Frank Viola
1982–1996 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, NLS, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays
345G
.141AVG
.154OBP
.157SLG
More career statistics
26H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
176–150W–L
2,836.1IP
1,844K
3.73ERA
420GS
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 345 | 421 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345 | 210 | 185 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .141 | .154 | .157 | .311 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,836.3 | 421 | 420 | 74 | 176 | 150 | 0 | 2,827 | 1,303 | 1,175 | 294 | 864 | 1,844 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 | 1.301 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1990-06-16 to 1990-06-22
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1986-05-20 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1992-09-30 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1983-07-16 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 210 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | .115 | .100 | .115 |
| Away | 211 | 110 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | .163 | .173 | .194 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 60 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .050 | .045 | .100 |
| May | 69 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .192 | .194 | .192 |
| June | 67 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .100 | .091 | .100 |
| July | 71 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .133 | .129 | .167 |
| August | 78 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .179 | .182 | .205 |
| September | 70 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .143 | .136 | .143 |
| October | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| athletics | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| new-york-yankees | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| toronto-blue-jays | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| california-angels | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| detroit-tigers | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| seattle-mariners | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| baltimore-orioles | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 |  Minnesota Twins | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 126 | 84 |
| 1983 | Minnesota Twins | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 210 | 127 |
| 1984 | Minnesota Twins | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 257 | 149 |
| 1985 | Minnesota Twins | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 250 | 135 |
| 1986 | Minnesota Twins | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 245 | 191 |
| 1987 | Minnesota Twins | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 251 | 197 |
| 1988 | Minnesota Twins | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 255 | 193 |
| 1989 | Minnesota Twins, New York Mets | 36 | 23 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .130 | 261 | 211 |
| 1990 |  New York Mets | 35 | 85 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .153 | 249 | 182 |
| 1991 | New York Mets | 35 | 71 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .127 | 231 | 132 |
| 1992 |  Boston Red Sox | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 238 | 121 |
| 1993 | Boston Red Sox | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 183 | 91 |
| 1994 | Boston Red Sox | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 9 |
| 1995 |  Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 14 | 4 |
| 1996 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 18 |