Frank Tanana | Major Leaguer 1973-1993

Full Name: Frank Daryl Tanana
Born: July 3,1953 in Detroit, Michigan
Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Detroit Catholic Central (Novi,MI)
College: Cal State Fullerton

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Drafted: Selected by California Angels in 1st Round (13rd overall) of 1971 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jan 23,1981] - Traded by Angels with Joe Rudi and Jim Dorsey to Red Sox for Steve Renko and Fred Lynn. [Nov 13,1981] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 6,1982] - Signed as Free Agent by Rangers. [Jun 20,1985] - Traded by Rangers to Tigers for Duane James. [Nov 9,1987] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 17,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Nov 13,1989] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 20,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Dec 3,1992] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 10,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [Sep 17,1993] - Traded by Mets to Yankees for Kenny Greer. [Oct 29,1993] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1972	Quad City	Midw	18	Cal	A	7	2	2.79	19	19	3	2		0	129.0	111	48	40		57	134			7.74	---	3.98	9.35	1.30	--
1973	El Paso	Tex	19	Cal	AA	16	6	2.71	26	26	15	4		0	206.0	170	72	62		63	197			7.43	---	2.75	8.61	1.13	--
	Salt Lake	PCL	19	Cal	AAA	1	0	2.57	2	2	1	1		0	14.0	11	5	4		2	15			7.07	---	1.29	9.64	0.93	--
	California	AL	19	Cal	MLB	2	2	3.08	4	4	2	1	0	0	26.1	20	11	9	2	8	22	2	0	6.84	0.68	2.73	7.52	1.06	45%
1974	California	AL	20	Cal	MLB	14	19	3.12	39	35	12	4	2	0	268.2	262	104	93	27	77	180	4	2	8.78	0.90	2.58	6.03	1.26	50%
1975	California	AL	21	Cal	MLB	16	9	2.62	34	33	16	5	1	0	257.1	211	80	75	21	73	269	8	1	7.38	0.73	2.55	9.41	1.10	51%
1976	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	19	10	2.43	34	34	23	2	0	0	288.1	212	88	78	24	73	261	5	0	6.62	0.75	2.28	8.15	0.99	45%
1977	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	15	9	2.54	31	31	20	7	0	0	241.1	201	72	68	19	61	205	8	1	7.50	0.71	2.27	7.65	1.09	48%
1978	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	18	12	3.65	33	33	10	4	0	0	239.0	239	108	97	26	60	137	5	8	9.00	0.98	2.26	5.16	1.25	48%
1979	California	AL	25	Cal	MLB	7	5	3.89	18	17	2	1	0	0	90.1	93	44	39	9	25	46	6	1	9.27	0.90	2.49	4.58	1.31	41%
1980	California	AL	26	Cal	MLB	11	12	4.15	32	31	7	0	1	0	204.0	223	107	94	18	45	113	3	1	9.84	0.79	1.99	4.99	1.31	47%
1981	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	4	10	4.01	24	23	5	2	0	0	141.1	142	70	63	17	43	78	2	0	9.04	1.08	2.74	4.97	1.31	53%
1982	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	7	18	4.21	30	30	7	0	0	0	194.1	199	102	91	16	55	87	0	1	9.22	0.74	2.55	4.03	1.31	57%
1983	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	7	9	3.16	29	22	3	0	1	0	159.1	144	70	56	14	49	108	6	1	8.13	0.79	2.77	6.10	1.21	61%
1984	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	15	15	3.25	35	35	9	1	0	0	246.1	234	117	89	30	81	141	12	4	8.55	1.10	2.96	5.15	1.28	52%
1985	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	10	7	3.34	20	20	4	0	0	0	137.1	131	59	51	13	34	107	2	1	8.59	0.85	2.23	7.01	1.20	50%
	Texas	AL	31	Tex	MLB	2	7	5.91	13	13	0	0	0	0	77.2	89	53	51	15	23	52	3	0	10.31	1.74	2.67	6.03	1.44	53%
1986	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	12	9	4.16	32	31	3	1	1	0	188.1	196	95	87	23	65	119	7	1	9.37	1.10	3.11	5.69	1.39	39%
1987	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	15	10	3.91	34	34	5	3	0	0	218.2	216	106	95	27	56	146	6	0	8.89	1.11	2.30	6.01	1.24	47%
1988	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	14	11	4.21	32	32	2	0	0	0	203.0	213	105	95	25	64	127	6	0	9.44	1.11	2.84	5.63	1.36	39%
1989	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	10	14	3.58	33	33	6	1	0	0	223.2	227	105	89	21	74	147	8	0	9.13	0.85	2.98	5.92	1.35	44%
1990	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	9	8	5.31	34	29	1	0	4	1	176.1	190	104	104	25	66	114	5	1	9.70	1.28	3.37	5.82	1.45	41%
1991	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	13	12	3.77	33	33	3	2	0	0	217.1	217	98	91	26	78	107	3	1	8.99	1.08	3.23	4.43	1.36	39%
1992	Detroit	AL	38	Det	MLB	13	11	4.39	32	31	3	0	0	0	186.2	188	102	91	22	90	91	11	1	9.06	1.06	4.34	4.39	1.49	40%
1993	NY Yankees	AL	39	Nyy	MLB	0	2	3.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	18	10	7	2	7	12	0	0	8.24	0.92	3.20	5.49	1.27	29%
	NY Mets	NL	39	Nym	MLB	7	15	4.48	29	29	0	0	0	0	183.0	198	100	91	26	48	104	7	2	9.74	1.28	2.36	5.11	1.34	45%

Major League Totals - 21 Season(s)						240	236	3.66	638	616	143	34	10	1	4,188.1	4063	1910	1704	448	1255	2773	119	27	8.73	0.96	2.70	5.96	1.27	47%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)						24	8	2.73	47	47	19	7		0	349.0	292	125	106		122	346			7.53	---	3.15	8.92	1.19	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1973	California	AL	19	Cal	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	California	AL	20	Cal	MLB	p	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	California	AL	21	Cal	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	p	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	California	AL	25	Cal	MLB	p	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	California	AL	26	Cal	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	p	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	p	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Texas	AL	31	Tex	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	p	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1992	Detroit	AL	38	Det	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	NY Yankees	AL	39	Nyy	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Mets	NL	39	Nym	MLB	p	9	29	58	3	9	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	11	0	0	3	0	0	.155	.183	.207	390	59%

Major League Totals - 21 Season(s)								639	59	3	9	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	12	0	0	3	0	0	.153	.180	.203	383	61%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1979	California	AL	25		Ch	0	0	3.60	1		0			0	5.0	6		2		2	3			10.80	---	3.60	5.40	1.60	--
1987	Detroit	AL	33		Ch	0	1	5.07	1		0			0	5.1	6		3		4	1			10.13	---	6.75	1.69	1.88	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						0	1	4.35	2		0			0	10.1	12		5		6	4			10.45	---	5.23	3.48	1.74	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	California	AL	25	Cal	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Detroit	AL	33	Det	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1973	California	AL	19	Cal	MLB	P	4		26.1	0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.71

1974	California	AL	20	Cal	MLB	P	39		268.2	9	39	1	49	4	-	-	-	.980	1.61

1975	California	AL	21	Cal	MLB	P	34		257.1	9	44	2	55	5	-	-	-	.964	1.85

1976	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	P	34		288.1	12	45	1	58	1	-	-	-	.983	1.78

1977	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	P	31		241.1	15	37	1	53	2	-	-	-	.981	1.94

1978	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	P	33		239	8	25	0	33	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.24

1979	California	AL	25	Cal	MLB	P	18		90.1	3	12	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	1.49

1980	California	AL	26	Cal	MLB	P	32		204	12	24	0	36	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.59

1981	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	P	24		141.1	9	25	1	35	2	-	-	-	.971	2.17

1982	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	P	30		194.1	8	30	1	39	0	-	-	-	.974	1.76

1983	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	P	29		159.1	9	37	2	48	0	-	-	-	.958	2.60

1984	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	P	35		246.1	18	35	0	53	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.94

1985	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	P	20		137.1	9	20	0	29	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.90
1985	Texas	AL	31	Tex	MLB	P	13		77.2	5	11	1	17	1	-	-	-	.941	1.85

1986	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	P	32		188.1	19	26	2	47	5	-	-	-	.957	2.15

1987	Detroit	AL	33	Det	MLB	P	34		218.2	14	35	0	49	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.02

1988	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	P	32		203	11	31	1	43	4	-	-	-	.977	1.86

1989	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	P	33		223.2	16	41	0	57	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.29

1990	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	P	34		176.1	9	27	0	36	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.84

1991	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	P	33		217.1	12	36	1	49	3	-	-	-	.980	1.99

1992	Detroit	AL	38	Det	MLB	P	32		186.2	8	30	2	40	1	-	-	-	.950	1.83

1993	NY Mets	NL	39	Nym	MLB	P	29		183	11	22	1	34	1	-	-	-	.971	1.62
1993	NY Yankees	AL	39	Nyy	MLB	P	3		19.2	0	1	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	.46

Awards

[1975] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4) [1976] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #15), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1977] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1978] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #36), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1999] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (0 votes - 0%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	590,000		299,108	20
1986	662,500		325,466	20
1987	662,500		292,853	18
1988	1,100,000	56	325,305	7
1989	925,000		375,257	13
1990	1,100,000		426,358	14
1991	1,900,000		617,627	13
1992	1,700,000		798,185	20
1993	1,500,000		815,723	21

Career:	$10,140,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Frank was one of the few pitchers to ever go from a power throwing southpaw to a finesse crafty lefty in his career. In the early mid 70's Tanana combined with Nolan Ryan to form one of the most lethal 1-2 punches in the game. For 3 seasons (1975-1977), Tanana and Ryan were near the leaderboard in several pitching categories. Tanana hurt his arm in 78 and had to re-invent his game. He came back in 1980 and had moderate success as a completely different pitcher than Angels fans were used to. However, in 1983-93 Frank became one of the craftiest veterans in the game and retired with 240 wins against 236 losses. It would be hard to find another lefty that had this much of a career turnaround.

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1976-1978)

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