Luis Tiant
Luis Clemente (Vega) Tiant (El Tiante)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 23, 1940 in Marianao, Cuba (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1964
Final Game: September 4, 1982
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 CLE AL 23 P 19 16 127.0 25 3 21 1 2 .960 1.70 1.26 .956 1.90 0.72
1965 CLE AL 24 P 41 30 196.1 45 17 27 1 2 .978 2.02 1.07 .949 2.04 0.75
1966 CLE AL 25 P 46 16 155.0 33 9 20 4 0 .879 1.68 0.63 .955 1.99 0.75
1967 CLE AL 26 P 33 29 213.2 34 13 17 4 3 .882 1.26 0.91 .962 1.96 0.74
1968 CLE AL 27 P 34 32 258.1 35 15 19 1 2 .971 1.18 1.00 .957 1.89 0.73 AS,MVP-5
1969 CLE AL 28 P 38 37 249.2 57 22 31 4 1 .930 1.91 1.39 .953 1.88 0.69
1970 MIN AL 29 P 18 17 92.2 18 3 14 1 2 .944 1.65 0.94 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 BOS AL 30 P 21 10 72.1 15 5 9 1 0 .933 1.74 0.67 .960 1.98 0.77
1972 BOS AL 31 P 43 19 179.0 32 7 24 1 1 .969 1.56 0.72 .950 1.86 0.75 CYA-6,MVP-8
1973 BOS AL 32 P 35 35 272.0 49 17 31 1 4 .980 1.59 1.37 .949 1.86 0.86
1974 BOS AL 33 P 38 38 311.1 57 22 31 4 1 .930 1.53 1.39 .947 1.81 0.83 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1975 BOS AL 34 P 35 35 260.0 42 16 22 4 2 .905 1.32 1.09 .943 1.87 0.85
1976 BOS AL 35 P 38 38 279.0 50 12 34 4 4 .920 1.48 1.21 .952 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-5,MVP-26
1977 BOS AL 36 P 32 32 188.2 32 16 16 0 0 1.000 1.53 1.00 .944 1.95 0.84
1978 BOS AL 37 P 32 31 212.1 34 14 20 0 2 1.000 1.44 1.06 .953 1.90 0.85
1979 NYY AL 38 P 30 30 195.2 42 13 27 2 2 .952 1.84 1.33 .950 1.92 0.81
1980 NYY AL 39 P 25 25 136.1 36 13 21 2 3 .944 2.24 1.36 .958 1.85 0.77
1981 PIT NL 40 P 9 9 57.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.89 .962 1.96 0.68
1982 CAL AL 41 P 6 5 29.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.30 0.17 1.000 1.79 0.73
19 Seasons P 573 484 3486.1 645 221 389 35 31 .946 1.57 1.06 .952 1.90 0.78
19 Seasons TOT 573 484 3486.1 645 221 389 35 31 .946 1.57 1.06 .898 1.90 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 CLE AL 23 19 16 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 24 41 30 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CLE AL 25 46 16 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CLE AL 26 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 27 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 28 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MIN AL 29 18 17 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 30 21 10 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BOS AL 31 43 19 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BOS AL 32 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 BOS AL 33 38 0 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BOS AL 34 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BOS AL 35 38 0 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BOS AL 36 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 37 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 38 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 39 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 40 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 41 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 573 215 305 573 573 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 CLE AL 23 528 71% 20% 17 82% 0 6 1 3 18 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 100%
1965 CLE AL 24 826 73% 21% 25 92% 0 18 1 14 25 18 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 100%
1966 CLE AL 25 646 70% 17% 24 83% 0 8 0 4 20 15 3 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 40%
1967 CLE AL 26 889 68% 17% 20 95% 0 14 0 10 17 13 4 4 0 1 3 0 3 3 3 0 3 67%
1968 CLE AL 27 999 66% 19% 26 88% 0 16 1 10 19 12 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1969 CLE AL 28 1116 74% 20% 33 91% 0 26 3 20 26 18 4 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1970 MIN AL 29 404 77% 22% 14 93% 0 3 0 2 13 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0
1971 BOS AL 30 329 72% 20% 12 83% 0 5 1 4 9 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1972 BOS AL 31 722 74% 21% 27 96% 2 7 2 4 25 18 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 86%
1973 BOS AL 32 1125 74% 19% 38 92% 3 17 4 10 32 19 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 3 1 13 85%
1974 BOS AL 33 1300 80% 22% 33 97% 0 21 2 15 31 26 2 4 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 67%
1975 BOS AL 34 1119 81% 20% 20 95% 1 16 0 14 22 15 2 4 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1976 BOS AL 35 1178 83% 22% 33 97% 0 12 1 7 33 25 4 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 3 1 6 100%
1977 BOS AL 36 840 79% 16% 19 89% 0 16 2 12 16 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1978 BOS AL 37 886 80% 22% 19 95% 2 14 0 13 20 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 6 83%
1979 NYY AL 38 844 81% 19% 32 94% 0 13 2 9 27 23 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 7 71%
1980 NYY AL 39 618 78% 20% 22 91% 0 11 0 9 21 16 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 5 80%
1981 PIT NL 40 247 79% 23% 5 100% 0 3 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 CAL AL 41 138 72% 17% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 14754 76% 20% 419 92% 8 227 20 163 379 275 42 35 1 11 23 7 30 17 23 6 87 84%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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