How Luis Tiant's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Luis Tiant totaled 484 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Starts season came in 1974, posting 38, well above the starting pitcher average of 18.1 that year. The lowest point came in 1982 at 5, well below the starting pitcher average of 18.6 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 25 in 1980 to 9 in 1981 and 5 in 1982, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 5 to 38 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Luis Tiant Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Career48484.47
Season Avg.25.4784.47
162 Game Avg.136.8484.47
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Luis Tiant Starts Per Season

Luis Tiant's Starts for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Luis Tiant Starts per season line chart

Luis Tiant Starts by Team

Luis Tiant's career Starts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Luis Tiant career Starts by team bar chart

Luis Tiant Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Luis Tiant's career Starts, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Luis Tiant Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Luis Tiant Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Luis Tiant's seasonal Starts alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Luis Tiant Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Luis Tiant Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Luis Tiant's MLB career with Starts alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Luis Tiant Starts season-by-season breakdown table