Luis Tiant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Luis Tiant

baseball player

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1940

Place of Birth: Marianao, Havana Province, Cuba

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Luis Tiant

  • Luis Clemente Tiant Vega (Spanish pronunciation: ['lwis 'tjant]) (born November 23, 1940) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed starting pitcher.
  • He pitched in MLB for 19 years, primarily for the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox. Tiant compiled a 229–172 record with 2416 strikeouts, a 3.30 ERA, 187 complete games, and 49 shutouts in ?3486 1/3 innings.
  • He was an All-Star for three seasons and 20-game winner for four seasons.
  • He was the American League (AL) ERA leader in 1968 and 1972.
  • He also was the AL leader in strikeouts for 9-innings in 1967 and the AL leader in shutouts in 1966, 1968, and 1974. Tiant was considered for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum via voting of the Baseball Writers' Association of America from 1988 to 2002, and by era committees in 2011, 2014, and 2017, falling short of the required votes each time.
  • He was inducted to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997, the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame in 2002, the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009, and the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2012.

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