# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-viola
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:35:08.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-viola"
name: "Frank Viola"
slug: "frank-viola"
description: "Frank John Viola Jr. is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins (1982–1989), New York Mets (1989–1991), Boston Red Sox (1992–1994), Cincinnati Reds (1995), and Toronto Blue Jays (1996). A three-time All-Star, he was named World Series MVP with the Twins in 1987 and won the AL Cy Young Award in 1988. He is the pitching coach of the High Point Rockers."
tagline: "American professional baseball player, pitcher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Viola_and_1987_Twins_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1960-04-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.01
  momentum:             0.01149755676918655
  historical:           6.658721333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Viola"
    title: "Frank Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "فرانك فيولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84)"
    title: "فرانك فيولا (لاعب بيسبول)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Viola"
    title: "Frank Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Viola"
    title: "Frank Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Viola"
    title: "Frank Viola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9"
    title: "フランク・バイオーラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659741"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump