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Luis Tiant Luis Clemente (Vega) Tiant Bats Right, Throws Right Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb. MLB Debut July 19, 1964 Final Game September 4, 1982 Born November 23, 1940 in Marianao, Cuba Died October 8, 2024 (age 83)

• Pitched a one-hitter for BOA vs. BAA on July 18, 1973

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1964 23 BOA AL   7   8  .467  29  16   2   9   2   1  139.2  108   577   51   46  21   53   4   2   97   6  0  2.96  
 1965 24 BOA AL  10  12  .455  32  32   1   0   0   0  206.1  178   866   94   80  23   79   4   5  156   2  0  3.49  
 1966 25 DEA AL  10  10  .500  56  16   0  12   3   0  162.1  159   697   80   68  23   54   3   5  137   3  0  3.77  
 1967 26 DEA AL  14   7  .667  35  30   3   2   0   1  205.0  192   869   94   83  19   73  10   7  199   0  0  3.64  CY-8
 1968 27 PIN NL  11  15  .423  32  32  13   0   0   2  252.2  192  1009   88   77  23   59   3  10  248   7  3  2.74  CY-11
 1969 28 PIN NL   6   7  .462  28  20   2   5   1   1  132.2  131   588   81   67  19   68   1   3   94   7  1  4.55  
 1970 29 BOA AL   5   3  .625  17  17   0   0   0   0   96.1   86   424   61   56  16   51   2   4   53   0  0  5.23  
 1971 30 BOA AL   3   4  .429  11  10   0   0   0   0   53.2   58   237   30   27   6   24   0   1   45   3  0  4.53  
 1972 31 BOA AL  14  15  .483  32  28   5   4   2   1  201.2  174   866   83   72  10   90   0   6  139   1  0  3.21  
 1973 32 BOA AL  16   9  .640  35  35  14   0   0   1  280.1  246  1142  117  115  29   94   0   3  197   1  0  3.69  CY-7
 1974 33 BOA AL  26  11  .703  39  39  27   0   0   1  332.2  338  1396  136  127  31   92   0   4  186   0  0  3.44  CY-4
 1975 34 BOA AL  22   6  .786  35  35  10   0   0   3  271.0  268  1144  115  112  27   89   0   3  149   1  0  3.72  CY-6
 1976 35 BOA AL  24   8  .750  35  35   9   0   0   1  259.0  224  1049   94   79  24   56   0   6  150   3  0  2.75  CY-2
 1977 36 BOA AL  15   5  .750  30  30   0   0   0   0  195.2  215   845  112  106  27   64   0   1  124   0  0  4.88  
 1978 37 BOA AL  21   8  .724  33  33   6   0   0   1  223.2  216   923   98   91  29   53   0   2  120   0  2  3.66  CY-8
 1979 38 MNA AL  12   9  .571  28  28   5   0   0   0  204.2  197   845   98   92  14   39   1   5   96   1  0  4.05  
 1980 39 MNA AL   8   8  .500  23  23   0   0   0   0  126.1  138   565   73   65   9   53   0   1   65   1  0  4.63  
 1981 40 PIN NL   2   7  .222  13  13   0   0   0   0   68.0   69   296   41   36   4   26   1   1   46   2  0  4.76  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 18 Seasons     226 152  .598 543 472  97  32   8  13 3411.2 3189 14338 1546 1399 354 1117  29  69 2301  38  6  3.69
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With BOA     163  89  .647 328 310  74  13   4   9 2260.0 2111  9469  991  911 243  745  10  37 1416  17  2  3.63
   With PIN      19  29  .396  73  65  15   5   1   3  453.1  392  1893  210  180  46  153   5  14  388  16  4  3.57
   With DEA      24  17  .585  91  46   3  14   3   1  367.1  351  1566  174  151  42  127  13  12  336   3  0  3.70
   With MNA      20  17  .541  51  51   5   0   0   0  331.0  335  1410  171  157  23   92   1   6  161   2  0  4.27
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     229 172  .571 573 484 187  51  15  49 3487.1 3075 14365 1400 1280 346 1104  53  49 2416  27  4  3.30
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 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1964 23 BOA AL  50   56   3.6   2  3.38   42   6   0  .143   1    6    4  .667    0    0  .000   35   
 1965 24 BOA AL  52   87   3.8   0  3.53   59   4   1  .068   1    8    5  .625    3    4  .429    0   
 1966 25 DEA AL  39   77   4.3   4  5.25   36   5   0  .139   3    7    4  .571    1    0 1.000   61   
 1967 26 DEA AL  49   88   3.8   0  4.67   63  15   0  .238   4    6    2  .333    0    0  .000    5   
 1968 27 PIN NL  41   83   3.0   0  3.19   79   5   0  .063   1    9    5  .556    7    5  .583   79   
 1969 28 PIN NL  36   76   5.1   1  5.15   42   9   0  .214   1    2    1  .500    7    4  .636   -2   
 1970 29 BOA AL  53   53   5.0   0  5.35   37   9   0  .243   0    0    0  .000    6    2  .750   -2   
 1971 30 BOA AL  55   32   5.4   0  4.00   15   1   0  .067   0    1    1 1.000    0    1  .000   12   
 1972 31 BOA AL  50   79   3.5   2  3.75   59   5   0  .085   2    5    3  .600    2    1  .667   68   
 1973 32 BOA AL  55  113   3.7   0  5.23    0   0   0  .000   0   14   13  .929    4    4  .500   -1   
 1974 33 BOA AL  53  154   4.2   0  5.03    0   0   0  .000   1    4    1  .250   30   11  .732   26   
 1975 34 BOA AL  52  126   4.1   0  6.89    0   0   0  .000   5    6    0  .000   22    9  .710  -41   
 1976 35 BOA AL  45   92   3.2   0  5.83    0   0   0  .000   3    9    6  .667   11    6  .647  -84   
 1977 36 BOA AL  57  114   5.3   0  6.53    0   0   0  .000   0    7    7 1.000    3    3  .500  -38   
 1978 37 BOA AL  54   99   4.0   0  6.48    0   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    8    4  .667    9   
 1979 38 MNA AL  57   87   3.8   0  5.43    0   0   0  .000   2   10    7  .700    1    0 1.000  -82   
 1980 39 MNA AL  59   74   5.2   0  3.78    1   0   0  .000   2    5    3  .600    7    2  .778   -1   
 1981 40 PIN NL  59   33   4.4   0  3.69   20   6   0  .300   0    0    0  .000    0    1  .000   18   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 18 Seasons         1534   4.0   9        453  65   1  .143  26  102   65  .637  112   57  .663    1   5
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Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #7 (Class of 1959/1982): 9 of 18 votes, 50.0% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #8 (Class of 1983): 5 of 16 votes, 31.2% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #10 (Class of 1984): 9 of 15 votes, 60.0% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #12 (Class of 1985): 11 of 17 votes, 64.7% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #14 (Class of 1986): 12 of 18 votes, 66.7% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #16 (Class of 1987): 6 of 16 votes, 37.5% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #18 (Class of 1988): 4 of 16 votes, 25.0% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #20 (Class of 1989): 3 of 15 votes, 20.0% -- continues to next ballot

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1974 ALCS  BOA OAA   W    1  0.00   1-0   0  1   8.0   2   0   4   4
      WS    BOA CIN   L    1  3.86   0-1   0  1   7.0   5   3   3   5
 1975 ALCS  BOA OAA   L    2  3.29   0-1   0  2  13.2  17   5   8   6
 1976 ALCS  BOA KCA   L    1 14.40   0-1   0  1   5.0  12   8   3   0
 1978 ALCS  BOA KCA   W    1  7.71   0-0   0  1   9.1  16   8   2   2
      WS    BOA PIN   W    1  2.70   0-0   0  1   6.2   4   2   1   4
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Draft History

• 1967: Round 1 (#13 overall) by DEA
• 1968: Round 1 (#6 overall) by PIN
• 1970: Round 1 (#13 overall) by BOA
• 1979: Round 2 (#30 overall) by MNA
• 1981: Round 4 (#69 overall) by PIN

Transaction History

• 1965-01: traded by DEA to BOA with Cal Koonce, Julio Navarro for Tony Conigliaro
• 1981-19: released by PIN
• 1981-20: acquired by TEA as a free agent

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1964 BOA 91-71 Steve Bivens 1965 BOA 68-94 Gary Brown 1966 DEA 90-72 Steve Dewing 1967 DEA 92-70 Steve Dewing 1968 PIN 80-82 Dave Jackson 1969 PIN 75-87 Dave Jackson 1970 BOA 85-77 Mike Tomeo 1971 BOA 72-90 Mike Tomeo 1972 BOA 79-83 Mike Tomeo 1973 BOA 85-77 Mike Tomeo 1974 BOA 93-69 Mike Tomeo 1975 BOA 107-55 Mike Tomeo 1976 BOA 108-54 Mike Tomeo 1977 BOA 110-52 Mike Tomeo 1978 BOA 108-54 Mike Tomeo 1979 MNA 74-88 Tom Austad 1980 MNA 74-88 Tom Austad 1981 PIN 70-92 Jim Tripodi

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