Luis Tiant

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: November 23, 1940 in Marianao, Cuba cu

Debut: July 19, 1964 (Age 23-239d, 9,872nd in MLB history)
vs. NYY 9.0 IP, 4 H, 11 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 4, 1982 (Age 41-285d)
vs. MIL 5.1 IP, 12 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Agents: Paul George

Full Name: Luis Clemente (Vega) Tiant

Nicknames: El Tiante

Pronunciation: \LOO-ee TEE-ahnt\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

66.7

W

229

L

172

ERA

3.30

G

573

GS

484

SV

IP

3486.1

SO

2416

WHIP

1.199

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1960	19	MCT	AA	17	7	.708	4.65	41	24		9	0		180.0	194	115	93	16	124	5	107	1	0	9				1.767	9.7	0.8	6.2	5.4	0.86	MCT MEX
1961	20	MCT	AA					24																										MCT MEX
1962	21	CLE-min	A,AAA	7	8	.467	3.60	30	20		4	0		140.0	141	75	56	9	73	2	99	2	0	5				1.529	9.1	0.6	4.7	6.4	1.36	CHL,JCK EL,IL
1963	22	CLE-min	A	14	9	.609	2.56	31	24		17	6		204.0	151	68	58	14	81	4	207	3	1	3				1.137	6.7	0.6	3.6	9.1	2.56	BRL CARL
1964	23	CLE-min	AAA	15	1	.938	2.04	17	15		13	1		137.0	88	37	31	13	40	3	154	1	0	3				0.934	5.8	0.9	2.6	10.1	3.85	POR PCL
1964	23	CLE	AL	10	4	.714	2.83	19	16	3	9	3	1	127.0	94	41	40	13	47	2	105	2	0	4	512	128	3.44	1.110	6.7	0.9	3.3	7.4	2.23
1965	24	CLE	AL	11	11	.500	3.53	41	30	4	10	2	1	196.1	166	88	77	20	66	3	152	3	0	2	812	99	3.35	1.182	7.6	0.9	3.0	7.0	2.30
1966	25	CLE	AL	12	11	.522	2.79	46	16	22	7	5	8	155.0	121	50	48	16	50	4	145	2	0	3	628	124	3.03	1.103	7.0	0.9	2.9	8.4	2.90
1967	26	CLE	AL	12	9	.571	2.74	33	29	4	9	1	2	213.2	177	76	65	24	67	2	219	1	1	1	872	121	2.90	1.142	7.5	1.0	2.8	*9.2*	3.27
1968	27	CLE	AL	21	9	.700	1.60	34	32	0	19	9	0	258.1	152	53	46	16	73	4	264	4	0	3	987	186	2.04	0.871	*5.3*	0.6	2.5	9.2	3.62	AS,MVP-5
1969	28	CLE	AL	9	20	.310	3.71	38	37	0	9	1	0	249.2	229	123	103	37	*129*	11	156	8	1	0	1091	101	4.83	1.434	8.3	1.3	4.7	5.6	1.21
1970	29	MIN	AL	7	3	.700	3.40	18	17	1	2	1	0	92.2	84	36	35	12	41	0	50	2	0	2	390	112	4.64	1.349	8.2	1.2	4.0	4.9	1.22
1971	30	BOS-ATL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.17	9	8		2	1	0	54.0	47	27	25	6	28	2	48	1	0	2				1.389	7.8	1.0	4.7	8.0	1.71	LOU,RMD IL
1971	30	BOS	AL	1	7	.125	4.85	21	10	4	1	0	0	72.1	73	42	39	8	32	1	59	1	0	4	321	77	3.63	1.452	9.1	1.0	4.0	7.3	1.84
1972	31	BOS	AL	15	6	.714	*1.91*	43	19	12	12	6	3	179.0	128	45	38	7	65	5	123	0	0	0	713	169	2.62	1.078	6.4	0.4	3.3	6.2	1.89	CYA-6,MVP-8
1973	32	BOS	AL	20	13	.606	3.34	35	35	0	23	0	0	272.0	217	105	101	32	78	3	206	7	0	2	1096	120	3.52	1.085	7.2	1.1	2.6	6.8	2.64
1974	33	BOS	AL	22	13	.629	2.92	38	38	0	25	7	0	311.1	281	106	101	21	82	3	176	4	0	1	1266	133	3.15	1.166	8.1	0.6	2.4	5.1	2.15	AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1975	34	BOS	AL	18	14	.563	4.02	35	35	0	18	2	0	260.0	262	126	116	25	72	0	142	4	0	2	1080	103	3.62	1.285	9.1	0.9	2.5	4.9	1.97
1976	35	BOS	AL	21	12	.636	3.06	38	38	0	19	3	0	279.0	274	107	95	25	64	2	131	3	0	1	1136	129	3.58	1.211	8.8	0.8	2.1	4.2	2.05	AS,CYA-5,MVP-26
1977	36	BOS	AL	12	8	.600	4.53	32	32	0	3	3	0	188.2	210	98	95	26	51	3	124	2	0	0	814	100	4.06	1.383	10.0	1.2	2.4	5.9	2.43
1978	37	BOS	AL	13	8	.619	3.31	32	31	1	12	5	0	212.1	185	80	78	26	57	4	114	5	2	0	863	126	3.98	1.140	7.8	1.1	2.4	4.8	2.00
1979	38	NYY	AL	13	8	.619	3.91	30	30	0	5	1	0	195.2	190	94	85	22	53	1	104	0	0	0	819	104	3.94	1.242	8.7	1.0	2.4	4.8	1.96
1980	39	NYY	AL	8	9	.471	4.89	25	25	0	3	0	0	136.1	139	79	74	10	50	3	84	1	0	2	588	81	3.60	1.386	9.2	0.7	3.3	5.5	1.68
1981	40	PIT-min	AAA	13	7	.650	3.82	21	21	0	11	2	0	146.0	150	75	62	8	49	2	111	1	0	3				1.363	9.2	0.5	3.0	6.8	2.27	POR PCL
1981	40	PIT	NL	2	5	.286	3.92	9	9	0	1	0	0	57.1	54	31	25	3	19	2	32	0	0	0	242	93	3.16	1.273	8.5	0.5	3.0	5.0	1.68
1982	41	CAL	AL	2	2	.500	5.76	6	5	0	0	0	0	29.2	39	20	19	3	8	0	30	0	0	0	135	71	2.82	1.584	11.8	0.9	2.4	9.1	3.75
19 Yrs				229	172	.571	3.30	573	484	51	187	49	15	3486.1	3075	1400	1280	346	1104	53	2416	49	4	27	14365	114	3.47	1.199	7.9	0.9	2.8	6.2	2.19
162 Game Avg.				15	11	.571	3.30	37	31	3	12	3	1	224	198	90	82	22	71	3	155	3	0	2	924	114	3.47	1.199	7.9	0.9	2.8	6.2	2.19
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BOS (8 yrs)				122	81	.601	3.36	274	238	17	113	26	3	1774.2	1630	709	663	170	501	21	1075	26	2	10	7289	118	3.51	1.201	8.3	0.9	2.5	5.5	2.15
CLE (6 yrs)				75	64	.540	2.84	211	160	33	63	21	12	1200.0	939	431	379	126	432	26	1041	20	2	13	4902	120	3.26	1.143	7.0	0.9	3.2	7.8	2.41
NYY (2 yrs)				21	17	.553	4.31	55	55	0	8	1	0	332.0	329	173	159	32	103	4	188	1	0	2	1407	93	3.80	1.301	8.9	0.9	2.8	5.1	1.83
MIN (1 yr)				7	3	.700	3.40	18	17	1	2	1	0	92.2	84	36	35	12	41	0	50	2	0	2	390	112	4.64	1.349	8.2	1.2	4.0	4.9	1.22
PIT (1 yr)				2	5	.286	3.92	9	9	0	1	0	0	57.1	54	31	25	3	19	2	32	0	0	0	242	93	3.16	1.273	8.5	0.5	3.0	5.0	1.68
CAL (1 yr)				2	2	.500	5.76	6	5	0	0	0	0	29.2	39	20	19	3	8	0	30	0	0	0	135	71	2.82	1.584	11.8	0.9	2.4	9.1	3.75

AL (18 yrs)				227	167	.576	3.29	564	475	51	186	49	15	3429.0	3021	1369	1255	343	1085	51	2384	49	4	27	14123	115	3.47	1.197	7.9	0.9	2.8	6.3	2.20
NL (1 yr)				2	5	.286	3.92	9	9	0	1	0	0	57.1	54	31	25	3	19	2	32	0	0	0	242	93	3.16	1.273	8.5	0.5	3.0	5.0	1.68

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

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