 182 13 3 11 2 0 36 2 17 17 20 12 2.67 4.31 3.7 1990 NY N 1991 NY N Daily Splits 35 35 3 0 0 0 231.1 259 980 25 112 102 54 4 132 15 5 6 1 1 41 4 15 15 13 15 3.97 3.40 -0.8 1991 NY N 1992 BOS A Daily Splits 35 35 6 1 0 0 238 214 999 13 99 91 89 4 121 7 10 12 7 2 40 0 29 16 13 12 3.44 3.49 2.4 1992 BOS A 1993 BOS A Daily Splits 29 29 2 1 0 0 183.2 180 787 12 76 64 72 5 91 8 7 5 6 0 32 5 15 13 11 8 3.14 4.38 2.6 1993 BOS A 1994 BOS A Daily Splits 6 6 0 0 0 0 31 34 136 2 17 16 17 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 8 2 6 2 1 1 4.65 5.17 0.1 1994 BOS A 1995 CIN N Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 20 64 3 11 10 3 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.28 4.00 -0.2 1995 CIN N 1996 TOR A Daily Splits 6 6 0 0 0 0 30.1 43 150 6 28 26 21 3 18 1 3 1 2 0 5 0 6 2 1 3 7.71 5.33 -0.9 1996 TOR A Total NL ( 4 Years) 85 85 12 4 0 0 580.2 581 2411 48 241 218 144 10 391 31 11 21 4 1 84 8 39 37 38 33 3.38 3.89 2.6 Total NL Total AL (12 Years) 336 335 62 12 0 0 2255.2 2246 9522 246 1062 957 720 29 1453 57 52 65 44 11 403 43 176 116 138 117 3.82 4.38 13.1 Total AL Total (15 Years) Splits 421 420 74 16 0 0 2836.1 2827 11933 294 1303 1175 864 39 1844 88 63 86 48 12 487 51 215 153 176 150 3.73 4.28 15.7 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

League Championship Series Pitching Record Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1987 MIN A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 14 56 2 8 7 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.25 6.50 1987 MIN A

            World Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1987 MIN A Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 17 76 1 8 8 3 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 3.72 5.33 1987 MIN A

           All-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1988 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 2.00 1988 AL 1990 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 - 1990 NL 1991 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1991 NL Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 2.00 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1982 MIN A Daily Splits P 22 22 3 126 1 15 2 0 0 0 12 5 2 .889 1983 MIN A Daily Splits P 35 34 4 210 7 23 1 2 0 0 9 5 2 .968 1984 MIN A Daily Splits P 35 35 10 257.2 6 26 1 1 0 2 7 9 2 .970 1985 MIN A Daily Splits P 36 36 9 250.2 6 33 5 0 0 3 6 9 5 .886 1986 MIN A Daily Splits P 37 37 7 245.2 8 21 3 1 0 0 12 16 1 .906 1987 MIN A Daily Splits P 36 36 7 251.2 6 34 3 1 0 1 6 8 4 .930 1988 MIN A Daily Splits P 35 35 7 255.1 5 30 2 1 0 0 7 8 6 .946 1989 MIN A Daily Splits P 24 24 6 175.2 7 26 3 1 0 1 11 9 5 .917 1989 NY N Daily Splits P 12 12 2 85.1 3 9 1 2 0 1 5 2 0 .923 1989 Total P 36 36 8 261 10 35 4 3 0 2 16 11 5 .918 1990 NY N Daily Splits P 35 35 7 249.2 11 34 1 1 0 1 25 15 1 .978 1991 NY N Daily Splits P 35 35 3 231.1 6 34 4 1 0 3 6 16 0 .909 1992 BOS A Daily Splits P 35 35 6 238 6 47 2 6 0 1 12 5 1 .964 1993 BOS A Daily Splits P 29 29 2 183.2 10 31 4 1 0 0 11 11 1 .911 1994 BOS A Daily Splits P 6 6 0 31 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1.000 1995 CIN N Daily Splits P 3 3 0 14.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1.000 1996 TOR A Daily Splits P 6 6 0 30.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 Total (15 Years) Splits P 421 420 73 2836.1 84 371 32 19 0 13 134 125 31 .934 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1987 MIN A Daily Splits P 2 2 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1987 MIN A Daily Splits P 3 3 0 19.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1.000

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1988 AL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1990 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1991 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 3 Years) Splits P 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 7-14-1989 BOX MIN A John Hirschbeck Balls and strikes (from bench) 5-27-1991 BOX NY N Charlie Williams Call at 1B 7- 4-1992 BOX BOS A Drew Coble Bench jockeying

Transaction Information

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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