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Frank Tanana played 21 major-league seasons (1973-1993) as a P (638). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 38 | DET | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1993 | 40 | NYN | 29 | 58 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .155 | .390 | 8 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 20 | CAL | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26.1 | 22 | 8 | 3.08 | 124 |
| 1974 | 21 | CAL | 39 | 35 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 268.2 | 180 | 77 | 3.12 | 116 |
| 1975 | 22 | CAL | 34 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 257.1 | 269 | 73 | 2.62 | 144 |
| 1976 | 23 | CAL | 34 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 288.1 | 261 | 73 | 2.43 | 144 |
| 1977 | 24 | CAL | 31 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 241.1 | 205 | 61 | 2.54 | 160 |
| 1978 | 25 | CAL | 33 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 239 | 137 | 60 | 3.65 | 103 |
| 1979 | 26 | CAL | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 90.1 | 46 | 25 | 3.89 | 109 |
| 1980 | 27 | CAL | 32 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 204 | 113 | 45 | 4.15 | 97 |
| 1981 | 28 | BOS | 24 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 141.1 | 78 | 43 | 4.01 | 91 |
| 1982 | 29 | TEX | 30 | 30 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 194.1 | 87 | 55 | 4.21 | 97 |
| 1983 | 30 | TEX | 29 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 159.1 | 108 | 49 | 3.16 | 128 |
| 1984 | 31 | TEX | 35 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 246.1 | 141 | 81 | 3.25 | 123 |
| 1985 | 32 | TEX|DET | 33 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 215 | 159 | 57 | 4.27 | 97 |
| 1986 | 33 | DET | 32 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 188.1 | 119 | 65 | 4.16 | 100 |
| 1987 | 34 | DET | 34 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 218.2 | 146 | 56 | 3.91 | 114 |
| 1988 | 35 | DET | 32 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 203 | 127 | 64 | 4.21 | 94 |
| 1989 | 36 | DET | 33 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 223.2 | 147 | 74 | 3.58 | 108 |
| 1990 | 37 | DET | 34 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 176.1 | 114 | 66 | 5.31 | 74 |
| 1991 | 38 | DET | 33 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 217.1 | 107 | 78 | 3.77 | 109 |
| 1992 | 39 | DET | 32 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 186.2 | 91 | 90 | 4.39 | 90 |
| 1993 | 40 | NYA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19.2 | 12 | 7 | 3.20 | 135 |
| 1993 | 40 | NYN | 29 | 29 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 183 | 104 | 48 | 4.48 | 90 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | P | 39 | 35 | 9 | 39 | 1 | 4 |
| 1975 | P | 34 | 33 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 5 |
| 1976 | P | 34 | 34 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| 1977 | P | 31 | 31 | 15 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 1978 | P | 33 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 1979 | P | 18 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 1980 | P | 32 | 31 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | P | 24 | 23 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 1982 | P | 30 | 30 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | P | 29 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 35 | 35 | 18 | 35 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | P | 33 | 33 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| 1986 | P | 32 | 31 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 5 |
| 1987 | P | 34 | 34 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988 | P | 32 | 32 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 4 |
| 1989 | P | 33 | 33 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 2 |
| 1990 | P | 34 | 29 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | P | 33 | 33 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 3 |
| 1992 | P | 32 | 31 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| 1993 | P | 32 | 32 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Frank Tanana won: TSN All-Star 1976 (AL), TSN All-Star 1977 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 7 / 120 | 0 |
| 1976 | Cy Young Award | AL | 3 | 18 / 120 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 19 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Cy Young Award | AL | 9 | 3 / 140 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 37 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.