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Frank Viola
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 189 of 1252 players

Frank John Viola
Born: April 19, 1960 at Hempstead, N.Y.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.04 Weight: 209

Frank Viola was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on January 29, 2008, January 30, 2008, January 31, 2008, March 29, 2023, April 2, 2023, April 10, 2023, and July 31, 2024.

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First Mets game: August 2, 1989
Last Mets game: October 4, 1991

Winner of American League Cy Young award, 1988. (Minnesota Twins)

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
26	August 2, 1989	October 1, 1989
29	April 9, 1990	October 6, 1991

26,+29

Frank Viola also played for the following teams:

Minnesota Twins 1982 - 1989; Boston Red Sox 1992 - 1994; Cincinnati Reds 1995; Toronto Blue Jays 1996

Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Mets in exchange for Rick Aguilera, David West, Kevin Tapani, Tim Drummond and Jack Savage on July 31, 1989.

Signed with Boston Red Sox as a free agent on January 2, 1992.

Pitching Record with New York Mets

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1989 12 85.1 5 5 0.500 75 35 32 5 73 27 12 2 1 0 3.38

1990 35 249.2 20 12 0.625 227 83 74 15 182 60 35 7 3 0 2.67

1991 35 231.1 13 15 0.464 259 112 102 25 132 54 35 3 0 0 3.97

3 years 82 566.1 38 32 0.543 561 230 208 45 387 141 82 12 4 0 3.31

All-Star Game Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1990 1 1.0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1991 1 1.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

2 years 2 2.0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Led National League in innings pitched with 249.2 in 1990.
Led National League in hits allowed with 259 in 1991.

Led Mets in innings pitched with 249.2 in 1990.
Led Mets in wins with 20 in 1990.
Led Mets in losses with 15 in 1991.
Led Mets in earned run average with 2.67 in 1990.
Led Mets in hits allowed with 259 in 1991.
Led Mets in runs allowed with 112 in 1991.
Led Mets in earned runs allowed with 102 in 1991.
Led Mets in home runs allowed with 25 in 1991.
Led Mets in games started with 35 in 1990 and with 35 in 1991.
Led Mets in complete games with 7 in 1990.
Led Mets in shutouts with 3 in 1990.

Games where Frank Viola had 10 or more Strikeouts
vs. San Francisco (NL) 08/22/89. vs. Cincinnati (NL) 05/02/90.

Mets record in games started by Frank Viola
1989: (5-7) 1990: (20-15) 1991: (17-18)

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