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Frank
Tanana		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 3, 1953 in Detroit, MI, USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1984   
Cy Young 1981    1982    1983    1984    1985    1988   
Gold Glove Award 1989   
All-Star Selections 1979    1981    1982    1984    1985    1986    1988   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 20 CAL   14 19 .424 39   12 4 0 268.0 262 93   77 180 3.12  
1975 21 CAL   16 9 .640 34   16 5 0 257.0 211 75   73 269 2.63  
1976 22 CAL   19 10 .655 34   23 2 0 288.0 212 78   73 261 2.44  
1977 23 CAL AL 17 7 .708 30 30 12 2 0 241.7 200 72 19 62 154 2.68 .221 .275 .335 .611 20.5
1978 24 CAL AL 16 12 .571 33 33 11 4 0 254.3 229 99 18 77 182 3.50 .238 .301 .360 .661 16.9
1979 25 CAL AL 18 9 .667 29 29 9 1 0 229.0 205 80 13 60 146 3.14 .237 .291 .337 .628 16.5
1980 26 CAL AL 3 2 .600 12 12 0 0 0 80.3 78 25 6 22 59 2.80 .257 .309 .375 .684 5.7
1981 27 CAL AL 24 8 .750 39 39 8 2 0 296.0 252 88 15 64 143 2.68 .226 .271 .339 .610 26.1
1982 28 CAL AL 25 8 .758 41 41 4 4 0 312.0 246 73 15 53 153 2.11 .217 .258 .307 .565 25.6
1983 29 CAL AL 21 11 .656 40 40 7 5 0 293.3 229 63 14 53 131 1.93 .211 .252 .300 .552 26.5
1984 30 CAL AL 26 6 .813 37 37 12 6 0 284.7 201 68 9 37 126 2.15 .194 .227 .290 .517 24.9
1985 31 CAL AL 21 9 .700 33 33 12 8 0 261.7 170 42 8 38 115 1.44 .184 .217 .254 .471 26.7
1986 32 CAL AL 21 13 .618 42 42 7 2 0 316.3 221 84 20 47 158 2.39 .192 .228 .315 .543 23.2
1987 33 CAL AL 14 19 .424 37 37 7 3 0 270.3 223 89 14 30 153 2.96 .220 .243 .350 .593 20.2
1988 34 CAL AL 26 2 .929 37 37 4 3 0 265.0 174 53 10 61 275 1.80 .185 .238 .266 .504 31.4
1989 35 CAL AL 18 13 .581 37 37 1 1 0 252.3 199 66 8 44 233 2.35 .215 .250 .315 .565 22.1
1990 36 CAL AL 21 9 .700 39 39 1 0 0 254.0 207 76 13 49 270 2.69 .220 .258 .328 .586 22.4
1991 37 CAL AL 7 6 .538 17 17 1 0 0 111.3 89 35 14 35 122 2.83 .216 .276 .371 .647 9.0
  TOR AL 1 7 .125 9 9 0 0 0 45.3 58 39 9 10 55 7.74 .307 .340 .534 .874 0.0
  TOT   8 13 .381 26 26 1 0 0 156.7 147 74 23 45 177 4.25 .245 .295 .423 .718 9.0
1992 38 TOR AL 4 3 .571 13 13 0 0 0 72.3 72 40 6 30 58 4.98 .253 .322 .382 .704 2.8
16 Years Sim 283 144 .663 525 525 96 41 0 3839.9 3053 1092 211 772 2533 2.56 .215 .259 .322 .581 320.6
19 Years Pro 332 182 .646 632   147 52 0 4652.9 3738 1338   995 3243 2.59  
Season Average 17 9 .654 32 32 6 2 0 240.0 190 68 13 48 158 2.56 .215 .259 .322 .581  
Career Highs 26 19 .929 42 42 12 8 0 316.3 252 99 23 77 275 4.98 .257 .322 .423 .718  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 23 CAL AL P 30 30 241.7 10 55 0 7 1.000 2.42    
1978 24 CAL AL P 33 33 254.3 18 49 3 0 .957 2.37    
1979 25 CAL AL P 29 29 229.0 16 45 1 1 .984 2.40    
1980 26 CAL AL P 12 12 80.3 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.35    
1981 27 CAL AL P 39 39 296.0 28 53 4 2 .953 2.46    
1982 28 CAL AL P 41 41 312.0 23 67 5 5 .947 2.60    
1983 29 CAL AL P 40 40 293.3 34 58 2 4 .979 2.82    
1984 30 CAL AL P 37 37 284.7 24 63 4 5 .956 2.75    
1985 31 CAL AL P 33 33 261.7 21 56 2 3 .975 2.65    
1986 32 CAL AL P 42 42 316.3 25 64 4 1 .957 2.53    
1987 33 CAL AL P 37 37 270.3 12 64 2 4 .974 2.53    
1988 34 CAL AL P 37 37 265.0 18 45 0 5 1.000 2.14    
1989 35 CAL AL P 37 37 252.3 13 61 1 1 .987 2.64    
1990 36 CAL AL P 39 39 254.0 15 39 6 5 .900 1.91    
1991 37 CAL AL P 17 17 111.3 6 14 1 0 .952 1.62    
  TOR AL P 9 9 45.3 3 5 1 0 .889 1.59    
  TOT   P 26 26 156.7 9 19 2 0 .933 1.61    
1992 38 TOR AL P 13 13 72.3 5 15 0 1 1.000 2.49    
Career Totals   525 525 3839.9 278 767 36 45 .967 2.45    
Career Highs   42 42 316.3 34 67 6 7 1.000 2.82    
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
1979 25 CAL AL 2 1 .667 4 4 1 0 0 31.7 25 12 3 11 23 3.41 .214 .281 .342 .623
1981 27 CAL AL 2 3 .400 5 5 0 0 0 33.7 37 23 3 13 26 6.15 .272 .336 .426 .762
1982 28 CAL AL 4 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 35.0 24 2 0 8 29 0.51 .194 .242 .234 .476
1983 29 CAL AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 14.3 21 9 1 4 6 5.65 .350 .391 .483 .874
1984 30 CAL AL 3 2 .600 6 6 2 2 0 47.0 29 10 4 8 28 1.91 .174 .211 .287 .499
1985 31 CAL AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 2 1 1 6 2.25 .185 .214 .333 .548
1988 34 CAL AL 3 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 34.0 29 8 2 5 37 2.12 .228 .258 .323 .580
Career Post-Season Pitching 16 7 .696 28 28 4 2 0 203.7 170 66 14 50 155 2.92 .224 .272 .335 .607
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 25 CAL AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 28 CAL AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1984 30 CAL AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 34 CAL AL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1977-2-2.68
1979-10-3.14
1981-4-2.68
1982-2-2.11
1983-1-1.93
1984-3-2.15
1985-1-1.44
1986-5-2.39
1988-1-1.80
1989-2-2.35
1990-5-2.69
CAR-3-2.56
 Wins
1977-6-17
1979-6-18
1981-1-24
1982-1-25
1983-1-21
1984-1-26
1985-2-21
1986-3-21
1988-1-26
1989-4-18
1990-2-21
CAR-1-283
 Losses
1987-3-19
CAR-45-144
 Winning Pct
1977-5-.708
1979-10-.667
1981-3-.750
1982-2-.758
1983-8-.656
1984-2-.813
1985-5-.700
1988-1-.929
1990-5-.700
CAR-7-.663
 Games Started
1981-1-39
1982-2-41
1983-4-40
1984-3-37
1986-1-42
1987-6-37
1988-8-37
1989-3-37
1990-1-39
CAR-15-525
 Complete Games
1977-7-12
1981-5-8
1982-10-4
1983-5-7
1984-2-12
1985-1-12
1986-4-7
1987-6-7
1988-5-4
CAR-2-96
Shutouts
1977-6-2
1978-2-4
1981-4-2
1982-1-4
1983-1-5
1984-1-6
1985-1-8
1986-5-2
1987-6-3
1988-2-3
1989-8-1
CAR-1-41
 Innings Pitched
1981-1-296.0
1982-1-312.0
1983-3-293.3
1984-1-284.7
1985-4-261.7
1986-1-316.3
1987-2-270.3
1988-3-265.0
1989-4-252.3
1990-4-254.0
CAR-5-3840.0
 Hits Allowed
1981-6-252
CAR-24-3053
 Homeruns Allowed
1986-10-20
1991-8-23
 Strikeouts
1977-2-154
1978-3-182
1979-3-146
1981-9-143
1982-7-153
1987-9-153
1988-2-275
1989-3-233
1990-2-270
CAR-25-2533
 Walks per 9IP
1982-5-1.5
1983-8-1.6
1984-2-1.2
1985-3-1.3
1986-6-1.3
1987-1-1.0
CAR-36-1.8
Hits per 9IP
1977-4-7.4
1978-7-8.1
1979-8-8.1
1981-8-7.7
1982-4-7.1
1983-3-7.0
1984-2-6.4
1985-1-5.8
1986-2-6.3
1987-9-7.4
1988-1-5.9
1989-3-7.1
1990-4-7.3
CAR-14-7.2
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1977-6-5.7
1978-3-6.4
1979-3-5.7
1988-3-9.3
1989-4-8.3
1990-3-9.6
 WHiP
1977-2-1.08
1978-9-1.20
1979-6-1.16
1981-4-1.07
1982-3-0.96
1983-1-0.96
1984-1-0.84
1985-1-0.79
1986-3-0.85
1987-6-0.94
1988-1-0.89
1989-5-0.96
1990-6-1.01
CAR-5-1.00
 OAVG
1977-4-.221
1978-9-.238
1979-8-.237
1981-8-.226
1982-4-.217
1983-3-.211
1984-2-.194
1985-1-.184
1986-2-.192
1987-9-.220
1988-1-.185
1989-4-.215
1990-4-.220
CAR-13-.215
 OOBP
1977-2-.275
1978-9-.301
1979-6-.291
1981-4-.271
1982-3-.258
1983-2-.252
1984-1-.227
1985-1-.217
1986-4-.228
1987-6-.243
1988-2-.238
1989-5-.250
1990-7-.258
CAR-6-.259
 OSLG
1977-5-.335
1979-7-.337
1981-10-.339
1982-2-.307
1983-2-.300
1984-2-.290
1985-1-.254
1986-6-.315
1988-1-.266
1989-4-.315
1990-5-.328
CAR-6-.322
OOPS
1977-2-.611
1979-5-.628
1981-6-.610
1982-3-.565
1983-1-.552
1984-1-.517
1985-1-.471
1986-3-.543
1987-7-.593
1988-1-.504
1989-5-.565
1990-5-.586
CAR-2-.581
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 62    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 269    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 80    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  6. Frank Pastore (807)
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History
Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 13 on 4/6/1977
Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 20 on 4/12/1977
Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 21 on 4/17/1977
Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 30 on 4/23/1977
Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 37 on 4/28/1977
Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 42 on 5/4/1977
Injured on 6/15/1977 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 4/24/1978 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/12/1978 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Injured on 7/4/1979 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/25/1980 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1981, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1981, going 5-0, 1.03
Won Cy Young in 1981, going 24-8, 2.68 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1982, going 6-0, 1.57
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1982, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Cy Young in 1982, going 25-8, 2.11 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1983, going 5-0, 0.84
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1983, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1983, going 4-1, 0.72
Won Cy Young in 1983, going 21-11, 1.93 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1984, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1984, going 5-1, 1.57
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1984, going 6-0, 1.55
Pitched PERFECT GAME against New York (A) on 10/22/1984, striking out 6
Won World Championship with California in 1984
Won Cy Young in 1984, going 26-6, 2.15 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1985, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1985, going 4-1, 0.89
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1985, going 4-1, 0.92
Won Cy Young in 1985, going 21-9, 1.44 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1986, going 6-1, 2.47
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (A) on 10/6/1986, striking out 9
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1988, going 6-0, 1.37
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1988, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1988, going 5-0, 0.99
Won Cy Young in 1988, going 26-2, 1.80 ERA
Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1989
Traded from California to Toronto on 7/16/1991 (Going to CAL: LF Chris Jelic. Going to TOR: P Frank Tanana, P Scott Aldred)
Injured on 7/6/1992 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
 
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