Luis Tiant

**Luis Clemente Tiant Vega** (a Turanci)  ) (23 ga Nuwamba, 1940 - 8 ga Oktoba, 2024), wanda aka yi wa laƙabi da " **El Tiante** ", ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball ne na ƙasar Cuba wanda ya buga wasa a Major League Baseball (MLB) tsawon shekaru 19, musamman ga Cleveland Indians da Boston Red Sox .

Tiant ya tattara rikodin 229–172 tare da bugun ƙwallo 2,416, matsakaicin gudu 3.30 da aka samu (ERA), kammala wasanni 187, da kuma rufewa 49 (mafi yawan duk wani ɗan wasan da ba a zaɓa ba zuwa Hall of Fame ) a cikin  . Ya kasance All-Star na kakar wasa uku da kuma lashe wasanni 20 a kakar wasa hudu. Ya kasance shugaban American League (AL) ERA a 1968 da 1972. Ya kuma kasance shugaban AL a strikeouts a kowace innings tara da aka jefa a 1967 da kuma shugaban AL a blockouts a 1966, 1968, da 1974.

An shigar da Tiant cikin zauren shahara na Boston Red Sox a shekarar 1997, da kuma zauren shahara na Hispanic Heritage Baseball a shekarar 2002, da kuma zauren shahara na Venezuelan Baseball a shekarar 2009, da kuma wurin ibada na Eternals na Baseball Reliquary a shekarar 2012. An zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball na ƙasa ta hanyar zaɓen ƙungiyar marubutan wasan baseball ta Amurka daga 1988 zuwa 2002, da kuma kwamitocin zamanin Hall of Fame a shekarar 2011, 2014, 2017, da 2025, wanda ya gaza samun ƙuri'un da ake buƙata don shiga gasar a kowane lokaci.

## Shekarun farko
Tiant shi ne ɗa tilo ga Luis Tiant Sr. da Isabel Vega. Daga 1926 zuwa 1948, babban Tiant ya kasance babban ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na hagu ga ' yan wasan Negro na New York Cubans a lokacin bazara da kuma Cienfuegos na ƙungiyar ƙwararrun Cuban a lokacin hunturu, jarumtarsa tana bin dubban 'yan Cuban. Luis Jr. ya bi sawun mahaifinsa tun yana ƙarami, yana shiga ƙungiyoyin ƙwallon baseball na gida na Little da Juvenile kuma ya tashi zuwa tauraro.

### Tagwayen Minnesota
Bayan kakar wasa mai cike da rauni tare da 'yan wasan Indiya a 1969, an sayar da Tiant ga Minnesota Twins a yarjejeniyar 'yan wasa da yawa wanda ya kawo abokin wasansa Dean Chance da kuma ɗan wasan tsakiya na uku Graig Nettles ga 'yan wasan Indiya. Tare da Minnesota, Tiant ya fara a 1970 da nasarori shida, amma sai ya karya ƙwallonsa ta dama, wanda hakan ya kawo ƙarshen kakar wasa, wasu kuma suka ji kamar aikinsa ne. Ya nuna wasu alkawurra a horon bazara 1971, amma aka sake shi.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Tiant da matarsa, Maria, suna da 'ya'ya uku: Luis Jr., Isabel, da Daniel.  Tun daga shekarar 2001, iyalin suna zaune a Southborough, Massachusetts . 

Tiant, wanda yake sha'awar shan taba sigari, ya ƙaddamar da jerin sigari da ya ƙera kuma ya tsara, yana yi musu lakabi da sunan laƙabinsa, *El Tiante* .  Tommy John ya tuna da sigarin Tiant sosai tun lokacin da yake cikin ƙungiyar Indiyawa. "Luis zai sha waɗannan sigarin Cuba masu ban tsoro, dogayen. Za mu kasance a cikin bas duk dare, kuma mu farka da wani duhu mai launin shuɗi daga igiyoyin Tiant. Tiant yana da ikon yin amfani da sigari wajen kunna sigari. Luis zai yanke jiki ya faɗi da muryarsa mai ƙarfi, yana wasa, yana dariya, kuma harshen wuta na har abada ya kasance gaskiya. Har ma zai iya yin wanka ya ci gaba da tafiya. A cikin sararin bas, hayakin zai yi maka dariya. Zai yi barci a cikin bas, amma sigari zai rayu duk dare." 

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