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Frank Viola played 15 major-league seasons (1982-1996) as a P (421). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 4 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 29 | NYN | 12 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .130 | .297 | -11 |
| 1990 | 30 | NYN | 35 | 85 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .153 | .306 | -12 |
| 1991 | 31 | NYN | 35 | 71 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .127 | .306 | -11 |
| 1995 | 35 | CIN | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .500 | 32 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 22 | MIN | 22 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 126 | 84 | 38 | 5.21 | 78 |
| 1983 | 23 | MIN | 35 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 210 | 127 | 92 | 5.49 | 74 |
| 1984 | 24 | MIN | 35 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 257.2 | 149 | 73 | 3.21 | 124 |
| 1985 | 25 | MIN | 36 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 250.2 | 135 | 68 | 4.09 | 101 |
| 1986 | 26 | MIN | 37 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 245.2 | 191 | 83 | 4.51 | 93 |
| 1987 | 27 | MIN | 36 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 251.2 | 197 | 66 | 2.90 | 154 |
| 1988 | 28 | MIN | 35 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 255.1 | 193 | 54 | 2.64 | 150 |
| 1989 | 29 | MIN | 24 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 175.2 | 138 | 47 | 3.79 | 102 |
| 1989 | 29 | NYN | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 85.1 | 73 | 27 | 3.38 | 104 |
| 1990 | 30 | NYN | 35 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 249.2 | 182 | 60 | 2.67 | 142 |
| 1991 | 31 | NYN | 35 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 231.1 | 132 | 54 | 3.97 | 93 |
| 1992 | 32 | BOS | 35 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 238 | 121 | 89 | 3.44 | 114 |
| 1993 | 33 | BOS | 29 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 183.2 | 91 | 72 | 3.14 | 138 |
| 1994 | 34 | BOS | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 4.65 | 103 |
| 1995 | 35 | CIN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.1 | 4 | 3 | 6.28 | 67 |
| 1996 | 36 | TOR | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30.1 | 18 | 21 | 7.71 | 65 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | P | 22 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | P | 35 | 34 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| 1984 | P | 35 | 35 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | P | 36 | 36 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | P | 37 | 37 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 |
| 1987 | P | 36 | 36 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| 1988 | P | 35 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| 1989 | P | 36 | 36 | 10 | 35 | 4 | 3 |
| 1990 | P | 35 | 35 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | P | 35 | 35 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 1 |
| 1992 | P | 35 | 35 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 6 |
| 1993 | P | 29 | 29 | 10 | 31 | 4 | 1 |
| 1994 | P | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | P | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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 Viola won: Babe Ruth Award 1987 (AL), World Series MVP 1987 (ML), Cy Young Award 1988 (AL), TSN All-Star 1988 (AL), TSN All-Star 1990 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1990, 1988, 1987, 1984.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Cy Young Award | AL | 6 | 2 / 140 | 0 |
| 1987 | Cy Young Award | AL | 7 | 5 / 140 | 0 |
| 1988 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 138 / 140 | 27 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 39 / 392 | 0 |
| 1990 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 19 / 120 | 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.