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Luis
Tiant		  
Nickname: El Tiante
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 23, 1940 in Cuba, , MARIANAO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 23 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1965 24 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1966 25 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 9 9
1967 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 6 7 6 8 8 8 8 9 9
1968 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8
1969 28 BSN NL $ 5,478,571 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,478,571 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 23 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 28 BSN NL $ 5,478,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,478,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 23 MON NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 13.3 10 7 2 8 7 4.73 .222 .333 .378 .711 0.4
    AAA   13 4 .765 22 22 2 1 0 152.7 161 52 4 33 141 3.07 .270 .308 .358 .666  
1965 24 BSN NL 17 15 .531 38 38 12 1 0 294.7 279 119 27 90 188 3.63 .248 .303 .378 .681 15.3
1966 25 BSN NL 17 17 .500 39 39 13 1 0 307.0 289 126 22 104 181 3.69 .251 .314 .368 .682 15.2
1967 26 BSN NL 19 14 .576 37 36 19 3 0 293.3 251 94 23 71 233 2.88 .230 .277 .353 .630 26.2
1968 27 BSN NL 21 17 .553 43 43 27 4 0 362.7 312 111 23 65 257 2.75 .230 .266 .335 .601 33.5
1969 28 BSN NL 5 7 .417 14 14 6 0 0 105.0 108 51 14 24 83 4.37 .260 .304 .413 .718 5.6
6 Years Sim 80 71 .530 173 172 78 9 0 1376.0 1249 508 111 362 949 3.32 .241 .291 .362 .653 96.2
1 Years AAA 13 4 .765 22 22 2 1 0 152.7 161 52 4 33 141 3.07 .270 .308 .358 .666  
Season Average 13 11 .542 28 28 13 1 0 229.3 208 84 18 60 158 3.32 .241 .291 .362 .653  
Career Highs 21 17 .576 43 43 27 4 0 362.7 312 126 27 104 257 4.73 .260 .333 .413 .718  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   618 257 48 160 595   .220 .262 .328 .590
vs LH   631 251 63 202 354   .265 .322 .403 .725
Home 51 33 .607 99 99 40 8 0 797.7 690 270 61 213 539 3.05 .231 .282 .350 .632
Away 29 38 .433 74 73 38 1 0 578.3 559 238 50 149 410 3.70 .254 .301 .379 .680
Mar/Apr 22 10 .688 35 35 16 3 0 287.7 248 88 26 75 200 2.75 .232 .282 .361 .643
May 14 16 .467 36 35 16 1 0 275.3 259 111 21 68 188 3.63 .245 .291 .361 .652
June 10 14 .417 27 27 13 2 0 212.3 189 82 15 66 158 3.48 .236 .294 .360 .654
July 16 8 .667 28 28 10 2 0 222.7 206 82 22 63 152 3.31 .246 .299 .370 .669
August 11 15 .423 31 31 16 1 0 252.0 238 100 19 51 170 3.57 .246 .284 .373 .657
Sep/Oct 7 8 .467 16 16 7 0 0 126.0 109 45 8 39 81 3.21 .237 .297 .333 .629
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 23 MON NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1965 24 BSN NL 38 104 5 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .154 .176 .154 .330 1.0 0.0
1966 25 BSN NL 39 103 5 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 36 .126 .151 .146 .297 0.0 0.0
1967 26 BSN NL 37 93 7 21 2 1 0 6 0 1 3 34 .226 .250 .269 .519 5.9 0.0
1968 27 BSN NL 43 118 2 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 42 .085 .092 .102 .193 -3.8 0.0
5 Years Sim 159 420 19 60 6 1 0 13 0 1 9 148 .143 .162 .162 .324 3.0 0.0
162 Game Average 427 19 61 6 1 0 13 0 1 9 150 .143 .162 .162 .324 3.1  
Career Highs 43 118 7 21 2 1 0 6 0 1 3 42 .226 .250 .269 .519 5.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   263 13 32 5 1 0 7 0 0 5 90 .122 .138 .148 .286 -2.8
vs LH   157 6 28 1 0 0 6 0 1 4 58 .178 .202 .185 .387 2.9
Home 91 233 10 29 2 0 0 9 0 1 3 81 .124 .134 .133 .268 -3.9
Away 68 187 9 31 4 1 0 4 0 0 6 67 .166 .196 .198 .394 4.0
RISP   89 0 9 0 1 0 13 0 0 1 36 .101 .109 .124 .232 -2.3
Close/Late   43 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .163 .163 .186 .349 0.3
Mar/Apr 29 78 3 12 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 31 .154 .175 .167 .342 0.2
May 29 74 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .108 .130 .122 .251 -1.4
June 26 73 2 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .164 .176 .178 .354 0.7
July 28 77 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 28 .117 .128 .130 .258 -1.5
August 31 81 3 14 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 24 .173 .183 .222 .405 1.9
Sep/Oct 16 37 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .135 .195 .135 .330 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 23 MON NL P 2 2 13.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.68    
1965 24 BSN NL P 38 38 294.7 25 58 2 4 .976 2.54    
1966 25 BSN NL P 39 39 307.0 16 71 0 6 1.000 2.55    
1967 26 BSN NL P 37 36 293.3 13 35 3 2 .941 1.47    
1968 27 BSN NL P 43 43 362.7 22 58 4 3 .952 1.99    
1969 28 BSN NL P 14 14 105.0 12 16 0 0 1.000 2.40    
Career Totals   173 172 1376.0 89 238 9 15 .973 2.14    
Career Highs   43 43 362.7 25 71 4 6 1.000 2.55    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1967-9-2.88
1968-4-2.75
CAR-33-3.32
 Wins
1967-9-19
1968-5-21
 Losses
1968-9-17
 Games Started
1968-8-43
 Complete Games
1966-7-13
1967-4-19
1968-2-27
 Shutouts
1967-4-3
1968-2-4
Innings Pitched
1968-2-362.7
 Hits Allowed
1968-6-312
 Strikeouts
1967-7-233
1968-5-257
 Walks Allowed
1965-10-90
1966-4-104
 Walks per 9IP
1968-3-1.6
 Hits per 9IP
1968-9-7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
1967-10-7.1
 WHiP
1967-7-1.10
1968-3-1.04
CAR-29-1.17
 OAVG
1967-10-.230
1968-9-.230
 OOBP
1967-6-.277
1968-3-.266
CAR-30-.291
 OSLG
1968-9-.335
 OOPS
1967-10-.630
1968-4-.601
CAR-43-.653
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Dickie Noles (918)
  7. Ron Perranoski (916)
  8. Sheriff Blake (914)
  9. Lance McCullers (910)
  10. Jim Slaton (909)
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  1. Jack Russell (995)
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  3. Allie Reynolds (991)
  4. Don Rudolph (990)
  5. Joe Moeller (990)
  6. Tug McGraw (990)
  7. Bob Muncrief (988)
  8. Hod Lisenbee (988)
  9. Vic Keen (987)
  10. Bunny Hearn (987)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Montreal in 1964
Earned first career win on 9/23/1964
Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 3/3/1965 (Going to MON: P Mike Kekich. Going to BSN: P Luis Tiant)
Had first career hit on 4/10/1965, off Paul Lindblad (OAK)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1965, going 4-0, 1.10
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1967, going 6-2, 2.27
Injured on 8/27/1967 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1968, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1968, going 5-1, 1.65
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1968, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,478,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/3/1969 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for entire career
 
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