Tiant was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame but never made the national shrine in Cooperstown, New York, receiving a high of 30.9% of the votes in 1988, his first year on the ballot ...

One is Carlton Fisk waving his ball fair. The other is Luis Tiant. Tiant’s card is from 1978. The back notes that he lived in ...

No matter, Tiant again won the AL ERA title with a 1.91 mark in 1972, for the Red Sox (and lost the Cy Young to Gaylord Perry’s 1.92 ERA and 24 wins). He also pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates ...