Frank Viola vs. Alex Wood — Career Comparison

Frank Viola
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Alex Wood
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Alex Wood a clear advantage over Frank Viola across the core pitching metrics. Alex Wood led in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 73), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 95), and run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 94). Frank Viola held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 106). Alex Wood was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Frank Viola and Alex Wood

Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.99
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
1.33
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.56
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.55
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.48
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.49
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.99
53.99
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.1
53.1
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.9
75.9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.23
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1175
3.73
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
529
3.78
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
2827
8.97
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
8.66
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.93
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.91
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
864
2.74
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.68
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.12
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1844
5.85
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.39
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.15
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.52
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11933
37.86
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5301
37.92
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4.13
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
4.14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.28
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.31
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.2
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.24
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
0.68
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.86
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10870
34.49
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4778
34.18
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Frank Viola and Alex Wood

Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.99
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
1.33
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.27
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.18
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.1
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
1.55
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
1.47
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.44
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
1.37
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.66
93.66
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.691
0.691
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.9
75.9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Viola and Alex Wood

Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
1202.86
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
279
518.27
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
210
600
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
185
528.57
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
276
512.69
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
74.29
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
23
42.72
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.71
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
21
39.01
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
11.46
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
5.39
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
82.86
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
25
46.44
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
82.86
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
68.73
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
8
14.86
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.14
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
22.29
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
40
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
37.15
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.93
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.18
-17.06
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.01
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
171
317.65
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
5.12
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
62.86
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
61.3
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.57
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50