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Historical player · 1982–1996

Frank Viola

B/T L/L · HT 76 · WT 200 · Born 4/19/1960 · From Hempstead, NY USA · Debut 1982-06-06 · Final 1996-05-28

Career · batting

421

185

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.141 · 0.311

Career · pitching

421

420

2,836.3

W-L

176-150

1,844

ERA

3.73

WHIP

1.30

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Mets · 1989–1991

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Hits

#403 on the Mets

↑ 1 G. Flores

↓ 1 T. Tarasco

RBI

#460 on the Mets

↑ 1 R. Ankiel

↓ 1 M. Yoshii

Runs

#444 on the Mets

↑ 1 L. Burright

↓ 1 R. Ankiel

#540 on the Mets

↑ 1 J. Alou

↓ 1 C. Aguila

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1995–1995

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Hits

#1,456 on the Reds

↑ 1 B. Allen

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1992–1994

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Career with the Minnesota Twins · 1982–1989

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Career with the Toronto Blue Jays · 1996–1996

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#9,580 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Adams

↓ 1 P. Zahniser

RBI

#10,628 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 N. Young

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1982	Twins	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Twins	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1984	Twins	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1985	Twins	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1986	Twins	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1987	Twins	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1988	Twins	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1989	Twins	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1989	Mets	NL	12	23	2	3	0	1	1	7	0.130	0.167	0.130
1990	Mets	NL	35	85	4	13	0	4	0	20	0.153	0.153	0.153
1991	Mets	NL	35	71	2	9	2	1	2	13	0.127	0.151	0.155
1992	Red Sox	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1993	Red Sox	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1994	Red Sox	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1995	Reds	NL	3	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.167	0.167	0.333
1996	Blue Jays	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			421	185	8	26	3	6	3	41	0.141	0.154	0.157

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1982	Twins	AL	4	10	22	22	126.0	152	73	38	84	5.21	1.51
1983	Twins	AL	7	15	35	34	210.0	242	128	92	127	5.49	1.59
1984	Twins	AL	18	12	35	35	257.7	225	92	73	149	3.21	1.16
1985	Twins	AL	18	14	36	36	250.7	262	114	68	135	4.09	1.32
1986	Twins	AL	16	13	37	37	245.7	257	123	83	191	4.51	1.38
1987	Twins	AL	17	10	36	36	251.7	230	81	66	197	2.90	1.18
1988	Twins	AL	24	7	35	35	255.3	236	75	54	193	2.64	1.14
1989	Twins	AL	8	12	24	24	175.7	171	74	47	138	3.79	1.24
1989	Mets	NL	5	5	12	12	85.3	75	32	27	73	3.38	1.20
1990	Mets	NL	20	12	35	35	249.7	227	74	60	182	2.67	1.15
1991	Mets	NL	13	15	35	35	231.3	259	102	54	132	3.97	1.35
1992	Red Sox	AL	13	12	35	35	238.0	214	91	89	121	3.44	1.27
1993	Red Sox	AL	11	8	29	29	183.7	180	64	72	91	3.14	1.37
1994	Red Sox	AL	1	1	6	6	31.0	34	16	17	9	4.65	1.65
1995	Reds	NL	0	1	3	3	14.3	20	10	3	4	6.28	1.60
1996	Blue Jays	AL	1	3	6	6	30.3	43	26	21	18	7.71	2.11
Career			176	150	421	420	2,836.3	2,827	1,175	864	1,844	3.73	1.30

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	421	420	2,836.3	84	371	32	19

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2002	BBWAA	2	354	Ballot