Red Sox legend Luis Tiant, a dynamic pitcher who married a keen sense of showmanship with a killer instinct, died at 83 years old.
, comes as a gut punch to an organization that embraced"El Tiante" as an ambassador and link to the colorful 1970s clubs that captured the region's imagination without ever quite winning a championship.Tiant served as the staff ace for most of the '70s, winning 122 games over eight seasons in Boston while posting a 3.36 ERA. Overall, he won 229 games with a 3.30 lifetime ERA and is one of the best players not enshrined in baseball's Hall of Fame.
He was one of the best big-game pitchers of his or any generation. He never lost a playoff start, beating the Reds twice in the classic 1975 World Series. When the Red Sox needed a win against Toronto on the final day of the 1978 season to force a one-game playoff with the"If we lose today, it will be over my dead body," Tiant said."They'll have to leave me face down on the mound.
Tiant's resume included four 20-win seasons, two ERA titles and three All-Star appearances. His 1.60 ERA with Cleveland in 1968 remains the lowest among qualified American League starters in over 100 years.
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