Luis Tiant

Luis Clemente Tiant Vega, born November 23, 1940, is a Cuban former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed starting pitcher. He had a successful career spanning 19 years, primarily playing for the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox. Tiant achieved 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 a 20-game winner for four seasons. Tiant led the American League in ERA in 1968 and 1972, strikeouts per nine innings pitched in 1967, and shutouts in 1966, 1968, and 1974. He has been honored with inductions into several esteemed halls of fame, including the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame, the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals.