How Luis Tiant's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Luis Tiant totaled 73 career Starts, well below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Starts season came in 1930, posting 16. The lowest point came in 1943 at 1. The Starts trended upward through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 6 in 1945 to 6 in 1946 and 11 in 1947, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 1 to 16 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

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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 — Negro National League II, 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