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Historical player · 1964–1982

Luis Tiant

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 180 · Born 11/23/1940 · From Marianao, La Habana Cuba · Debut 1964-07-19 · Final 1982-09-04

Career · batting

573

513

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.164 · 0.409

Career · pitching

573

484

3,486.3

W-L

229-172

2,416

ERA

3.30

WHIP

1.20

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1964–1969

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#357 on the Indians

↑ 1 E. Beck

↓ 1 R. Winegarner

Hits

#478 on the Indians

↑ 1 A. Cihocki

↓ 1 D. Williams

RBI

#441 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Bagby

↓ 1 B. Selby

Runs

#491 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Conway

↓ 1 J. Damon

#637 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Altobelli

↓ 1 J. Becker

Career with the Minnesota Twins · 1970–1970

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Hits

#766 on the Twins

↑ 1 J. Barnes

↓ 1 V. Ventura

RBI

#774 on the Twins

↑ 1 M. Aderholt

↓ 1 B. Zuber

#496 on the Twins

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

Runs

#736 on the Twins

↑ 1 M. Aderholt

↓ 1 T. Abernathy

#957 on the Twins

↑ 1 N. Altrock

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1971–1978

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Hits

#882 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 G. Cuppy

↓ 1 C. Sumner

RBI

#812 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 F. Arellanes

↓ 1 P. Zahniser

Runs

#932 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 J. Beckett

↓ 1 S. Andrews

#941 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 N. Altrock

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1981–1981

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Hits

#1,292 on the Pirates

↑ 1 T. Anderson

↓ 1 H. Yaik

RBI

#971 on the Pirates

↑ 1 E. Bahr

↓ 1 A. Weaver

#1,202 on the Pirates

↑ 1 B. Becker

Career with the California Angels · 1982–1982

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Career with the New York Yankees · 1979–1980

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#5,291 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 C. Zomphier

Hits

#6,663 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Anderson

↓ 1 L. Wolfe

RBI

#6,084 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 W. Williams

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1964	Indians	AL	19	45	3	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	13	0.111	0.111	0.178
1965	Indians	AL	41	68	2	6	0	0	1	3	0	3	30	0.088	0.127	0.132
1966	Indians	AL	46	36	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	12	0.111	0.135	0.111
1967	Indians	AL	33	71	9	18	3	0	1	10	0	2	23	0.254	0.270	0.338
1968	Indians	AL	34	87	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	14	0.080	0.080	0.092
1969	Indians	AL	38	81	8	19	2	1	2	9	0	3	22	0.235	0.267	0.358
1970	Twins	AL	18	32	7	13	4	0	0	4	1	1	6	0.406	0.424	0.531
1971	Red Sox	AL	21	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.158	0.158	0.211
1972	Red Sox	AL	43	56	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	2	18	0.107	0.138	0.125
1973	Red Sox	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1974	Red Sox	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Red Sox	AL	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1976	Red Sox	AL	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1977	Red Sox	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Red Sox	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1979	Yankees	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Yankees	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1981	Pirates	NL	9	16	0	3	2	0	0	4	0	1	3	0.188	0.235	0.313
1982	Angels	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			573	513	36	84	14	1	5	44	1	13	146	0.164	0.185	0.224

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1964	Indians	AL	10	4	19	16	1	127.0	94	40	47	105	2.83	1.11
1965	Indians	AL	11	11	41	30	1	196.3	166	77	66	152	3.53	1.18
1966	Indians	AL	12	11	46	16	8	155.0	121	48	50	145	2.79	1.10
1967	Indians	AL	12	9	33	29	2	213.7	177	65	67	219	2.74	1.14
1968	Indians	AL	21	9	34	32	0	258.3	152	46	73	264	1.60	0.87
1969	Indians	AL	9	20	38	37	0	249.7	229	103	129	156	3.71	1.43
1970	Twins	AL	7	3	18	17	0	92.7	84	35	41	50	3.40	1.35
1971	Red Sox	AL	1	7	21	10	0	72.3	73	39	32	59	4.85	1.45
1972	Red Sox	AL	15	6	43	19	3	179.0	128	38	65	123	1.91	1.08
1973	Red Sox	AL	20	13	35	35	0	272.0	217	101	78	206	3.34	1.08
1974	Red Sox	AL	22	13	38	38	0	311.3	281	101	82	176	2.92	1.17
1975	Red Sox	AL	18	14	35	35	0	260.0	262	116	72	142	4.02	1.28
1976	Red Sox	AL	21	12	38	38	0	279.0	274	95	64	131	3.06	1.21
1977	Red Sox	AL	12	8	32	32	0	188.7	210	95	51	124	4.53	1.38
1978	Red Sox	AL	13	8	32	31	0	212.3	185	78	57	114	3.31	1.14
1979	Yankees	AL	13	8	30	30	0	195.7	190	85	53	104	3.91	1.24
1980	Yankees	AL	8	9	25	25	0	136.3	139	74	50	84	4.89	1.39
1981	Pirates	NL	2	5	9	9	0	57.3	54	25	19	32	3.92	1.27
1982	Angels	AL	2	2	6	5	0	29.7	39	19	8	30	5.76	1.58
Career			229	172	573	484	15	3,486.3	3,075	1,280	1,104	2,416	3.30	1.20

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	573	484	3,486.3	221	389	35	31

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2025	Classic Baseball Era		12	Ballot
2018	Veterans - Modern Baseball Era		12	Ballot
2015	Veterans - Golden Era		12	Ballot
2012	Veterans - Golden Era		12	Ballot
2009	Veterans - 1943 and Later	13	48	Ballot
2007	Veterans - Players	15	62	Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players	20	60	Ballot
2002	BBWAA	85	354	Ballot
2001	BBWAA	63	387	Ballot
2000	BBWAA	86	375	Ballot
1999	BBWAA	53	373	Ballot
1998	BBWAA	62	355	Ballot
1997	BBWAA	53	353	Ballot
1996	BBWAA	64	353	Ballot
1995	BBWAA	45	345	Ballot
1994	BBWAA	42	342	Ballot
1993	BBWAA	62	318	Ballot
1992	BBWAA	50	323	Ballot
1991	BBWAA	32	333	Ballot
1990	BBWAA	42	333	Ballot
1989	BBWAA	47	336	Ballot
1988	BBWAA	132	321	Ballot