#12 FRANK TANANA - Starting Pitcher (1973 - 1980)
Post-2005 Season Top 100 Angels Ranking: 14 - Read the Frank Tanana Essay
Win Shares Ranking: 12 (113 Regular Season Win Shares)
Talk about a pile of Franchise marks...
3.08 ERA (6th)
102 Wins (4th)
1.166 WHIP (3rd)
2.35 BB/9IP (5th)
6.87 K/9 (10th)
1,615+ IP (4th)
1,233 K (4th)
218 Games Started (4th)
92 CG (2nd)
24 Shutouts (2nd)
2.92 K to BB (1st)
117 ERA+ (7th)
Among Frank's many single season rankings, his WHIP of .988 in 1976 ranks #1 for an Angel Single Season mark.
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Was there anything more beautiful
than Frank at the height of his delivery with his right leg hanging in the air? Left-handed pitchers have always fascinated me but none more than Frank.
Two people defined the Angels for me: Ryan and Tanana. Let’s hope that the franchise tries and reconnect to Frank, he should be in the Angels HOF.
I started following this guy in about the fourth grade and even long after he left the Angels, I followed him via newspaper box scores and I was out of grad school when he finished with his 240th win and at the ending he was pitching on nothing but smarts. About five years ago, I saw a car in Yellowstone National Park with the vanity plates of Tanana, I searched the area for about hour hoping that indeed it was Frank. My wife was amazed at my man-crush (unfortunately, I don’t think it was Frank’s car).
tanana40 - March 22, 2009
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