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Tiant was the only child of Luis Tiant Sr. and Isabel Vega. From 1926 through 1948, the senior Tiant was a great left-handed pitcher for the Negro league's New York Cubans during the summer and the Cuban professional league's Cienfuegos in the winter, his heroics being followed by hundreds of thousands of Cubans.
Luis Eleuterio Tiant Bravo [1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis ˈtjant]; August 27, 1906 – December 10, 1976), also known as Luis Tiant Sr., was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in Negro league baseball, the Cuban League, the Mexican League, and in the Dominican Republic. He also performed with barnstorming teams.
Luis Tiant, who pitched for six teams over a 19-year MLB career, has died. He was 83. "El Tiante" was a three-time All-Star and won 229 games with Cleveland, the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox ...
With the Reds leading the series 2–1, Luis Tiant pitched his second complete game win of the Series. More importantly, this win forced the Reds to win at least one of two games at Fenway Park to win the Series. The Reds struck first off Tiant in the first on RBI doubles by Ken Griffey and Johnny Bench. The Sox, however, would get all the runs ...
BOSTON (WPRI) — Luis Tiant, a member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 83, the team announced Tuesday.. In a statement, the team called Tiant “one of the most beloved figures ...
Luis Tiant, whose twisting windup helped him win 229 games in a 19-year major league career, has died. He was 83. The Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians confirmed the right-hander's death on ...
Luis Tiant, Sr. and Lino Donoso were the leading pitchers. [1] [3] Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947. Several players from the 1947 Cubans also went on to play in the majors, including Miñoso in 1949 and Donoso in 1955.
Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series title, dies at 83 Jets stunningly fire coach Robert Saleh after a 2-3 start and tab Jeff Ulbrich as interim Hurricane Milton forces NHL’s Lightning, other sports teams to alter game plans