Frank Tanana

Quick Facts

Full Name	Frank Tanana
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 3, 1953(1953-07-03)
Age	71
Birthplace	Detroit
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Cancer

Frank Tanana Biography

Frank Tanana is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on July 3, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. MLB Pitcher who was a member of six teams over the course of the course of his career for 20 years. He was selected to three consecutive MLB All-Star games from 1976 to 1978 while a member of the California Angels.

He was a part of the team with He pitched alongside Nolan Ryan on the California Angles. on the California Angles.

Frank Daryl Tanana (born July 3, 1953) is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher. In a Major League Baseball career that stretched from 1973 to 1993, he pitched for the California Angels, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, and New York Yankees. He struck out 2,773 batters in his career and twice won playoff-clinching games for the teams he was on, the 1979 Angels and the 1987 Tigers.

Tanana was assigned to the Idaho Falls Angels of the rookie-level Pioneer League in 1971, but tendinitis in his shoulder prevented him from pitching. Instead, he received cortisone treatments. “I tell you, I didn’t have many friends on that team,” Tanana said. “Here were guys being cut off the team, and I, who couldn’t throw, was staying because I had this bonus.” Arm feeling better in 1972, he pitched for the Single-A Quad Cities Angels, posting a 7-2 record. In 1973, he spent most of the season with the Double-A El Paso Sun Kings. “He struck out 14 in his first game for us,” El Paso (and later Angel) manager Norm Sherry said. “Right then, I knew he could pitch.” Tanana also pitched a couple games for the Triple-A Salt Lake City Angels before getting called up in September and added to the Angels starting rotation.

The couple had 4 children together. Cathy Mull.

Frank Tanana Net Worth

Frank Tanana is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Frank Tanana 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played for his Cal State Fullerton University baseball team.

He was retired with a record of 240-236, with an 3.66 ERA.

Tanana grew up in the northwest part of Detroit, Michigan. His father, also named Frank, had played professional baseball in the 1950s and was on the 1955 Eastern League championship team, the Reading Indians, before he left baseball and joined the Detroit Police Department to support his family. After young Frank got done with homework, he and his friends would spend the rest of the afternoon playing various sports. He rooted for the hometown Detroit Tigers growing up, listing Al Kaline, Mickey Lolich, Willie Horton, and Mickey Stanley among his favorite players.

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Tanana is in the top 10 among Angels in several categories. His 102 wins with the team are tied for fifth with John Lackey, his 3.08 ERA ranks fifth, and his 1,233 strikeouts rank fifth in franchise history. His 269 strikeouts in 1975 are still the most by a left-handed pitcher for the Angels. Tanana is one of only two pitchers in MLB history (along with Rick Reuschel) to give up a home run to both Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds.

Facts & Trivia

Frank Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Frank Tanana celebrates birthday on July 3 of every year.

With Ryan coming off a year in which he had missed time with injury, Tanana was named the Angels’ Opening Day starter for 1976. As it turned out, ’76 would be the first of four straight Opening Day starts for Tanana. He was named an All-Star for the first time in 1976. The Angels’ offense did not always score a lot for him; on August 27, 1976, he and Catfish Hunter of the New York Yankees each pitched 13 scoreless innings in a game where both men received a no-decision. It was the second year in a row Tanana had thrown 13 scoreless innings without getting a decision, but the Angels would lose this one in 15, 5-0. At season’s end, he was among the league leaders once again in wins (19, tied with Mark Fidrych and Ed Figueroa for fourth), ERA (2.43, behind Fidrych’s 2.34 and Vida Blue’s 2.35), strikeouts (261, second to a healthy Ryan’s 327), and complete games (23, tied with Jim Palmer for second behind Fidrych’s 24). With a 19-10 record, he came close to winning twenty games, missing the mark because of a midseason injury and also an August 22 outing against the Yankees where, having allowed only two hits going into the ninth, he started taking it easy, gave up six runs and was removed, and received a no decision, though the Angels eventually won 11-8 in eleven. As it turned out, 19 wins would be his career high. He came in third in Cy Young voting behind Palmer and Fidrych and also got votes for the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.

How fast did Frank Tanana throw?

His lifetime record stands at 136-137 and he has not had a winning season since 1979. The fastball, which in the past was clocked consistently in the 90s, now checks in at 70-80 m.p.h.

Is Frank Tanana in Hall of Fame?

In 1996, Tanana was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2006, Tanana was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.

Is Frank Tanana Italian?

Frank Tanana: 3x All-Star – Italian Americans in Baseball.

How old is Frank Tanana?

68 years (July 3, 1953)

What high school did Frank Tanana go to?

Education