Boston Red Sox Jersey signed by Luis Tiant
name: label: Associated Name
content: Boston Red Sox
label: Associated Name
content: Tiant, Jr., Luis
notes: label: Description
content: Right-handed pitcher Luis Tiant played Major League Baseball from 1964-1982. Born in Cuba, the son of a former Negro Leaguer, he made his Major League debut for the Cleveland Indians in 1964, He played for Cleveland until 1969, going on to join the Minnesota Twins (1970), Boston Red Sox (1971-1978), New York Yankees (1979-1980), Pittsburgh Pirates (1981) and California Angels (1982).
label: Description
content: A three-time all-star, Tiant had a career 229-172 win-loss record with a 3.30 ERA and 2,416 strikeouts. He is a member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.
label: Description
content: This autographed jersey postdates Tiant’s playing career.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: Associated Place
content: Cuba: Cuba
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: Subject
content: Latinos and Baseball
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Luis Tiant, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0318.01
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0318.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0318
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jersey
label: Object Name
content: jersey, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red; black; white; blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: woven (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 38 in; 88.9 cm x 96.52 cm