Frank Tanana Autograph

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. More about Frank Tanana

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Current items with a signature of Frank Tanana

These are the most current items with a signature of Frank Tanana that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1982 Topps Frank Tanana Signed Baseball Card JSA Auction Certified	$38.00
	1990 Fleer Frank Tanana Signed Baseball Card JSA Auction Certified	$38.00
	1991 Donruss Frank Tanana Signed Baseball Card JSA Auction Certified	$38.00
	FRANK TANANA 1981 DONRUSS #171 AUTO SIGNED ANGELS 3X ALL STAR 76 77 78 RARE	$12.99
	FRANK TANANA Angels Signed Autographed 1977 Topps Baseball Card #200 EX/MT	$8.95
	Frank Tanana Signed Baseball Card JSA Auction Certified	$38.00
	FRANK TANANA SIGNED IP TOPPS #603 1989 DETROIT TIGERS AUTO	$9.99
	Frank Tanana Signed Original 1977 Topps California Angels Autograph	$14.10
	Frank Tanana Signed Original 1979 Topps California Angels Autograph	$14.10

Raised in northwest Detroit, Tanana was a first-round draft pick by the Angels in 1971. He made his debut with the team in 1973 and won 14 games his rookie year. Tanana and fellow starter Nolan Ryan formed one of the toughest pairs of starting pitchers to hit against in baseball. Tanana led the American League (AL) in strikeouts in 1975, then made the AL All-Star team three years in a row. He won 19 games in 1976 and led the AL with a 2.54 earned run average (ERA) in 1977. In 1979, he won the game that clinched the Angels' first-ever playoff appearance. Injuries began to take their toll on him by the end of his tenure with the Angels, and he changed his style from relying on a hard fastball to throwing a repertoire of slower pitches, using deception to get hitters out instead.

Tanana was traded to Boston for the 1981 season; he went 4–10 with the Red Sox before becoming a free agent and signing with the Rangers. He tied for the AL lead in losses his first year with Texas, then failed to make their starting rotation at the beginning of the 1983 season, though he returned to it in June. In 1984, he had a 15–15 record for the team, his most wins since 1978. After getting off to a poor start with Texas in 1985, he was traded to Detroit, the team he rooted for growing up. Tanana would stay with the Tigers through 1992, pitching eight seasons with the club. He threw a shutout in the final game of the 1987 season to clinch a playoff spot for the team, winning 15 games that year. In 1988, he won 14 games; in 1989, he posted a 3.58 ERA. He was removed from the rotation for a time in 1990, only winning nine games that year, but the next season, he became the Tigers' first pitcher besides Jack Morris to start on Opening Day since 1979. This was the fifth Opening Day start of Tanana's career, as he had made four for the Angels in the 1970s. He won 13 games apiece in 1991 and 1992 before pitching one more season with the Mets and the Yankees in 1993. Read even more about Frank Tanana at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Frank Tanana

In total, we tracked 743 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

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The most expensive item with a signature of Frank Tanana (FRANK TANANA Game Used JERSEY Signed COA Russell Athletic Diamond Collection 46) was sold in September 2021 for $325.00 while the cheapest item (FRANK TANANA DETROIT TIGERS ANGELES AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CARD... ONE CENT SALE) found a new owner for $0.01 in January 2022. The month with the most items sold (32) was January 2023 with an average selling price of $3.25 for an autographed item of Frank Tanana. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2011 with $60.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was October 2017. In average, an autographed item from Frank Tanana is worth $3.59.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Frank Tanana were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1976 Topps FRANK TANANA Autographed Baseball Card #204 STRIKEOUT Leaders	$1.99
	1992 Topps #458 Frank Tanana Blue Pen Hard Signed Auto! Detroit Tigers NM+	$1.99
	2001 Topps Archives Certified Autographed BB Card 1974 Frank Tanana Rookie NRMT	$11.50
	Autographed 1974 Frank Tanana Rookie Angels Topps #605	$8.99
	AUTOGRAPHED 1990 Leaf #87 Frank Tanana	$1.99
	FRANK TANANA 1985 DONRUSS DIAMOND KINGS AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED # 9 TEXAS RANGERS	$4.00
	FRANK TANANA 1991 TOPPS AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED # 238 DETROIT TIGERS	$1.60
	FRANK TANANA Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo & CARD - MLB PITCHER 3X ALL STAR	$3.26
	Frank Tanana Signed 1975 Topps #16 Angels Autographed Card AUTO	$3.25
	Signed 1974 Topps Rookie Pitchers #605 Frank Tanana Autographed by All 4 Players	$20.76

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Latest News about Frank Tanana

John Lowe's Past Time: Several priceless gems were 1-0 games, including Frank Ta (07/07/14): It's a big year for 1-0 games. Through Friday, there had been 35, compared to 48 all of last year. The Sporting News used to publish an annual reference book called the Official Baseball Guide, and it referred to 1-0 games as 'minimum-score contests.' Here are some of my favorites:

Frank Tanana impressed with this year's Tigers (07/30/13): Former Tigers pitcher Frank Tanana signs an autograph for a fan Tuesday July 30, 2013 at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. KEVIN W. FOWLER PHOTO / Kevin W. Fowler | for the Lansin

Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Frank Tanana to speak at Burton fundraiser (05/17/11): Tanana, a former Detroit Tigers pitcher from 1986 to 1992, will speak following the 6:30 p.m. dinner at Brookwood Golf Club & Banquet Center, 6045 Davison Road.