Nickname: Sweet Music
Bats: L
Throws: L
Born: 04-19-1960
Birthplace: Hempstead, NY, USA
Career Positions Played: P
All-Star: 1988,1990,1991
League MVP Award: 1987
Cy Young Award: 1988
Height: 6 ft., 4 in. Weight: 209 lbs.
(Frank Viola at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Pitching Rank: 1197 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1982 MIN:A P 21 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .264 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1982 MIN:A
1983 MIN:A P 22 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .266 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1983 MIN:A
1984 MIN:A P 23 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .264 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1984 MIN:A
1985 MIN:A P 24 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .261 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1985 MIN:A
1986 MIN:A P 25 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .262 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1986 MIN:A
1987 MIN:A P 26 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .265 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1987 MIN:A
1988 MIN:A P 27 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .259 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1988 MIN:A
1989 NY:N P 28 12 30 23 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 .130 .246 .167 .130 1 0 7 6 0 0 1989 NY:N
1989 MIN:A P 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .261 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1989 MIN:A
1990 NY:N P 29 35 92 85 13 13 0 0 0 4 4 .153 .256 .153 .153 0 0 20 7 0 0 1990 NY:N
1991 NY:N P 30 35 83 71 9 7 2 0 0 1 2 .127 .250 .151 .155 2 0 13 10 0 0 1991 NY:N
1992 BOS:A P 31 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .259 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1992 BOS:A
1993 BOS:A P 32 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .267 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1993 BOS:A
1994 BOS:A P 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .273 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1994 BOS:A
1995 CIN:N P 34 3 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .263 .167 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0 1995 CIN:N
1996 TOR:A P 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .277 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1996 TOR:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1982 MIN:A 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1982 MIN:A
1983 MIN:A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1983 MIN:A
1984 MIN:A 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1984 MIN:A
1985 MIN:A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1985 MIN:A
1986 MIN:A 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1986 MIN:A
1987 MIN:A 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1987 MIN:A
1988 MIN:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1988 MIN:A
1989 NY:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 3 26 17 2 2 8.50 0 10 1989 NY:N
1989 MIN:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1989 MIN:A
1990 NY:N 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 13 80 46 16 10 2.88 1 17 1990 NY:N
1991 NY:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 11 - - - - 1.59 - - 1991 NY:N
1992 BOS:A 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .06 .06 .03 .03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.27 0 0 1992 BOS:A
1993 BOS:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1993 BOS:A
1994 BOS:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1994 BOS:A
1995 CIN:N 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 1 1.00 0 1 1995 CIN:N
1996 TOR:A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1996 TOR:A
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1982 MIN:A 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1982 MIN:A
1983 MIN:A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1983 MIN:A
1984 MIN:A 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1984 MIN:A
1985 MIN:A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1985 MIN:A
1986 MIN:A 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1986 MIN:A
1987 MIN:A 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1987 MIN:A
1988 MIN:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1988 MIN:A
1989 NY:N 28 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 15 1 0 0 0 1 4 .067 .067 1989 NY:N
1989 MIN:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1989 MIN:A
1990 NY:N 29 41 5 0 0 0 0 7 .122 .122 44 8 0 0 0 0 13 .182 .182 1990 NY:N
1991 NY:N 30 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1991 NY:N
1992 BOS:A 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1992 BOS:A
1993 BOS:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1993 BOS:A
1994 BOS:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1994 BOS:A
1995 CIN:N 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 1995 CIN:N
1996 TOR:A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1996 TOR:A
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1982 MIN:A 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1982 MIN:A
1983 MIN:A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1983 MIN:A
1984 MIN:A 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1984 MIN:A
1985 MIN:A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1985 MIN:A
1986 MIN:A 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1986 MIN:A
1987 MIN:A 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1987 MIN:A
1988 MIN:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1988 MIN:A
1989 NY:N 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 17 3 0 0 0 1 4 .176 .176 1989 NY:N
1989 MIN:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1989 MIN:A
1990 NY:N 29 30 4 0 0 0 0 10 .133 .133 55 9 0 0 0 0 10 .164 .164 1990 NY:N
1991 NY:N 30 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1991 NY:N
1992 BOS:A 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1992 BOS:A
1993 BOS:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1993 BOS:A
1994 BOS:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1994 BOS:A
1995 CIN:N 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 1995 CIN:N
1996 TOR:A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1996 TOR:A
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1982 MIN:A 21 22 5.21 .302 .264 4 10 0 0 0 0 22 0 8 3 1 126.0 152 22 38 2 84 1.02 0 3 1 4 12 110 1982
1983 MIN:A 22 35 5.49 .288 .266 7 15 0 0 0 0 34 1 11 4 0 210.0 242 34 92 7 127 .87 8 6 2 2 13 199 1983
1984 MIN:A 23 35 3.21 .233 .264 18 12 0 0 0 0 35 0 22 10 4 257.2 225 28 73 1 149 .65 4 6 1 5 19 191 1984
1985 MIN:A 24 36 4.09 .268 .261 18 14 0 0 0 0 36 0 20 9 0 250.2 262 26 68 3 135 .85 2 6 2 7 17 211 1985
1986 MIN:A 25 37 4.51 .268 .262 16 13 0 0 0 0 37 0 18 7 1 245.2 257 37 83 0 191 .82 3 11 0 4 16 224 1986
1987 MIN:A 26 36 2.90 .241 .265 17 10 0 0 0 0 36 0 26 7 1 251.2 230 29 66 1 197 1.07 6 1 1 7 13 185 1987
1988 MIN:A 27 35 2.64 .245 .259 24 7 0 0 0 0 35 0 25 7 2 255.1 236 20 54 2 193 .94 3 5 1 8 20 188 1988
1989 NY:N 28 12 3.38 .236 .246 5 5 0 0 0 0 12 0 7 2 1 85.1 75 5 27 3 73 1.36 1 2 0 2 6 84 1989
1989 MIN:A 28 24 3.79 .256 .261 8 12 0 0 0 0 24 0 14 7 1 175.2 171 17 47 1 138 1.34 3 5 1 6 10 136 1989
1990 NY:N 29 35 2.67 .242 .256 20 12 0 0 0 0 35 0 25 7 3 249.2 227 15 60 2 182 1.70 2 11 0 1 17 212 1990
1991 NY:N 30 35 3.97 .286 .250 13 15 0 0 0 0 35 0 - 3 0 231.1 259 25 54 - 132 - - - - - - - 1991
1992 BOS:A 31 35 3.44 .242 .259 13 12 0 0 0 0 35 0 23 6 1 238.0 214 13 89 4 121 1.96 7 12 2 2 29 210 1992
1993 BOS:A 32 29 3.14 .259 .267 11 8 0 0 0 0 29 0 16 2 1 183.2 180 12 72 5 91 1.35 6 5 0 2 15 151 1993
1994 BOS:A 33 6 4.65 .296 .273 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 31.0 34 2 17 0 9 .91 0 2 0 0 6 30 1994
1995 CIN:N 34 3 6.28 .333 .263 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 20 3 3 1 4 .63 0 1 0 1 1 12 1995
1996 TOR:A 35 6 7.71 .350 .277 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 30.1 43 6 21 3 18 1.93 2 1 0 0 6 45 1996
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1982 MIN:A 21 12 5 1 0 .15 5.21 126.0 - - 77 73 2.9 543 2 0 0 0 9 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1982
1983 MIN:A 22 9 5 2 1 .06 5.51 209.0 .00 1.0 141 128 4.5 948 5 2 0 0 12 1 13 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1983
1984 MIN:A 23 7 9 1 0 .07 3.21 257.2 - - 101 92 4.3 1047 1 5 0 0 2 5 7 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1984
1985 MIN:A 24 6 9 2 1 .06 4.09 250.2 - - 136 114 4.2 1059 5 5 0 0 5 6 6 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1985
1986 MIN:A 25 12 16 1 0 .11 4.47 245.2 - - 136 123 5.0 1053 4 5 0 0 8 2 9 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1986
1987 MIN:A 26 6 8 0 0 .06 2.90 251.2 - - 91 81 4.0 1037 7 3 0 0 5 4 12 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1987
1988 MIN:A 27 7 8 0 0 .07 2.64 255.1 - - 80 75 5.7 1033 6 8 0 0 3 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1988
1989 NY:N 28 5 2 1 0 .08 3.37 85.1 - - 35 32 3.8 355 3 6 0 0 1 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1989
1989 MIN:A 28 11 9 1 0 .13 3.79 175.2 - - 80 74 3.8 735 10 7 0 0 3 5 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1989
1990 NY:N 29 25 15 3 1 .17 2.67 249.2 - - 83 74 4.8 1021 14 7 0 0 4 7 6 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1990
1991 NY:N 30 - - - - - 3.97 231.1 - - - 102 - - - - 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1991
1992 BOS:A 31 12 5 3 0 .07 3.44 238.0 - - 99 91 3.5 1004 7 15 0 0 7 4 7 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1992
1993 BOS:A 32 11 11 1 0 .12 3.14 183.2 - - 76 64 4.8 792 9 11 0 0 6 8 5 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1993
1994 BOS:A 33 3 3 1 0 .15 4.65 31.0 - - 17 16 3.5 136 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1994
1995 CIN:N 34 2 1 0 0 .21 6.28 14.1 - - 11 10 4.4 64 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1995
1996 TOR:A 35 0 3 0 0 .09 7.71 30.1 - - 28 26 5.6 150 1 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1996
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1982 MIN:A 21 293 91 13 2 15 25 51 .311 .079 210 61 12 0 7 13 33 .290 .058 1982 MIN:A
1983 MIN:A 22 484 132 23 3 17 56 78 .273 .104 357 110 20 5 17 36 49 .308 .092 1983 MIN:A
1984 MIN:A 23 382 78 11 4 9 29 75 .204 .071 582 147 26 3 19 44 74 .253 .070 1984 MIN:A
1985 MIN:A 24 487 130 31 4 9 27 62 .267 .053 492 132 20 1 17 41 73 .268 .077 1985 MIN:A
1986 MIN:A 25 499 142 25 3 21 38 100 .285 .071 459 115 20 2 16 45 91 .251 .089 1986 MIN:A
1987 MIN:A 26 526 129 24 0 18 33 113 .245 .059 429 101 20 0 11 33 84 .235 .071 1987 MIN:A
1988 MIN:A 27 490 106 17 2 11 30 103 .216 .058 472 130 20 3 9 24 90 .275 .048 1988 MIN:A
1989 NY:N 28 128 37 4 1 3 10 30 .289 .072 190 38 3 1 2 17 43 .200 .082 1989 NY:N
1989 MIN:A 28 353 80 20 1 6 22 72 .227 .059 315 91 16 3 11 25 66 .289 .074 1989 MIN:A
1990 NY:N 29 477 115 14 2 7 22 104 .241 .044 461 112 22 0 8 38 78 .243 .076 1990 NY:N
1991 NY:N 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1991 NY:N
1992 BOS:A 31 454 121 19 0 7 44 65 .267 .088 432 93 21 0 6 45 56 .215 .094 1992 BOS:A
1993 BOS:A 32 349 93 22 4 2 30 48 .266 .079 345 87 10 1 10 42 43 .252 .109 1993 BOS:A
1994 BOS:A 33 75 27 6 1 2 10 6 .360 .118 40 7 2 1 0 7 3 .175 .149 1994 BOS:A
1995 CIN:N 34 24 8 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .000 36 12 0 0 3 3 3 .333 .077 1995 CIN:N
1996 TOR:A 35 83 29 4 0 5 17 11 .349 .170 40 14 1 0 1 4 7 .350 .091 1996 TOR:A
Throws: L AGAINST LHB AGAINST RHB
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1982 MIN:A 21 74 23 2 1 4 3 13 .311 .039 429 129 23 1 18 35 71 .301 .075 1982 MIN:A
1983 MIN:A 22 143 35 2 1 4 12 32 .245 .077 698 207 41 7 30 80 95 .297 .103 1983 MIN:A
1984 MIN:A 23 160 42 6 2 3 13 28 .263 .075 804 183 31 5 25 60 121 .228 .069 1984 MIN:A
1985 MIN:A 24 216 62 13 1 7 11 30 .287 .048 763 200 38 4 19 57 105 .262 .070 1985 MIN:A
1986 MIN:A 25 154 42 6 0 5 8 21 .273 .049 804 215 39 5 32 75 170 .267 .085 1986 MIN:A
1987 MIN:A 26 163 40 6 0 5 12 35 .245 .069 792 190 38 0 24 54 162 .240 .064 1987 MIN:A
1988 MIN:A 27 163 38 8 1 4 8 29 .233 .047 799 198 29 4 16 46 164 .248 .054 1988 MIN:A
1989 NY:N 28 54 13 1 0 0 2 9 .241 .036 264 62 6 2 5 25 64 .235 .087 1989 NY:N
1989 MIN:A 28 118 33 12 1 3 7 15 .280 .056 550 138 24 3 14 40 123 .251 .068 1989 MIN:A
1990 NY:N 29 183 47 10 0 1 14 47 .257 .071 755 180 26 2 14 46 135 .238 .057 1990 NY:N
1991 NY:N 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1991 NY:N
1992 BOS:A 31 109 23 6 0 1 10 9 .211 .084 777 191 34 0 12 79 112 .246 .092 1992 BOS:A
1993 BOS:A 32 114 31 8 2 1 13 11 .272 .102 580 149 24 3 11 59 80 .257 .092 1993 BOS:A
1994 BOS:A 33 18 4 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .000 97 30 7 2 2 17 7 .309 .149 1994 BOS:A
1995 CIN:N 34 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .000 52 18 0 0 3 3 3 .346 .055 1995 CIN:N
1996 TOR:A 35 26 6 0 0 1 1 6 .231 .037 97 37 5 0 5 20 12 .381 .171 1996 TOR:A
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1982 MIN:A 21 .889 .958 22 22 126.0 1 15 2 0 0
1983 MIN:A 22 .968 .958 35 34 210.0 7 23 1 0 2
1984 MIN:A 23 .970 .958 35 35 257.2 6 26 1 0 1
1985 MIN:A 24 .886 .953 36 36 250.2 6 33 5 2 0
1986 MIN:A 25 .906 .957 37 37 245.2 8 21 3 0 1
1987 MIN:A 26 .930 .955 36 36 251.2 6 34 3 1 1
1988 MIN:A 27 .946 .960 35 35 255.1 5 30 2 0 1
1989 NY:N 28 .923 .948 12 12 85.1 3 9 1 0 2
1989 MIN:A 28 .917 .960 24 24 175.2 7 26 3 2 1
1990 NY:N 29 .978 .957 35 35 249.2 11 34 1 1 1
1991 NY:N 30 .909 .955 35 35 231.1 6 34 4 - 1
1992 BOS:A 31 .964 .953 35 35 238.0 6 47 2 1 6
1993 BOS:A 32 .911 .953 29 29 183.2 9 32 4 3 1
1994 BOS:A 33 1.000 .956 6 6 31.0 0 4 0 0 1
1995 CIN:N 34 1.000 .956 3 3 14.1 0 2 0 0 0
1996 TOR:A 35 1.000 .960 6 6 30.1 2 2 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 2,682 2,736 3,740 1,779 1,204 3,528 2,288 3,942 1,808
Frank Viola - Historical Batting Stastistics
Frank Viola - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Frank Viola - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Frank Viola - Historical Pitching Stastistics
Frank Viola - Pitching - Home / Road Splits
Frank Viola - Pitching - Left / Right Splits
Frank Viola - Historical Fielding Stastistics - Pitcher
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching