Frank Tanana vs Frank Viola

Frank Tanana Frank Viola

Frank Tanana and Frank Viola compared on their MLB careers: Frank Tanana played 21 seasons, 1973 to 1993, Frank Viola 15 seasons, 1982 to 1996. Frank Tanana has 240 wins to Frank Viola's 176. Frank Viola won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Frank Tanana and Frank Viola career totals

638	GP	421
240	W	176
236	L	150
3.7	ERA	3.7
4186.2	IP	2836.1
2,773	K	1,844
1,255	BB	864
1.3	WHIP	1.3
1	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Frank Tanana and Frank Viola postseason

2	GP	5
4	R	16
12	H	31

Where each stands all time

Frank Tanana and Frank Viola all-time places

26th (2,773)	Strikeouts (pitching)	122nd (1,844)
55th (240)	Wins (pitching)	166th (176)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Frank Tanana: 0 championships; none on file
Frank Viola: 1 championship; World Series MVP, AL Cy Young

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Frank Tanana and Frank Viola season by season

1st	1973	2	2	3.12	1982	4	10	5.21
2nd	1974	14	19	3.11	1983	7	15	5.49
3rd	1975	16	9	2.63	1984	18	12	3.21
4th	1976	19	10	2.44	1985	18	14	4.09
5th	1977	15	9	2.54	1986	16	13	4.51
6th	1978	18	12	3.65	1987	17	10	2.90
7th	1979	7	5	3.90	1988	24	7	2.64
8th	1980	11	12	4.15	1989	13	17	3.66
9th	1981	4	10	4.02	1990	20	12	2.67
10th	1982	7	18	4.21	1991	13	15	3.97
11th	1983	7	9	3.16	1992	13	12	3.44
12th	1984	15	15	3.25	1993	11	8	3.14
13th	1985	12	14	4.27	1994	1	1	4.65
14th	1986	12	9	4.16	1995	0	1	6.28
15th	1987	15	10	3.91	1996	1	3	7.71
16th	1988	14	11	4.21	—	—	—	—
17th	1989	10	14	3.58	—	—	—	—
18th	1990	9	8	5.31	—	—	—	—
19th	1991	13	12	3.77	—	—	—	—
20th	1992	13	11	4.39	—	—	—	—
21st	1993	7	17	4.35	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA