Frank Tanana

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 180 lb

BornJuly 3, 1953 · Detroit, MI, USA

MLB debutSeptember 9, 1973

Final gameOctober 1, 1993

Seasons21 (1973–1993)

California Angels 1973–1980; Boston Red Sox 1981; Texas Rangers 1982–1984; Detroit Tigers 1985; Texas Rangers 1985; Detroit Tigers 1986–1992; New York Yankees 1993; New York Mets 1993

Percentile snapshot

1993 season — qualified pitchers

32.6

2.3

SHO

216

27.9

19.8

81.4

116

30.2

5.8

202.7

ERA

4.35

32.6

WHIP

1.337

46.5

K/9

5.15

37.2

FIP

4.58

16.3

FIP-

114.2

11.6

ERA+

92.1

19.8

sWAR

1.2

20.9

of 87 qualified 1993 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

106.0

61.4

sWAR

52.2

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1973	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1974	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.8
1975	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.4
1976	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.1
1977	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.2
1978	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
1979	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1
1980	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1981	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1
1982	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3
1983	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1
1984	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.8
1985	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1986	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1987	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1
1988	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2
1989	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
1990	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0
1991	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.6	-100.0	.000	3.1
1992	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
1993	32	63	58	3	9	1	1	5	2	11	1	.155	.183	.207	.390	-1.0	5.4	.181	1.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1973	4	4	2	2	0	2	1	20	9	8	22	2	26.3	3.08	1.063	7.52	2.81	78.5	116.4	0.4
1974	39	35	14	19	0	12	4	262	93	77	180	27	268.7	3.12	1.262	6.03	3.49	100.8	111.0	3.8
1975	34	33	16	9	0	16	5	211	75	73	269	21	257.3	2.62	1.104	9.41	2.46	68.7	136.5	5.4
1976	34	34	19	10	0	23	2	212	78	73	261	24	288.3	2.43	.988	8.15	2.74	81.9	137.5	6.1
1977	31	31	15	9	0	20	7	201	68	61	205	19	241.3	2.54	1.086	7.65	2.98	75.7	155.0	6.2
1978	33	33	18	12	0	10	4	239	97	60	137	26	239.0	3.65	1.251	5.16	3.69	101.1	99.8	2.4
1979	18	17	7	5	0	2	1	93	39	25	46	9	90.3	3.89	1.306	4.58	3.94	95.8	105.9	1.1
1980	32	31	11	12	0	7	0	223	94	45	113	18	204.0	4.15	1.314	4.99	3.58	90.8	95.0	1.5
1981	24	23	4	10	0	5	2	142	63	43	78	17	141.3	4.01	1.309	4.97	4.00	104.3	95.5	1.1
1982	30	30	7	18	0	7	0	199	91	55	87	16	194.3	4.21	1.307	4.03	3.82	97.6	92.9	1.3
1983	29	22	7	9	0	3	0	144	56	49	108	14	159.3	3.16	1.211	6.10	3.67	91.7	126.4	3.1
1984	35	35	15	15	0	9	1	234	89	81	141	30	246.3	3.25	1.279	5.15	4.25	103.6	126.0	4.8
1985	33	33	12	14	0	4	0	220	102	57	159	28	215.0	4.27	1.288	6.66	3.79	91.8	96.5	1.8
1986	32	31	12	9	0	3	1	196	87	65	119	23	188.3	4.16	1.386	5.69	4.20	101.6	99.4	1.8
1987	34	34	15	10	0	5	3	216	95	56	146	27	218.7	3.91	1.244	6.01	3.98	92.8	109.7	3.1
1988	32	32	14	11	0	2	0	213	95	64	127	25	203.0	4.21	1.365	5.63	4.18	108.3	91.5	1.2
1989	33	33	10	14	0	6	1	227	89	74	147	21	223.7	3.58	1.346	5.92	3.86	100.4	107.2	2.9
1990	34	29	9	8	1	1	0	190	104	66	114	25	176.3	5.31	1.452	5.82	4.63	116.5	74.9	-1.0
1991	33	33	13	12	0	3	2	217	91	78	107	26	217.3	3.77	1.357	4.43	4.58	109.8	110.8	3.1
1992	32	31	13	11	0	3	0	188	91	90	91	22	186.7	4.39	1.489	4.39	4.91	123.0	90.9	1.0
1993	32	32	7	17	0	0	0	216	98	55	116	28	202.7	4.35	1.337	5.15	4.58	114.2	92.1	1.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

639

RBI

.1525

OBP

.1803

SLG

.2034

OPS

.3837

Pitching

G (P)

638

190th-most career G (P)

616

18th-most career GS

240

58th-most career W

236

17th-most career L

143

244th-most career CG

SHO

83rd-most career SHO

4,188

35th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,773

26th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,255

42nd-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.662

WHIP

1.2697

427th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.96

388th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	TB
1993-08-18	NYM @ CIN Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	3	4
1993-07-29	MIA @ NYM Gameday	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
1993-07-04	SF @ NYM Gameday	2	1	1	1	0	0	2
1993-04-28	NYM @ SF Gameday	3	0	1	0	0	2	1
1993-06-04	NYM @ HOU Gameday	2	0	1	0	0	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1975-06-21	TEX @ LAA Gameday	9.0	9	2	2	0	17	0
1976-09-06	ATH @ LAA Gameday	10.0	8	1	1	4	15	1
1975-06-30	LAA @ MIN Gameday	9.0	8	3	3	2	15	2
1976-10-01	LAA @ ATH Gameday	11.0	5	0	0	5	14	0
1975-09-02	ATH @ LAA Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	2	14	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.