caption finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
tiant of havana '' at the 2009 premiere of '' lost son 1982 right marianao , cuba 1964 september 4 229 -- 172 3.30 2,416 pitcher california angels win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts july 19 23 november 1940 luis tiant 2009 tribeca portrait.jpg luis tiant
 cleveland indians luis tiant right
luis tiant

luis clemente tiant vega -lrb- -rrb- , born november 23 , 1940 -rrb- , is a former major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- right-handed starting pitcher .
he pitched 19 years primarily for the cleveland indians and the boston red sox .
he became a member of the boston red sox hall of fame in 1997 .
tiant compiled a 229 -- 172 record with 2416 strikeouts , a 3.30 era , 187 complete games , and 49 shutouts in 3,486.1 innings .
he was an all-star for three seasons and 20-game winner for four seasons .
he was the american league -lrb- al -rrb- pitching champion in 1968 and 1972 .
he also was the al leader in strikeouts for 9-innings in 1967 and the al leader in shutouts in 1966 , 68 , and 74 .
in 2014 , tiant appeared for the second time as a candidate on the national baseball hall of fame 's golden era committee election ballot for possible hall of fame consideration for 2015 which required 12 votes .
tiant and the other candidates including two other former players from cuba , minnie minoso and tony oliva , all missed getting elected .
the committee meets and votes on ten selected candidates from the 1947 to 1972 era every three years .
