15 Facts About Luis Tiant

Luis Tiant was considered for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame via voting of the Baseball Writers' Association of America from 1988 to 2002, and by the Hall of Fame's era committees in 2011,2014, and 2017, falling short of the required votes for induction each time.

From 1926 through 1948, the senior Luis 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 Tiant'stalent drew the attention of former Cleveland Indians All-Star, Bobby Avila, who was scouting for talent in Cuba.

Luis Tiant was signed in 1959 for $150 a month, and for the next three years he divided his time between the Tigers and the Havana Sugar Kings in the International League.

Luis Tiant reinvented himself as a pitcher by altering his delivery so that he turned away from home plate during his motion, in effect creating a hesitation pitch.

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Twisting and turning his body into unthinkable positions, Luis Tiant would spend more time looking at second base than he did the plate as he prepared to throw.

Luis Tiant won Game 4 as well and had a no-decision in Game 6, which has been called the greatest game ever played, after Carlton Fisk's dramatic game-winning walk-off home run in the 12th inning.

Luis Tiant competed in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989, initially signing with the Winter Haven Super Sox.

Luis Tiant was a minor league pitching coach in the Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system from 1992 to 1995, and in the Chicago White Sox's farm system in 1997.

In 2002, Luis Tiant was the pitching coach for Boston's Class A Short Season affiliate, the Lowell Spinners, and has continued to serve as a special assignment instructor for the Red Sox.

Luis Tiant was on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot from 1988 to 2002, but peaked at 30.

Luis Tiant had an almost supernatural ability for keeping a cigar lit.

Luis Tiant would cut up in his high-pitched voice, joking, cackling, and the eternal flame held true.

Luis Tiant appeared in an episode of Cheers, "Now Pitching, Sam Malone", which first aired on January 6,1983.

Luis Tiant is the subject of the documentary film The Lost Son of Havana, produced by Kris Meyer and the Farrelly brothers, and directed by Jonathan Hock.