Luis Tiant

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: November 23, 1940 in Marianao, Cuba cu

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 Tiant

Nicknames: El Tiante

Pronunciation: \LOO-ee TEE-ahnt\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

66.1

229

172

ERA

3.30

573

484

3486.1

2416

WHIP

1.199

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1959	18	-11.0	Mexico City Tigers	MEX	AA		5	19	.208	5.92	6.80	41	27		11	2		184.0	214	139	121	14	107		98	6	1	10		1.745	10.5	0.7	5.2	4.8	0.92
1960	19	-9.5	Mexico City Tigers	MEX	AA		17	7	.708	4.65	5.75	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
1961	20	-7.6	Mexico City Tigers	MEX	AA		12	9	.571	3.79	4.78	24	19		10	1		145.0	138	77	61	2	106	6	141	2	0	11		1.683	8.6	0.1	6.6	8.8	1.33
1962	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	CLE	7	8	.467	3.60	4.82	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
1962	21	-5.1	Jacksonville	IL	AAA	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1962	21	-1.6	Charleston	EL	A	CLE	7	8	.467	3.63	4.86	29	20		4	0		139.0	141	75	56	9	72	2	99	2	0	5		1.532	9.1	0.6	4.7	6.4	1.38
1963	22	0.2	Burlington	CARL	A	CLE	14	9	.609	2.56	3.00	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
1964	23	-2.1	Portland	PCL	AAA	CLE	15	1	.938	2.04	2.43	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
1964	23	-4.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	10	4	.714	2.83	2.91	19	16	3	9	3	1	127.0	94	41	40	13	47	2	105	2	0	4	512	1.110	6.7	0.9	3.3	7.4	2.23
1965	24	-3.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	11	11	.500	3.53	4.03	41	30	4	10	2	1	196.1	166	88	77	20	66	3	152	3	0	2	812	1.182	7.6	0.9	3.0	7.0	2.30
1966	25	-2.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	12	11	.522	2.79	2.90	46	16	22	7	5	8	155.0	121	50	48	16	50	4	145	2	0	3	628	1.103	7.0	0.9	2.9	8.4	2.90
1967	26	-0.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	12	9	.571	2.74	3.20	33	29	4	9	1	2	213.2	177	76	65	24	67	2	219	1	1	1	872	1.142	7.5	1.0	2.8	9.2	3.27
1968	27	0.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	21	9	.700	1.60	1.85	34	32	0	19	9	0	258.1	152	53	46	16	73	4	264	4	0	3	987	0.871	5.3	0.6	2.5	9.2	3.62
1969	28	0.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	9	20	.310	3.71	4.43	38	37	0	9	1	0	249.2	229	123	103	37	129	11	156	8	1	0	1091	1.434	8.3	1.3	4.7	5.6	1.21
1970	29	1.8	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	7	3	.700	3.40	3.50	18	17	1	2	1	0	92.2	84	36	35	12	41	0	50	2	0	2	390	1.349	8.2	1.2	4.0	4.9	1.22
1971	30		2 Teams	IL	AAA	ATL-BOS	3	5				9	8		2	1	0	54.0	47	27	25	6	28	2	48	1	0	2
1971	30	5.1	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL						5
1971	30	5.1	Louisville	IL	AAA	BOS						4
1971	30	3.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	7	.125	4.85	5.23	21	10	4	1	0	0	72.1	73	42	39	8	32	1	59	1	0	4	321	1.452	9.1	1.0	4.0	7.3	1.84
1972	31	3.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	15	6	.714	1.91	2.26	43	19	12	12	6	3	179.0	128	45	38	7	65	5	123	0	0	0	713	1.078	6.4	0.4	3.3	6.2	1.89
1973	32	4.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	20	13	.606	3.34	3.47	35	35	0	23	0	0	272.0	217	105	101	32	78	3	206	7	0	2	1096	1.085	7.2	1.1	2.6	6.8	2.64
1974	33	4.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	22	13	.629	2.92	3.06	38	38	0	25	7	0	311.1	281	106	101	21	82	3	176	4	0	1	1266	1.166	8.1	0.6	2.4	5.1	2.15
1975	34	5.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	18	14	.563	4.02	4.36	35	35	0	18	2	0	260.0	262	126	116	25	72	0	142	4	0	2	1080	1.285	9.1	0.9	2.5	4.9	1.97
1976	35	7.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	21	12	.636	3.06	3.45	38	38	0	19	3	0	279.0	274	107	95	25	64	2	131	3	0	1	1136	1.211	8.8	0.8	2.1	4.2	2.05
1977	36	8.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	12	8	.600	4.53	4.67	32	32	0	3	3	0	188.2	210	98	95	26	51	3	124	2	0	0	814	1.383	10.0	1.2	2.4	5.9	2.43
1978	37	9.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	13	8	.619	3.31	3.39	32	31	1	12	5	0	212.1	185	80	78	26	57	4	114	5	2	0	863	1.140	7.8	1.1	2.4	4.8	2.00
1979	38	10.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	13	8	.619	3.91	4.32	30	30	0	5	1	0	195.2	190	94	85	22	53	1	104	0	0	0	819	1.242	8.7	1.0	2.4	4.8	1.96
1980	39	11.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	9	.471	4.89	5.22	25	25	0	3	0	0	136.1	139	79	74	10	50	3	84	1	0	2	588	1.386	9.2	0.7	3.3	5.5	1.68
1981	40	14.6	Portland	PCL	AAA	PIT	13	7	.650	3.82	4.62	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
1981	40	11.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	5	.286	3.92	4.87	9	9	0	1	0	0	57.1	54	31	25	3	19	2	32	0	0	0	242	1.273	8.5	0.5	3.0	5.0	1.68
1982	41	13.5	Tabasco	MEX	AAA		6	10	.375	2.34	3.09	18	18	0	9	2	0	119.1	98	41	31	3	29	0	103	1	0	2		1.064	7.4	0.2	2.2	7.8	3.55
1982	41	12.8	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	2	2	.500	5.76	6.07	6	5	0	0	0	0	29.2	39	20	19	3	8	0	30	0	0	0	135	1.584	11.8	0.9	2.4	9.1	3.75
1983	42		2 Teams	MEX	AAA		8	6				17	17	0	6	1	0	112.2	109	47	42	2	34	1	75	2	0	1
1983	42	15.2	Mexico City Reds	MEX	AAA							5
1983	42	15.2	Yucatan	MEX	AAA							12
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (19 seasons)					Majors		229	172	.571	3.30	3.61	573	484	51	187	49	15	3486.1	3075	1400	1280	346	1104	53	2416	49	4	27	14365	1.199	7.9	0.9	2.8	6.2	2.19
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		49	25				108	80	0	45	9	0	627.0	530	255	207	44	243	11	571	7	1	14
Foreign (5 seasons)					Foreign		40	45				141	88	0	39	5	0	628.1	644	372	306	35	366	11	449	10	1	32
All Levels (25 Seasons)							318	242				822	652	51	271	63	15	4741.2	4249	2027	1793	425	1713	75	3436	66	6	73	14365

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		28	8				48	36	0	24	3	0	284.0	238	112	93	21	90	5	265	2	0	6
AAA (2 seasons)					Foreign		6	10				35	18	0	9	2	0	119.1	98	41	31	3	29	0	103	1	0	2
AA (3 seasons)					Foreign		34	35	.493	4.86	5.85	106	70		30	3		509.0	546	331	275	32	337	11	346	9	1	30		1.735	9.7	0.6	6.0	6.1	1.03
A (2 seasons)					Minors		21	17	.553	2.99	3.75	60	44		21	6		343.0	292	143	114	23	153	6	306	5	1	8		1.297	7.7	0.6	4.0	8.0	2.00