Top 100 Angels: Frank TANANA #12

by Rev Halofan on Mar 22, 2009 3:00 PM PDT in 100 Top Angels

#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).

Angels in 09!

by tanana40 on Mar 22, 2009 3:37 PM PDT reply actions