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).
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