I'm surprised that he's not in the hall of fame already. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 6. *Luis Tiant*, former Red Sox pitcher - Sox historian *Dick**Bresciani *has > put together a nice statistical package to support Tiant’s bid for the Hall > of Fame in advance of today’s Veterans Committee vote. Interesting numbers: > 229-172 record, 3.30 ERA, four 20-win seasons. He was 57-25 in September > and October. He has more wins and a higher winning percentage than 26 Hall > of Famers. He has more shutouts (49) than 46 Hall of Famers. The only other > pitcher with two streaks of 40-plus consecutive scoreless innings was *Walter > Johnson*. In 1968, Tiant went 21-9 with a 1.60 ERA, 9 shutouts, a 5.295 > H/9 IP (second-best in history to *Nolan Ryan’s *5.261 in ’72), and a > .168 batting average against. He won two AL ERA titles: in ’68 (1.60, best > in AL since 1919) and ’72 (1.91). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- Author of Confessions of a Good Mother<http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Good-Mother-ebook/dp/B005LSR57W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315785606&sr=8-1>: The story of an assassin and mom who struggles with life balance issues. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
