Frank Viola career ERA
3.73Career Regular Season
Frank Viola has a career ERA of 3.73 over 15 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 2.64 in 1988.
- Most recent: 7.71 in 1996.
Average of 15 regular seasons, 1982 through 1996. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 |  MIN | 22 | 4 | 10 | 5.21 | 126.0 | 84 | 38 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 1983 | MIN | 35 | 7 | 15 | 5.49 | 210.0 | 127 | 92 | 1.59 | 0 |
| 1984 | MIN | 35 | 18 | 12 | 3.21 | 257.2 | 149 | 73 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1985 | MIN | 36 | 18 | 14 | 4.09 | 250.2 | 135 | 68 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1986 | MIN | 37 | 16 | 13 | 4.51 | 245.2 | 191 | 83 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1987 | MIN | 36 | 17 | 10 | 2.90 | 251.2 | 197 | 66 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 1988 | MIN | 35 | 24 | 7 | 2.64 | 255.1 | 193 | 54 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1989 |  MIN/NYM | 36 | 13 | 17 | 3.66 | 261.0 | 211 | 74 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYM | 35 | 20 | 12 | 2.67 | 249.2 | 182 | 60 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYM | 35 | 13 | 15 | 3.97 | 231.1 | 132 | 54 | 1.35 | 0 |
| 1992 |  BOS | 35 | 13 | 12 | 3.44 | 238.0 | 121 | 89 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1993 | BOS | 29 | 11 | 8 | 3.14 | 183.2 | 91 | 72 | 1.37 | 0 |
| 1994 | BOS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4.65 | 31.0 | 9 | 17 | 1.65 | 0 |
| 1995 |  CIN | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6.28 | 14.1 | 4 | 3 | 1.60 | 0 |
| 1996 |  TOR | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 30.1 | 18 | 21 | 2.11 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV