#63 Frank "Sweet Music" Viola, Starting Pitcher, 37 yrs, No Team
Friday, 2/12/2016 |
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| Frank Viola
Sweet Music
4/19/1960
37
USA,NY,HEMPSTEAD
6"4
210
Starting Pitcher
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Loyal
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
2 / 6 (Fair)
Very inconsistent
Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars
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| Minor League Contract
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16 Year(s), 7 Days (2759 total Days)
0 Day(s)
16 Year(s), 7 Days (2759 total Days)
18 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 6 | 6 | 7 | 86-89 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
| Versus RHB | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Talent | 5 | 7 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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7
70
3
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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3
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .883 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1985 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 3.09 | 189.1 | 184 | 78 | 65 | 12 | 50 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 1.24 | .290 | CHC |
| 1986 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2.14 | 231.0 | 188 | 63 | 55 | 12 | 49 | 161 | 3 | 0 | 1.03 | .260 | CHC STL |
| 1987 | 33 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2.84 | 234.1 | 194 | 80 | 74 | 6 | 54 | 158 | 4 | 4 | 1.06 | .268 | STL,NL |
| 1988 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3.40 | 204.0 | 190 | 87 | 77 | 12 | 52 | 154 | 3 | 1 | 1.19 | .291 | STL |
| 1989 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 3.70 | 223.2 | 214 | 101 | 92 | 14 | 62 | 172 | 2 | 1 | 1.23 | .299 | STL |
| 1990 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2.99 | 201.2 | 189 | 81 | 67 | 13 | 51 | 131 | 4 | 1 | 1.19 | .284 | STL |
| 1991 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.12 | 219.0 | 190 | 82 | 76 | 12 | 64 | 207 | 5 | 4 | 1.16 | .299 | STL |
| 1992 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2.93 | 243.0 | 205 | 91 | 79 | 11 | 79 | 192 | 2 | 0 | 1.17 | .283 | STL |
| 1993 | 36 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3.14 | 238.0 | 213 | 95 | 83 | 20 | 85 | 200 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 | .286 | STL,NL |
| 1994 | 37 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3.63 | 245.2 | 223 | 114 | 99 | 24 | 83 | 221 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 | .294 | STL,NL |
| 1995 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4.40 | 200.2 | 227 | 106 | 98 | 25 | 75 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | .330 | STL |
| 1996 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5.12 | 181.0 | 193 | 112 | 103 | 33 | 62 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .318 | STL |
| 1997 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5.61 | 112.1 | 137 | 79 | 70 | 17 | 45 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1.62 | .332 | NYY |
| Total | 425 | 417 | 183 | 132 | 0 | 3.43 | 2723.2 | 2547 | 1169 | 1038 | 211 | 811 | 2097 | 32 | 11 | 1.23 | .293 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1986 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 16.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 1987 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.90 | 27.2 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.84 | 10.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 4.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3.55 | 58.1 | 62 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 2 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1985 | 36 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .095 | .175 | CHC |
| 1986 | 34 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .053 | .067 | .119 | CHC STL |
| 1987 | 33 | 79 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .125 | .152 | .277 | STL,NL |
| 1988 | 33 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .111 | .145 | .256 | STL |
| 1989 | 33 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .055 | .055 | .068 | .123 | STL |
| 1990 | 32 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .072 | .072 | .101 | .174 | STL |
| 1991 | 32 | 82 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .073 | .106 | .122 | .228 | STL |
| 1992 | 35 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .085 | .114 | .199 | STL |
| 1993 | 36 | 79 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .075 | .101 | .176 | STL,NL |
| 1994 | 37 | 80 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .113 | .123 | .163 | .286 | STL,NL |
| 1995 | 32 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .078 | .097 | .175 | STL |
| 1996 | 31 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .190 | .233 | .424 | STL |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NYY |
| Total | 425 | 854 | 69 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 381 | 0 | 0 | .081 | .096 | .121 | .216 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
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Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 4/3/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $1,264,000 per year...
Had first career hit (double) on 4/5/1985, off Tom Seaver (PIT)...
Earned first career win on 4/16/1985...
Traded from Chicago to St. Louis on 5/18/1986 (Going to STL: P Frank Viola. Going to CHC: P Bert Blyleven, P Jeff Fassero, 2B Luis Alicea, CF Lance Johnson)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1986, going 4-0, 1.61...
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game...
10/7/1988: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $5,050,000 per year, for 4 years.
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1991, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/12/1993 to a 4-year deal worth $10,770,000 per year...
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by New York (Y) on 2/6/1997 to a 1-year deal worth $420,420 per year...
Retired in 1997.
Retired in 1998.
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
1985 - 3.09 - 9th
1986 - 2.14 - 1st
1987 - 2.84 - 5th
1992 - 2.93 - 7th
| WHIP
1986 - 1.03 - 4th
1987 - 1.06 - 3rd
1988 - 1.19 - 7th
| Wins
1986 - 16 - 10th
1987 - 20 - 4th
1990 - 18 - 6th
1993 - 17 - 8th
| Losses
1985 - 15 - 4th
1989 - 16 - 9th
| IP
1992 - 243.0 - 8th
1994 - 245.2 - 10th
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K's
1994 - 221 - 10th
| CG
1988 - 3 - 6th
1990 - 4 - 8th
1991 - 5 - 6th
| SHO
1987 - 4 - 5th
1988 - 1 - 6th
1990 - 1 - 10th
1991 - 4 - 2nd
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