Frank
Tanana
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 3, 1953 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1973   
All-Star Selections 1978    1979    1984   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 19 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1974 20 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 3 4
1975 21 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 5
1976 22 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1977 23 MON NL $ 1,892,857 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7
1978 24 MON NL $ 3,057,143 8 6 5 6 9 9 9 7 6 6
1979 25 MON NL $ 4,835,714 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6
1980 26 MON NL $ 10,000,000 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6
1981 27 MON NL $ 10,000,000 8 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 5 5
1982 28 MON NL $ 10,000,000 7 6 6 6 9 8 9 6 6 6
1983 29 MON NL $ 10,000,000 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
1984 30 MIL NL $ 3,600,000 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 6 6 6
1985 31 MIL NL $ 3,600,000 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
1986 32 MIL NL $ 3,600,000 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1987 33 MIL NL   6 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5
1988 34 OAK AL $ 1,800,000 5 4 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5
1989 35 OAK AL $ 1,800,000 5 4 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 19 MON NL 7 8 .467 20 20 6 1 0 143.0 144 64 20 46 63 4.03 .261 .320 .428 .748 7.1
    AAA   4 5 .444 12 12 1 0 0 77.0 86 37 8 24 55 4.32 .282 .334 .400 .734  
1974 20 MON NL 11 7 .611 23 22 7 1 0 165.7 174 77 10 55 85 4.18 .268 .327 .368 .695 8.3
1975 21 MON NL 10 7 .588 31 16 4 0 1 151.7 149 61 22 43 74 3.62 .254 .308 .423 .731 10.8
    AAA   2 3 .400 6 6 0 0 0 43.3 42 16 6 16 39 3.32 .250 .315 .399 .714  
1976 22 MON NL 12 11 .522 35 35 9 1 0 267.7 269 136 34 77 153 4.57 .258 .309 .426 .735 13.3
1977 23 MON NL 16 10 .615 33 29 9 3 1 237.3 232 105 26 38 128 3.98 .247 .280 .389 .669 10.9
1978 24 MON NL 19 5 .792 30 30 9 4 0 240.0 236 78 19 46 107 2.93 .262 .302 .391 .693 19.7
1979 25 MON NL 21 6 .778 32 32 8 2 0 248.0 247 98 29 44 122 3.56 .258 .293 .406 .699 16.0
1980 26 MON NL 14 15 .483 33 33 8 1 0 240.0 271 134 29 56 123 5.03 .288 .324 .447 .771 4.2
1981 27 MON NL 13 16 .448 35 35 5 2 0 235.3 255 121 31 62 115 4.63 .276 .322 .430 .753 8.2
1982 28 MON NL 13 10 .565 35 35 6 1 0 267.3 271 91 17 61 118 3.06 .263 .306 .373 .679 23.8
1983 29 MON NL 7 22 .241 35 35 6 1 0 247.0 292 142 26 59 123 5.17 .297 .336 .444 .780 6.2
1984 30 MIL NL 16 9 .640 30 30 6 2 0 217.0 202 66 13 55 132 2.74 .245 .293 .326 .619 19.3
1985 31 MIL NL 19 12 .613 34 34 4 1 0 238.3 230 104 27 72 156 3.93 .250 .304 .393 .697 12.1
1986 32 MIL NL 12 14 .462 34 34 0 0 0 230.0 240 110 22 69 126 4.30 .272 .326 .405 .732 9.6
1987 33 MIL NL 11 9 .550 35 35 3 2 0 233.0 206 75 17 66 119 2.90 .237 .293 .331 .624 19.7
1988 34 OAK AL 7 10 .412 32 32 0 0 0 178.7 211 94 16 57 86 4.74 .297 .348 .414 .761 6.0
1989 35 AAA   10 9 .526 28 28 2 1 0 178.0 187 65 17 54 111 3.29 .270 .323 .400 .722  
16 Years Sim 208 171 .549 507 487 90 22 2 3540.0 3629 1556 358 906 1830 3.96 .265 .311 .400 .711 195.3
3 Years AAA 16 17 .485 46 46 3 1 0 298.3 315 118 31 94 205 3.56 .270 .325 .400 .724  
Season Average 13 10 .565 31 30 5 1 0 221.2 226 97 22 56 114 3.96 .265 .311 .400 .711  
Career Highs 21 22 .792 35 35 9 4 1 267.7 292 142 34 77 156 5.17 .297 .348 .447 .780  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2752 1159 273 706 1324   .270 .318 .407 .725
vs LH   877 397 85 200 506   .248 .288 .378 .666
Home 100 88 .532 257 249 40 12 2 1828.6 1845 798 179 490 931 3.93 .262 .309 .394 .704
Away 108 83 .565 250 238 50 10 2 1711.3 1784 758 179 416 899 3.99 .268 .311 .405 .716
Mar/Apr 26 32 .448 74 74 11 2 0 515.6 589 260 56 129 285 4.54 .285 .327 .427 .755
May 44 26 .629 89 83 19 9 0 614.3 637 257 57 134 309 3.77 .269 .308 .402 .710
June 34 26 .567 94 85 13 2 1 640.0 665 273 66 167 328 3.84 .267 .313 .401 .714
July 33 28 .541 81 81 16 2 0 584.3 578 265 54 167 272 4.08 .258 .309 .387 .696
August 41 27 .603 90 90 15 4 0 650.6 645 269 65 170 353 3.72 .257 .304 .391 .695
Sep/Oct 30 32 .484 79 74 22 4 3 534.9 515 232 60 139 283 3.90 .252 .300 .393 .693
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 19 MON NL P 20 20 143.0 9 17 1 4 .963 1.64    
1974 20 MON NL P 23 22 165.7 8 20 0 1 1.000 1.52    
1975 21 MON NL P 31 16 151.7 9 34 1 1 .977 2.55    
1976 22 MON NL P 35 35 267.7 19 41 1 1 .984 2.02    
1977 23 MON NL P 33 29 237.3 12 33 1 2 .978 1.71    
1978 24 MON NL P 30 30 240.0 14 37 0 7 1.000 1.91    
1979 25 MON NL P 32 32 248.0 8 41 0 4 1.000 1.78    
1980 26 MON NL P 33 33 240.0 10 39 2 3 .961 1.84    
1981 27 MON NL P 35 35 235.3 17 25 1 2 .977 1.61    
1982 28 MON NL P 35 35 267.3 20 38 1 2 .983 1.95    
1983 29 MON NL P 35 35 247.0 13 30 1 2 .977 1.57    
1984 30 MIL NL P 30 30 217.0 13 37 2 3 .962 2.07    
1985 31 MIL NL P 34 34 238.3 13 36 0 4 1.000 1.85    
1986 32 MIL NL P 34 34 230.0 15 47 0 4 1.000 2.43    
1987 33 MIL NL P 35 35 233.0 13 23 0 0 1.000 1.39    
1988 34 OAK AL P 32 32 178.7 4 26 2 3 .938 1.51    
Career Totals   507 487 3540.0 197 524 13 43 .982 1.83    
Career Highs   35 35 267.7 20 47 2 7 1.000 2.55    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1973 19 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1974 20 MON NL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 1 7.0 10 6 1 5 2 7.71 .345 .441 .483 .924
1975 21 MON NL 3 2 .600 5 5 2 0 0 37.7 37 13 4 8 17 3.11 .252 .290 .354 .644
1976 22 MON NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 19 9 0 5 6 8.68 .422 .480 .511 .991
1977 23 MON NL 2 1 .667 5 2 1 0 1 24.7 22 9 0 6 12 3.28 .239 .286 .272 .557
1978 24 MON NL 3 0 1.000 3 3 2 1 0 25.0 18 5 3 8 15 1.80 .205 .271 .341 .612
1979 25 MON NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 16.7 13 5 2 4 5 2.70 .217 .266 .350 .616
Career Post-Season Pitching 10 5 .667 25 14 6 1 2 120.6 119 47 10 36 57 3.51 .258 .311 .357 .668
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1978-2-2.93
1982-9-3.06
1984-6-2.74
1987-8-2.90
Wins
1977-10-16
1978-4-19
1979-1-21
1984-8-16
1985-3-19
Losses
1980-7-15
1981-8-16
1983-1-22
Winning Pct
1978-1-.792
1979-1-.778
Games Started
1976-6-35
1981-8-35
1982-9-35
1983-8-35
1987-5-35
CAR-48-487
Complete Games
1987-10-3
Shutouts
1977-5-3
1978-2-4
1979-8-2
1981-5-2
1984-10-2
1987-2-2
CAR-45-22
Innings Pitched
1976-5-267.7
1982-4-267.3
1987-9-233.0
Hits Allowed
1976-6-269
1979-8-247
1980-2-271
1981-8-255
1982-6-271
1983-3-292
CAR-46-3629
Homeruns Allowed
1976-3-34
1977-8-26
1979-4-29
1980-2-29
1981-2-31
1985-5-27
CAR-37-358
Strikeouts
1976-9-153
Walks per 9IP
1977-7-1.4
1978-8-1.7
1979-8-1.6
WHiP
1977-5-1.14
1978-6-1.18
1979-7-1.17
OOBP
1977-4-.280
OSLG
1984-6-.326
1987-6-.331
OOPS
1984-10-.619
1987-8-.624
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 74    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Montreal in 1973
Earned first career win on 6/9/1973
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1974, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Injured on 8/10/1974 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1977, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Pitched NO-HITTER against Baltimore on 4/16/1978, striking out 4
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,835,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
10/28/1979: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $10,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/6/1981 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1982, going 3-1, 0.72
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/12/1984 to a 4-year deal worth $3,600,000 per year
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1984, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA
Injured on 9/28/1984 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Released by Milwaukee on 10/31/1987
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/10/1988 to a 3-year deal worth $1,800,000 per year