Luis tiants legend developed in the united states well after his 30th birthday. Luis clemente tiant y vega, a charismatic righthanded pitcher whom reggie jackson called the fred astaire of baseball, won 229 games over parts of 19 seasons in the major leagues. At 3, he was run over by a truck and later had rheumatic fever. Organize and price your collections as we offer instant access to the worlds leading trading card and collectibles databases, including baseball cards, basketball cards, football cards, nonsports cards, gaming cards and more. Welcome back, baseball thursday, february 23, 2017 jetblue park, ft. It looks like those 2 stats have tiant at allstar level or better 9 times and mvp level 1 time maybe twice depending on ones interpretation of the stats and their cutoffs. Tiant finished 7 as the beavers went 7265 in the pcl and hersh who later was hired to be in charge of player development for george steinbrenners new york yankees willingly let tiant out of his contract. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books. Luis tiant was born on saturday, november 23, 1940, in marianao, cuba. All professional baseball statistics for luis tiant. But that doesnt mean this hasnt been a special season for tiant, in his second year as the unlikely coach of an unlikely college baseball team. Aug 10, 2015 for the next six seasons luis tiant as the ace of the red sox staff, one of baseballs best pitchers of the decade and one of the fenway faithfuls all time favorite players.
The luis tiant allstar stats seen below include his allstar yearbyyear hitting stats, allstar fielding stats, and allstar pitching stats where applicable. Jul 26, 2015 luis tiant won 229 games during his major league career. Included on the chart are links to the players biography, the years he played, an autographed baseball card notation yyes and a hof hall of fame mark yyes. Images can also be viewed at the hall of fame online exhibit dressed to the nines. Images can also be viewed at the hall of fame online exhibit dressed to the nines win shares are calculated using the formula in the book win shares by bill james. Luis tiant retired having posted a 229172 record, 2,416 strikeouts, 187 complete games, 15 saves and 49 shutouts while adding a 3. With that, tiants baseball story came full circle in portland. The legend of luis tiant and the final chapter of baseball. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. Sadly enough, the story on tiant and his time pitching in portland ran on the same day the beavers played their last game in the city that featured 95 years of rich baseball history. If you are aware of any other unusual, less known, not as publicized baseball awards won by luis tiant please contact us with details. The 2017 baseball america almanac has all the major league news and statistics, plus so much more. Down east wood ducks placed 2b luis silva on the 7day disabled list. He pitched in mlb for 19 years, primarily for the cleveland indians and the boston red sox.
Luis tiant mlb player profile page from whatifsports. Boston red sox great luis tiant has personally handsigned this baseball. He went on to win 224 career games over 19 seasons ending in 1982. Boston red sox uniform numbers, boston red sox record books, boston red sox attendance and more boston red sox history by baseball almanac. Luis tiant sneak peak i am a community leader for mlb the show so i do get ex. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. If you are the type of fan who truly enjoys intelligent debate and thinks you can teach others why luis tiant did or did not deserve the cleveland indians man of the year award in 1968, join us on baseball fever. A jawsesque hall rating baseline nov 25, 2017 modern baseball era ballot reaction with graham womack. Baseball almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of every major league player whose last name falls between the names above. You can talk about anybody else on that team 1975 boston red sox you want to, but when the chips are on the line, luis tiant is the greatest competitor ive ever. Lets remember that koufax only had 6 and the most tiant could come up with consecutively was 5. The legend of luis tiant and the final chapter of baseball in. Friday night clayton kershaw took to the hill in pittsburgh sporting his 37 consecutive inning scoreless streak. But for baseball fans in his native cuba, tiant was a hero from his earliest days as a professional.
Shipping to alaska, hawaii, po boxes and apo addresses not available for this item. The baseball america almanac has always been the best baseball annual, and now its the only book on the market that sums up the year in baseball from the majors to the minors and down through every amateur level as well. Did you know that the alltime home run leader whose last name begins with a t is frank the big hurt thomas with fourhundred fortyeight 448 long balls through the end of the 2005 regular season baseball almanac is pleased to present a geographical breakdown of players born in u. Tiant was 229172 over 19 seasons with the red sox, indians and four other teams. Peak 53% longevity 47% articles mentioning luis tiant. He played baseball during the time when black baseball players werent allowed to play in. Boston red sox designated lhp luis ysla for assignment. Dec 10, 2012 luis tiant was a pitcher for the boston red sox, by the way. Time to put luis tiant in the baseball hall of fame. Jim bouton wrote in his classic book ball four, if you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher twenty wins, but might take five. Well, first of all, luis tiant was not superior to catfish, which is evidenced by the fact that hunter had 7 consecutive years of being one of the 3 or 4 best pitchers in the league. By contrast, on the golden era election, reynolds shared the ballot with jim kaat and luis tiant, whose respective win totals of 283 and 229, were well above the yankee hurlers 182 career victories.
Luis tiant, in full luis clemente tiant vega, born november 23, 1940, marianao, cuba, professional baseball player who was one of the outstanding pitchers of the 1970s and won more games than any other cubanborn player, compiling a record of 229 victories and 172 losses, with an earned run average era of 3. Check out luis tiant career batting and fielding statistics including batting average, hits, home runs, rbi and award history as part of whatifsports free simmatchup baseball. Herb score was born in rosedale, new york, in 1933. Major league baseball players born in cuba baseball almanac. Following his poor showing on the initial golden era election, reynolds was not selected to appear on the committees second ballot in 2014. Bold entries stand for active players which are defined as those who played in at least one. Tiant never received more than 18 percent in the voting done by the baseball writers association of america and. The leading destination for sports card and collectible enthusiasts.
When luis tiant stepped off the plane at portland international airport in the spring of 1981, david hersh didnt know whether he should laugh or cry about the arrival of his new portland beavers pitcher. When tiant cant throw batting practice, another tiant does older son luis iv. Luis clemente tiant vega born november 23, 1940 is a former major league baseball mlb righthanded starting pitcher. Astros vs dodgers, world series batting leaders, world. Chicagos black newspaper the defender wrote that luis tiant sr.
Win shares are calculated using the formula in the book win shares by bill james. You can talk about anybody else on that team 1975 boston red sox you want to, but when the chips are on the line, luis tiant is the greatest competitor. With the induction this weekend of john smoltz, pedro martinez and randy johnson to the baseball hall of fame the committee has again sent a mixed message about what constitutes a hall of fame pitcher. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. He pitched in mlb for 19 years, primarily for the cleveland indians and the boston red sox tiant compiled a 229172 record with 2416 strikeouts, a 3. After leaving the mound, luis tiant was inducted into the red sox hall of fame in 1997. The ballplayers a baseball player encyclopedia thies to tompkins. Numbers and commentary help fans recall all the great moments from the season that was 2016, including the cubs amazing run to a world series title. Year age agedif tm lg lev aff w l wl% era ra9 g gs gf cg sho sv ip h r er hr. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Luis tiant pitched the final four seasons of his career with the new york yankees 19791980, the pittsburgh pirates 1981 and the california angels 1982. As a teenager, he started playing basketball and baseball at holy name of mary school until he moved with his family to lake worth, florida. Luis tiant is next eligible for the hall of fame via the modern baseball era committee in 2023. Luis tiant trading card values sportlots price guide.
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