Frank Tanana

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Full Name: Frank Daryl Tanana	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: September 9, 1973
Birthdate: July 3, 1953	Final Game: October 1, 1993
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan	MLB Experience: 21 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on July 3, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, Frank Tanana (Frank Daryl Tanana) played for the California Angels, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets and New York Yankees over the course of his 21 year career. Tanana broke into the bigs on September 9, 1973 with the California Angels, and put up a 3.12 ERA in 268.2 innings pitched in 1974, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Frank Tanana's best season was 1976, when he posted a 2.43 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 261 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1973	CAL	A	4	4	2	2	3.08	22	11	9	2	1	0	26.1	20	2	8	0	2	0
1974	CAL	A	39	35	14	19	3.12	180	104	93	12	4	0	268.2	262	27	77	4	4	8
1975	CAL	A	34	33	16	9	2.62	269	80	75	16	5	0	257.1	211	21	73	6	8	7
1976	CAL	A	34	34	19	10	2.43	261	88	78	23	2	0	288.1	212	24	73	5	5	9
1977	CAL	A	31	31	15	9	2.54	205	72	68	20	7	0	241.1	201	19	61	2	8	12
1978	CAL	A	33	33	18	12	3.65	137	108	97	10	4	0	239	239	26	60	7	5	9
1979	CAL	A	18	17	7	5	3.89	46	44	39	2	1	0	90.1	93	9	25	0	6	2
1980	CAL	A	32	31	11	12	4.15	113	107	94	7	0	0	204	223	18	45	0	3	8
1981	BOS	A	24	23	4	10	4.01	78	70	63	5	2	0	141.1	142	17	43	4	2	4
1982	TEX	A	30	30	7	18	4.21	87	102	91	7	0	0	194.1	199	16	55	10	0	7
1983	TEX	A	29	22	7	9	3.16	108	70	56	3	0	0	159.1	144	14	49	5	6	7
1984	TEX	A	35	35	15	15	3.25	141	117	89	9	1	0	246.1	234	30	81	3	12	6
1985	TEX	A	13	13	2	7	5.91	52	53	51	0	0	0	77.2	89	15	23	2	3	1
1985	DET	A	20	20	10	7	3.34	107	59	51	4	0	0	137.1	131	13	34	6	2	2
1985	TOT	A	33	33	12	14	4.27	159	112	102	4	0	0	215	220	28	57	8	5	3
1986	DET	A	32	31	12	9	4.16	119	95	87	3	1	0	188.1	196	23	65	9	7	3
1987	DET	A	34	34	15	10	3.91	146	106	95	5	3	0	218.2	216	27	56	5	6	5
1988	DET	A	32	32	14	11	4.21	127	105	95	2	0	0	203	213	25	64	7	6	4
1989	DET	A	33	33	10	14	3.58	147	105	89	6	1	0	223.2	227	21	74	8	8	8
1990	DET	A	34	29	9	8	5.31	114	104	104	1	0	1	176.1	190	25	66	7	5	9
1991	DET	A	33	33	13	12	3.77	107	98	91	3	2	0	217.1	217	26	78	9	3	2
1992	DET	A	32	31	13	11	4.39	91	102	91	3	0	0	186.2	188	22	90	9	11	7
1993	NY	N	29	29	7	15	4.48	104	100	91	0	0	0	183	198	26	48	7	7	9
1993	NY	A	3	3	0	2	3.20	12	10	7	0	0	0	19.2	18	2	7	1	0	0
1993	Total		32	32	7	17	4.35	116	110	98	0	0	0	202.2	216	28	55	8	7	9
Total	NL		29	29	7	15	4.48	104	100	91	0	0	0	183	198	26	48	7	7	9
Total	AL		609	587	233	221	3.62	2669	1810	1613	143	34	1	4005.1	3865	422	1207	109	112	120
Total			638	616	240	236	3.66	2773	1910	1704	143	34	1	4188.1	4063	448	1255	116	119	129

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1973	CAL	A	P	4	4	26.1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1974	CAL	A	P	39	35	268.2	9	39	1	4	0	2	15	13	3	.980
1975	CAL	A	P	34	33	257.1	9	44	2	5	0	1	18	20	4	.964
1976	CAL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	CAL	A	P	34	34	288.1	12	45	1	1	0	4	34	22	8	.983
1977	CAL	A	P	31	31	241.1	15	37	1	2	0	0	9	11	1	.981
1978	CAL	A	P	33	33	239	8	25	0	2	0	0	12	6	2	1.000
1979	CAL	A	P	18	17	90.1	3	12	1	1	0	0	8	5	2	.938
1980	CAL	A	P	32	31	204	12	24	0	1	0	2	17	5	1	1.000
1981	BOS	A	P	24	23	141.1	9	25	1	2	0	1	18	6	0	.971
1982	TEX	A	P	30	30	194.1	8	30	1	0	0	0	11	11	2	.974
1983	TEX	A	P	29	22	159.1	9	37	2	0	0	0	8	9	5	.958
1984	TEX	A	P	35	35	246.1	18	35	0	2	0	1	14	5	1	1.000
1985	TEX	A	P	13	13	77.2	5	11	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	.941
1985	DET	A	P	20	20	137.1	9	20	0	1	0	0	9	5	4	1.000
1985	TOT	A	P	33	33	215	14	31	1	2	0	0	14	8	6	.978
1986	DET	A	P	32	31	188.1	19	26	2	5	0	2	11	7	1	.957
1987	DET	A	P	34	34	218.2	14	35	0	2	0	0	23	6	1	1.000
1988	DET	A	P	32	32	203	11	31	1	4	0	1	9	5	0	.977
1989	DET	A	P	33	33	223.2	16	41	0	2	0	0	22	12	8	1.000
1990	DET	A	P	34	29	176.1	9	27	0	0	0	2	9	15	8	1.000
1991	DET	A	P	33	33	217.1	12	36	1	3	0	1	17	14	0	.980
1992	DET	A	P	32	31	186.2	8	30	2	1	0	1	21	11	1	.950
1993	NY	N	P	29	29	183	11	22	1	1	0	0	14	6	1	.971
1993	NY	A	P	3	3	19.2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500
1993	Total		P	32	32	202.2	11	23	2	1	0	0	15	6	1	.944
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	638	616	4188.1	226	638	19	40	0	19	305	197	55	.978

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1973	CAL	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CAL	A	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CAL	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CAL	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CAL	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	CAL	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	CAL	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	CAL	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	BOS	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	TEX	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	TEX	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	TEX	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	TEX	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	DET	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	TOT	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	DET	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	DET	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	DET	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	DET	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	DET	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	DET	A	33	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1992	DET	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	NY	N	29	58	3	9	0	5	.155	.183	.207	1	1	2	11	0	3	0	0	0
1993	NY	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	Total		32	58	3	9	0	5	.155	.183	.207	1	1	2	11	0	3	0	0	0
Total	NL		29	58	3	9	0	5	.155	.183	.207	1	1	2	11	0	3	0	0	0
Total	AL		610	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			639	59	3	9	0	5	.153	.180	.203	1	1	2	12	0	3	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (13th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
Traded by California Angels with Jim Dorsey and Joe Rudi to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Fred Lynn and Steve Renko (January 23, 1981).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 6, 1982).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Duane James (June 20, 1985).
Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (February 17, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (November 20, 1989).
Granted free agency (December 3, 1992).
Signed by New York Mets (December 10, 1992).
Traded by New York Mets to New York Yankees in exchange for Kenny Greer (September 17, 1993).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1993).

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